Hello everyone,
The following versions of Totara Learn have now been released:
- Release Evergreen
- Release 12.1
- Release 11.10
- Release 10.16
- Release 9.27
- Release 2.9.39
- Release 2.7.47
- Release 2.6.64
- Release 2.5.70
- Release 2.4.67
These versions do contain security fixes, and for this reason we strongly recommend upgrade.
Each release also includes bug fixes and improvements.
A big thanks to the following people for their contributions to this release:
- Ghada El-Zoghbi at Catalyst AU - TL-19692
- Learning Pool - TL-19779
- Michael Dunstan at Androgogic - TL-19292
Release Evergreen (19th December 2018):
Key: + Evergreen only
Important:
TL-17182 Fixed the use of the "moodle/course:viewhiddencourses" capability in report builder reports
Previously, users with "moodle/course:viewhiddencourses" capability could
not see hidden courses and related content with enabled "Audience
visibility" consistently in Report Builder reports (including embedded
reports). This permission was largely applicable in System or Course
context but had no effect in Course category and other context levels.
Also this rule had no effect when Course Audience-based Visibility was set
to "Enrolled users only" or "Enrolled users and members of the selected
audiences".
Now, each course-related record is checked against this capability in the
course and all parent contexts regardless of Audience-based Visibility
setting.
Security issues:
TL-19593 Improved handling of seminar attendee export fields
Validation was improved for fields that are set by a site admin to be
included when exporting seminar attendance, making user information that
can be exported consistent with other parts of the application.
Permissions checks are now also made to ensure that the user exporting has
permission to access the information of each user in the report.
Improvements:
TL-19292 Added behat test coverage to content marketplace filters
TL-19442 Enable course completion via RPL in Programs when the course is not visible to the learner
Previously when a course was not visible to the learner it could not be
marked as complete in the required learning UI. Now users with permission
to mark courses as complete can grant RPL even if the course is not
available to the learner.
TL-19448 Modified grid catalogue search placeholder text
TL-19647 Changed the title of an email sent out to confirm trainer for waitlisted seminar event
Prior to this patch: When a trainer was added into a waitlisted seminar
event, an email would be sent out to the trainer. The title of the email
was confusing because it included 'unknown date' and 'unknown time' (due to
waitlisted event).
With this patch: These keywords 'unknown date' and 'unknown time' are no
longer in the title of confirmation email sent out to the trainer. Instead,
a string 'location and time to be announced later' appears in the title.
This is achieved by the introduction of new placeholder "[eventperiod]"
that converts to "[starttime]-[finishtime], [sessiondate]" when date is
present and to "location and time to be announced later" when date is not
present.
To update existing notifications, replace placeholders
"[starttime]-[finishtime], [sessiondate]" with "[eventperiod]" manually.
Bug fixes:
TL-18858 Fixed mismatching date format patterns in the Excel writer
Previously when exporting report builder reports to Excel, any dates that
were not otherwise explicitly formatted would be displayed in the mm/dd/yy
format, regardless of the user's locale. These dates are now formatted to a
default state so that they are displayed as per the user's operating system
locale when opening the Excel file.
TL-18892 Fixed problem with redisplayed goal question in appraisals
Formerly, a redisplayed goal question would display the goal status as a
drop-down list - whether or not the user had rights to change/answer the
question. However, when the goal was changed, it was ignored. This patch
changes the drop-down into a text string when necessary so that it cannot
be changed.
TL-18903 Deprecated the facetoface_fromaddress setting as all emails are now sent from the no reply address
The TL-13922 changes were required to deprecate the facetoface_fromaddress
setting.
TL-19305 Fixed manager allocations on full seminar events
Previously when managers allocated users to a full seminar event, they
could end up in the "Approval required" state instead of being wait-listed
or overbooking the event.
TL-19311 Added event observers for course restoration to update the course format
Prior to this patch, when uploading a course using "Restore from this
course after upload" where the existing and uploaded course formats differ,
there was no action to update the course activities based on its format.
After this patch, the course activities will be updated, via the event
observer.
TL-19373 Added two new seminar date columns which support export
The new columns are "Local Session Start Date/Time" and "Local Session
Finish Date/Time" and they support exporting to Excel and Open Document
formats.
