JourFixe-2015-03-30

Date and place:

• Monday, March 30, 2015 from 12h30 - 17h15 at ILIAS-Verein office in Köln

• Alexander Killing, Richard Klees, Denis Klöpfer, Matthias Kunkel (Minutes), Jörg Lützenkirchen, Guido Vollbach, Fabian Wolf

1 Appointments

• 2015-03-31: Feature Freeze 5.1
• 2015-04-13: Jour Fixe
• 2015-04-27: Jour Fixe
• 2015-04-29: SIG Mathe+ILIAS, Uni Mainz
• 2015-05-29: ILIAS Nord, HS Wismar
• 2015-06-10: ILIAS NRW, Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen
• 2015-06-18: ILIAS Süd, Uni Konstanz
• 2015-08-28: ILIAS 5.1.0 beta1
• 2015-09-08: DevConf, FH Dortmund
• 2015-09-09 - 10: 14th ILIAS Conference, FH Dortmund

2 Bugfixing for maintained versions 4.3, 4.4 and 5.0

Last releases:

• ILIAS 5.0.0 published at February 06, 2015
• ILIAS 4.4.8 published at March 18, 2015
• ILIAS 4.3.10 published at January 31, 2015

• 5.0.1 (stable) is scheduled for April, 2015
• 4.4.9 is not scheduled yet
• 4.3.11 is

We went through Mantis and had a overlook about all open issues reported or modified since the last Jour Fixe. All issues were screened and assigned to the responsible developers. We discussed in detail:

1. Mantis 15657: Printout of ILIAS screens : Jean-Luc will restore the status of the print view like it was in 4.4 (hiding interface elements, avoid overlay of elements). In a next step we have to discuss the development of a print.css with the Kitchen Sink group (see Design Revision Part 2.
2. Wiki Page List Page Element - look of empty list : We prefer a bullet point with an ellipsis : • …

3 Developing ILIAS 5.1

3.1 Development Issues 5.1

• none

3.2 Feature Requests for ILIAS 5.1

Re-scheduled features:
The following features were already scheduled for a previous ILIAS version but not implemented due to missing funding or time. We have re-scheduled them for 5.1 to save time for discussing new feature requests.

1. Calendar: Better Performance for Recurring Calendar Appointments
2. Calendar: Date and Time Picker: Streamlining
3. Calendar: Drag and Drop of Calendar Events
4. Calendar: Improve Navigation in Side Block
5. Calendar: Instantly showing/hiding events of selected calendars
6. Learning Module SCORM: increase performance for SCORM 1.2 by changing manner of storing data
7. Learning Module SCORM: Set Specific Value For IE-compatible Mode
8. Learning Module SCORM: Storing data without session for SCORM 1.2
9. Course: Deactivation of notifications about new memberships

