Release Notes - Moodle - Version 1.7 - HTML format

Bug

  • [MDL-336] - My Site
  • [MDL-945] - Multiple correct answers in feedback are shown incorrectly for short-answer (& numerical) questi
  • [MDL-1834] - How to treat non-editing teachers who are not in a group
  • [MDL-2076] - no logs for teacher forum
  • [MDL-2188] - FEATURE REQUEST - New User Type
  • [MDL-2434] - Moving topics more than once
  • [MDL-2544] - Configvars screen may throw notice(s)
  • [MDL-2583] - Forum ratings doesn't support 0 rates...
  • [MDL-2860] - TABLE: moodle/admin/index.php relative font sizes and forced widths
  • [MDL-2936] - utf8 encoding multibyte character by utf8_encode
  • [MDL-3009] - obfuscate_mailto does not work with two byte characters as linked text
  • [MDL-3058] - Some strings are built by concatenation...
  • [MDL-3150] - Secureforms on or off
  • [MDL-3207] - error message is is hard coded in English
  • [MDL-3484] - index of helpfiles outdated
  • [MDL-3657] - Password change bug?
  • [MDL-3726] - String 'Editor settings' (page title) of admin/editor.php not localizable
  • [MDL-3821] - print_visible_setting ignores encoding
  • [MDL-3859] - Table name exceeds length limit
  • [MDL-3932] - Quiz answers cannot be NULL
  • [MDL-3952] - Zero-preceding answers for short-answer questions
  • [MDL-3975] - misssing pulldown menus in single simple discussion
  • [MDL-4017] - Hardcoded icon link in admin/index.php
  • [MDL-4190] - Lost post tracker after editing user profile
  • [MDL-4479] - Proper PHP redirects for frontend/backend reverse proxy configurations
  • [MDL-4513] - lang/en/docs/translation.html needs some update.
  • [MDL-4553] - $perfdebug is undefined in admin/configvars.php
  • [MDL-4592] - missing semicolon in ?
  • [MDL-4717] - Teacher cannot see groups if editing off
  • [MDL-4759] - Langpacks need to be searched for broken links
  • [MDL-4762] - Delete user fails if apostrophe in email address
  • [MDL-4816] - Short answer question type considers '100' and '100.' to be the same
  • [MDL-4890] - Missing locked field escaping when updating user profile
  • [MDL-4980] - Student view has no memory
  • [MDL-4993] - [[deleted spam comment]]
  • [MDL-5006] - blog tags and language packs
  • [MDL-5288] - Manual Enrolment - teachers able to view entire database - privacy issues
  • [MDL-5318] - text instead of resizeable images for accessibility
  • [MDL-5364] - Teacher who can edit can't enrol students to metacourse
  • [MDL-5378] - shorten_text doesn't work for oriental languages
  • [MDL-5430] - not homogenous return to previous page
  • [MDL-5510] - Using Moodle in lang files
  • [MDL-5553] - Invalid argument: questiontype.php on line 203 and etc...
  • [MDL-5554] - On quiz review students see:Error: Missing subquestions!
  • [MDL-5563] - problem with Scheduler Add Slots
  • [MDL-5601] - cloze question restore error problem
  • [MDL-5625] - Astrological symbols and signs
  • [MDL-5627] - student view really isn't
  • [MDL-5636] - param value strings not preserved in html editor and quizzes
  • [MDL-5664] - gradebook error : student view :Found more than one record in get_record_sql !
  • [MDL-5679] - Can create/edit database fields to have blank name
  • [MDL-5713] - multiple errors on backup/restore.php Moodle 1.7 dev (17Jun6 CVS)
  • [MDL-5762] - Notice: Only variables should be assigned by reference in public_html/lib/pclzip/pcl
  • [MDL-5787] - backup/backup.php Stack of SQL errors and PHP errors
  • [MDL-5789] - 1.7 - errors in Backup 9June6 CVS: Cannot quickly initialize page: empty course id
  • [MDL-5797] - Stats: can't find file: 'mdl_stats_daily.MYI' (errno: 2): ourse/user.php?id=13&user=345&mode
  • [MDL-5804] - On edit of question >save takes me to a different course
  • [MDL-5805] - Partially correct answers not displayed with answer feedback
  • [MDL-5811] - mod/quiz/edit.php sometimes prints junk before print_header, puttin browsers into quirks mode
  • [MDL-5838] - Industry is Blogging These Groups
  • [MDL-5848] - 3 pages of errors during backup:undefined idex: public_html/lib/datalib.php on line 2726 17June6 CVS
  • [MDL-5849] - backup/restorelib.php on line 358 17June6CVS
  • [MDL-5852] - Borked Backup/Restore :Left Blocks Lost: 17June6 CVS
  • [MDL-5854] - Notice: Undefined variable: category1 on moving category
  • [MDL-5856] - Search forums arrow looks jagged
  • [MDL-5872] - Group Membership partially showing up forums
  • [MDL-5905] - improper string in US language pack
  • [MDL-5912] - Session timeout not taken into account when using dbsessions
  • [MDL-5919] - modify_database() feedback flag
  • [MDL-5931] - blocks block database
  • [MDL-6021] - Upgrade Errors - 1.5.4+ to 1.6+
  • [MDL-6041] - Course report tries to load 100,000 students into memory
  • [MDL-6049] - redundancy in continue quiz
  • [MDL-6054] - Activitynames filter and case sensitive
  • [MDL-6062] - students view and forum access
  • [MDL-6124] - Unicode: Look for all the occurrences of en or 'en' is source code
  • [MDL-6131] - assignment intro always avaible even setting available date
  • [MDL-6132] - renaming folder error.