TL-19481 Fixed the course restoration process for seminar event multi-select customfields
Previously during course restoration, the seminar event multi-select
customfield was losing the value(s) if there was more than one value
selected.
TL-19485 Made tables scrollable when on iOS
This will require CSS to be regenerated for themes that use LESS
inheritance.
TL-19507 Expand and collapse icons in the current learning block are now displayed correctly in IE11
Previously when someone using IE11 was viewing the current learning block
with a program inside it, the expand and collapse icons were not displayed
if there was more than one course in the program.
This will require CSS to be regenerated for themes that use LESS
inheritance
TL-19579 Enabled multi-language support on the maintenance mode message
TL-19615 Fixed a permission error when a user tried to edit a seminar calendar event
TL-19679 Removed remaining references to cohorts changing to audiences
TL-19690 Fixed bug on Seminar Cancellations tab that caused Time Signed Up to be 1 January 1970 for some users
When a Seminar event that required manager approval was cancelled,
attendees awaiting approval would show 1 January 1970 in the Time Signed Up
column of the Attendees View Cancellations tab.
The Time Signed Up for attendees awaiting approval when the event was
cancelled is now the date and time that attendance was requested.
TL-19692 Fixed a naming error for an undefined user profile datatype in the observer class unit tests
TL-19693 Role names now wrap when assigning them to a user inside a course
This will require CSS to be regenerated for themes that use LESS
inheritance.
TL-19694 Fixed a capability notification for the launch of SCORM content
This fixed a small regression from TL-19014 where a notification about
requiring the 'mod/scorm:launch' capability was being displayed when it
should not have been.
TL-19696 Fixed the handling of calendar events when editing the calendar display settings of a seminar with multiple sessions
Previously with Seminar *Calendar display settings = None* and if the
seminar with multiple events was updated, the user calendar seminar dates
were hidden and the user couldn't see the seminar event in the calendar.
TL-19698 Fixed appraisal preview regression from TL-16015
TL-16015 caused a regression in which previewing the questions in an
appraisal displayed the text "Not yet answered". This patch fixes this and
now the actual UI control appears; e.g. for a file question, it is a file
picker, and for a date question, it is a date entry field.
Note that although values can be "entered" into the UI controls, nothing is
saved when closing the preview window.
TL-19726 Fixed the string identifier that has been declared incorrectly for facetoface's notification scheduling
TL-19760 Fixed multi-language support for custom headings in Report Builder
TL-19778 Fixed an error in seminar report filters when generating SQL for a search
Prior to this patch: the columns relating to the filters could not be added
because these columns were in the wrong place, they would only be added if
the GLOBAL setting (facetoface_hidecost) of the seminar was set to FALSE.
Therefore it was causing the sql error due to the columns and sql joins not
being found.
With this patch: the columns are now put in the correct place, and these
columns will no longer be affected by the GLOBAL setting
facetoface_hidecost.
TL-19779 Fixed an error when signing up to a seminar event that requires approval with no job assignment and temporary managers disabled
Contributions:
* Ghada El-Zoghbi at Catalyst AU - TL-19692
* Learning Pool - TL-19779
* Michael Dunstan at Androgogic - TL-19292
Release 12.1 (19th December 2018):
Important:
TL-17182 Fixed the use of the "moodle/course:viewhiddencourses" capability in report builder reports
Previously, users with "moodle/course:viewhiddencourses" capability could
not see hidden courses and related content with enabled "Audience
visibility" consistently in Report Builder reports (including embedded
reports). This permission was largely applicable in System or Course
context but had no effect in Course category and other context levels.
Also this rule had no effect when Course Audience-based Visibility was set
to "Enrolled users only" or "Enrolled users and members of the selected
audiences".
Now, each course-related record is checked against this capability in the
course and all parent contexts regardless of Audience-based Visibility
setting.
Security issues:
TL-19593 Improved handling of seminar attendee export fields
Validation was improved for fields that are set by a site admin to be
included when exporting seminar attendance, making user information that
can be exported consistent with other parts of the application.
Permissions checks are now also made to ensure that the user exporting has
permission to access the information of each user in the report.
