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<h1>Dokeos 1.8.5 - March 2008</h1>
<h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
<p>Dokeos 1.8.5 is both a major debugging release but includes a few interesting new features.&nbsp;</p>
<h3>New Features</h3>
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<li>OpenID authentication support</li>
<li>SCORM export improvement</li>
<li>Possibility to filter extension of submitted files all around Dokeos</li>
<li>Possibility to import Word documents</li>
<li>Possibility to import docx and pptx documents (new MS-Office format)</li>
<li>Grades, evaluations and success certificates available thanks to full integration of the gradebook extension</li>
<li>Coloured icons added to courses list in administration panel to show access permissions</li>
<li>Logout button now shows the username of the current user</li>
<li>Student view re-activated and fully-functional</li>
<li>Searching the forum is now possible so you can use the forum as a knowledge base. The search results are highlighted throughout the forum and you can search on multiple words also. </li>
<li>Group members are now displayed in a sortable table</li>
<li>Possibility to export survey results in XLS format directly</li>
<li>Documents, Works and Dropbox tools usability has been improved in many ways</li>
<li>in the agenda you can display the X upcoming events (can be configured by the platform admin)</li>
<li>The course agenda now has a month view like the my agenda</li>
<li>In the user list of the platform administration you can now quickly see for what courses the user is subscribed by hovering over the courses icon</li>
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<h3>Debugging</h3>
<ul>
<li>Prerequisites management in learning paths fixed (includes quizzes, hotpotatoes and SCORM)</li>
<li>Various minor bugs fixed in the learning path tool (scoring, copy, re-ordering)</li>
<li>Various minor bugs fixed in the session handling</li>
<li>Fixes to the survey tool (date management)</li>
<li>Fixes to the calendar tool (access by students)</li>
<li>Fixes to the announcement tool (access by students)</li>
<li>Fixes to the group tool (default group settings)</li>
<li>bugfix: complete export in survey tool displayed the question of all the surveys and not only those of the selected survey</li>
<li>bugfix: registering a new user resulted in the language field of the user being empty which resulted in an english profile by default. This has now been changed to the platform language. </li>
<li>performance improvement in the user list of the platform administration </li>
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<h1>Dokeos 1.8.4 - September 2007</h1>
<h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
<p>Dokeos
1.8.4 is both a features and debuggingmajor release.&nbsp;</p>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Templates. See <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/templates.php">http://www.dokeos.com/templates.php</a></li>
<li>Wide Hotspots tests to allow real-life situations simulation</li>
<li>Flash video import and streaming</li>
<li>Installation guide renewed. See&nbsp;<a href="http://www.dokeos.com/doc/installation_guide.html">http://www.dokeos.com/doc/installation_guide.html</a></li>
<li>Added animated Mr Dokeos character : <a href="http://www.dokeos.com/mrdokeos.php">http://www.dokeos.com/mrdokeos.php</a></li>
<li>English and Dutch teacher manual added</li>
<li>Assignments form now fills automatically with document title and user name</li>
<li>Document authoring space now bigger</li>
<li>IMS/QTI export of tests</li>
<li>Export of media (images, Flash, Audio) and tests in SCORM export</li>
<li>Agenda default time management for an event improved</li>
<li>Oogie PowerPoint converter setup simplified</li>
<li>Improved support for other character sets (enabling better support for
UTF-8 and russian and asian fonts)</li>
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<h3>Debugging</h3>
<ul>
<li>Upgrade script improved : now possible to upgrade direct from 1.6 to 1.8.4.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Blogs user rights</li>
<li>FCK Editor image import</li>
<li>Videoconferencing slides now include Documents directory of course</li>
<li>SCORM content can be displayed Full Screen</li>
<li>SCORM interactions now properly running</li>
<li>Hotspots tests redesigned and bigger hotspots zone</li>
<li>Alphabetical sorting of lists fixed</li>
<li>Excel export in reporting now removes HTML tags</li>
<li>My profile page display layout</li>
<li>Import HotPotatoes tests scoring</li>
<li>Images gallery in Documents bad display</li>
<li>Agenda default date now more relevant</li>
<li>Tests random questions order option clarified</li>
<li>Templates editing and media removal now easier</li>
<li>Apostrophe bug in Learning path Build mode</li>
<li>Table of contents wider in Learning path</li>
<li>Audio player now autostarts</li>
<li>Spelling mistakes in French and English</li>
<li>Group features now related to group, not generic</li>
<li>Blogs SQL errors fixed</li>
<li>Introduction images were missing in tests reporting</li>
<li>SCORM export now working</li>
<li>My agenda Personal events editor bug fixed</li>
<li>Oogie PowerPoint import installation easier</li>
<li>Time spent on platform tracking improved</li>
<li>Course Backup/restore bugs fixed</li>
<li>Course copy bugs fixed</li>
<li>Default visibility status of learning paths fixed</li>
<li>Images gallery display reordering</li>
<li>Agenda default time management for an event improved</li>
<li>Groups display alphabetical sorting fixed</li>
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<h1>Dokeos 1.8 - May 2007</h1>
<h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
<p>Dokeos 1.8 is a major release. The software becomes a complete suite
including not only a learning management system and a learners
administration dashboard, but also an easy-to-use authoring system and
a simple videoconferencing interface.</p>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li> Ms-PowerPoint&reg; to Learning Path conversion</li>
<li>Integrated Live Conferencing&nbsp;</li>
<li>Templates and styles for rapid online authoring</li>
<li>Search engine&nbsp;</li>