  • [MDL-6137] - enrol_database_sync.php fails (multi-enrol fixes missing)
  • [MDL-6145] - missing check of non empty record
  • [MDL-6166] - I must not change language strings
  • [MDL-6193] - problem with login/index.php file
  • [MDL-6198] - No mods.html in the help directory of the Database module
  • [MDL-6209] - CSS errors in SCORM module
  • [MDL-6212] - Forum search is not handling qanda forum types
  • [MDL-6230] - Raising 30cc limit on Oracle object names
  • [MDL-6235] - Roles database setup is broken
  • [MDL-6237] - Unable to upgrade to roles-enabled dev HEAD version
  • [MDL-6256] - Undefined index: TYPE during course restore
  • [MDL-6259] - Query to get a list of tags in block_blog_tags.php broken with PostgreSQL
  • [MDL-6265] - Perfomance deleting course
  • [MDL-6271] - breadcrumb problem
  • [MDL-6272] - DB Enrolment not recording enrolment end date
  • [MDL-6285] - table_column does not support creating columns of type 'varchar' without a size
  • [MDL-6290] - student grades not rescaled when quiz maximum grade changed
  • [MDL-6297] - Export of multichoice questions in Moodle XML format doesn't save shuffle option
  • [MDL-6301] - Assignment Reports
  • [MDL-6307] - Reserved words and Moodle 1.7
  • [MDL-6312] - No course access for teacher
  • [MDL-6313] - Error message in course room assigning roles
  • [MDL-6317] - Latest changes to forums are incomplete....
  • [MDL-6319] - inconsistency in forum settings
  • [MDL-6323] - Lesson "import questions" mechanism not importing feedback messages
  • [MDL-6324] - Lesson import questions not getting format names correctly
  • [MDL-6325] - In Lesson "import questions", check which formats accept import
  • [MDL-6326] - Add support for quiz_feedback in the UTF-8 migration utility.
  • [MDL-6330] - CSS for question input width should be extended to all types
  • [MDL-6333] - course/reports/stats/report.php redirects to non-existant URL when there are no stats to show
  • [MDL-6334] - Unnecessary group menu in Feedback popup window
  • [MDL-6335] - Upgrade backup to support roles
  • [MDL-6337] - Notice: Undefined variable: edit in /var/www/html/tjh238/head/course/category.php on line 34
  • [MDL-6338] - Apostrophe problem in short answer questions
  • [MDL-6360] - Resizable image in breadcrumb trail poorly rendered
  • [MDL-6363] - typo in mod/forum/restorelib.php prevents grouped discussions from being accessible to group after a restore.
  • [MDL-6365] - Times like 14:00 is "converted" to 02:00 in some setups.
  • [MDL-6366] - wiki pagename is missing on wiki instance update: replaced by wikiname
  • [MDL-6375] - Uploaded assignments are not available from the student submission page once graded
  • [MDL-6380] - Fatal error when adding Recent Activity block to quiz.
  • [MDL-6383] - New AJAX course formats should detect browser version
  • [MDL-6385] - Forum colums are not always dropped
  • [MDL-6386] - Apostrophe problem in SHORTANSWER question embedded inside CLOZE question
  • [MDL-6400] - After login some notices/warnings are showed...
  • [MDL-6405] - Split and Edit not assignable in forum capabilities
  • [MDL-6415] - Column 'riskbitmask' cannot be null
  • [MDL-6416] - The grading list shows all admins if there are no students in the course
  • [MDL-6417] - IMS Content Package resource poblem with Microsoft IE, pages dont appear until clicking twice on the link in the navigation menu, reloading the page doesn't work.
  • [MDL-6418] - Grading of multiple choice questions broken
  • [MDL-6420] - Ajax doesn't work correct
  • [MDL-6423] - Undefined property: notloggedinroleid
  • [MDL-6427] - Some settings at install time adopt wrong values...
  • [MDL-6434] - 1050: Table 'mdl_role' already exists
  • [MDL-6437] - Fatal error: Call to undefined function: print_recent_activity() when adding Recent Activity as a sticky block
  • [MDL-6444] - Typo in Course/Report/Participation/index.php
  • [MDL-6448] - Hardcoded english strings in new admin code
  • [MDL-6452] - Assignment type Upload (formerly type AU) does not handle grading window correctly
  • [MDL-6454] - At install, in admin profile page, notice is shown...
  • [MDL-6456] - Query failed in load_user_capability.Moodle 1.7 head 3/9/06
  • [MDL-6459] - incorrect require_once pointed file
  • [MDL-6463] - adodb_logsql table creation doesn't respect table prefix
  • [MDL-6474] - langswitchstorage.html help file missing
  • [MDL-6475] - sectionerror when browsing to a block's global setting page
  • [MDL-6477] - Convert lesson to use new roles framework - patch attached
  • [MDL-6478] - Unit tests (not) working - Simpletest
  • [MDL-6484] - List of category courses not working....