Improvements:
TL-19292 Added behat test coverage to content marketplace filters
TL-19442 Enable course completion via RPL in Programs when the course is not visible to the learner
Previously when a course was not visible to the learner it could not be
marked as complete in the required learning UI. Now users with permission
to mark courses as complete can grant RPL even if the course is not
available to the learner.
TL-19448 Modified grid catalogue search placeholder text
TL-19647 Changed the title of an email sent out to confirm trainer for waitlisted seminar event
Prior to this patch: When a trainer was added into a waitlisted seminar
event, an email would be sent out to the trainer. The title of the email
was confusing because it included 'unknown date' and 'unknown time' (due to
waitlisted event).
With this patch: These keywords 'unknown date' and 'unknown time' are no
longer in the title of confirmation email sent out to the trainer. Instead,
a string 'location and time to be announced later' appears in the title.
This is achieved by the introduction of new placeholder "[eventperiod]"
that converts to "[starttime]-[finishtime], [sessiondate]" when date is
present and to "location and time to be announced later" when date is not
present.
To update existing notifications, replace placeholders
"[starttime]-[finishtime], [sessiondate]" with "[eventperiod]" manually.
Bug fixes:
TL-18858 Fixed mismatching date format patterns in the Excel writer
Previously when exporting report builder reports to Excel, any dates that
were not otherwise explicitly formatted would be displayed in the mm/dd/yy
format, regardless of the user's locale. These dates are now formatted to a
default state so that they are displayed as per the user's operating system
locale when opening the Excel file.
TL-18892 Fixed problem with redisplayed goal question in appraisals
Formerly, a redisplayed goal question would display the goal status as a
drop-down list - whether or not the user had rights to change/answer the
question. However, when the goal was changed, it was ignored. This patch
changes the drop-down into a text string when necessary so that it cannot
be changed.
TL-18903 Deprecated the facetoface_fromaddress setting as all emails are now sent from the no reply address
The TL-13922 changes were required to deprecate the facetoface_fromaddress
setting.
TL-19305 Fixed manager allocations on full seminar events
Previously when managers allocated users to a full seminar event, they
could end up in the "Approval required" state instead of being wait-listed
or overbooking the event.
TL-19311 Added event observers for course restoration to update the course format
Prior to this patch, when uploading a course using "Restore from this
course after upload" where the existing and uploaded course formats differ,
there was no action to update the course activities based on its format.
After this patch, the course activities will be updated, via the event
observer.
TL-19373 Added two new seminar date columns which support export
The new columns are "Local Session Start Date/Time" and "Local Session
Finish Date/Time" and they support exporting to Excel and Open Document
formats.
TL-19481 Fixed the course restoration process for seminar event multi-select customfields
Previously during course restoration, the seminar event multi-select
customfield was losing the value(s) if there was more than one value
selected.
TL-19485 Made tables scrollable when on iOS
This will require CSS to be regenerated for themes that use LESS
inheritance.
TL-19507 Expand and collapse icons in the current learning block are now displayed correctly in IE11
Previously when someone using IE11 was viewing the current learning block
with a program inside it, the expand and collapse icons were not displayed
if there was more than one course in the program.
This will require CSS to be regenerated for themes that use LESS
inheritance
TL-19579 Enabled multi-language support on the maintenance mode message
TL-19599 Fixed deletion of filters and columns in the "All User's Job Assignments" section
TL-19615 Fixed a permission error when a user tried to edit a seminar calendar event
TL-19679 Removed remaining references to cohorts changing to audiences
TL-19690 Fixed bug on Seminar Cancellations tab that caused Time Signed Up to be 1 January 1970 for some users
When a Seminar event that required manager approval was cancelled,
attendees awaiting approval would show 1 January 1970 in the Time Signed Up
column of the Attendees View Cancellations tab.
The Time Signed Up for attendees awaiting approval when the event was
cancelled is now the date and time that attendance was requested.
TL-19692 Fixed a naming error for an undefined user profile datatype in the observer class unit tests
TL-19693 Role names now wrap when assigning them to a user inside a course
This will require CSS to be regenerated for themes that use LESS
inheritance.
