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Assignments
• Instructor can submit assignment on behalf of a student - Jira Legacy server SakaiSystem JIRA serverId 66e9c5b597e0cfea-d22cfe72-30a2310f-a9d4a179-703f4354570c8363adfc350a key SAK-7475
Basic LTI (IMS Learning Tools Interoperability)
• Support for Basic LTI was upgraded from version 1.3 to 2.0 in Sakai 2.9.0 and 2.9.1
• Support for Basic LTI was upgraded from version 2.0 to 2.1 in Sakai 2.9.2 . Please see LTI - Release 2.1.0 Notes
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Forums
• Statistics and Grading (check all cases where you can grade (bulk grading, etc))
• Require users to post before they can read posts - setting per forum -
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• Word count for messages
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• Checks for, and prevents, duplicate Forum and Topic names
• Profile picture displays next to each post -
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• Option to set open (show) and close (hide) dates -
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• Options to duplicate forum and duplicate topic
• The term "threads" changed to "conversations" throughout UI
• In Topic menu, "Display Entire Message" option changed to "Display Message Content"
• Topic menu always displays at top of Topic screen (previously, it displayed beneath breadcrumbs when in "Display Subject Only" mode and at the top when in "Display Entire Message" mode.
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Gradebook
• Drop highest, drop lowest and keep highest grade options -
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• Hide/show columns in All Grades page -
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• PDF export option added -
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• Institutionally defined final course grade export, in addition to existing grade export options -
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Groups
• Ability to define and import a group with a CSV file. - Jira Legacy server SakaiSystem JIRA serverId 66e9c5b597e0cfea-d22cfe72-30a2310f-a9d4a179-703f4354570c8363adfc350a key SAK-21407
• Randomly assign users to a set of groups (maintainer specifies the desired group size or the desired number of groups) -
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Help Documentation (new for Sakai 2.9.1 and updated in Sakai 2.9.3)
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• New permissions settings to allow finer-grained control over who may send to generic recipient groups -
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• Ability to hide groups from specified roles. An example use case is to have a group with learning disabilities which may need private communications. -
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• BCC (blind cc option)
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Profile 2
• Once logged in, a user can go to profile settings from My Workspace or by clicking the icon in the top right corner.
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• More flexiblity with preferences, searching and privacy.
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Resources
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• Allows export of files to zip format. (System property setting required.
• Optional URL shortening for resource access
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Section Info
• Ability to select a date when the sections tool is open for student viewing. - Jira Legacy server SakaiSystem JIRA serverId 66e9c5b597e0cfea-d22cfe72-30a2310f-a9d4a179-703f4354570c8363adfc350a key SAK-20612
• Now allows students to view their section information.
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Sites
• Unpublished sites can be published with a single click. - Jira Legacy server SakaiSystem JIRA serverId 66e9c5b597e0cfea-d22cfe72-30a2310f-a9d4a179-703f4354570c8363adfc350a key SAK-22732
• Language preferences are now supported at the local worksite level, overriding system-wide language default.
• Import from Site updates links to content correctly - Jira Legacy server SakaiSystem JIRA serverId 66e9c5b597e0cfea-d22cfe72-30a2310f-a9d4a179-703f4354570c8363adfc350a key SAK-16568
Tests & Quizzes (Samigo)
• Easier distinction between published and working copies of quizzes. -
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• After a Test has been published, random question ordering option within Part. -
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• Can now place due date on Schedule tool -
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• A new matrix survey question type has been added.
• Scientific and complex number notation support. -
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• Grader's comments included in Export -
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• Additional enhancements
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Updated Editor
• CKEditor 3.6.2 has replaced the FCKEditor as the default.
• CKEditor provides major accessibility improvements, speed increases, Word-format-stripping by default, and works better with most mobile devices.
• Addition of Math Editing in CK Editor - Added in 2.9.2 -
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Web Content Tool (updated in 2.9.2)
• Technical upgrade to Web Content Tool, using JSR-168 Portlet -
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• Improved management of embedded web sites -
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Administration and System Management
• Improved stability, security, and sustainability.
• Tomcat 7/Java 6 recommended configuration and support for Java 7.
• Well over 700 bug fixes and several dozen security fixes.
• New security infrastructure introduced in Sakai 2.9.2 (off by default, to allow piloting) - Jira Legacy server SakaiSystem JIRA serverId 66e9c5b597e0cfea-d22cfe72-30a2310f-a9d4a179-703f4354570c8363adfc350a key KNL-1015
• Support for delegated administration has been added. (Not OOTB, but support to plug in feature is included.)
• Ability to host uploaded content on a separate domain. - Implementation Documentation
• Improved caching for performance - Jira Legacy server SakaiSystem JIRA serverId 66e9c5b597e0cfea-d22cfe72-30a2310f-a9d4a179-703f4354570c8363adfc350a key KNL-532
• Has been enhanced to support Polls, Basic LTI, Questions Pools and Assignment supplements.
• Bulk CSV user management support has been added.
• Improvements to configuration management and system documentation.
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