2.0.1

2.0.1 Release Notes

Database configuration changes to support file upload question type:

These settings allow the Tests&Quizzes tool in Sakai to support file upload questions.

1) The data type for SAM_MEDIA_T should be "longblob". To set this, use the mysql command:

Ah. The SAM_MEDIA_T needs to be different for each dbtype, according to Daisy:

Oracle -> blob

MySQL -> longblob
Command: ALTER TABLE SAM_MEDIA_T MODIFY MEDIA longblob;

hsqldb -> varbinary

2) The max_allowed_packet variable limits the size of files that can be uploaded in Tests&Quizzes. Files larger than the max allowed packet size will be truncated. To set this variable, use the mysql command:

mysql> mysqld --max_allowed_packet=16M

Firefox

Possible release note for Firefox users. A newly created anonymous assessment may not display correctly the first time in Firefox. If you are using Firefox and see a blank screen when you try to take a new anonymous assessment, open a new browser window and try again.

Random Draw Question Type

SAK-1419 If you add a random draw part to an assessment, the pool that part uses is now considered off-limits for use elsewhere in the assessment (to prevent duplicate questions).

This is intentional behavior, but it looks like a bug to the user. For example:

1. I add some questions to part 1 of an assessment, saving them to question pool Foo as I go.

2. Then I create a random draw part 2 for the assessment and have it draw questions from the same pool Foo.

3. As soon as I create part 2, poof! part 1 is suddenly empty.

This needs to be documented both in the release notes and preferably on-screen for the user. It'd be better still if pool Foo was marked unavailable when I went to create the random draw part.