UVLe 2.5 Release Notes
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| UVLe 2.5 Release Notes |
Release Date: 01 June 2013
Server Requirements
- UVLe upgrade: UVLe 2.2.3
- PHP version: PHP 5.3.3
- PHP extension: GD
Database Requirements
| Database | Minimum version | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| MySQL | 5.1.33 | Latest |
Client Requirements
Browser Support
UVLe is best used with the following web browsers:
- Firefox 4
- Google Chrome 11
Major Features
- Collapsed Topics - enables one to toggle between topic and week views of a course, especially when one feels there's "too many" topics to see in one glance
- Tab Topics Course Format enables the teacher to display course topics or sections in tabs
Resource Uploading and Sharing
- Embed Editable Google Document
- UPDox Repository - enables a UPDox user to share his files via UVLe
Special Activities
- A classroom teacher can now take attendance and record it directly in UVLe
- Activities Using Learning Tools
- Progress Bar is a block to be added on UVLe to be able to visually track the progress of students' activities
- Complementing the Progress Bar is the Engagement Analytics block that the teacher can add so that the students themselves can see their own level of engagements in the course
- A checklist of items can be created and ticked off by the teacher or the students
- Enables teachers and students to create mind maps
- The game activity makes use of glossaries, quizzes and questions to create a variety of interactive games within the course: Hangman, Crossword, Cryptex, Millionaire, Sudoku, and Snakes and Ladders
- The UVLe teacher has 2 technology choices in conducting a video conference: BigBlueButton and Google Hangouts
- Pantasa enables UVLe users to integrate bibliographic information into an UVLe page
New on Quiz Activity
- Acknowledgment of anti-plagiarism statement
- Safe Quiz Browser
- Drag and drop into text or image - missing words can be dragged into gaps in a paragraph of text; images onto a part of background image
- Drag and drop markers - markers can be dragged to parts to indicate key features on an image
- Correct Writing - aids in learning the grammar of a new language
- Multinumerical - allows items like "Please enter X, Y, and Z, such as : X + Y + Z > 12"
- Variable numeric is a calculated numeric question type with variable and expression evaluation
- Algebra - requires the student to answer by typing an algebraic formula
- Music Interval prompts the student, who's given a note, to enter a second note at a given interval
- Music Scale prompts the student, who's given a key and tonic, to enter a scale
- Music Key Signature prompts the student, who's given a tonality, to enter the corresponding key signature
- Java Molecular Editor - enables the student to draw a molecule as a response to a question using the editor
New on Assignment Activity
- PDF Upload enables the instructor to annotate student's work within the browser and return assignment as a PDF
Rewards
- Certificate - enables the teacher to dynamically generate certificates to students upon completion of certain course requirements
- Badges - are "little rewards" for students' accomplishments in a course
Organizational Tools
- Chairman (formerly Committee Manager) - an administration module that enables one to manage committees, upload public and private files, create events (meetings), plan meetings, manage agenda, minutes, business arising from previous meetings