<li>New question types: hotspots and&nbsp;open answers</li>
<li>Reporting dashboard with export to Ms-Excel</li>
<li>Surveys</li>
<li>Educational blogs</li>
<li>Learning Path: better import and export of SCORM, IMS and AICC </li>
<li>Documents tool: PowerPoint and Word into HTML file type conversion</li>
<li>Tests tool: less sequential and more user-friendly</li>
<li>Forum : better admin and content management</li>
<li>code cleanup </li>
<li>new nice looking icons</li>
<li>new layout for the course homepage</li>
<li>Version check: be informed when a new Dokeos release is available. </li>
<li>Platform Statistics so you can boast with your campus. </li>
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<h1>Dokeos 1.6.5 - July 2006 </h1>
<h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
<p>Security Release. 1 bug has been fixed. Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes<br />
<a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.5_release_notes_and_changelog">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.5_release_notes_and_changelog</a></p>
<h1>Dokeos 1.6.4 April 2006 </h1>
<h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
<p>Bugfix release. 2 bugs have been fixed. One security hole has been fixed <br />
Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes<br />
<a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.4_release_notes_and_changelog">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.4_release_notes_and_changelog</a></p>
<h1>Dokeos 1.6.3 February 2006 </h1>
<h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
<p>Bugfix release. 44 bugs have been fixed. Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes<br />
<a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.3_release_notes_and_changelog">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.3_release_notes_and_changelog</a> </p>
<h1>Dokeos 1.6.2 - September 2005</h1>
<h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
<p>Bugfix release. 14 bugs have been fixed. Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes<br />
<a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.2_release_notes_and_changelog">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.2_release_notes_and_changelog</a></p>
<h1>Dokeos 1.6.1 - August 2005</h1>
<h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
<p>Bugfix release. 31 bugs have been fixed. Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes<br />
<a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.1_release_notes_and_changelog">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.1_release_notes_and_changelog</a></p>
<h1>Dokeos 1.6 - July 2005</h1>
<h3>Release notes - summary</h3>
<p>In Dokeos 1.6, security and interoperability have been improved. Protection<br />
for documents has improved, and courses have more accessibility options.<br />
Password encryption is enabled by default. The php.ini setting <br />
"register globals" does not have be on anymore.<br />
<a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6_release_notes">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6_release_notes </a></p>
<h3>New Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Campus home page can be edited online</li>
<li> Improved translations, made with the new Dokeos translation tool</li>
<li> Language switch - when you enter the portal, you can choose your language.</li>
<li> Who is online: a list of users who are logged in, you can click to see
their pictures and portfolio, or click to talk to them through our built-in web chat tool.</li>
<li>Learning path - import and export of SCORM packages, improved layout,
prerequisites based on score in tests</li>
<li> Agenda - many new options, e.g. every user can add personal agenda items.</li>
<li>Document tool - many new options, improved layout, improved HtmlArea</li>
<li> Security - PHP register globals setting don't need to be on anymore</li>
<li> Administration section - all functions are easier to access, you can
configure many options through the web interface instead of by digging through the code. </li>
<li> Improved course management - completely rewritten course import/export
functions, easily copy content from one course to another</li>
<li> Plugins and modularity - new system to add plugins to Dokeos more easily</li>
<li> API libraries - our function libraries have been expanded and improved</li>
<li>Interoperability: support for SCORM import/export, XML import/export for
some features, IEEE LOM Metadata support in documents and groups, import of
Hotpotatoes, connection with QuestionMark (this last one will be available
as plugin).</li>
</ul>
<h3>Roadmap</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Roadmap_1.6">http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Roadmap_1.6</a></p>
<h1>Dokeos 1.5.5 </h1>
<ul>
<li>Learning path : Scorm content import tool</li>
<li> WYSIWYG editor : create content on the fly</li>
<li> Table of contents : structure content on the fly</li>
<li> Dropbox : peer2peer content sharing management</li>
<li> Links categories : structure links catalogue</li>
<li>New navigation : one click to tool</li>
<li> Events since my last visit : be informed of what has changed since your last login</li>
<li> My agenda : synthetic weekly view of all the events related to you</li>
<li> Add a picture to my profile : see who is who</li>
<li> Security : privacy and anti-cracking protection</li>
<li> 5 more languages : russian, catalan, vietnamese, brazilian, thai and a revised chinese</li>
<li> New chat tool : real-time textual discussion</li>
<li> Audio &amp; video conference : real-time live broadcasting of events + textual interaction with ore than 200 people.</li>
<li> Announcements to some users or some groups only</li>
<li> Time-based learning management : add resources to time line in Agenda</li>
<li> Audio &amp; video in Tests tool : create listening comprehensions, situation-based questions on the fly</li>
<li> Forum thread/flat view : see discussions in more detail</li>
<li>Forum email notification : get an email when your forum topic is active</li>
<li> language revision : dokeos vocabulary has been generalised to be adapted
to different types of organisations and not only universities</li>
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