Release 10.0 changelog on Evergreen 20170823 (22nd September 2017):
Key: + Evergreen only
Important:
TL-12978 + Include features, improvements and bug fixes from Moodle 3.2
This release contains features, improvements and bug fixes from Moodle 3.2
By reviewing the changelog you can find out which Moodle issues have been
included.
Please be aware that not all Moodle changes are included in Totara, we are
now selective about what gets included from upstream.
TL-15905 + Minimum required version of MS SQL Server is 2014
Security issues:
TL-12944 Updated Web Service tokens to use cryptographically secure generators
Previously, Web Service tokens were generated via a method which would
generate a random and hard-to-guess token that was not considered
cryptographically secure. New tokens will now be generated using
cryptographically secure methods, providing they are available in the
server's current version of PHP.
TL-16116 Added a check for group permissions when viewing course user reports
TL-16117 Events belonging to activity modules can no longer be manually deleted from the calendar
TL-16118 Fixed the logic in checking whether users can view course profiles
TL-16119 Fixed incomplete escaping on the Feedback activity contact form
TL-16120 Added warning to admins when a development libs directory exists.
New features:
TL-4156 Added the course completion editor
The course completion editor is accessible in Course administration >
Course completion, to all users who have the
'totara/completioneditor:editcoursecompletion' capability in the course
context (default is administrators only). The editor allows you to edit
course completion, criteria completion, activity completion and history
data, allowing you to put this data into any valid state. It includes
transaction logs, which record all changes that are made to these records
(both from within the editor and in other areas of Totara, e.g. completion
of an activity, or when cron reaggregates completion). It also includes a
checker, which can be used to find records which have data in an invalid
state.
Improvements:
TL-853 + Replaced existing Browse List of Users page with Report builder report
This new version of the user report provides the functionality of the
original plus all the benefits of a report generated within Report builder.
Please note, Mnet is not supported in the new report. You can however,
access Mnet functionality through a legacy version of the report.
TL-8468 + Added support for activity completion to course completion progress bars
Previously a user's progress towards completion of a course were indicated
via one of 3 states - not yet started, in progress and completed. This is
now replaced with a progressbar that indicates the actual progress towards
completion as a percentage.
If a user is unable to complete a course due to completion tracking not
enabled for the course, no completion criteria defined for the course, or
the specific user's progress not being tracked, an indication of this is
shown instead of a progress bar.
In previous versions a user could obtain detail on actions required to
complete a course by clicking on the course's status bar. This is currently
not available but will be provided by the implementation of TL-15920
TL-8741 + Corrected handling of unique values for date and menu user profile fields.
TL-9204 + Updated 'Manage reports' page to use an embedded report
The report builder 'Manage reports' page has been split into two pages, one
for user reports and one for embedded reports. There is now a separate
capability that can be assigned independently so you can control who can
manage embedded reports.
In addition there is a new 'Reports' report source and the 'Manage reports'
page has been converted to an embedded report, which means it's possible to
customise the columns that are shown, add filters and export the list of
reports.
TL-9315 + Added self evaluations to 360° Feedback
TL-10228 + Add Job Assignment HR Import source
Job assignments can no longer be imported using the User HR Import source.
Data must now be imported using this source instead. Job assignment data
should be removed from the User source.
IMPORTANT: If users had their own 'HR Import' setting enabled for their
user record, all of their job assignments records will have the new 'HR
Import' setting enabled after upgrade.
This only applies during the upgrade. Updating a user's 'HR Import' setting
enabled after upgrade will not alter this field for their job assignments.
Consistent with how this setting operates for users and hierarchies, this
setting is off by default when adding a job assignment manually. It will be
on by default for job assignments created by the new HR Import source. The
setting is only visible in a job assignment record once the Job Assignment
HR Import source has been enabled.
TL-10256 + Removed incorrect HTML label tags (and replaced by aria attributes where appropriate) when viewing grader report
TL-10918 + Added additional information about what will be deleted when deleting Job assignments
TL-11014 + Improved the handling of single course certifications and programs within the Current Learning block
If a Program or the current path of a Certification only contains a single
course, then the item will be shown without the ability to expand and will
link directly to the Course within it instead of the Program/Certification.
TL-12661 + Added an accessible label when search glossary entries
TL-12666 + Added accessible text when changing forum digest type
TL-12788 + Add scheduled tasks to clean the course and certification completion upload logs
# added scheduled tasks to clean the course and certification completion
upload logs
# added 'Settings' submenu for Upload Completion Records where user can
specify the length of time a user want to keep the course/certification
completion upload logs information.
TL-12949 + Web service tokens no longer shown in Manage token interface
Previously, any current web service tokens were shown in the Manage token
admin interface. These are now only shown one time when they are created
and can not be found again after navigating away from the page.
The 'Security keys' page in the user preferences is unaffected by this, as
that only shows a user's own tokens and only if they have the correct
permission to view it.
TL-14244 Updated default branding to Totara Learn
Changed language strings and logos to use the new product name "Totara
Learn" instead of "Totara LMS".
TL-14275 Users can now cause self completion from within a course activity
This ability has been added to all core modules excluding Lesson and Quiz
(where a user should at least attempt the activity). Non-core modules will
need to be modified to support this functionality
TL-14280 + Improved pix mustache helper to support JSON objects
TL-14394 + Add global restriction initial display setting for report bulder
TL-14789 + Improved readability of label, button, badge and alert UI components.
TL-14815 + New report source for individual job assignments
TL-14825 + Job assignment filters are now using consistently correlated subqueries
TL-15012 + Added a new capability to upload courses
TL-15056 Added warning notice to the top of delete category page
TL-15768 + Seminar enrolment expiration is now processed by a dedicated scheduled task
Course enrolments for audience members when memberships change in an
audience are now synchronised by a dedicated scheduled task.
