Moodle LMS 2.8.8
14 September 2015
Moodle LMS version 2.8.8 is now available (security release).
Upgrading to Moodle LMS 2.8.8
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What's New in Moodle LMS 2.8.8
Highlights
- MDL-50062 - Changing grading category aggregation method no longer results in unexpected "Extra credit" items
- MDL-34938 - Enrolment expiration dates are now respected in meta course enrolments
- MDL-35148 - Course/Category themes are respected when viewing website on tablets or mobile devices
- MDL-45772 - Forms such as "Create new group" are no longer populated with passwords and usernames by the browsers
UI changes
- MDL-37832 - Course overview block on "My" ("Dashboard") page indicates that activities are expandable/collapsible
- MDL-46860 - Filepicker is displayed correctly inside Manage Files popup in Atto
- MDL-49536 - "Clean" and "More" theme's logo removes all header information.
- MDL-45841 - Blog-style forums better indicate unread posts
- MDL-50293 - File name wraps properly in the Navigation block
- MDL-50323 - Unordered lists are styled in course sections properly
- MDL-50869 - Increased contract of warning colours for AA accessibility
- MDL-50801 - Allow to set the caption side in Atto table
Functional changes
- MDL-49826 - Single view now requires capability moodle/grade:edit and not moodle/grade:manage
- MDL-35027 - Forum's subscribers list shows participants with no access to forum
- MDL-51179 - Atto autosave restore is disabled if the content is modified by somebody else
- MDL-49629 - Possible to specify icon URL for a named external tool
- MDL-50868 - Allow to use ruby tags
API changes
- MDL-49085 - Block tag_youtube is converted to the new YouTube API
- MDL-49360 - Function get_local_referer() should be used rather than HTTP_REFERER directly
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-46232 - Fixed "Only lowercase letters allowed" error on deleting users with empty email
- MDL-30315 - Uploading feedback from CSV no longer overrides local assigned grades
- MDL-49440 - Date picker correctly displays names for week days in all locales
- MDL-42670 - Recent activity block no longer shows student name when assignment blind marking is on
- MDL-49864 - Assignment PDF Pen annotations are always visible even if there are draft pen annotations
- MDL-43785 - Corrected error message text about expired sessions when clicking on AJAX elements such as expanding admin menu
- MDL-44962 - Fixed error when using HTML tags inside wiki headers
- MDL-50649 - Optimised database query for Course Participation report
- MDL-50714 - Posting in a forum does not unnecessary require capability 'mod/forum:movediscussions'
- MDL-50799 - Improve question bank "questions per page" string behaviour