2012 Releases

Isidore 2.5.30 - September 2012

• Added an "add gradebook item(s)" button to the main Gradebook page

Isidore 2.5.29 - August 2012

• Added anonymous grading to the Assignments tool
• Increased the maximum file size limit to 250 MB for uploads
• Added the course name to schedule events on the My Workspace tab
• Changed the default behavior of the Announcements tool and Messages tool to "Yes, send an email"
• Added a quick add feature to the Schedule tool

Isidore 2.5.28 - June 2012

• Added a "don't allow students to see other forum posts until they've posted" feature in forums
• Fixed a bug where Tests & Quizzes lost feedback settings on the 1st save
• Added open and close date functionality to forums and topics in the Forums tool

Isidore 2.5.27 - May 2012

• Upgraded to the new version of Lesson Builder
• Enhanced navigation in the Blogs tool

Isidore 2.5.26 - April 2012

• Fixed a bug with average scores in Tests & Quizzes
• Updated the HTML editor so that "Insert/Edit Movie or Sound" supports YouTube videos

Isidore 2.5.25 - March 2012

• Fixed a bug where importing XML assessments didn't work in Tests & Quizzes
• Improved the "Add Participants" screen so that it's more user-friendly

Isidore 2.5.24 - January 2012

• Fixed incorrect dates that were showing in the Forums tool

Isidore 2.5.23 - January 2012

• Fixed a "multiple tabs" error when students used their browser's back button in the Forums tool

2011 Releases

Isidore 2.5.22 - December 2011

• Fixed a bug where importing a XML assessment didn't work
• Updated all text and images so that they said "University email" instead of "Lotus Notes"
• Added "started time" and "completed time" to the Tests & Quizzes Scores page

Isidore 2.5.21 - November 2011

• Fixed a bug where folder permissions in Resources disappeared when you deleted a roster from a site
• Implemented role-specific Messages of the Day (MOTD)
• Added the ability to add a due date from Tests & Quizzes to the Schedule tool

Isidore 2.5.20 - October 2011

• Improved performance when loading the Tests & Quizzes Scores page
• Made it so that you can't add guest users to a roster

Isidore 2.5.19 - September 2011

• Added email notification to the My Evaluations tool
• Fixed a bug where instructors could no longer forward messages from the Messages tool
• Fixed an insufficient privileges error in the Forums tool
• Implemented a new screen on the My Evaluations tool where you can choose how many months of evaluations you're seeing

Isidore 2.5.17 - August 2011

• Changed the sender of email messages forwarded from Isidore from "Do Not Reply" to "Isidore"
• Updated text in the Site Stats tools so that the descriptions are more clear
• Added the Lesson Builder tool
• Upgraded the Forums tool
• Fixed a bug in the Drop Box tool where old student folders were getting carried forward when a site was duplicated
• Enhanced documentation in the Tests & Quizzes tool for allowing certain students extended time
• Added time to the released and due date on the main Tests & Quizzes page
• Upgraded the My Evaluations tool

Isidore 2.5.15 - June 2011

• Added a link to the Sakai accessibility page to Isidore's home page
• Added a warning to Isidore's login page to let students know their LDAP accounts have been disabled
• Added a new feature so that instructors can modify the names of their Elluminate recordings
• Corrected the formatting of the Blogs page when using Internet Explorer
• Fixed a bug where Forums+ forums and topics were not copying over to new sites
• Corrected the link in the body of "Reply Privately" emails
• Added a new feature so users can collapse and expand Isidore's banner and menus

Isidore 2.5.14 - May 2011

• Updated Isidore's appearance with a new skin
• Made the "View More Sites" menu more user-friendly and named it "Additional Courses"
• Fixed a bug where instructors would update a grade in Gradebook+ and get an error
• Fixed a bug in Forums+ where an attachment with spaces in the filename wouldn't work
• Fixed a bug where associating assignments with gradebook categories created duplicate assignments
• Added a reply privately option to the Forums+ tool
• Fixed a bug where gradebook categories didn't appear in the Assignments tool until at least one assignment was pushed to the gradebook
• Fixed a bug in Assignments where the "allow resubmission" box remained checked after the grade was saved

Isidore 2.5.13 - March 2011

• Fixed a bug where scoring fails when one answer of a two answer calculated question is left blank
• Added Forums+ documentation for new features
• Added improved site creation instructions to the site creation wizard
• Added Search help documentation
• Added Windows 7 WebDAV documentation
• Fixed a bug where mms:// video links in Modules were not being copied into destination sites
• Fixed a bug in the Assignments tool where Isidore would automatically change the multiple submission dates in the Assignments tool
• Fixed a bug where users weren't getting notified of the 100 MB file upload limit
• Added Gradebook+ help documentation
• Added notification for users so that when the Modules tool cannot import, delete, replace, or duplicate their content sections

