ClaSS

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: ClaSS-0.8.59

Notes:
ClaSS is a fully featured and working system already proving useful to
the information needs of schools. This is the latest release of the
the current stable version, the focus for 0.8.59 has been a lot of
bug-fixes and a first step in upgrading the assessments. Read the
CHANGELOG for full details. Note there is an accompanying demo dataset
available for download separately should you wish test out your
installation, and a separate curriculum pack to download to get you
started configuring your own database.


Changes:
Version ClaSS-0.8.59 release (2008/12/05)
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Made some be-spoke additions to the statistics page.

Changed the way the profile assessments are queried in the mark table
to allow for profiles with bid=%.

Made use of the rating_name field in categorydef table to define the
marktype to be used for summary profile columns in the MarkBook.

Added a new list script for profiles.

Allowed the new_assessment scripts to manage both profile assessments
and plain assessments.


Version ClaSS-0.8.58 release (2008/11/07)
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Made the xslt based functions compatible with PHP5 using a wrapper
library written by Alexandre Alapetite. These are principally used for
the publish to pdf button in reports. This depends upon the xsl module
for PHP5 being loaded (php5-xsl in Debian).

Work on import_students to allow using the enrolment number as a way
to doing multiple imports for existing students and not just new ones.

Added two fields to info table which allow for other personal ids
(apply the patch!).

Included guardian priority as part of the import scripts and tied
phone numbers.

Exposed the upn field as PersonalNumber.

Version ClaSS-0.8.57 release (2008/10/25)
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Implemented, at last, the edit button for changing properties of
pre-existing reports.

New curriculum functions to list all classes a student attends and,
related, all subject teachers of that student.

An email option added to the comments form to email to all subject
teachers.

A new $CFG variable enrol_cutoffmonth is used by the enrolments table
for marking end of application period. The Accepted column now
displays expected start date for each student.

A problem of losing addresses for new contacts fixed in EntryBook
(caused by addresstype) and fixed phones multiplying out of hand when
slecting pre-existing contacts.

Added fields to info table to expand range of application data to
include date, categories and staff child. Renamed enrolnotes to be
appnotes for consistency (apply the patch!).

Included a date field on the invoices.