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• ATutor 1.6.4 Beta Released

  A beta release of ATutor 1.6.4 is now available for testing and feedback, leading up to the final release in mid December. Post your feedback and bug reports early to the ATutor Bug Reports Forum *AT...

  posted by greggy 2 days ago

• File released: /ATutor/ATutor 1.6.3/ATutor-1.6.3.tar.gz

  posted 120 days ago

• ATutor 1.6.3 Released

  * *ATutor 1.6.3 Released* * ATutor 1.6.3 has been released. Current users are encouraged to upgrade to take advantage of some significant new features. ATutor can now be used as social networking sof...

  posted by greggy 120 days ago

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  posted by greggy 120 days ago

• ATutor 1.6.3 Beta1 Released

  Jun 12, 2009 *In this Newsletter*: ATutor 1.6.3 Beta Released ATutor Translation AChecker Accessibility Evaluator Released * *ATutor 1.6.3 Beta Released* * The first beta release of ATutor 1.6.3 is now available for testing and feedback. ATutor users are encouraged to visit the demo, or install a version, and try out the new features. Requests for feature adjustments, and bug reports, can be posted to the Bug Reports forum. Please take the time now to test the new ATutor while changes can still be made. *ATutor 1.6.3 Demo* http://www.atutor.ca/atutor/demo.php *ATutor 1.6.3 Download* http://www.atutor.ca/atutor/download.php *ATutor Bug Reports Forum* http://www.atutor.ca/forum/3/1.html Over the next several weeks a series of betas and release candidates will be released, integrating comments from community feedback, leading up to a *final release about mid July*. *New Features in ATutor* *ATutor Social*: The main new feature in this version of ATutor is ATutor Social, the addition of social networking to ATutor. Users can develop a personal profile, keep a contacts list, create or join social groups, and link open social gadget applications into their social networking environment to personalize it to their needs. ATutor social can be run as a standalone social network, or it can be linked into the central ATutor community through the Open Social Shindig server. *Visual Editor Updated*: The ATutor content editor has been updated with the most recent TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor. The AChecker module for TinyMCE has been updated to take advantage of the new AChecker Web services. *Registration Updated*: Accessible Captcha user validation added. Confirm email address added. Set maximum login attempts before locking out for a period. *Profile Picture Update*: Add a 320*240 image as a profile picture. *LaTeX Support Updated*: LaTeX support has been added throughout all of ATutor, making it possible to write equations in announcements, forum messages, test items, email messages, etc. For a list of other bug fixes and feature adjustment see the ATutor ChangeLog: http://www.atutor.ca/atutor/mantis/changelog_page.php * *ATutor Translation* *: With the addition of ATutor Social, there are about 300 new language items to be translated. Translators should login to atutor.ca to update the languages they are maintaining, or translate on their own local installation, then export and post the language pack to the translation forum. *Translation Forum* http://www.atutor.ca/forum/4/1.html * *AChecker 1.0 Released* * AChecker is a free Open Source Web Content Accessibility Checker developed by the ATutor development team. Web content authors, webmasters, application developers, and others who create content for the Web can use AChecker to ensure the information they post will be accessible to everyone. *Check the Accessibility of your Web site at* http://www.achecker.ca *Download AChecker* http://www.atutor.ca/achecker/download.php *Find Help and Participate in the AChecker Community* http://www.atutor.ca/forum/18/1.html *AChecker Features* *Web Accessibility Checker* Check accessibility against standards including WCAG 1.0 & 2.0, BITV, Stanca, and Section 508. Login to save evaluation results. Generate a conformance seal to add to your Web site. Link the seal back to the original evaluation. Use the linked seal to monitor accessibility of pages as their content changes *Guideline Manager* View or edit existing standard accessibility guidelines Add new accessibility checks to guidelines Create custom accessibility guidelines *Checks Manager* More than 260 standard accessibility checks View or edit existing accessibility checks Create new accessibility checks *User Manager* Manage users and groups of users Create groups to perform various AChecker tasks *Multi-Lingual* Manage AChecker in any number of languages Translate AChecker into any language Import and Export language packs *Developer Features* Web services API, for programming accessibility checking into Web authoring tools Public source code repository *Credits* Thanks go to the Ontario Government's Enabling Change Program for its support of this project. AChecker is being developed by the Adaptive Technology Resource Centre at the University of Toronto. *Please redistribute this News Release broadly*

