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Mathqurate Release 0.7.2
1) Improved performance
2) Fixed lag in Windows (see previous release)
3) work to improve UTF-8 support.
3.1) improved marshalling and unmarshalling code
3.2) improved file reading and writing code
3.3) improved HTTP Post and Get methods
4) Formatting added to Maxima code in Processing view

Minor new release addressing performance and usability.

Generally stable release for important e-Assessment demo.
See change log on download page for details.

Getting ready for the e-Assessment demo. Addressing some minor issues with 0.6.

Mathqurate 0.6 change log:

1) fixing bugs with prompt editor (null pointer)
2) attempting to fix path in windows for mathqurate log
3) added group boxes to questions editor. These explain what each sub editor does.
4) altered image url for design editor
5) added "reload" command when question body window is made visible. Should help with refresh problem.
6) removed step asking for you to create a file when posting to Minbix
7) tweaked window initialisation code: now windows don't flash up at the start
8) removed bundled QTIEngine. To run the question, the remote version is used from qtitools.org. The program still operates in the previous way. Startup time will decrease.
9) tweaked icons
10) added a new dialog which groups the "processing" dialogs. These are the variable editors and the template and response processing elements.

Addresses some issues with the previous release

Some minor bug fixes and enhancements

The latest version of Mathqurate has been released. This version embeds the QTITools Validatr program for tree view response and template processing editing.

The 0.4 version of Mathqurate has been released. This version adds features and stability to earlier releases. Details of Mathqurate can be found at http://aqurate.kingston.ac.uk/mathqurate/

The fourth alpha release of JQTI 2.0 has been created that fixes a number of bugs and adds new features. A new release of validatr which builds against JQTI 2.0a4 has also been created and will provide improved validation over older validatr releases.

A new alpha release of JQTI has been created that fixes a number of bugs in the first release.

We are pleased to announce the first alpha release of JQTI 2 and validatr 2. Version 2 of these products brings many improvements to the handling of QTI assessments and reports, but more importantly brings a complete QTI item implementation with a full content model. JQTI 2 contains everything required to read, write, validate and process (processing of templates, responses and outcomes are all fully supported) QTI items and assessments. Validatr 2 is a graphical tool for examining and validating your QTI content. Validatr can quickly show you the locations of problems and issues that are impossible to locate using an xml schema validation.... read more

As of the 1st December 2008 the R2Q2 rendering and responding engine is officially unsupported, and will no longer be maintained. As a consequence, the ASDEL playr should be considered end-of-life. Both R2Q2 and playr will be replaced with a new QTI Engine capable of supporting both items and assessments based around the 2.0 release of JQTI. The release of the replacement engine is scheduled to occur before the 15th December.