TL-19694 Fixed a capability notification for the launch of SCORM content
This fixed a small regression from TL-19014 where a notification about
requiring the 'mod/scorm:launch' capability was being displayed when it
should not have been.
TL-19696 Fixed the handling of calendar events when editing the calendar display settings of a seminar with multiple sessions
Previously with Seminar *Calendar display settings = None* and if the
seminar with multiple events was updated, the user calendar seminar dates
were hidden and the user couldn't see the seminar event in the calendar.
TL-19698 Fixed appraisal preview regression from TL-16015
TL-16015 caused a regression in which previewing the questions in an
appraisal displayed the text "Not yet answered". This patch fixes this and
now the actual UI control appears; e.g. for a file question, it is a file
picker, and for a date question, it is a date entry field.
Note that although values can be "entered" into the UI controls, nothing is
saved when closing the preview window.
TL-19726 Fixed the string identifier that has been declared incorrectly for facetoface's notification scheduling
TL-19760 Fixed multi-language support for custom headings in Report Builder
TL-19778 Fixed an error in seminar report filters when generating SQL for a search
Prior to this patch: the columns relating to the filters could not be added
because these columns were in the wrong place, they would only be added if
the GLOBAL setting (facetoface_hidecost) of the seminar was set to FALSE.
Therefore it was causing the sql error due to the columns and sql joins not
being found.
With this patch: the columns are now put in the correct place, and these
columns will no longer be affected by the GLOBAL setting
facetoface_hidecost.
TL-19779 Fixed an error when signing up to a seminar event that requires approval with no job assignment and temporary managers disabled
Contributions:
* Ghada El-Zoghbi at Catalyst AU - TL-19692
* Learning Pool - TL-19779
* Michael Dunstan at Androgogic - TL-19292
Release 11.10 (19th December 2018):
Security issues:
TL-19593 Improved handling of seminar attendee export fields
Validation was improved for fields that are set by a site admin to be
included when exporting seminar attendance, making user information that
can be exported consistent with other parts of the application.
Permissions checks are now also made to ensure that the user exporting has
permission to access the information of each user in the report.
Improvements:
TL-19442 Enable course completion via RPL in Programs when the course is not visible to the learner
Previously when a course was not visible to the learner it could not be
marked as complete in the required learning UI. Now users with permission
to mark courses as complete can grant RPL even if the course is not
available to the learner.
Bug fixes:
TL-18858 Fixed mismatching date format patterns in the Excel writer
Previously when exporting report builder reports to Excel, any dates that
were not otherwise explicitly formatted would be displayed in the mm/dd/yy
format, regardless of the user's locale. These dates are now formatted to a
default state so that they are displayed as per the user's operating system
locale when opening the Excel file.
TL-18892 Fixed problem with redisplayed goal question in appraisals
Formerly, a redisplayed goal question would display the goal status as a
drop-down list - whether or not the user had rights to change/answer the
question. However, when the goal was changed, it was ignored. This patch
changes the drop-down into a text string when necessary so that it cannot
be changed.
TL-19303 Removed "User status already changed to cancelled" unnecessary debug message.
TL-19373 Added two new seminar date columns which support export
The new columns are "Local Session Start Date/Time" and "Local Session
Finish Date/Time" and they support exporting to Excel and Open Document
formats.
TL-19481 Fixed the course restoration process for seminar event multi-select customfields
Previously during course restoration, the seminar event multi-select
customfield was losing the value(s) if there was more than one value
selected.
TL-19485 Made tables scrollable when on iOS
This will require CSS to be regenerated for themes that use LESS
inheritance.
TL-19507 Expand and collapse icons in the current learning block are now displayed correctly in IE11
Previously when someone using IE11 was viewing the current learning block
with a program inside it, the expand and collapse icons were not displayed
if there was more than one course in the program.
This will require CSS to be regenerated for themes that use LESS
inheritance
TL-19579 Enabled multi-language support on the maintenance mode message
TL-19615 Fixed a permission error when a user tried to edit a seminar calendar event
TL-19679 Removed remaining references to cohorts changing to audiences
TL-19690 Fixed bug on Seminar Cancellations tab that caused Time Signed Up to be 1 January 1970 for some users
When a Seminar event that required manager approval was cancelled,
attendees awaiting approval would show 1 January 1970 in the Time Signed Up
column of the Attendees View Cancellations tab.