Isidore 2.5.12 - March 2011

• Increased the Isidore time-out time to 80 minutes
• Added a calculated question type to Tests & Quizzes
• Added several lab tools - Drop Box, Search, and Forums+
• Restyled the "Edit Tools' page
• Upgraded the Messages and Forums tool to version 2.7
• Corrected the error message you receive when entering a grade with 2 decimal places in the Assignment tool
• Installed an equation editor to the FCK editor

2010 Releases

Isidore 2.5.11 - December 2010

• Fixed a bug in Site Stats that caused the tool to show duplicate students
• Enhanced FCK Editor functionality to support "full screen"
• Added Gradebook+ to list of available tools in Isidore
• Added a movie plug-in to the FCK Editor

Isidore 2.5.10 - November 2010

• Added functionality so that Schedule items can be copied when duplicating or importing from a site
• Added functionality so that items in the Forums tool can be copied when duplicating or importing from a site
• Fixed a bug where special instructions comments weren't coming through when sites were created or rosters were requested
• Fixed a bug in Site Stats where the only tool listed was the Resources tool
• Fixed a bug in the Modules tool where the replace function in the Import from Site feature acted like a merge
• Improved the text instructions for duplicating a site during the site creation process

Isidore 2.5.9 - November 2010

• Renamed the 'Page Order' link in Site Info to Rename/Reorder Tools
• Linked the question mark button in My Evaluations to the My Evaluations help documentation
• Added help documentation in the Assignments tool for bulk upload/download
• Rearranged the students' view of graded assignments (put instructor's comments and attachments at the top of the page)
• Enhanced the statistics/item analysis pages for assessments that use question pools
• Linked the question mark button in the Elluminate tool to the Elluminate help documentation
• Added Isidore's current server time to the bottom of all Isidore pages
• Updated Isidore's Features page to reflect the current tool set

Isidore 2.5.8 - October 2010

• Fixed a bug in Tests & Quizzes that didn't allow you to export an assessment that had more than 255 columns
• Improved the way that images were displayed in the FCK editor (now alphabetical)
• Fixed a bug in Resources where a "missing key" message was displayed
• Improved the text to add official and non-official participants to your site
• Created Elluminate help documentation
• Fixed a bug in the Gradebook where TA permissions were inaccurate when they were set to "view" level
• Fixed a bug in Tests & Quizzes where changing the feedback settings erased the release and retract dates
• Deleted excess years in the Assignments tool (didn't need the years 2002 - 2007)

Isidore 2.5.7a - September 2010

• Fixed an issue with the Home pages tool not being able to interpret html code

Isidore 2.5.7 - September 2010

• Added functionality to the Gradebook tool so that when a site is duplicated, all gradebook categories and weighting and the order of gradebook items remain intact
• Added a new feature to 'My Evaluations' so that the ideal scale point can be at the top or bottom -OR- left or right
• Fixed an issue with the Site Stats tool not recording data

Isidore 2.5.6 - August 2010

• Added functionality for streaming media links (mms://) to be added to the Modules tool
• Fixed a bug in Tests & Quizzes that caused the student assessment timer to show inaccurate time
• Added an "average score" option to the Tests & Quizzes tool
• Added a new feature so students and instructors can view all assessment submissions in the Tests & Quizzes tool

Isidore 2.5.5 - August 2010

• Added a feature where students who drop a class will automatically be dropped from the Isidore site
• Added "forgot username?" "forgot password?" links to the Isidore login page
• Added Elluminate integration

Isidore 2.5.4 - July 2010

• Fixed a bug in the Modules tool where some of the content sections would be missing (or had an invalid link) when a site was being imported or duplicated
• Added a picture icon to the 'My Evaluations' tool

Isidore 2.5.3 - July 2010

• Added a new, more concise description of 'model answer' to Tests & Quizzes
• Re-added embedded flash player in Tests & Quizzes for audio submissions
• Added and updated many of the FAQs and help files
• Added 'forgot username?' and 'forgot password?' links within Isidore
• Added text to the Gradebook in order to make people aware that the course grade is not an accurate representation unless all zeros had been entered

