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Open eClass 2.6 - List of changes
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-- User course registration has been improved.
-- Various security fixes.
-- Strict check during file uploading via list of safe extensions (whitelist).
        Whitelist can be modified per user.
-- Added administrator tool for merging user accounts.
-- 'Search' module can be enabled / disabled.
-- Display all dropbox files in 'Dropbox' only in course admin.
-- Added Italian translation.
-- Added French translation.


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Open eClass 2.5 - List of changes
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-- New administrator user roles. Course and user administrator role. Users administrator role.        
-- New course user role. Assistant professor role.
-- User can choose to not receive mails from a course.
-- It is possible to require from user, to verify his email address during registration.
-- In "Assignments" teacher can define assignment with time and date deadlines.
-- Fix some bugs in "Exercises" and "Assignments".
-- In "Exercises" teacher can create exercises with existing random questions.
-- In "Video", videos can appear in pop up window inside the browser. 
-- New theme added (ocean).
-- Added German translation.
-- Improved online help. 


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Open eClass 2.4.1 - List of changes
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-- Code reorganization and bug fixes for alternative authentication methods
-- Add setting to select automatic registration or going through a request for
students logging-in via alternative methods when registration is closed
-- Option for the admin to change auth method for a user
-- Minor bug fixes for the glossary and video modules

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Open eClass 2.4 - List of changes
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-- Changed in Template and creation of new themes.
-- New module "E Book"
-- New module "Glossary".
-- Add new login page.
-- RSS feed in module "Announcements" and in "Admin Announcements".
-- Replace xinha html editor with tinymce.
-- Various changes in modules "Documents", "Groups" and "Forums".
-- Users can now participate in multiple groups.
-- Course units can display ebooks .
-- Changes in module "Search".
-- Add user public profile.
-- Changes in Advances user profile.
-- Security changes.
-- Changes in Admin Tool.
-- Users can now download directories (in .zip format) in module "Document".
-- Changes in installation wizard.
-- Changes in online help.
-- Added support for CAS authentication.
-- Better support for Shibboleth authentication.
-- Add theme 'modern' and theme administration.
-- Works with PHP version 5.3.
-- Works without enabling PHP options register_globals and short_open_tags.
-- Works in Mysql Strict Mode.

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Open eClass 2.3 - List of changes
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-- Support for user authentication via Shibboleth
-- Add "Student view" in Course Home module.
-- Add message notification in Forums.
-- Support for math symbols in "Exercises" and "Forums".
-- Various changes and bug fixing in Administration Tool.
-- Define optional course password while creating a course.

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Open eClass 2.2 - List of changes
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-- Creation of subsystem "Course units". The trainer may organize his course according to learning resources.
-- Various corrections in "Learning Path".
-- Added decimal rating in questions exercises. Bug corrected in changing of  order of exercises questions. Added option of displaying (or no) corrected answers after finish of exercise.
-- Add statistics in users group.
-- Add statistics about time consuming in course in user profile
-- Added support for Spanish Language

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Open eClass 2.1.3 - List of changes
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-- Fix bug in "Learning Path"
-- In "Announcements" mails are submitted per 50 users. Also in config.php if 
   variable $emailAnnounce has been defined all the announcements are carbon copied (cc) there.
-- Fix bug in "Users" while sagin users list in encoding windows-1253
-- Template engine fixes.
-- Add pagination in "Forums".
-- Don't logout user if he/she tries to access a closed course.
-- Changes in "Dropbox". User files are encoded.
-- In "Docuements" document title is displayed if it has been defined.
-- Various fixes in admin tool.
-- Fix bug in user portfolio during language selection.
-- Add field visibility in "Agenda".
-- Creation of table config in main database. Open eClass version being stored there.
-- Bug fix in uploading group assignment in "Assignments".
   Preserve extension .tar.gz in assignment submission.

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Open eClass 2.1.2 - List of changes
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-- Fix bug in user authentication
-- HTML editor added in "Create Course" and "Course Admin"
-- Fix in upgrade process.
-- Various fixes


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Open eClass 2.1.1 - List of changes
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-- Fix bug in "Show old statistics".
-- Fix bug in "Search" inside a course.
-- Fix bug in authentication users via LDAP.
-- Fix a compatibility bug in versions Mysql 4.x in "Forgot your password".
-- Add subsystem "Login as a different user" in administration tool.
-- Various fixes in upgrade process.


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Open eClass 2.1 - List of changes
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-- New Graphical User Interface
-- New "Learning Path" module compatible with SCORM 1.2 and 2004
-- New "Questionnaire"module
-- New "Wiki" module
-- Improved  "Assingments" and "Exercises" modules
-- Personalized user portfolio 
-- Multilanguage support (UTF-8 encoding)
-- Math symbols support 
-- New embedded HTML editor
-- Alternative user authentication through LDAP, POP3, IMAP and external MySQL DB
-- New wizard for courses creating.
-- User auditing and user statistics functionalities
-- Enhanced "search" facility
-- Improved security and new Password enryption 
-- New platform's web portal (http://www.openeclass.org)

