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* Refactor Mahara Mobile in React Native (app released for Android; iOS still outstanding) | |||
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* Support for MySQL 8 | |||
* Make Mahara theming more efficient by consolidating more elements | |||
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Latest revision as of 18:03, 12 July 2020
For the release of Mahara 20.04, the April 2020 release, a number of features were identified to support the growth of Mahara.
Usability improvements
to simplify the user interface, keep up with the changing world of how people interact with web applications and thus expect from Mahara.
to simplify the user interface, keep up with the changing world of how people interact with web applications and thus expect from Mahara.
- Language switcher when logged in
- Label groups to sort them more easily
- Fixes to the SmartEvidence editor
New feature development
to offer tools to learners that they need to create the portfolios they want or are required to set up.
to offer tools to learners that they need to create the portfolios they want or are required to set up.
- PDF export of an entire account or parts of it (released as experimental feature)
- Admin setting to change the default group settings
- Allow system administrator to restrict, which file types can be uploaded
- SAML authentication improvements:
- Create institutions automatically if it doesn't exist and the first person from it wants to log in
- Give people a specific role in Mahara based on a role in the IdP
- A SAML account holder can be created with a minimum number of attributes, e.g. when IdP doesn't send all along that Mahara requires
- Self-changing authentication method for SAML account holders
- Deferred to Mahara 20.10: Extend the portfolio submissions area to include a management tool for group administrators
Technical updates
to make use of new libraries that are used and keep current with technology that is included. That also supports the usability of the site.
to make use of new libraries that are used and keep current with technology that is included. That also supports the usability of the site.
- Refactor Mahara Mobile in React Native (app released for Android; iOS still outstanding)
- Gulp upgrade
- Support of PHP 7.3 and PHP 7.4
- Support for MySQL 8
- Make Mahara theming more efficient by consolidating more elements
See the release information
Infrastructure updates
to facilitate the smooth running of the project, the server infrastructure that hosts community sites used for conversations with people using or planning to use Mahara and developers.
to facilitate the smooth running of the project, the server infrastructure that hosts community sites used for conversations with people using or planning to use Mahara and developers.
- Create a proof-of-concept to make test environments available in the cloud for easier testing by community members (currently only available to Catalyst staff as still in testing)
- Upgrade the Mahara Manual to use Python 3 for the generating of the manual files
- Run Behat tests more efficiently on Jenkins