Isidore 2.5.2 - June 2010

• Fixed a bug in Forums where apostrophes in a student's name would cause the statistics page not to load
• Fixed a bug in Tests & Quizzes where you couldn't publish assessments that had correct and incorrect answer feedback in a question
• Added an informational page to Tests & Quizzes for students so they can successfully submit assessments

Isidore 2.5.1 - May 2010

• Fixed a bug in Tests & Quizzes that caused instructor's grading comments not to be shown
• Corrected the numeric scale on 'My Evaluations' reports

Isidore 2.5.0 - May 2010

• Added a new messages and forum posts synoptic to all My Workspace sites
• Enabled a session time-out and expiration warning to the server
• Fixed a bug where instructors could not create a forum, topic, or post

Isidore 2.4.8 - April 2010

• Installed the Evaluation System tool into Isidore
• Implemented a fix so that in the future, username changes will not affect Isidore accounts

Isidore 2.4.7 - April 2010

• Added functionality so that the links to pictures in question pools will be updated when duplicating or importing from a site
• Added functionality so that links to pictures in tests & quizzes will be updated when duplicating or importing from a site

Isidore 2.4.6 - March 2010

• Added functionality so that syllabi can be copied when duplicating or importing from a site
• Added functionality so that assignments can be copied when duplicating or importing from a site
• Added functionality so that announcements can be copied when duplicating or importing from a site

Isidore 2.4.5 - March 2010

• Made some changes so that links to files and pictures would not be broken when importing from sites or duplicating sites
• Increased student answer length in Tests & Quizzes tool
• Fixed a bug where hitting the 'reset selection' link in Tests & Quizzes caused intermittent problems

Isidore 2.4.4 - February 2010

• Fixed a bug where auto-save in Tests & Quizzes caused duplicate records
• Fixed a bug where the upload all function in Assignments sporadically didn't work (when using Firefox)
• Fixed a bug in the Blogs tool where saving a blank draft caused an error

Isidore 2.4.3 - February 2010

• Fixed a bug where you couldn't move question pools
• Added a new feature to hide the open and close dates from the main Modules page
• Fixed a bug where a dollar sign ($) in the answer box in fill in the blank type questions caused an error in Tests & Quizzes

Isidore 2.4.2 - January 2010

• Fixed a bug where exporting assessments from a large site fails
• Added information in the Assignments tool regarding Turnitin.com integration
• Fixed a bug where < > symbols caused an error when included in comments

2009 Releases

Isidore 2.4.1 - December 2009

• Added the ability for students to see Turnitin.com originality reports in the Assignments tool
• Added functionality so that when a site is created after the start of a term, the site is automatically published

Isidore 2.4.0* - December 2009

• Added the Blogs tool, which gives students and instructors blogging capability
• Added Turnitin (plagiarism detection) integration to the Assignments tool
• Added the Site Statistics tool, which allows instructors to view site visits, tool activity, and resource access
• Added images to help documentation
• Made tools that are turned off to students be italicized and in parentheses
• Added fix that allows sorting by column headers in IE 7 to work
• Added fix that made the exported Gradebook and the Gradebook show the same course grade
• Updated FCKeditor to 2.6.4.1
• Added fix that enables the calendar in the Schedule tool to pop-up in IE 6 and IE 7
• Fixed a bug in the Assignments tool where 'allow resubmission' was automatically checked after opening the attachments
• Fixed a bug where users couldn't open attachments with weird characters in the filename
• Not released (but saved) grades are now available when you download grades
• Fixed a bug where students cannot remove files from a file upload question in Tests & Quizzes
• Instructors can now set the resubmission option in the new/edit assignment view
• Fixed a bug where 'inactive' participants were still counted in the In/New count in the Assignments tool
• Fixed a bug where grading in Assignments should not have a '0' option when allowing resubmissions
• Fixed a bug where attachments for 'model answer' or 'all purpose item' were not visible in the Assignments tool
• Fixed a bug where instructors could not view previously returned attachments in the Assignments tool
• Increased question length in Tests & Quizzes

Isidore 2.3.6 - November 2009

• Changed the email subject for assignment submissions from "Email Notification for Assignment Submission" to "Notification for an Assignment Submission: Course - Assignment"

Isidore 2.3.5 - October 2009

• Increased file upload size to 100 MB
• Added the ability for instructors to choose a gradebook category during the assessment creation process

Isidore 2.3.4 - October 2009

• Increased character limit in Tests & Quizzes tool
• Added a checkbox in the Assignments tool to email students their grade during the grading process
• Added a reminder to students to submit their assignments in the Assignments tool