The timing of this task can be configured in the Scheduled tasks
interface.
The task itself can be manually executed by running the following as the
web server user on the command line:
{code}
php admin/tool/task/cli/schedule_task.php
--execute="\\enrol_cohort\\task\\sync_members"
{code}
Expiration of Seminar direct enrolments is now processed by a dedicated
scheduled task.
The timing of this task can be configured in the Scheduled tasks
interface.
The task itself can be manually executed by running the following as the
web server user on the command line:
{code}
php admin/tool/task/cli/schedule_task.php
--execute="\\enrol_totara_facetoface\\task\\process_expirations"
{code}
TL-15773 + Ensured body and link text colour contrast ratio is at least 3:1 (WCAG 2.0 A compliant)
TL-15774 + Improved readability of notifications in theme_basis
TL-15781 + Role definition caching now makes use of an MUC application cache
TL-15834 Improved Datepicker in Totara forms
TL-15880 + Removed rolechangedwarning css
TL-15888 + Behat and PHPUnit testing does not require superuser privileges for testing with PostgreSQL
TL-15902 + Behat configuration improvements
Developers can now run vendor/bin/behat without specifying of the
configuration file.
Chrome is now the default browser and all recommended setting are included
by default.
TL-15908 + Improved behat error detection
TL-15935 + Improved performance and reliability of behat testing
TL-15965 + Use BEHAT cookie to limit access to test sites
TL-15972 + Fixed brand notification warning in element library
TL-15974 + Upload message when editing a course now uses standard bootstrap fade
TL-15983 + Improved support for MariaDB 10.3
TL-15996 Improved test environment init when switching PHP versions
TL-16009 + Form elements used for password entry are using standardised unmasking logic
TL-16146 + Behat settings can be changed via behat_local.yml file instead of CFG settings
TL-16148 Improved performance of category management page
Bug fixes:
TL-11012 Fixed formatting of grade percentage shown in quiz review
The configured 'decimal places in grades' value of a quiz is now also used
when formatting the grade percentage on the quiz review page. In earlier
releases the percentage has always been formatted with 0 decimal points
which resulted in confusing results.
Administrators and trainers are still responsible for ensuring that the
configured 'decimal places in grades' value will not result in confusion
for students due to the rounding up of the displayed values.
It is advised to use at least 2 decimal places if a student can score a
fraction of a point in any question in the quiz.
TL-14002 + Report table block reports take up the available width regardless of sidebar filters
TL-14674 + Fixed certification membership report not showing "Not assigned" status
TL-14676 Fixed error when deleting a closed 360 Feedback
TL-14753 Fixed the display of grades within the course completion report sources
TL-14996 Disabled multiple selection during manager selection in signup form
TL-15038 Fixed error when trying to save a search with availability filter in Rooms and Assets reports
TL-15785 Fixed the display of manager and appraiser filters while creating a saved search
TL-15844 + Added scroll bar when viewing mustache template list
TL-15879 Fixed missing icon from Progress column in Record of Learning in some cases
TL-15883 + Ensured Flavours admin UI uses Bootstrap 3 variables
TL-15884 Fixed an Job assignment error when taking attendance for a Seminar activity
TL-15891 Added checks and fixes for orphaned program user assignment exceptions
Under certain exceptional circumstances, it is possible for a user assigned
to a program or certification to have an exception, but that exception does
not show up in the 'Exception Report' tab. In this state, the user is
unable to continue working on the program, and the exception cannot be
resolved. With this patch, the completion checker has been extended to
detect this problem, and two triggerable fixes have been provided.
To resolve the problem, run the program and certification completion
checkers to find all records affected, or edit a completion record, then
choose to either assign the users or have the exceptions recalculated. If
the 'recalculate exceptions' option is chosen and an exception still
applies to a user, then after fixing the problem you can resolve the
exceptions as normal in the 'Exception Report' tab.
TL-15892 Ensured course deletion does not effect awarded course badges
TL-15897 Fixed some typos in Certification language strings
TL-15899 Corrected inconsistent validation of sender address setting
TL-15900 Fixed manager's manager not updating in dynamic appraisals
After upgrade, the next time the "Update learner assignments to appraisals"
scheduled task is run, it will update any managers' managers that have
changed, where the update is appropriate.
TL-15919 Fixed missing delete assignment button for active appraisals
TL-15921 Fixed multiple display of seminar attendees that have been approved more than once
TL-15936 Fixed detection of non-lowercase authentication plugin names in HR Sync on OSX and Windows
TL-15937 Added missing appraisal data generator reset
TL-15938 + Fixed several date related issues in behat
TL-15941 + Fixed a use of count() on an item that doesn't implement countable within assign, lesson and quiz modules
TL-15946 + Fixed a use of count() on an item that doesn't implement countable within report builder.
TL-15966 + Changed loading icon when uploading a file to a course to a font icon
TL-15969 + Added icons to notifications when on the site notifications page
TL-15971 + Fixed mform tags issue in element library
TL-15977 Fixed SCORM cmi.interaction bug
TL-15985 + Corrected Behat test regressions introduced by TL-8741.
TL-16010 Added reset method to hierarchy generator
TL-16121 Fixed View Details link not working when user is viewing appraisal answers only
TL-16126 Fixed how choice activity data is reset by certification windows
TL-16159 + Added 'msedge' and 'chrome' CSS classes to allow browser targeting
Miscellaneous Moodle fixes:
TL-16033 MDL-57649: Fixed removing of attached files in question pages of lesson module
Fixed bug in lesson activity which did not automatically remove files
attached to question pages when those pages were deleted.
TL-16034 + Reverted MDL-54849 to return behaviour of next question button in lessons