1. Course Management: course assignment: add all users of a role: We appreciate the feature and schedule it for 5.1.
2. Course Management: option to skip Enter the course-page if direct join is possible: We reject this feature becoming a part of the ILIAS standard. Our main concern is usability. The behaviour of course links would be very different depending on the preconditions. Users would not expect to be directly a member of the course. They would have to leave immediately and course admins get unnecessary mails.
3. Group Link: We appreciate the feature and schedule it for 5.1.
4. Booking-Tool: Booking also possible when a Timeslot has started: We appreciate this as an optional behaviour and schedule it for 5.1.
5. Database: Support galera cluster for MySQL: We support the idea to start with an evaluation about the possibilities to solve the technical issues. Depending on the results of the evaluation this might be a DB infrastructure ILIAS supports in the future.
6. ILIAS Page Editor: Carousel: We appreciate the feature and schedule it for 5.1. The Carousel view should be an additional option for the existing "Tabs" element. We start with a minimum representation (one item, no manual navigation).
7. ILIAS Page Editor: Configuration for Page Elements: We appreciate the feature and schedule it for 5.1 (global deactivation of element types for all contexts).
8. E-Portfolio: Improved Course Presentation in Portfolio: We appreciate the feature incl. the comment of the SIG from 2015-02-03. The manual sorting should only be available for the manual selected set of courses. The default behaviour should be kept as in 5.0 (dynamic list of all courses). If the user sorts the list manually the viewer of the portfolio cannot change the sorting.
9. Forum: function to report a post to the moderator: We appreciate the feature and schedule it for 5.1. Using a modal dialog is ok. It should also offer the reporter an optional input field for entering the reason why (s)he reported the posting. The activation of the feature should be configurable for each forum.
10. Blogs: Copy Blog Pages: We appreciate the feature and schedule it for 5.1.
11. Blogs: Copy Blogs: We discussed the possibility of copying blogs with its content today. The case is similar to copying wikis and forums. We think in all of these cases copying with and without content are both feasible options. Therefore an extension of the general copy process would be required that allows the repository modules to include options on the copy screen. We will collect the general requirements on a new page Extend Copy Options. We schedule this feature for 5.1, but a precondition would be the implementation of Extend Copy Options.
12. Extend Copy Options: We appreciate the feature and schedule it for 5.1.
13. Portfolio: Link to edit mode of a blog on blogpage in portfolio: We agree that a quick way to edit the blog should be accessible. But we prefer an "Action" drop down with an entry "Edit Blog" at the position of the button in the screenshot below.
14. Competence Management / Survey: Display Self-Evaluation from 360° Survey in Competence Management: We appreciate the feature and schedule it for 5.1.
15. Exercise: Second deadline for late submissions: We appreciate the feature and schedule it for 5.1.
16. Exercise: Limit the number of submissions: We appreciate this feature. The assignment type drop down should be changed to a radio option group. The limitation of the number of uploadable file should be a suboption of the "Upload" option.
17. Repository: Preselect only categories when copying a category branch: We prefer a filter (by type) on top of the copy option screen. The filter lists all repository object types (as checkboxes). If the filter is used only objects of the selected types are listed (and only if all types of the path to the top node are listed). The filter optiones are stored within the session. This way the feature can be implemented for 5.1.
18. Media Pools and Media Objects: Content-Snippets for Containers: We appreciate this feature and schedule it for 5.1.
19. Groups: Adopting Content for Groups: We appreciate the idea. We suggest that in the current screen, all tabs are removed and replaced by a "Back" tab, a "Repository Tree" and a "My Courses and Groups" tab.

3.3 Requests for Removal

1. Remove Local Administration:

3.4 Decision Postponed

The following features requests will be discussed in an upcoming Jour Fixe due to missing time.

Features with (announced) funding:

1. Introduction of Audience Response System
2. ILIAS Page Editor: Adjusting image size in pages
3. ILIAS Page Editor: Allow Page Editing on Mobile Devices
4. Wiki: Embedding and Scripting on Wiki Pages
5. Notifications: Concept for a Notification System
6. Exercise: Make peer feedback relevant for passed status
7. Test Question Pool: Long Menu Question
8. Cron Service: Summary Mail comprising News of Groups and Courses
9. Metadata / Wiki: Automatic Linking of Custom Metadata in Wikis
10. Meta Data: Sorting of Custom Metadata
11. Learning Module: Accounting Question in Learning Modules
12. Test: Cloze Question Improvements
13. Export: Export HTML source code to Excel
14. Mail: Placeholder_FIRST_NAME_in_fields_CC_and_BCC
15. Session: Hide columns in edit participants tab of a session
16. Portfolio: PDF-Printing a Portfolio
17. Personal Desktop: Configure detail options for Selected items
18. Media Pool: Insert question into a content snippet in media pools
19. Groups: Copy content of groups
20. Course / Learning Communities: Course Contacts and Support Contacts
21. Wiki: Extending User Activities for Page Editing, Protecting and Deleting
22. Wiki: HTML Export Extensions
23. Survey: Display Self-Evaluation from 360° Survey in Competence Management
24. Course / Groups: News Notification for Courses and Groups
25. Course: Default for Status "Online" after copying an object
26. Test: Separating Submission and Navigation
27. Test: Export HTML source code to Excel
28. Question Pool & Test: Revision of MCQ: Alternative points specification for multiple choice question
29. Portfolio: Export and Import of Portfolios
30. Portfolio: PDF-Printing a Portfolio
31. Metadata: Local Custom Metadata
32. Learning Module: Support Plugin Question Types on Learning Module Pages
33. Mail: Placeholder_FIRST_NAME_in_fields_CC_and_BCC
34. Session: Hide columns in edit participants tab of a session
35. Personal Desktop: Configure detail options for Selected items
36. Media Pool: Insert question into a content snippet in media pools
37. Authentication/Login: OAuth1 and OAuth2
38. Exercise: Criteria for assignment reviews
39. Exercise: Extension of peer feedback: self-review