  posted by greggy 161 days ago

• ATutor Social and AChecker

  *Introducing ATutor Social* ATutor Social is now available for testing and feedback. This Beta version can either be downloaded from the atutor.ca Web site, or for those using ATutor 1.6.2+. it can be installed directly from the Module Repository using the administrator's Module Manager. The final release of the module should come about the same time as the next major ATutor release (June 09). *Download ATutor Social Beta* http://www.atutor.ca/atutor/modules/index.php ATutor Social is an implementation of the Google OpenSocial Container Specification. In addition to introducing basic social networking capabilities, such as keeping contacts, group participation, and social graphing, ATutor Social can leverage thousands of existing social applications that can be added each person's social networking environment with the click of a button. All of a sudden there are thousands of new modules for ATutor. *To learn more about ATutor Social, visit the Web site* http://www.atutor.ca/social/ *Try the ATutor Social Demo* http://www.atutor.ca/atutor/demo.php *Post feedback to the ATutor forums* http://www.atutor.ca/forums/ *Introducing AChecker* AChecker accessibility reviewer is now available for testing and feedback. AChecker is used to evaluate the accessibility of Web sites to a variety of international standards, including W3C WCAG, Section 508 (U.S.), Stanca (Italy), and BITV (Germany). Administrators can customize standards, edit existing accessibility checks, and create new checks. Try the demo on your own Web site to see how it fairs. Download a copy to install your own version of AChecker. *AChecker Demo* http://www.atutor.ca/achecker/demo.php *Download AChecker Beta* http://www.atutor.ca/achecker/download.php *AChecker Details* http://www.atutor.ca/achecker/ *Post feedback to the ATutor forums* http://www.atutor.ca/forums/

  posted by greggy 219 days ago

• ATutor 1.6.2 Released

  December 11, 2008 ATutor 1.6.2 Released ATutor 1.6.2 has been released. This is a significant release, with the addition of quite a number of new features, and further support for accessibility and interoperability standards. Download ATutor 1.6.2 Now http://www.atutor.ca/atutor/download.php ATutor 1.6.2 Demo http://www.atutor.ca/atutor/demo.php New in this release IMS AccessForAll & ISO FDIS 24751 Accessibility AccessForAll support provides authors the means to add alternate forms of content to their content packages. Learners can define in their preferences how the ATutor environment is displayed, and define which forms of content they prefer, so content adapts to individual users' learning preferences. (Contributed in part by the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bologna) ATutor AccessForAll Wiki Page for more details http://wiki.atutor.ca/display/atutorwiki/ATutor+Adaptability+with+AccessForAll IMS QTI Test Interoperability QTI test exporting was introduced in the previous version of ATutor, and in this version QTI test importing has been introduced, allowing test developers to backup tests, move them, or share them with others. (Contributed in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) ATutor QTI Wiki Page for more details http://wiki.atutor.ca/display/atutorwiki/ATutor+Question+and+Test+Interoperability+Support Integrated Content Packaging Content packaging has been upgraded (IMS CP v1.1.4), and AccessForAll content and QTI tests have been integrated with content packaging so alternate formats and tests can all be exported and imported together.(Contributed in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) Gradebook Integration The ATutor Gradebook, available as an extra module for ATutor 1.6/1.6.1 has been fully integrated into ATutor, becoming a standard module. (Contributed in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) New System Preferences Administrators can now set the local time zone offset for ATutor, and users can set their own local time zone if it differs. Administrators can turn public registration on or off, turn the student's Unenroll feature on or off, and can turn instructor requests on or off. Guest Test Data Collection Instructors can now create public, guest accessible tests, and collect data and personal information from guest submitters for review and data analysis. (Contributed in part by the Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine) Module Import/Export All ATutor maintained extra modules are now available on update.atutor.ca, and can be imported through the ATutor Module Manager directly from the module repository. Developers can use the module Export tool to package up modules for redistribution. Modules have now been extended with a module uninstall feature, so it is no longer necessary to remove modules manually. Themes Import/Export All ATutor maintained themes are now available on update.atutor.ca, and can be imported through the ATutor Theme Manager directly from the theme repository. Designers can export themes for redistribution, and submit them to the theme repository. Theme Designer Documentation The ATutor Theme Designer Documentation has been integrated into the ATutor Handbook. Fluid Multi-File Uploader The Fluid multi-file upload utility has been added to the ATutor File Manager so now instructors, and content authors, can upload batches of files on one step. The Fluid libraries have been upgraded to v0.5. (Contributed in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) Fluid Multi-File Uploader Wiki Page for more details: http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/ATutor+Integration New Modules Merlot Repository The Merlot module has been upgraded to take advantage of the new Web services being offered by through the repository. Merlot provides multimedia educational resources licensed under creative commons that ATutor course designers can include with their course content. Translation With all the new functionality introduced in this version of ATutor, there are about 300 new language items to be translated. Translators can either install a local version of ATutor 1.6.2, and translate using the built-in translation tools, or translate using the atutor.ca translation site, accessed through MyATutor -> Translate MyATutor Translation Tools http://www.atutor.ca/my/ Translator Documentation http://www.atutor.ca/atutor/docs/translate.php Upcoming Developments Social Networking Work has already begun on implementing the Google OpenSocial standard in ATutor. Hundreds of social tools are available that can be used to create a social learning environment. Social networks can be linked together, both across ATutor installations, and across other social networks that support the standard. ATutor Social Networking Development http://wiki.atutor.ca/display/atutorwiki/ATutor+Social+Networking+Development IMS Common Cartridge Support Basic Common Cartridge support is already available in ATutor 1.6.2, for importing and exporting content and tests as part of a cartridge. Further work is underway to complete compliance with the standard.

