[OSCOM] LMS OLAT 5.0 released
Florian Gnägi <[email protected]> Tue, 24 Oct 2006 10:52:40 +0200
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--===============1675372176== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1-836650264 --Apple-Mail-1-836650264 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed The OLAT team released OLAT 5.0 OLAT is a campus class open source learning management system / learning content management system (LMS/LCMS) developed and used by the University of Zuerich. See <http://www.olat.org> for more information. This is a major release including new functionality as well as bugfixes. The most important new features of the 5.0 release are: o New building block Wiki which supports the MediaWiki syntax o Integrated full text search which supports many document formats o OLAT calender for private, group or course use o Web 2.0 GUI which delivers a faster user experience (AJAX Beta Mode) o Enhanced task element with preview, sample solution, subscription feature etc. o Enrollment element now offers waiting list funcionality o Archiving wizard allows simple or customized download of results as Excel sheet o OLAT log-files in Apache format available (for direct use in log- analyzing-tools) For a full list of changes please refer to the OLAT 5.0.1 release notes <http://www.olat.org/public/download/releasenotes/5-0-x.html>. If you have any questions/comments, please post them to our lists at <http://lists.olat.org>. The 5.0.1 release is available as source code release for production environments and as demo installer release for testing purpose. Please fetch your copy at the Download section <http://www.olat.org/public/download.html> at the olat.org website. Thanks to the growing community that helped finding bugs that made this release more stable. The community did also a great job in translating OLAT into several new languages. Please continue submitting any bugs you may encounter at bugs.olat.org. There you'll also be able to browse issues and bugs as well as see the detailed development roadmap. The OLAT team --Apple-Mail-1-836650264 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The OLAT team = released OLAT 5.0=A0</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">OLAT is a = campus class open source learning management system / = learning=A0</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">content management system = (LMS/LCMS) developed and used by the University=A0</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">of Zuerich. 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The = most=A0</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">important new features of the = 5.0=A0 release are:</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">o New building block Wiki which = supports the MediaWiki syntax</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">o Integrated = full text search which supports many document formats</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">o OLAT calender for private, group or course = use</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">o Web 2.0 GUI which delivers a = faster user experience (AJAX Beta Mode)</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">o = Enhanced task element with preview, sample solution, subscription = feature etc.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">o Enrollment element now offers = waiting list funcionality</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">o Archiving = wizard allows simple or customized download of results as Excel = sheet</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">o OLAT log-files in Apache = format available (for direct use in log-analyzing-tools)</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">For a = full list of changes please refer to the OLAT 5.0.1 release = notes</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><<A = href=3D"http://www.olat.org/public/download/releasenotes/5-0-x.html">http:= //www.olat.org/public/download/releasenotes/5-0-x.html</A>>.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">If you = have any questions/comments, please post them to our lists at</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><<A = href=3D"http://lists.olat.org">http://lists.olat.org</A>>.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The = 5.0.1 release is available as source code release for = production</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">environments and as demo = installer release for testing purpose.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Please = fetch your copy at the Download section</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><<A = href=3D"http://www.olat.org/public/download.html">http://www.olat.org/publ= ic/download.html</A>></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">at the = olat.org website.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks to the growing community that helped finding = bugs that made</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">this release more stable. The = community did also a great job in</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">translating = OLAT into several new languages.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Please = continue submitting any bugs you may encounter at</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">bugs.olat.org. There you'll also be able to browse = issues and bugs as well as</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">see the = detailed development roadmap.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The OLAT = team</DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-1-836650264-- --===============1675372176== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://oscom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general --===============1675372176==--