Dokeos 1.8.4 - September 2007
Release notes - summary
Dokeos 1.8.4 is both a features and debuggingmajor release.
New Features
- Templates. See http://www.dokeos.com/templates.php
- Wide Hotspots tests to allow real-life situations simulation
- Flash video import and streaming
- Installation guide renewed. See http://www.dokeos.com/doc/installation_guide.html
- Added animated Mr Dokeos character : http://www.dokeos.com/mrdokeos.php
- English and Dutch teacher manual added
- Assignments form now fills automatically with document title and user name
- Document authoring space now bigger
- IMS/QTI export of tests
- Export of media (images, Flash, Audio) and tests in SCORM export
- Agenda default time management for an event improved
- Oogie PowerPoint converter setup simplified
- Improved support for other character sets (enabling better support for UTF-8 and russian and asian fonts) li>
Debugging
- Upgrade script improved : now possible to upgrade direct from 1.6 to 1.8.4.
- Blogs user rights
- FCK Editor image import
- Videoconferencing slides now include Documents directory of course
- SCORM content can be displayed Full Screen
- SCORM interactions now properly running
- Hotspots tests redesigned and bigger hotspots zone
- Alphabetical sorting of lists fixed
- Excel export in reporting now removes HTML tags
- My profile page display layout
- Import HotPotatoes tests scoring
- Images gallery in Documents bad display
- Agenda default date now more relevant
- Tests random questions order option clarified
- Templates editing and media removal now easier
- Apostrophe bug in Learning path Build mode
- Table of contents wider in Learning path
- Audio player now autostarts
- Spelling mistakes in French and English
- Group features now related to group, not generic
- Blogs SQL errors fixed
- Introduction images were missing in tests reporting
- SCORM export now working
- My agenda Personal events editor bug fixed
- Oogie PowerPoint import installation easier
- Time spent on platform tracking improved
- Course Backup/restore bugs fixed
- Course copy bugs fixed
- Default visibility status of learning paths fixed
- Images gallery display reordering
- Agenda default time management for an event improved
- Groups display alphabetical sorting fixed
Dokeos 1.8 - May 2007
Release notes - summary
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.
New Features
- Ms-PowerPoint® to Learning Path conversion
- Integrated Live Conferencing
- Templates and styles for rapid online authoring
- Search engine
- New question types: hotspots and open answers
- Reporting dashboard with export to Ms-Excel
- Surveys
- Educational blogs
- Learning Path: better import and export of SCORM, IMS and AICC
- Documents tool: PowerPoint and Word into HTML file type conversion
- Tests tool: less sequential and more user-friendly
- Forum : better admin and content management
- code cleanup
- new nice looking icons
- new layout for the course homepage
- Version check: be informed when a new Dokeos release is available.
- Platform Statistics so you can boast with your campus.
Dokeos 1.6.5 - July 2006
Release notes - summary
Security Release. 1 bug has been fixed. Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes
http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.5_release_notes_and_changelog
Dokeos 1.6.4 April 2006
Release notes - summary
Bugfix release. 2 bugs have been fixed. One security hole has been fixed
Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes
http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.4_release_notes_and_changelog
Dokeos 1.6.3 February 2006
Release notes - summary
Bugfix release. 44 bugs have been fixed. Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes
http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.3_release_notes_and_changelog
Dokeos 1.6.2 - September 2005
Release notes - summary
Bugfix release. 14 bugs have been fixed. Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes
http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.2_release_notes_and_changelog
Dokeos 1.6.1 - August 2005
Release notes - summary
Bugfix release. 31 bugs have been fixed. Click the link below to see the complete list of bugfixes
http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6.1_release_notes_and_changelog
Dokeos 1.6 - July 2005
Release notes - summary
In Dokeos 1.6, security and interoperability have been improved. Protection
for documents has improved, and courses have more accessibility options.
Password encryption is enabled by default. The php.ini setting
"register globals" does not have be on anymore.
http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Dokeos_1.6_release_notes
New Features
- Campus home page can be edited online
- Improved translations, made with the new Dokeos translation tool
- Language switch - when you enter the portal, you can choose your language.
- 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.
- Learning path - import and export of SCORM packages, improved layout, prerequisites based on score in tests
- Agenda - many new options, e.g. every user can add personal agenda items.
- Document tool - many new options, improved layout, improved HtmlArea
- Security - PHP register globals setting don't need to be on anymore
- Administration section - all functions are easier to access, you can configure many options through the web interface instead of by digging through the code.
- Improved course management - completely rewritten course import/export functions, easily copy content from one course to another
- Plugins and modularity - new system to add plugins to Dokeos more easily
- API libraries - our function libraries have been expanded and improved
- 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).
Roadmap
http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Roadmap_1.6
Dokeos 1.5.5
- Learning path : Scorm content import tool
- WYSIWYG editor : create content on the fly
- Table of contents : structure content on the fly
- Dropbox : peer2peer content sharing management
- Links categories : structure links catalogue
- New navigation : one click to tool
- Events since my last visit : be informed of what has changed since your last login
- My agenda : synthetic weekly view of all the events related to you
- Add a picture to my profile : see who is who
- Security : privacy and anti-cracking protection
- 5 more languages : russian, catalan, vietnamese, brazilian, thai and a revised chinese
- New chat tool : real-time textual discussion
- Audio & video conference : real-time live broadcasting of events + textual interaction with ore than 200 people.
- Announcements to some users or some groups only
- Time-based learning management : add resources to time line in Agenda
- Audio & video in Tests tool : create listening comprehensions, situation-based questions on the fly
- Forum thread/flat view : see discussions in more detail
- Forum email notification : get an email when your forum topic is active
- language revision : dokeos vocabulary has been generalised to be adapted to different types of organisations and not only universities