Difference between revisions of "Proposals"
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|Re-design of the page builder||(long-term) style changes, page itself as rich-text area and then drop blocks into that; make page layouts into a plugin type, i.e. have a traditional Mahara page, a blog page, etc.||huge | |Re-design of the page builder||(long-term) style changes, page itself as rich-text area and then drop blocks into that; make page layouts into a plugin type, i.e. have a traditional Mahara page, a blog page, etc.||huge | ||
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|[https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1185188 "Copy page/collection" button] for users without an account to create a Leap2A file|||| | |[https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1185188 "Copy page/collection" button] for users without an account to create a Leap2A file|||| | ||
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|performance profiling||Nigel already started on that|| | |performance profiling||Nigel already started on that|| | ||
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* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Localised_Icons_Buttons|Localised Icons and Buttons]] (partially implemented in 1.6) | * [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Localised_Icons_Buttons|Localised Icons and Buttons]] (partially implemented in 1.6) | ||
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Metadata_for_views_and_artefacts|Metadata for views and artefacts]] | * [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Metadata_for_views_and_artefacts|Metadata for views and artefacts]] | ||
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* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/More_flexible_use_of_profile_information|More flexible use of profile information]] - partly implemented in [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/More_flexible_use_of_profile_information_proposal_2|More flexible use of profile information proposal2]] | * [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/More_flexible_use_of_profile_information|More flexible use of profile information]] - partly implemented in [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/More_flexible_use_of_profile_information_proposal_2|More flexible use of profile information proposal2]] | ||
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Multipage_Views|Multipage Views]] | * [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Multipage_Views|Multipage Views]] | ||
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* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Objectionable_content_reporting|Objectionable content reporting]] | * [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Objectionable_content_reporting|Objectionable content reporting]] | ||
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Page layout plugin type|Page layout plugin type]] | * [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Page layout plugin type|Page layout plugin type]] | ||
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* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Resume_and_CPD_integration|Resume and CPD integration]] | * [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Resume_and_CPD_integration|Resume and CPD integration]] | ||
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Scheduled_Bulk_Feedback|Scheduled Bulk Feedback]] | * [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Scheduled_Bulk_Feedback|Scheduled Bulk Feedback]] | ||
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* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Acceptance_testing|Acceptance testing]] | * [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Acceptance_testing|Acceptance testing]] | ||
* [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Search_2.0|Search 2.0]] (fulltext search implemented via Elasticsearch) | * [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Search_2.0|Search 2.0]] (fulltext search implemented via Elasticsearch) | ||
| + | * Re-designing the menu navigation (17.04) | ||
| + | * MNet service migration: Implementation of LTI for SSO (17.04) | ||
| + | * [[Developer_Area/Specifications_in_Development/Moodle_LTI_integration|Moodle LTI integration]] | ||
| + | * Web services in core | ||
| + | * Integrate SAML SSO into Mahara (16.10) | ||
| + | * Print (to PDF) (17.04) | ||
| + | * Implement patternlab.io or something similar (style guide in 16.04) | ||
| + | * Improve tagging UI | ||
| + | * TinyMCE button to embed images from your portfolio | ||
| + | * Auto-select everywhere (where it could replace more cumbersome interfaces) | ||
| + | * [https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1408473 Upload a site logo] | ||
| + | * [https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1385037 Mobile specific HTML tags], e.g. opens camera app | ||
| + | * More responsive and updated themes (16.04) | ||
| + | * Copy page button | ||
| + | * Drag and drop on mobile | ||
| + | * [https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1360535 Sticky filters] | ||
Revision as of 06:03, 20 November 2017
This section contains specifications that are currently in development. Once they are finalised, they should be moved either into the Roadmap temporarily, until the new feature is released, and then into User documentation.
What might be coming to Mahara
The Mahara project does not have a set roadmap for each release as that depends largely on features that the community implements and those that are being funded to implement, e.g. via a Mahara support company. Nevertheless, the Mahara release team at Catalyst has some items that it wishes to take a closer look for upcoming releases. You can view these items in the table below.
The items are listed more or less according to priority. Some items are fairly small whereas others are large pieces of work that may need to be split up over several releases once the specifications are clearer. The effort that is displayed is just an indication as the eventual implementation may be larger or smaller depending on the finalized specifications.