  • [MDL-6486] - Warning: main(./lib/setuplib.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
  • [MDL-6497] - Error: admin_setting_courselist_frontpage
  • [MDL-6506] - CONTEXT_SITE is undefined in blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client_action.php
  • [MDL-6509] - error in course backup
  • [MDL-6515] - Bugs in restoring a course
  • [MDL-6516] - Error on logs page because of mess in mdl_log_display table
  • [MDL-6517] - Adding or editing post produces "ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "Object id #XXX"
  • [MDL-6521] - Single discussion forums can be splitted and it hasn't too much sense....
  • [MDL-6522] - Fix up sorting order of capabilities listing
  • [MDL-6523] - The 'Jump to ...' dropdown list contains garbage code in it (locale: zh_tw_utf)
  • [MDL-6524] - Upgrade to 2006091212 throws some notices/warnings
  • [MDL-6525] - In the upgrade process, move lastaccesstimes from user tables to the new user_lastaccess table
  • [MDL-6526] - conflict in categrory root
  • [MDL-6527] - No import from restored courses
  • [MDL-6528] - SQL syntax: CVS 12SEP6
  • [MDL-6532] - Create field in database module causes fatal error
  • [MDL-6537] - past students receive email from forum
  • [MDL-6540] - Missing arguments for get_record() in /moodle/lib/dmlib.php on line 358
  • [MDL-6543] - Extra "/" appended to link in upload-and-review
  • [MDL-6544] - Under certain conditions nothing appears when a course is in editing mode
  • [MDL-6549] - Blog entry publish options do not reflect bloglevel option set by the admin
  • [MDL-6550] - Bug allowing limits on choice to be by-passed
  • [MDL-6552] - cvs 14sep: multiple errors in perms and sql
  • [MDL-6553] - Online Users block not showing online users!
  • [MDL-6554] - Guest's Can Message!
  • [MDL-6557] - Typo in Moodle 1.7 backup files: restore_execute.html + restore_execute.html
  • [MDL-6558] - Typo in Moodle 1.7 moodlelib.php
  • [MDL-6559] - Moodle 1.7: cannot display list of courses in a category
  • [MDL-6560] - Typo in Moodle 1.7 moodlelib.php (delect_records)
  • [MDL-6567] - 16cvs : errors mdl_capabilities' / mdl_role_capabilities' doesn't exist / admin can't log in
  • [MDL-6570] - User role overrides should include moodle/user:viewusergrades
  • [MDL-6571] - load_user_capability should take notice of timestart and timeend
  • [MDL-6574] - Advanced Upload assignment - student can't send for marking
  • [MDL-6577] - Upgrade settings broken in admin interface
  • [MDL-6578] - admin/roles/manage.php needs an extra column with a popup menu that allow us to set listorder (role.sortorder)
  • [MDL-6579] - Add delete confirmation to ajax course format
  • [MDL-6580] - 17Sep CVS mdl_course ADD defaultrole error
  • [MDL-6587] - Fix resetting to defaults in html editor and remove lib/defaults.php
  • [MDL-6589] - Sep18 CVS: errors on ALTER TABLE mdl_course /mdl_role_capabilities dioesn't exist
  • [MDL-6593] - 19Sep CVS:
  • [MDL-6599] - The SCORM Module use file.php
  • [MDL-6601] - When you delete a course, the corresponding context is not deleted
  • [MDL-6602] - New install of moodle1.7 doesn't detect version of postgres.
  • [MDL-6606] - Upgrading to 1.7dev does not set the defaults in allowassign.php
  • [MDL-6607] - Installation failure
  • [MDL-6608] - 20 Sep CVS: error ALTER TABLE mdl_course ADD and mdl_capabilities' doesn't exist
  • [MDL-6609] - teacher cannot manage questions 1.7
  • [MDL-6610] - Two Manage questions option in the list of roles
  • [MDL-6614] - Roles not installed if table 'adodb_logsql' already exists
  • [MDL-6615] - Highlighting search terms in forum search text posts fails
  • [MDL-6616] - database problem when installing 1.7 head
  • [MDL-6620] - Admin block can't be made sticky
  • [MDL-6621] - Restore process needs to be fixed for 1.7 release
  • [MDL-6623] - $CFG->themedir Mostly Broken
  • [MDL-6624] - Role names need singular and plural forms
  • [MDL-6625] - can't switch courses
  • [MDL-6626] - "Login As" missing from 1.7
  • [MDL-6627] - cannot see all "students"
  • [MDL-6628] - copy lesson settings fails
  • [MDL-6631] - Under clean 1.7 install, after enabling debug I see message in main page
  • [MDL-6636] - Installation can't find the admin directory
  • [MDL-6641] - Setting a course language makes the selected language to "stick around"
  • [MDL-6643] - Impossible to view page in Edit mode in languages other than English
  • [MDL-6644] - New string in updated language packs breaks SCORM importation
  • [MDL-6647] - AdoDb version check failing on PostgreSQL
  • [MDL-6649] - HTML Editor in essay question unreliable
  • [MDL-6650] - question view says: number of random questions exceeds number in category (still)
  • [MDL-6651] - Block buttons are displayed out from the block header
  • [MDL-6663] - Stuck after updating from 1.7 21/09/06 to 1.7 22/09/06