1. Forum: Add New Posting
2. Test: Improve Shuffling of Answer Options during Testpass
3. My Workspace: Better Integration of Workspace with Repository

1. Learning Communities Who is online? tool for awareness
2. Test: Extract Test Results from the Participant tab and make a separate Tab of it
3. User Interface: Error and No Permission Screen
4. Certificate: Open Badges
5. Courses and Groups: Blog-overview in member area of groups and courses
6. Personal Desktop: Usability Improvements of the Personal Desktop
7. User Interface: Breadcrumb Navigation Bar
8. Object Templates: Administrating Settings Templates
9. Course Management & Object Templates: Setting Templates Course
10. RBAC, Portfolio & My Workspace: Role-based Activation of Portfolio
11. Repository: Separate tracking of user access from content changes
12. Portfolio: Link to view stored portfolio

1. Performance: Lightweight profiling of requests
2. Test: Style for Tests
3. Booking Tool: First Come First Serve Solution
4. Booking Tool: Reminders and Notifications in Booking Pool
5. Learning Progress determined by Collection of Objects, yet alterable by Tutor
6. Main Administration: Searchable Labels in Administration
7. Learning Communities On-Screen Chat
8. Learning Communities User Connections / Approved Contacts
9. Groups - Import Members or Batch Selection
10. Setup/Core: Modern Configuration File Format
11. ILIAS Page Editor: Manual Carousel / Slider Content Element for Page Editor
12. Test: Random Test Directly Linked With Pool(s)
13. Test: Rearrange Elements of Test-Question-Page
14. Test/Pool: Test-Parts and Question-Groups
15. Learning Module ILIAS: ePUB Export
16. ILIAS Page Editor: Context-dependent paragraph styles in advanced lists and tables
17. ILIAS Page Editor: Linking in ILIAS Editor
18. Test: Filter Revision in Manual Scoring
19. Online Help: ILIAS can handle several help packages
20. Media Objects and Pools: Filter for inserting media objects from media pool
21. Repository: Separating Changed Inside and Number of Read Accesses
22. Media Objects and Pool: Extend Usage of Content Snippets
23. Organizational Units: OrgUnit behaves in RBAC like a group and category
24. Learning Module HTML: Abandon Feature - Bibliographical Data in HTML Learning Modules
25. Course Management: Streamline Membership Assignment Methods
26. Course Management: Mail from Course Members Gallery
27. RBAC: Role Template Screen Revision
28. Wiki: Embedding and Scripting on Wiki Pages
29. Core: Streamlining the copy process in general
30. ILIAS Page Editor: Poll as Page Editor Element
31. Groups: Randomly distribute a set of course / group members  to a set of groups
32. Media Objects: Link-areas in images: coordinates should be easily changeable + grid desirable
33. Media Objects: Pop-up container: more variations desirable
34. Learning Module SCORM: Feedback of questions: change of behavior requested
35. News: Change Generation of RSS-Feed Link
36. Learning Module ILIAS & Test: Traceable connection between tests and ILIAS-learning module
37. Test: Detailed feedback (text and hyperlinks) after test is finished
38. Files & Learning Module ILIAS: Collaborative Annotation / Social Reading
39. ILIAS Page Editor: Content Snippets in Pages of Container Objects
40. ILIAS Page Editor: Content Snippets in Portfolio Pages
41. ILIAS Page Editor: Content Snippets in Wiki Pages
42. Test: Multiple pass scoring: change default setting to scoring the best pass
43. Test: Using Signature-Plugin and Max. Processing Time simultaneously
44. User Interface: 'Availability' in Action-Menue and 'Settings'-Tab
45. Course Management: Printable Member List for Members
46. Course Management: Additional sorting options for My Courses and Groups
47. Search: Switch off Content Search but still search for Users
