Re: [Bodington-developers] 2.8.0 release

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Cheers, Colin!

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On 2 Oct 2006, at 12:42, Colin Tatham wrote:

> 2.8.0 has been released. I'll write an item for the SF newsfeed  
> today. Here are the release notes
> and change log (which can still be edited if we need to):
>
> Bodington version 2.8.0
> -----------------------
>
> Released under the OSI certified Apache 2 license.
>
> Bodington is a free, institutional scale VLE, implemented and  
> supported by a wide group of
> educational institutions, led by Oxford, UHI and Leeds. More  
> information can be found at
> http://bodington.org.
>
> This release contains the following three files:
>
> 1. Bodington License: The OSS License (Apache 2) under which you  
> can use and develop Bodington.
>
> 2. bodington_war: This is main Bodington application. To use this,  
> you should copy bodington.war to
> your servlet container's webapp root (you may need to either  
> restart or reload it, depending on your
> container's instructions). You must then create and configure a  
> supported database before you can
> use the Bodington application.
>
> 3. bodington-quickstart_war: This is a preconfigured version of  
> bodington.war which uses the
> lightweight HSQLDB database. It's designed to get you up and  
> running with Bodington with the least
> possible effort. To use this, you should copy bodington- 
> quickstart.war to your servlet container's
> webapp root (you may need to either restart or reload it, depending  
> on your container's
> instructions). You can then login directly to Bodington using the  
> sysadmin user account with no
> further configuration. This version is not recommended for  
> production use.
>
>
>
> New features:
> -------------
> * Support for MySQL database added.
>
> * Newsfeed display: RSS and Atom newsfeeds can be rendered in a  
> variety of ways.
>
> * Peer Marker Tool: Although originally developed for student peer  
> marking, it is equally applicable
> to any summative marking task (e.g. tutor marking). It allows marks  
> to be moderated or disallowed
> and will collate marks across multiple groups of students.
>
> * QuickLinks: provide links to external sites or to locations  
> within Bodington (in which case the
> link will be automatically updated if the target location is moved).
>
> Improvements to existing tools:
> -------------------------------
> * Questionnaires: improved user interaction, additional question  
> and paper types, and the ability to
> export results to a CSV file.
>
> * Pigeon Holes: all contents can now be downloaded as a zip file  
> suitable for submission to a
> plagiarism detection service, additional blind marking and peer  
> marking facilities.
>
> * Log Books: can now accept QTI 2.0 'questions', and can have  
> multiple sub-sections.
>
> * Messaging Rooms:  individual messages can be moderated.
>
> Other:
> ------
> * Shibboleth Service Provider (SP) capability, compatible with  
> Shibboleth and Guanxi IdPs.
>
> * New 'Evaluate' permission added to simplify granting access to  
> external evaluators.
>
> * Improvements to IMS Content Package import and export (v1.1.4).
>
> * Search box now available at the top of each page.
>
> * The file upload code has been re-written to improve locking and  
> concurrency problems.
>
> * Tracking user accesses to a resource is now possible.
>
>
>
>
>
> Sean Mehan wrote:
>> ++2 on making top line in release notes
>>
>>
>> * Bodington 2.8 released under the Apache 2 OSI certified license.
>>
>>
>> On 29 Sep 2006, at 11:15, Adam Marshall wrote:
>>
>>> Hope I 'm not too late. But we should make it VERY obvious that
>>> Bods now has
>>> the apache 2 licence.
>>>
>>> Kit would be good also, Colin, to pen a press release which we  
>>> give to
>>> OSSWatch mentioning the new licence. Perhaps Randy could suggest  
>>> other
>>> places to send the press release.
>>>
>>> adam
>>>
>>> | -----Original Message-----
>>> | From: bod...@li...
>>> | [mailto:bod...@li...] On
>>> Behalf Of
>>> | Colin Tatham
>>> | Sent: 26 September 2006 13:04
>>> | To: Bodington developers
>>> | Subject: [Bodington-developers] 2.8.0 release
>>> |
>>> | I'm about to finalise the 2.8.0 release (it's complete, apart
>>> from release
>>> | notes and change log).
>>> |
>>> | * I'm not including a source zip (2.6.0 included one) but it seems
>>> | unnecessary.
>>> |
>>> | * Anyone already written a change log? Otherwise it'll have to  
>>> be a
>>> | summary of what's on the wiki
>>> | page for 2.8.
>>> |
>>> | * Are we happy to re-use the release notes from the previous
>>> version (with
>>> | minor edits):
>>> |
>>> | "Bodington is a free, institutional scale VLE implemented and
>>> supported by
>>> | a wide group of educational
>>> | institutions, led by Oxford, UHI, Leeds and Manchester. More
>>> information
>>> | can be found at
>>> | http://bodington.org.
>>> |
>>> | In the package you will find three files:
>>> |
>>> | 1. Bodington License: The OSS License under which you can use and
>>> develop
>>> | Bodington.
>>> |
>>> | 2. bodington_war: This is main Bodington application. To use
>>> this, you
>>> | should copy bodington.war to
>>> | your servlet container's webapp root (you may need to either
>>> restart or
>>> | reload it, depending on your
>>> | container's instructions). You must then create and configure a
>>> supported
>>> | database before you can
>>> | use the Bodington application.
>>> |
>>> | 3. bodington-quickstart_war: This is a preconfigured version of
>>> | bodington.war which uses the
>>> | lightweight HSQLDB database. It's designed to get you up and
>>> running with
>>> | Bodington with the least
>>> | possible effort. To use this, you should copy bodington-
>>> quickstart.war to
>>> | your servlet container's
>>> | webapp root (you may need to either restart or reload it,
>>> depending on
>>> | your container's
>>> | instructions). You can then login directly to Bodington using the
>>> sysadmin
>>> | user account with no
>>> | further configuration. This version is not recommended for
>>> production
>>> | use."
>>> |
>
> -- 
> ____________________________________
> Colin Tatham
> VLE Team
> Oxford University Computing Services
>
> http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/vle/
> http://bodington.org
>
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