  • [MDL-6667] - Breadcrumb links back to /admin/users.php still exist even though /admin/users.php doesn't
  • [MDL-6669] - CLONE -Stuck after updating from 1.7 21/09/06 to 1.7 22/09/06
  • [MDL-6670] - Sorry but MDL-6663 was a real thing see http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=54683#249468
  • [MDL-6671] - fix new debug levels logic
  • [MDL-6672] - Short name entry in Roles not appearing in edit role dialogue
  • [MDL-6673] - Roles Creating a new role
  • [MDL-6674] - New AJAX in weekly format has a few serious but probably easy-to-fix bugs
  • [MDL-6678] - Two usability fixes for admin settings pages, related
  • [MDL-6680] - redirect function is broken when running php as CGI
  • [MDL-6681] - problem with forum cron job
  • [MDL-6682] - Dupulicate string on /lang/en_utf8/quiz.php
  • [MDL-6686] - Streamed Chat Locks Send Message Field
  • [MDL-6693] - Request permit to add PEAR/html inside Moodle to authors and upgrade Credits page (Moodle Docs)
  • [MDL-6696] - Default country doesn't display on dropdown menu
  • [MDL-6697] - course/mod.php does not show the right navigation
  • [MDL-6699] - Upgrading, moodle_install_roles Upgrade students fails
  • [MDL-6700] - Cannot return to my role because the ref course/view.php?id=2&switchrole=0&sesskey=G8dL5h9MAj is badly written
  • [MDL-6701] - "Course Module ID incorrect" error on any Administration operation
  • [MDL-6702] - restorelog.html should use local stypes and should be stored in protected backupdata directory
  • [MDL-6707] - incorrect context used in rss_client block upgrade code
  • [MDL-6708] - add checks for stale context into load_user_capability()
  • [MDL-6709] - add context level sanity checks to get_context_instance()
  • [MDL-6710] - user list sort not depends on the current language
  • [MDL-6711] - Teacher can assign Glossary as global
  • [MDL-6713] - Cannot add glossary category
  • [MDL-6714] - Nav bar (aka breadcrumb) links back to /admin/report.php, even though /admin/report.php doesn't
  • [MDL-6715] - sanitise request in create_context() and show debug info when appropriate
  • [MDL-6716] - a lot of notices after "upload of user" from file
  • [MDL-6721] - Teacher cannot edit wiki when saved
  • [MDL-6724] - Recent wiki table changes could have problems on PostgreSQL 7.4
  • [MDL-6725] - Override listings of capabilities need to have styles upgraded to match define roles
  • [MDL-6726] - Automatic deletion of users when deleteunconfirmed is setted to 'never'
  • [MDL-6727] - Cabability "block/rss_client:createsharedfeeds" was not found! This should be fixed in code.
  • [MDL-6728] - Typo in lib/accesslib.php
  • [MDL-6730] - Blank lesson goes to wrong screen
  • [MDL-6731] - Moodle 1.7 Manual Grading cannot save comment.
  • [MDL-6736] - guest user sees "my courses" not course catgories
  • [MDL-6737] - student forum access broken
  • [MDL-6750] - change_password.php produces JS error.
  • [MDL-6753] - IMS enrolment in 1.7dev (2006092800) uses PHP5 syntax
  • [MDL-6755] - Database presets (try to) store presets under mod/data/preset :-(
  • [MDL-6757] - Insert a Chinese charachter string to label resource result error.
  • [MDL-6758] - Error: Invalid context creation request for level "50", instance "12". error
  • [MDL-6759] - left-hand pane on image upload screen is missing
  • [MDL-6760] - can't use the word null in a question answer
  • [MDL-6764] - Blog tag creation has two small issues
  • [MDL-6766] - User listings such as role assignment don't cope well with huge databases
  • [MDL-6770] - Student cannot see handed-in assignment
  • [MDL-6771] - Advanced Upload assignment type - student can't read teacher's uploaded response file
  • [MDL-6778] - SQL error in stats display
  • [MDL-6779] - Searching for admin settings doens't understand chars with diacritical marks
  • [MDL-6780] - Capability sorting is not consistent on non-system contexts
  • [MDL-6783] - get_admin function doesn't return superuser admin account
  • [MDL-6784] - Fixing Theme Config Variables
  • [MDL-6787] - Error generates when you send a message to selected students from participants page
  • [MDL-6791] - Streamed Chat JS bug Prevents Use
  • [MDL-6800] - LDAP Authentication in 1.7
  • [MDL-6801] - Error when adding Recent activity as a sticky block
  • [MDL-6802] - Assignment Module breaks MyMoodle Page
  • [MDL-6803] - Completely disable all blog scripts when blog system disabled from site preferences
  • [MDL-6804] - Blog system fixes and cleanup for 1.7
  • [MDL-6805] - Fix redirects in blog
  • [MDL-6806] - page layout broken in blog
  • [MDL-6807] - Add missing capability checks to all blog scripts
  • [MDL-6808] - Document how to setup/enable blogging on 1.7
  • [MDL-6810] - Profile tab shows error "The details of this user are not available to you." for users other than current user.