The Time Signed Up for attendees awaiting approval when the event was
cancelled is now the date and time that attendance was requested.
TL-19692 Fixed a naming error for an undefined user profile datatype in the observer class unit tests
TL-19693 Role names now wrap when assigning them to a user inside a course
This will require CSS to be regenerated for themes that use LESS
inheritance.
TL-19694 Fixed a capability notification for the launch of SCORM content
This fixed a small regression from TL-19014 where a notification about
requiring the 'mod/scorm:launch' capability was being displayed when it
should not have been.
TL-19696 Fixed the handling of calendar events when editing the calendar display settings of a seminar with multiple sessions
Previously with Seminar *Calendar display settings = None* and if the
seminar with multiple events was updated, the user calendar seminar dates
were hidden and the user couldn't see the seminar event in the calendar.
TL-19698 Fixed appraisal preview regression from TL-16015
TL-16015 caused a regression in which previewing the questions in an
appraisal displayed the text "Not yet answered". This patch fixes this and
now the actual UI control appears; e.g. for a file question, it is a file
picker, and for a date question, it is a date entry field.
Note that although values can be "entered" into the UI controls, nothing is
saved when closing the preview window.
TL-19726 Fixed the string identifier that has been declared incorrectly for facetoface's notification scheduling
TL-19733 Fixed export of the "Previous completions" column in the Record of Learning report
TL-19760 Fixed multi-language support for custom headings in Report Builder
TL-19778 Fixed an error in seminar report filters when generating SQL for a search
Prior to this patch: the columns relating to the filters could not be added
because these columns were in the wrong place, they would only be added if
the GLOBAL setting (facetoface_hidecost) of the seminar was set to FALSE.
Therefore it was causing the sql error due to the columns and sql joins not
being found.
With this patch: the columns are now put in the correct place, and these
columns will no longer be affected by the GLOBAL setting
facetoface_hidecost.
TL-19779 Fixed an error when signing up to a seminar event that requires approval with no job assignment and temporary managers disabled
TL-19790 Fixed coursename_list Report Builder display to use correct id and name values
Contributions:
* Ghada El-Zoghbi at Catalyst AU - TL-19692
* Learning Pool - TL-19779
Release 10.16 (19th December 2018):
Security issues:
TL-19593 Improved handling of seminar attendee export fields
Validation was improved for fields that are set by a site admin to be
included when exporting seminar attendance, making user information that
can be exported consistent with other parts of the application.
Permissions checks are now also made to ensure that the user exporting has
permission to access the information of each user in the report.
Bug fixes:
TL-18892 Fixed problem with redisplayed goal question in appraisals
Formerly, a redisplayed goal question would display the goal status as a
drop-down list - whether or not the user had rights to change/answer the
question. However, when the goal was changed, it was ignored. This patch
changes the drop-down into a text string when necessary so that it cannot
be changed.
TL-19373 Added two new seminar date columns which support export
The new columns are "Local Session Start Date/Time" and "Local Session
Finish Date/Time" and they support exporting to Excel and Open Document
formats.
TL-19481 Fixed the course restoration process for seminar event multi-select customfields
Previously during course restoration, the seminar event multi-select
customfield was losing the value(s) if there was more than one value
selected.
TL-19579 Enabled multi-language support on the maintenance mode message
TL-19615 Fixed a permission error when a user tried to edit a seminar calendar event
TL-19679 Removed remaining references to cohorts changing to audiences
TL-19692 Fixed a naming error for an undefined user profile datatype in the observer class unit tests
TL-19693 Role names now wrap when assigning them to a user inside a course
This will require CSS to be regenerated for themes that use LESS
inheritance.
TL-19696 Fixed the handling of calendar events when editing the calendar display settings of a seminar with multiple sessions
Previously with Seminar *Calendar display settings = None* and if the
seminar with multiple events was updated, the user calendar seminar dates
were hidden and the user couldn't see the seminar event in the calendar.