Isidore 2.3.3 - October 2009

• Fixed a bug caused by < > symbols in the comment section of Tests & Quizzes
• Added the ability to create a text column in the Gradebook
• Added the ability to hide the student name column in the Gradebook

Isidore 2.3.2 - September 2009

• Fixed a bug where a forum without any topics made the main forums page disappear

Isidore 2.3.1 - August 2009

• Fixed a bug where PPT files in the forums tool didn't display the PPT icon

Isidore 2.3.0* - August 2009

• Added 'select all' check box when copying questions from a question pool
• Added functionality for tests and quizzes to be released to specific groups
• Improved the page load speed of the Forums tool
• Upgraded to Sakai 2.6.x
• Added a pop-up notification when adding the Resources tool reminding users that the Resources tool is turned off to students by default
• Upgraded FCeditor to 2.6.4
• Added the ability for students to replace their assignment submissions prior to the due date
• Fixed a bug where only some chat participants showed during a chat room session
• Fixed a bug where you could not delete nested folders from Resources
• Fixed a bug where double-clicking on the 'Save' button in the Gradebook causes an error
• Made it so that an updated assignment due date is reflected in the Gradebook

Isidore 2.2.3 - June 2009

• Added the functionality so that instructors can see drafts of assignments created by other instructors
• Fixed WebDAV errors when copying folders

Isidore 2.2.2 - June 2009

• Fixed the bug where users would intermittently get a 'FAIL' screen instead of the Forums page

Isidore 2.2.1 - June 2009

• Improved speed within the Messages tool when sending messages to the entire class list
• Fixed the bug where modifying topic settings produces an error
• Added a 'Sent To' column within the 'Sent' folder in the Messages tool

Isidore 2.2.0* - April 2009

• Added 'drag and drop' functionality to the sort function of the Gradebook
• Fixed a bug where you could not open or view the question pools
• Fixed a bug where the quick create functionality with creating question pools didn't work in the Tests & Quizzes tool

Isidore 2.1.8 - April 2009

• Installed SSL certificate on Sakai server
• Added allow retake option to the scores page in Tests & Quizzes

Isidore 2.1.7 - March 2009

• Added information during the site creation process letting instructors know that they need to create separate sites for each course unless they want the sites to be merged
• Fixed a bug where if a user has created a personal html page to be their Site Info page, it copies over to the new site.
• Added functionality for copying over forums and topics when duplicating a site
• Improved speed of loading audio resources in Tests & Quizzes

Isidore 2.1.6 - March 2009

• Fixed a bug where instructors could not view students' audio files or attachments in Tests & Quizzes
• Fixed a bug where saving before auto-save runs causes an error
• Added functionality for instructors to duplicate an existing site

Isidore 2.1.5 - March 2009

• Added auto-save functionality to Tests & Quizzes
• Added an Isidore help video to all users' My Workspace tabs
• Improved page load speed of the Gradebook

Isidore 2.1.4 - February 2009

• Added an option to allow TA's full access to the Gradebook
• Improved page load speed in Gradebook

Isidore 2.1.3 - February 2009

• Added an option to manually assign zeros in Tests & Quizzes

Isidore 2.1.2 - February 2009

• Fixed a bug where you could not delete content within Modules
• Improved functionality within the import/export feature in Modules
• Fixed the paste from Word feature in Forums

Isidore 2.1.1 - January 2009

• Added feature to publish sites 2 days prior to the start of the semester

2008 Releases

Isidore 2.1.0* - December 2008

• Changed the skin of Isidore to be more accessible
• Increased the numbers of rows displayed in the Gradebook summary
• Changed the default option in the Gradebook so instructors can view student names
• Added the ability for instructors to arrange Gradebook columns
• Added the ability for instructors to show/hide the 'Student ID' and 'Course Grade' columns in the Gradebook
• Assign different categories different colors in the Gradebook

Isidore 2.0.3 - November 2008

• Added audio recording functionality in Tests & Quizzes
• Added the download all assignments functionality to Assignments

Isidore 2.0.2 - October 2008

• Ordered Gradebook columns alphabetically

Isidore 2.0.1 - September 2008

• Merged fixes from Sakai community

Isidore 2.0.0* - August 2008

• Added a 'mark as unread' option to Messages
• Implemented LDAP integration
• Increased the maximum file upload size to 50 MB
• Added Forums
• Added Messages
• Added Chat
• Created help documentation for Modules
• Adjusted default permissions for students and TAs

Isidore 1.0.0* - March 2008

• Out of the box

* Indicates a major release