  posted by greggy 344 days ago

• File released: /ATutor/ATutor 1.6.2/ATutor-1.6.2.tar.gz

  posted 344 days ago

• ATutor ATutor 1.6.2 file released: ATutor-1.6.2.tar.gz

  IMS AccessForAll & ISO FDIS 24751 Accessibility AccessForAll support provides authors the means to add alternate forms of content to their content packages. Learners can define in their preferences how the ATutor environment is displayed, and define which forms of content they prefer, so content adapts to individual users' learning preferences. (Contributed in part by the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bologna) ATutor AccessForAll Wiki Page for more details http://wiki.atutor.ca/display/atutorwiki/ATutor+Adaptability+with+AccessForAll IMS QTI Test Interoperability QTI test exporting was introduced in the previous version of ATutor, and in this version QTI test importing has been introduced, allowing test developers to backup tests, move them, or share them with others. (Contributed in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) ATutor QTI Wiki Page for more details http://wiki.atutor.ca/display/atutorwiki/ATutor+Question+and+Test+Interoperability+Support Integrated Content Packaging Content packaging has been upgraded (IMS CP v1.1.4), and AccessForAll content and QTI tests have been integrated with content packaging so alternate formats and tests can all be exported and imported together.(Contributed in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) Gradebook Integration The ATutor Gradebook, available as an extra module for ATutor 1.6/1.6.1 has been fully integrated into ATutor, becoming a standard module. (Contributed in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation) New System Preferences Administrators can now set the local time zone offset for ATutor, and users can set their own local time zone if it differs. Administrators can turn public registration on or off, turn the student's Unenroll feature on or off, and can turn instructor requests on or off. Guest Test Data Collection Instructors can now create public, guest accessible tests, and collect data and personal information from guest submitters for review and data analysis. (Contributed in part by the Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine) Module Import/Export All ATutor maintained extra modules are now available on update.atutor.ca, and can be imported through the ATutor Module Manager directly from the module repository. Developers can use the module Export tool to package up modules for redistribution. Modules have now been extended with a module uninstall feature, so it is no longer necessary to remove modules manually. Themes Import/Export All ATutor maintained themes are now available on update.atutor.ca, and can be imported through the ATutor Theme Manager directly from the theme repository. Designers can export themes for redistribution, and submit them to the theme repository. Theme Designer Documentation The ATutor Theme Designer Documentation has been integrated into the ATutor Handbook. Fluid Multi-File Uploader The Fluid multi-file upload utility has been added to the ATutor File Manager so now instructors, and content authors, can upload batches of files on one step. The Fluid libraries have been upgraded to v0.5. (Contributed in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)

  posted 345 days ago

• File released: /ATutor/ATutor 1.6.1/ATutor-1.6.1_pl1.tar.gz

  posted 506 days ago