<li>Database server: There is no more need special SQL modes for MySQL 5.0 to be turned off through the "sql_mode" setting. The Dokeos system does it internally (FS#2787)</li>
<li>Some low-level functions that intensively use the language translation sub-system have been optimized for speed (FS#3260)</li>
<li>Implemented options dropdown to show attachment file and repeated event in calendar see(FS#3332)</li>
<li>Added Web Services Interface (SOAP)</li>
<li>Added Google Maps support</li>
<li>Improved chat (open in new window option, smileys, teacher/learner difference and time indication for each message, user picture showing directly, possibility to hold several conversations in several courses at the same time)</li>
<li>Option to hide/show e-mail addresses to all users (SVN#16965, SVN#16968)</li>
<li>The learners can't send files anymore to other learners if "Do not allow students to send documents to other students within a course" is false (FS#2780)</li>
<li>The mails sent in exercises tool are sent from the address defined in admin (FS#2712)</li>
<li>"Next" and "Previous" page now works when searching a session (FS#2721)</li>
<li>Fixed bug in SQL queries for new installs, preventing the creation of the course_module table (FS#3040)</li>
<li>Fixed the fact that the password was never sent by e-mail when encrypted, even when it had just been changed for a user, causing a useless e-mail to be sent (SVN#16673)</li>
<li>Fixed bug in users pictures display when using the tuning setting of splitting users dirs (SVN#16673)</li>
<li>Fixed bug in documents picture gallery preventing uppercase image extensions to be seen (SVN#16755)</li>
<li>Fixed bug whereby the repeated agenda items in groups were visible to all (FS#3095)</li>
<li>Fixed bug whereby e-mails sent did not have the standard syntax (SVN#16708)</li>
<li>Fixed bug whereby an empty institution name gave a useless output in the header (SVN#16710)</li>
<li>Documents tool, folder selector: Fixed a bug that prevented Home (root) folder to be shown (FS#3089)</li>
<li>Users tool: Fixed a bug preventing detailed information about a user to be shown or edited (FS#3009)</li>
<li>Fixed a bug causing various problems due to improper priority order of loading PEAR packages (FS#3237)</li>
<li>The PclZip library has been upgraded to version 2.6. Additionally, a known bug has been fixed - improper processing of the option PCLZIP_OPT_REMOVE_PATH on Windows (FS#3243)</li>
<li>Fixed a bug causing improper numeric sorting of data displayed in various tables (FS#3282)</li>
<li>Agenda tool: Fixed a wrong range for hour selection. The bug has been reported and solved in a forum by TL (FS#3324)</li>
<li>SCORM export improvement (now generates SCORM 1.2 compliant packages and transforms Dokeos quizzes into SCO items, using interactions as a bonus)</li>
<li>Grades, evaluations and success certificates available thanks to the integration of the gradebook extension. Activating this module will clash with a gradebook extension installation made previously</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>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>
<li>User fields have been added globally, allowing you to add user data like birthdate, mother tongue, city or whatever data you want to ask your users</li>
<li>The LDAP code has changed. If you had some customisations there, you might want to save them and re-apply them after the upgrade</li>
<li>Functions renamed to respect coding conventions and use ldap_ namespace</li>
<li>Most parameters moved to the administration panel. You will need to configure the administration panel with the settings that were previously in ldap_var.inc.php</li>
<li>Added non-anonymous mode (just add a login and a password in the configuration panel)</li>
<li>Added search domain configuration through panel</li>
<li>Added customizable field-check for student-teacher switch</li>
<li>The installation guide has been updated to help you find your way through the new LDAP configuration panel</li>
<li>You still need to activate LDAP by uncommenting two lines in configuration.php</li>
<li>Notification by email has been improved in the forum. You can now indicate that you want to be informed of messages on the forum level or on the thread level, even if you did not participate in the discussion yet. </li>
<li>The platform administrator can decide to display the courses that are not open on the login page. When these courses are displayed on the campus startpage then the user that is logged in can quickly subscribe to this course.</li>
<li>When creating a new group you can decide to create a public or private forum or no forum at all. These are group category settings.</li>
<li>Group forum is also displayed in the group space</li>
<li>Surveys that are not based on invitation but open to all (or certain) members of the course are now available</li>
<li>Agenda
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<li>iCal import and export of course events, with a choice of public, private or confidential markers</li>
<li>Repetitive course events can be created (and exported to iCal). Repetitions types supported are: daily, weekly, monthly by date (e.g. the 5th of each month) and yearly by date</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Document templates have been greatly improved to speed-up custom course content creation</li>
<li>Audiorecorder (depending on streaming server) now records sounds in the document/audio directory, making them easily reusable by the course admin</li>
<li>Audiorecorder is not loaded by default (took too long) and you can load it with a simple click</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>
<li>Bugfix: group tutors were not migrated from 1.6 to 1.8</li>
<li>Audiorecorder takes a few seconds to write the audio file back to the document directory, so the page shouldn't be changed too quickly after recording a sound track</li>