  • [MDL-6811] - There are 2 sets of backup & restore icons visable in course listing.
  • [MDL-6814] - Can't change "maximum grade" value on a quiz
  • [MDL-6815] - Restore: restore to parameter was missing
  • [MDL-6816] - In backup config page, day names are not in UTF8 encoding, resulting bad display in browser.
  • [MDL-6819] - Popup for calendar event doesn't display
  • [MDL-6823] - Installation on MS SQL with several SQL instances on one server
  • [MDL-6830] - Pending tasks after user_xxxx being dropped
  • [MDL-6831] - No "teachers" (or corresponding role) after restore...
  • [MDL-6835] - Roles function at the bottom of the Restore dialog is no longer working.
  • [MDL-6836] - Course Restore fails
  • [MDL-6837] - Make a language file entry for the wording of popup blocker checker
  • [MDL-6841] - Student View button fails when course is hidden to students
  • [MDL-6842] - Resource frameset error in IE6
  • [MDL-6848] - Display problem with < > characters in shortanswer question text
  • [MDL-6861] - New admin pages aren't valid XHTML Transitional at all
  • [MDL-6866] - A required parameter (backup_unique_code) was missing" error
  • [MDL-6876] - Grades computed incorrectly if assignment name appears more than twice in a course
  • [MDL-6877] - MSSQL doesn't accept plain UCS-2 data with data from different codepages
  • [MDL-6881] - Infinite redirection loop when entering as guest
  • [MDL-6882] - context checks in calendar_edit_event_allowed() broken
  • [MDL-6883] - a small typo 'helpupload' on /lang/en_utf8/assignment.php
  • [MDL-6884] - Error when adding RSS feed in Remote News Feed on administration page
  • [MDL-6885] - Switch role to guest doesn't work correctly when guest not allowed in course
  • [MDL-6886] - Repeat Headlines in /admin/roles/manage.php
  • [MDL-6888] - index.html of assignment help needs update.
  • [MDL-6889] - AJAX weekly course format - can't move sections
  • [MDL-6892] - AJAX weekly course format - the section date is not updated when we reorder sections
  • [MDL-6894] - list of name doesn't reflect "fullnamedisplay" option
  • [MDL-6895] - Gradebook Group View Broken
  • [MDL-6897] - Change name when file name contains more of a point
  • [MDL-6900] - No option to select destination roles when restoring from 1.5 course backup
  • [MDL-6901] - Cloze type question doesn´t work without a weight
  • [MDL-6907] - Legacy role definitions should use INHERIT instead of PREVENT
  • [MDL-6909] - Restore role mapping stuff uses a spurious course id.
  • [MDL-6910] - Non-editing teacher can edit
  • [MDL-6918] - Scorm score display problem
  • [MDL-6921] - No underscore in cookie prefix.
  • [MDL-6923] - Add missing documentation for Roles
  • [MDL-6925] - Web link with special characters problem
  • [MDL-6927] - Restore a course
  • [MDL-6931] - CAS server login fails
  • [MDL-6935] - ??????@email.com
  • [MDL-6938] - Entries in Recent Activities are not deleted
  • [MDL-6964] - unenrol takes you straight back to the enrol screen
  • [MDL-6965] - New courses created with topics format unable to be edited if AJAX active.
  • [MDL-6968] - logged in user can't view site level forum posts
  • [MDL-6973] - public blog entries not accessible when directed from RSS
  • [MDL-6975] - xmldb.php langstring
  • [MDL-6980] - teacherforum
  • [MDL-6984] - Import of Blackboard 5 questions error due to php5 variable handling (replace $q = $defaultq with $q = clone $defaultq)
  • [MDL-6985] - Role Short name cannot be modified
  • [MDL-7030] - Problems when using Database module Templates in languages other than English
  • [MDL-7031] - Database Module control tags (i.e ##...##) do not work when used in Add record template
  • [MDL-7033] - Can't restore quiz questions, nor add questions to the restored EMPTY quizes
  • [MDL-7042] - Missing string on admin/roles/manage.php
  • [MDL-7045] - RSS update and caching broken for some feeds
  • [MDL-7052] - System adds a slash before a single or double quote if there is nothing written in the body of a new forum post.
  • [MDL-7053] - Fix forum reset - remove "DELETE .. USING ... " mysqlisms
  • [MDL-7054] - Possible to create quiz category with empty name
  • [MDL-7055] - Create a role to specifically prohibit a capability is not working.
  • [MDL-7056] - moodle.php strings for log file restore needs some fix.
  • [MDL-7057] - Disappearing Course with IE & AJAX Format
  • [MDL-7058] - Broken longtimenosee option - PHP notice errors during cron
  • [MDL-7060] - AJAX Windows and editing problem
  • [MDL-7062] - Current mssql implementation doesn't support handling of binary (image) fields
  • [MDL-7063] - Notice when creating one forum...
  • [MDL-7064] - Warning when trying to save empty clob/blob in Oracle...
  • [MDL-7065] - "Administration" on breadcrumb needs a translated string.
  • [MDL-7066] - Role that prohibits capability "Reply to posts" gets error and sees a button that is not fuctional when trying to edit a forum post.
  • [MDL-7067] - Prohibit "create attachment" capability in forums does not work.
