Moodle LMS 2.8.7
6 July 2015
Moodle LMS version 2.8.7 is now available (security release).
Upgrading to Moodle LMS 2.8.7
Moodle LMS 2.8.7 can be upgraded to (or installed) using any of Installatron's products. Use Installatron's optional Automatic Update feature to automatically apply Moodle LMS updates as new versions are released, or use Installatron's Clone feature to duplicate an existing Moodle LMS install to test the 2.8.7 upgrade prior to applying it live. Get started managing your Moodle LMS installations with Installatron
What's New in Moodle LMS 2.8.7
A lot of work has been done in dealing with unexpected grade changes in the gradebook which some users have experienced when upgrading from Moodle 2.7 to 2.8 or 2.9. See the user documentation Grades min max and Gradebook calculation changes for details. Another release highlight is the introduction of the authorised access to the YouTube repository. After upgrading you will need to enter an API key from YouTube into your site's YouTube repository settings.
Highlights
- MDL-48618 - Dealing with unexpected changes to grades after upgrading to Moodle 2.8
- MDL-49257 - Adjusting weights when extra credit item is present causes unexpected behaviour
- MDL-48239 - Changing the maximum grade of items with calculation to the value different from 100
- MDL-50176 - Authenticated access to the YouTube repository
Functional changes
- MDL-50089 - Gradebook export now respects aggregate only non-empty grades for percentage and letter
- MDL-49680 - Sort by age option added when viewing question banks (backport of MDL-25721)
- MDL-48467 - Atto: Clean the html even if submitting the form when Atto is in html view mode
API changes
- MDL-49022 - sync_users must trigger event core\event\user_updated
Security issues
- A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.
Fixes and improvements
- MDL-50177 - Upgrading assignments in 2.7/2.8 works even when conditional access is used
- MDL-39353 - Connection to a hub from behind a proxy server
- MDL-49742 - Enrolled users page no longer displays sorting by fields that are not used in user identity
- MDL-47787 - After deleting a quiz, its question categories and questions remain in database
- MDL-49764 - Fixed gradebook UI inconsistencies in Internet Explorer
- MDL-49885 - The course overview block can now be added to My home
- MDL-50675 - Display Wikimedia repository thumbnails (caused by the change in Wikimedia API)
- MDL-50091 - Fixed fatal error in gradebook singleview after a module has been uninstalled
- MDL-48664 - Messaging contacts paging bar no longer expands and overlaps other text
- MDL-50092 - User unenrollment is now working with IMS Enterprise
- MDL-49560 - SOAP web service now works with token
- MDL-50004 - Fix coursename and enrolment icons in category combo on Frontpage
- MDL-49061 - The activity completion report in a course correctly shortens headers when multi language filter is used
- MDL-50275 - Added missing version bump after risk bitmap change in MDL-49941
- MDL-50380 - Fixed missing parameter error when editing files in wiki