48. Learning Progress: Privacy Improvements of the Learning Progress for Course Members
49. Course Management: Send Mail when Course Copying is Finished
50. Learning Module SCORM: Internal Links for SCORM Modules
51. Booking Tool: Allow booking after timeslot has started
52. Booking Tool: Filter for free ressources
53. Booking Tool: Import form Untis or Davinci
54. My Workspace: Mediacast in My Workspace
55. Learning Communities: Teams
56. Learning Progress: Precondition "Failed" for test object
57. Exercise: Editable team constellations
58. Exercise: Building Teams out of Groups
59. Learning Modules HTML: timestamp for last changes in HTML Learning Modules
60. News: Present (manually created) news on course content page
61. My Workspace: »Last Edited« in Table of Shared Resources
62. Course / Group: Preset notification of blog posts
63. Chat: Messaging Server
64. Setting Templates Course
65. Precondition Handling: Separate Preconditions for Registration/Participation in Courses/Groups
66. Course: Auto-fill for Course waiting list
67. Course: Course Type: Online vs. On-Site
68. Course: Course/Group Cancellation Deadlines
69. Course: Relative Dates in Courses/Groups
70. Course: Minimum Number of Participants
71. Learning Module ILIAS: Question Overview in ILIAS LM
72. ILIAS Page Editor: Insert HTML5 Objekt
73. My Workspace: Mediacast in My Workspace
74. Media Pools and Media Objects: Client Side Editing of Image Maps
75. Introduction of Audience Response System
76. Learning Module SCORM: Improved License Management
77. Course: Using SCORM modules to validate course objectives
78. Test: Deactivation of Javascript Usage in Tests
79. Cloud Object: Cloud Folder in the users workspace
80. SCORM Editor: question pool support
81. SCORM Editor: Feedback of questions: change of behavior requested
82. SCORM Editor: Internal Links for SCORM Modules
83. SCORM Editor: poster image for videos
84. Intellectual Property Rights Object
85. ILIAS Learning Module: Improve Multi-Linguality and Translation
86. SOAP: SOAP method for determination of Learning Progress: getProgressInfo
87. Learning Modules: Copying Content from ILIAS Learning Modules into the ILIAS SCORM Editor
88. Help: Help Icon in the Page Editor Panel
89. Exercise: Extensions of Peer Feedback
90. Learning Progress: Segmented Learning Progress
91. Course: Course IDs
92. Course: Credit Points
93. Course: Separate Settings Subtab for Registration
94. Course: Course-Specific User Data: Boolean Format
95. Course: Learning Plan - Relative Timetable
96. Booking Pool: Extended Metadata for Booking Pools
97. Test: Tinting examination screen
98. Registration: Assigning roles and objects to user when registering
99. Portfolio/Personal Desktop: Portfolios on Personal Desktop
100. Media pools Move and copy of media objects in media pools
101. Usability Improvements in Test: Extract Test Results from the Participant tab and make a separate Tab of it
102. Usability Improvements in Test: Straightforward Configuration of Result Presentation
103. Usability Improvements in Test: Nice Presentation of Test Results
104. Course: Learning Objectives-Driven Course
105. Portfolio: »Set Portfolio Online« Message in Share-tab
106. Portfolio: access to the portfolio via avatar in the headline
107. Usability: URLs without cmd nodes
108. Development Support: Autoloading
109. Test: History Mode for Personal Skill GUI
110. Data Collection: Summarize Columns
111. Maps: Set URLs for OSM-mirror and reverse geocoding server

4 Miscellaneous

Bug Fixing Process

The General Meeting of Members has decided to revise the bug fixing process according to the board's suggestion. We will discuss the process in more detail at the next meeting.

Next Jour Fixe

Monday, April 13, 2015, from 12h30 until 17h30 at the office of ILIAS-Verein in Cologne