  • [MDL-7089] - Notices after assignment deletion in Recent Activity
  • [MDL-7100] - CSS and Javascript templates don't seem to be applied on the Add Entry page.
  • [MDL-7102] - unable to override role permissions in modules at top level of site
  • [MDL-7105] - Internal zipping broken on win32
  • [MDL-7106] - In Glossary Students can access Add New Entry tab, even when permission is not set
  • [MDL-7107] - Assign roles link visible when not logged in
  • [MDL-7112] - SELECT DISTINCT over TEXT field isn't cross-db compatible
  • [MDL-7114] - installation failing on infinite loop in forum_add_user_default_subscriptions()
  • [MDL-7115] - Selecting icon to "Add teachers" in Course admin returns error.
  • [MDL-7116] - I can't reply to any posts since upgrade at Moodle.org to 1.7
  • [MDL-7117] - People with site-level roles should not show up in the list of "teachers" in the course listing
  • [MDL-7118] - Site-level activities not always accessible
  • [MDL-7119] - Average users without role-assigning capabilities see Roles tab on user profiles
  • [MDL-7120] - When unassigning a role, forum_role_unassign unsubscribes the user even if you have other roles there
  • [MDL-7123] - wrong message when clicking on an unenrolled student
  • [MDL-7125] - Anyone can enter any course and post there without being enrolled
  • [MDL-7126] - "guest user" showing up in online users block
  • [MDL-7131] - activity since last login actually displays last 48 hours
  • [MDL-7134] - print_recent_activity can't find USER->timeaccess and so always shows two days
  • [MDL-7135] - switching from guest to logged in gives unhelpful message and redirect
  • [MDL-7136] - unknown context when viewing profile
  • [MDL-7138] - Problems accesing to old teacher forums...
  • [MDL-7140] - Course Title is Duplicated in "View Course Entries"
  • [MDL-7142] - If you are logged in as guest and then log in properly you get "This is an Unknown Context" error
  • [MDL-7150] - error message in grades tab
  • [MDL-7151] - stats shows phantom information
  • [MDL-7153] - error messages on grades page
  • [MDL-7154] - can't unenrol from courses
  • [MDL-7156] - fix has_capability() to work when $nomoodlecookie = true;
  • [MDL-7160] - Problems with Private Messaging
  • [MDL-7161] - upgrade bug from 1.6.3+ to 1.7 béta
  • [MDL-7165] - Moodle 1.7 defaced with a corse import
  • [MDL-7171] - Guests get bad feedback when entering a choice activity
  • [MDL-7172] - glossary tabs (when updating a glossary) is not aligned properly
  • [MDL-7173] - Change get_field_sql()
  • [MDL-7175] - Forum discussion display thread mode -1 does not change display mode.
  • [MDL-7176] - Excel export may return a zero bytes file - problem with excel temp directory
  • [MDL-7177] - Checkbox value not saved when saving changes from admin search page
  • [MDL-7179] - Missing semicolons from &nbsp; in several files
  • [MDL-7180] - get error message when adding a link
  • [MDL-7182] - Guests and"enrol in this course" link
  • [MDL-7189] - Site administrators are randomly removed.
  • [MDL-7190] - Strip ##TRUSTTEXT## when not in developer debug mode
  • [MDL-7191] - Turn editing on may fail displaying page using IE when topics format is selcted and AJAX enabled
  • [MDL-7193] - select_color.php popup should specify charset
  • [MDL-7199] - Enrol me on in Admin block visible to guest user
  • [MDL-7201] - Links to guest-accessible discussions should not require login
  • [MDL-7202] - Moodle cron is failing completely
  • [MDL-7207] - Search all the AS keywords used to aliase tables across Moodle core
  • [MDL-7208] - Replace LCASE and UCASE uses
  • [MDL-7209] - Forum "Jump to" left/right arrows different size
  • [MDL-7212] - Browse list of users not working with MSSQL
  • [MDL-7214] - Create all the new empty upgrade.php files
  • [MDL-7216] - No users show up in the "Browse users" list.
  • [MDL-7217] - Weekday not display in non-english language in backup configuration form
  • [MDL-7226] - Site admins being listed in course overview
  • [MDL-7229] - opentogoogle isn't working, needs capabilities loaded
  • [MDL-7235] - Comments in data print the "by" and then the date but no username
  • [MDL-7238] - Paricipants Block shows course teachers to whom no role has been assigned
  • [MDL-7239] - block_admin / Authorize plugin shows the count of pending orders for every user.
  • [MDL-7243] - Blog RSS feed broken
  • [MDL-7245] - Students unable to create new blog entries
  • [MDL-7248] - Omitted wiki HTML editor when editing a page the second time
  • [MDL-7249] - Please fix loginsteps string in moodle.php
  • [MDL-7250] - Roles: load_defaultuser_role can set 'inherit' into $USER->capabilities, should leave unset
  • [MDL-7251] - RSS feeds for blogs were failing with context errors
  • [MDL-7252] - Headings in Recent Activity Block don't have whitespace above them and appear too close to text above (standard themes etc)
  • [MDL-7253] - Finish strings for graderoles
  • [MDL-7256] - Blog RSS is not being generated or something
  • [MDL-7258] - The string for "Language import utility" needs reverting.
  • [MDL-7263] - Popup message: "Please enter the alternate text" can't be translated.