TL-19733 Fixed export of the "Previous completions" column in the Record of Learning report
TL-19760 Fixed multi-language support for custom headings in Report Builder
TL-19779 Fixed an error when signing up to a seminar event that requires approval with no job assignment and temporary managers disabled
TL-19790 Fixed coursename_list Report Builder display to use correct id and name values
Contributions:
* Ghada El-Zoghbi at Catalyst AU - TL-19692
* Learning Pool - TL-19779
Release 9.27 (19th December 2018):
Security issues:
TL-19593 Improved handling of seminar attendee export fields
Validation was improved for fields that are set by a site admin to be
included when exporting seminar attendance, making user information that
can be exported consistent with other parts of the application.
Permissions checks are now also made to ensure that the user exporting has
permission to access the information of each user in the report.
Bug fixes:
TL-18892 Fixed problem with redisplayed goal question in appraisals
Formerly, a redisplayed goal question would display the goal status as a
drop-down list - whether or not the user had rights to change/answer the
question. However, when the goal was changed, it was ignored. This patch
changes the drop-down into a text string when necessary so that it cannot
be changed.
TL-19373 Added two new seminar date columns which support export
The new columns are "Local Session Start Date/Time" and "Local Session
Finish Date/Time" and they support exporting to Excel and Open Document
formats.
TL-19481 Fixed the course restoration process for seminar event multi-select customfields
Previously during course restoration, the seminar event multi-select
customfield was losing the value(s) if there was more than one value
selected.
TL-19615 Fixed a permission error when a user tried to edit a seminar calendar event
TL-19692 Fixed a naming error for an undefined user profile datatype in the observer class unit tests
TL-19696 Fixed the handling of calendar events when editing the calendar display settings of a seminar with multiple sessions
Previously with Seminar *Calendar display settings = None* and if the
seminar with multiple events was updated, the user calendar seminar dates
were hidden and the user couldn't see the seminar event in the calendar.
TL-19760 Fixed multi-language support for custom headings in Report Builder
TL-19779 Fixed an error when signing up to a seminar event that requires approval with no job assignment and temporary managers disabled
Contributions:
* Ghada El-Zoghbi at Catalyst AU - TL-19692
* Learning Pool - TL-19779
Release 2.9.39 (19th December 2018):
Security issues:
TL-19593 Improved handling of face-to-face attendee export fields
Validation was improved for fields that are set by a site admin to be
included when exporting face-to-face attendance, making user information
that can be exported consistent with other parts of the application.
Permissions checks are now also made to ensure that the user exporting has
permission to access the information of each user in the report.
Bug fixes:
TL-19692 Fixed a naming error for an undefined user profile datatype in the observer class unit tests
Contributions:
* Ghada El-Zoghbi at Catalyst AU - TL-19692
Release 2.7.47 (19th December 2018):
Security issues:
TL-19593 Improved handling of face-to-face attendee export fields
Validation was improved for fields that are set by a site admin to be
included when exporting face-to-face attendance, making user information
that can be exported consistent with other parts of the application.
Permissions checks are now also made to ensure that the user exporting has
permission to access the information of each user in the report.
Bug fixes:
TL-19692 Fixed a naming error for an undefined user profile datatype in the observer class unit tests
Contributions:
* Ghada El-Zoghbi at Catalyst AU - TL-19692
Release 2.6.64 (19th December 2018):
Security issues:
TL-19593 Improved handling of face-to-face attendee export fields
Validation was improved for fields that are set by a site admin to be
included when exporting face-to-face attendance, making user information
that can be exported consistent with other parts of the application.
Permissions checks are now also made to ensure that the user exporting has
permission to access the information of each user in the report.
Release 2.5.70 (19th December 2018):
Security issues:
TL-19593 Improved handling of face-to-face attendee export fields
Validation was improved for fields that are set by a site admin to be
included when exporting face-to-face attendance, making user information
that can be exported consistent with other parts of the application.
Permissions checks are now also made to ensure that the user exporting has
permission to access the information of each user in the report.
Release 2.4.67 (19th December 2018):
Security issues:
TL-19593 Improved handling of face-to-face attendee export fields
Validation was improved for fields that are set by a site admin to be
included when exporting face-to-face attendance, making user information
that can be exported consistent with other parts of the application.
Permissions checks are now also made to ensure that the user exporting has
permission to access the information of each user in the report.