The list was inspired by the existing Mahara wishlist and the Blue sky thinking.
| If you wish to contribute to funding any of these features, please let us know. |
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| Features | Comments | Projected effort |
| TinyMCE selector for choosing portfolio pages for linking them in the text | small | |
| TinyMCE button for embedding iframes | small | |
| Default skins | medium | |
| Rethinking groupings of pages and collection | organisation for yourself as well as grouping of pages for others to see | huge |
| Reduce number of clicks | ongoing | |
| Timeline / Page versioning | i.e. like a wiki so you can go back to previous versions of a page / entire portfolio; this is probably what is needed rather than implementing a wiki because a Mahara page could just be one page and doesn't have to consist of multiple columns | big to huge |
| Re-design of the page builder | (long-term) style changes, page itself as rich-text area and then drop blocks into that; make page layouts into a plugin type, i.e. have a traditional Mahara page, a blog page, etc. | huge |
| Etherpad functionality | i.e. editing text collaboratively simultaneously | medium |
| Make the end-rendered Mahara pages prettier so that they don't look so blocky | medium | |
| “Like” button for pages | medium | |
| "Copy page/collection" button for users without an account to create a Leap2A file | ||
| Skin previewer | Switch between skins and quickly preview your page with the skin | medium |
| journal entry prompts | to facilitate scaffolding | medium |
| Export pages and collections on all levels | i.e. group, institution, site and not only individual portfolio pages / collections | small |
| Forum posts by email | Moodle got it in 2.8 | medium |
| AJAX preloading pages | i.e. make front-end faster | |
| Config file generator | for easier way of setting up Mahara | |
| Tag recommendations | tag recommendations based on what's on your page | big to huge |
| performance profiling | Nigel already started on that | |
| More authentication plugins | see Janrain plugin; need to be able to limit e.g. GoogleApps domain (maybe) |
Not done
- Resume enhancements
- Better RTL Support
- Cloud (a.k.a. Repository) Services exist as plugin
- Content Management System
- Email to Mahara
- External media block extension (partially in 1.6)
- Forum Badges
- Isolated Institutions
- Localised Icons and Buttons (partially implemented in 1.6)
- Metadata for views and artefacts
- More flexible use of profile information - partly implemented in More flexible use of profile information proposal2
- Multipage Views
- Multipage Views Take 2 (aka Collections)
- Multipage Views Take 3 (aka let a Page belong to multiple Collections)
- Navigation Revamp
- New Slideshow plugin
- Notification Feeds
- Objectionable content reporting
- Page layout plugin type
- Resume and CPD integration
- Scheduled Bulk Feedback
- Site Statistics Extension
- Tagging
- Timezone Support
- Tracking Outcomes
- Tracking Outcomes Functional Specification
- User Management Enhancement
Done
- Anti-spam (1.3)
- Clean URLs (1.6)
- Groups CSV Creation (1.5)
- Groups revamp (1.5)
- Improve Password Storage (1.5)
- More flexible use of profile information proposal 2 (1.5)
- Moving between SSO institutions (1.5)
- Search 1.1 (1.5)
- Sitemaps (1.5)
- Variable Envelope Return Path Mail Bounce Detection (1.6)
- HTML5 media player
- New user probation
- Accessibility
- LDAP user account expiry and deletion
- Portfolio Export Import
- Text box block attachments and inline images
- Acceptance testing
- Search 2.0 (fulltext search implemented via Elasticsearch)
- Re-designing the menu navigation (17.04)
- MNet service migration: Implementation of LTI for SSO (17.04)
- Moodle LTI integration
- Web services in core
- Integrate SAML SSO into Mahara (16.10)
- Print (to PDF) (17.04)
- Implement patternlab.io or something similar (style guide in 16.04)
- Improve tagging UI
- TinyMCE button to embed images from your portfolio
- Auto-select everywhere (where it could replace more cumbersome interfaces)
- Upload a site logo
- Mobile specific HTML tags, e.g. opens camera app
- More responsive and updated themes (16.04)
- Copy page button
- Drag and drop on mobile
- Sticky filters