  • [MDL-7266] - Hover text for 'Search and replace' button in the HTML editor inconvenient for translation.
  • [MDL-7267] - PIVOT is a new reserved word in MSSQL. It makes the glossary module unusable at all
  • [MDL-7268] - Found some wrong SQL sentences in the glossary module
  • [MDL-7269] - Accent problems in quiz module edit.php
  • [MDL-7273] - xmldb doesn't validate STATEMENT section of the xml file
  • [MDL-7281] - Drag&Drop not working with "Enable AJAX" on
  • [MDL-7286] - Wrong "settings" link in course Administration block
  • [MDL-7287] - Lesson uses an HTTP include when a normal include would do
  • [MDL-7294] - Some glossary queries aren't working under Oracle
  • [MDL-7297] - Adding of calendar events broken
  • [MDL-7299] - Google follows links on recent activity page and gets too much duplicate content
  • [MDL-7300] - Groups creation doesn't work
  • [MDL-7302] - Turning editing mode on forgets the tag filter
  • [MDL-7310] - Make Wiki search cross-db-compatible..
  • [MDL-7312] - Kill all the REGEXP SQL sentences under Oracle and MSSQL
  • [MDL-7313] - Chat borked for non admins
  • [MDL-7314] - Borked lesson for teachers
  • [MDL-7316] - Fix errors in quiz overview download
  • [MDL-7317] - One strange query...breaks Oracle
  • [MDL-7322] - Assignment data location
  • [MDL-7325] - Popup window options not being saved in the database
  • [MDL-7328] - /lang/en_utf8/help/permissions.html needs some fix.
  • [MDL-7332] - Session database sesskey field too small when using sha1 as hashing function for php session
  • [MDL-7335] - cornflower theme not consistent with new accessibility classes
  • [MDL-7344] - Adding metacourses can fail due to 10 second time limit
  • [MDL-7351] - language problem during update from 1.6 to 1.7
  • [MDL-7364] - RSS Block generates errors when added to the MyMoodle Page
  • [MDL-7375] - Icon next to "Use emoticons" when editing a forum post has wrong size
  • [MDL-7379] - need fix a typo on /lang/utf_8/admin.php
  • [MDL-7383] - Wrong Error Message For denied access to editing messages
  • [MDL-7516] - expand/collide problem in firefox
  • [MDL-7579] - wrong field setup for mdl_sessions table when using db_sessions for MySQL
  • [MDL-7581] - Online Users Block does not show all users online (with solution)
  • [MDL-7615] - Choice Module Fatal Error in report.php and lib.php
  • [MDL-7684] - Not finding / running msmanifest.xml files
  • [MDL-7830] - Enrolment key notice displays first listed teacher
  • [MDL-7845] - Aliases tables should be referenced with the alias names in multi table deletes
  • [MDL-8013] - SCORM module fails importing eXe created packages
  • [MDL-8202] - Enrolment plugins listed in Courses group on the Admin page but breadcrumbs on that page show it in the Users group
  • [MDL-8219] - CLONE -Browse list of users not working with MSSQL
  • [MDL-8321] - Some items can not be translated: message.php
  • [MDL-8400] - Peruvian Currency is "Nuevo Sol" not "Inti"
  • [MDL-8430] - Choice does not show non editor teachers on "not yet answered" column (quick solution attached)
  • [MDL-8569] - Sorting by numerical field does not work with PostgreSQL 8.1
  • [MDL-9682] - Can't restore quiz questions, nor add questions to the restored EMPTY quizes
  • [MDL-9969] - A problem with the scorm module on Moodle, version 1,6+.

New Feature

  • [MDL-161] - Allow teachers to upload modified/graded assignments back to students
  • [MDL-184] - Assignements With mupltiple files
  • [MDL-253] - Adding Teacher Ability to Submit Assignments for Students After Close
  • [MDL-454] - Convert database creation to use ADOdb's XML schema /datadict system
  • [MDL-572] - Improve feeback layout in Quizzes
  • [MDL-727] - Cookie as aid for quiz cheating detterance
  • [MDL-1073] - Submit files as a response to an assignment
  • [MDL-2518] - add ability to submit multiple files in assignments
  • [MDL-3914] - Nice movable drag and drop blocks
  • [MDL-4130] - ReviewAssignment
  • [MDL-4482] - Scorm Advanced Skip Contents
  • [MDL-4787] - true-false questions: more than one true-false statement per question
  • [MDL-5270] - Give students a comment on the whole test, based on their score
  • [MDL-5335] - Deleting Assignments
  • [MDL-5532] - Restore course from previous semester - with wrong year!
  • [MDL-5653] - add blacklisted level into environment XML
  • [MDL-5670] - get_courses_page function doesn't return the list of courses - is DISTINCT needed?
  • [MDL-5782] - question/edit.php?courseid=13&perpage=1000 show category
  • [MDL-5783] - Option to autolink URLs in quiz interface
  • [MDL-5813] - Option: give students checkbox to challenge questions
  • [MDL-5866] - Ensure Moodle URLs for editing different question types link to relevant documentation pages
  • [MDL-5877] - recordset_to_array returns false if column count is 1
  • [MDL-5969] - Let multiple choice questions have feedback that does not depend on the chosen answer
  • [MDL-6249] - Ability to specify a range of IP adddresses in quizzes
  • [MDL-6453] - Assignment type Upload (formerly AU) does not show links to submitted files to students after marking
  • [MDL-6534] - New setting for skipping Course Structure screen
  • [MDL-6542] - Don't run the unit tests until the user is ready
  • [MDL-7282] - Seperate AJAX YUI load function

Task

  • [MDL-6339] - Please add these new columns to the UTF-8 Migration
  • [MDL-6402] - Add divisions when settings are highlighted during upgrades
  • [MDL-6442] - Possible removal of unused functions in shortanswer/questiontype.php
  • [MDL-6449] - Admin directory cleanup
  • [MDL-6595] - Please check admin/questiontypes.php and remove if not needed or fix it
  • [MDL-6653] - All enrolment plugins need to be upgraded for Moodle 1.7
  • [MDL-6765] - Importing a 1.5.4 course brought up some errors
  • [MDL-6854] - Review UTF migration to check everything works properly...
  • [MDL-6919] - import adodb v4.93
  • [MDL-6963] - Sitewide student role gives too much access
  • [MDL-7166] - Perform one UTF8 migration to check that everything goes fine...
  • [MDL-7167] - Kill all uses of sql_paging_limit()
  • [MDL-7168] - Kill all uses of LIMIT clauses
  • [MDL-7174] - Review and fix all Risks associated with capabilities
  • [MDL-7203] - Search and destroy any potential ocurrence of harcoded "mdl_" prefixes
  • [MDL-7296] - Disable global search by default and mark as experimental
  • [MDL-7311] - Disable session dump in user profile when in debug mode

Improvement

  • [MDL-6354] - An update to the en_us_utf8 language pack (enrol -> enroll)
  • [MDL-6357] - Admin settings need to specify their defaults rather than relying on lib/default.php
  • [MDL-6358] - Reorganisation of Serbian language pack(s)
  • [MDL-6379] - "Current role" as the label for the dropdown is extremely confusing when no role yet selected
  • [MDL-6387] - Deleting uploaded files when deleting an assignment instance
  • [MDL-6388] - "Advanced uploading of files" assignment type name
  • [MDL-6411] - Improve Role assignment screen default view.
  • [MDL-6412] - Adding risks to capability description
  • [MDL-6439] - Improve validation of configuration settings
  • [MDL-6440] - Add serialize/deserialize to admin_settings class
  • [MDL-6441] - Make new admin block compatible with course pages and replace old admin block
  • [MDL-6447] - Duplicates in configuration pages
  • [MDL-6479] - Please let's have a right-column in the new Administration menu
  • [MDL-6566] - write to $restorelog should be done via a standard function
  • [MDL-6568] - add shortname to role
  • [MDL-6572] - Allow students to access their uploaded documents after grading.
  • [MDL-6687] - Searching for admin settings
  • [MDL-6695] - Terrible swedish translation of $string['uploadoldfilesdeleted']
  • [MDL-6761] - You cannot get to a question edit screen from the preview of a question mode...
  • [MDL-6790] - Grab handle icon is missing from blocks
  • [MDL-6794] - Add fourth forum option NewTOpics Okay, Replies Not Okay
  • [MDL-6817] - Making DDL functions a bit more enduser-friendly
  • [MDL-6828] - Allow files to be attached to feedback from teacher.
  • [MDL-6864] - The links 'Language editing' could be more descriptive.
  • [MDL-6878] - Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files in Moodle are not correctly displayed in many Browsers
  • [MDL-6991] - Add lines between items to show where the currently dragged activity or block etc is going to be placed
  • [MDL-7046] - Typo improvement in assignment.php string
  • [MDL-7137] - Role definition and overrides - add capability name and link to docs
  • [MDL-7139] - Add "Page: 1 2 3 4 (Next)" to bottom of blog pages
  • [MDL-7196] - Caching get_record calls can give performance improvement
  • [MDL-7204] - Make reportsgraph.php invocation selectively
  • [MDL-7221] - Cron.php workaround for IE & RFC2616
  • [MDL-7254] - Turn AJAX off for now at site level

Sub-task

  • [MDL-6428] - Some drop-down menus don't show all/select one values
  • [MDL-6429] - Scheduled Backup settings should be out from the "new settings" page
  • [MDL-6430] - At install time it isn't clear the meaning of some fields in the new settings page
  • [MDL-6655] - Update enrol/authorize for Moodle 1.7 using new roles functions
  • [MDL-6656] - Update enrol/imsenterprise for Moodle 1.7 using new roles functions
  • [MDL-6657] - Update enrol/paypal for Moodle 1.7 using new roles functions
  • [MDL-6658] - Update enrol/database for Moodle 1.7 using new roles functions
  • [MDL-6659] - Update enrol/flatfile for Moodle 1.7 using new roles functions
  • [MDL-6859] - Some tables aren't processed by the UTF-8 migration
  • [MDL-6860] - Some fields aren't processed by the UTF-8 migration
  • [MDL-7069] - fix course reset unenrollment to work with roles
  • [MDL-7113] - Wrong use detected in backup process
  • [MDL-7298] - fix or at least document moodle/calendar:manageownentries in default role

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