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Release 9

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1 Timeline for ILIAS 9

  • Feature freeze at April 30, 2023
  • Coding completed: all features implemented and test cases finished until October 27, 2023
  • Release 9.0 beta1 and release-9 branch planned for October 30, 2023
  • Beginn of testing phase scheduled for October 31, 2023
  • End of testing phase planned for Februar 02, 2024
  • First stable 9.0 release planned for March 15, 2024
  • Full maintenance support for version 9: until December 31, 2025
  • Security bug fixes only: until December 31, 2026
Due to the delays in the completion of ILIAS 8, the schedule for ILIAS 9 had to be fundamentally changed. 

2 Important Information

Required and Supported Software ILIAS 9

3 Projects

The following large development projects are planned for ILIAS 9 (depending on resources and funding):
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4 List of New and Extended Features

Below you can see which features have already been scheduled for ILIAS version 9 and how their status is. If you can offer funding for features shown in list G and H, please contact the ILIAS product manager.
A : The following features are implemented and become part of trunk in release 9:
  1. Custom metadata for file object
  2. File-Object: Show number of downloads
  3. File: direct download can be prevented to open info tab first
  4. Import Booking Objects into Booking Tool
  5. IRSS: Resource Overview
  6. Messages for Specific Bookings
  7. metadata for content pages
  8. Week View for Booking Tool
 
B : The following features are implemented and approved by the customer. They will be committed to trunk soon.
  1. New Glossary Presentation for «Flashcards»
 
C : The following features are implemented and waiting for approval by the customer:
  1. Abandon the booking of different time slots within one reservation process
  2. Edit target levels of competences in profiles
  3. Improvement of the booking process in Booking Tools with Fixed Schedules
  4. Migrate News on Communication » News to Timeline
  5. Rearrange Actions in Forum Threads and Reduce Print Actions
  6. Streamline Competence Entries on Competence Records-Tab
  7. Streamline Competence Profiles in Courses and Groups
 
D : The following features are currently in development:
  1. Clean up the Badges area in Achievements
  2. Database: Management Functions for Referential Integrity in ilDBInterface
  3. File Upload: CC Selection as Modal
  4. Formatting options for notifications
  5. Improved presentation of ILIAS links in social media
  6. Mail: out-of-office agent
  7. Page Editor » Presentation of Item Groups in Page Editor
  8. Revamp Repository Chat
  9. Suffix-specific Icons
  10. User Search in Staff Tab of Organisational Units
 
E : The following features are already settled for release 9. Funding is available and an appropriate contract with a service provider has been concluded to implement the feature.
  1. Customizable Maximum File Upload Size
  2. Download only selected submissions
  3. ILIAS can handle several help packages
  4. Moving LOM Metadata Editor to Kitchensink
  5. Page Editor » Data Table Editing » Part II
  6. Page Editor » Insert Resource List
  7. Page Editor » Section Editing » Part II 
  8. Poll Improvements
  9. Revamping Exam View with List of Questions
  10. Show Peer Feedback after Feedback Deadline
  11. Submissions and Grades: New filter options “Membership“, “Submitted before“ and “Submitted after“
  12. Use Mustache in Mail Template Configuration
 
F : The following features are scheduled for release 8 and have a declared interest in funding by one or more customers. But they only will make it into the trunk if appropriate development resources are ensured, e.g. by contract with a service provider.
  1. Add link to submitted portfolio in notification mail
  2. Add Mailto Feature in list of Portfolio of Other Users
  3. Add Open Submission option in Participant View in list of Submissions and Grades
  4. Additional Columns in «Submissions and Grades»
  5. Change Shared status after submitting a portfolio
  6. Clickable Links in Personal Profile
  7. Confirmation Mail to Sharer after Sharing a Portfolio
  8. Determine default view for newly created forums in Administration
  9. Improved Creative Commons Support : add CC0-licence
  10. New option for excel export of ILIAS test statistics
  11. Notification mail to submitter of portfolio after allocation of evaluation status
  12. Page Editor » Accordion Editing
  13. Page Editor » Interactive Image
  14. Revision of Collection Glossaries
  15. Separation of portfolio creation and creation of a portfolio from a template
  16. Show Only Available Points
 
G : The following features are only partly funded and need additional financial support to be implemented as described:
  1. Centralizing online/offline status - step 3
  2. Implement WOPI for File-Editing
 
H : The following features are scheduled for ILIAS 9 but still require funding! Without funding these features cannot be implemented for ILIAS 9 and have to be postponed to a later version. Any funding for one of these features is highly appreciated!
  1. Bulk Creation of Term/Definition Pairs
  2. Change Setting to show users their results in ILIAS Test
  3. Display learning materials of the Profil Target Level and all levels below
  4. Global Dashboard Settings of Presentation and Sortation for all Dashboard Sections
  5. Improve Search Index with Tika
  6. Improvement of deleting competences
  7. Move Full Definitions Presentation to UI Framework
  8. News Timeline: pdf-Upload
  9. Streamline date filter of competences to courses and groups
  10. Switching between content styles
  11. Using Maven to manage dependencies

5 Changed Behaviour

This section lists changes of existing objects and components due to bug fixes made for ILIAS 9:
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6 Abandoned Features

6.1 Candidates

Jour Fixe has already accepted to abandon the following features. But code still need to be removed from ILIAS.
  1. Abandon Custom LOM Quick Edit for SCORM Modules
  2. Abandon Generate PDF by User in ILIAS Test
  3. Abandon Global Switch for Page Editor
  4. Abandon Item Analysis Export for Pure Single Choice Tests
  5. Abandon Milestones from Calendar
  6. Abandon Multiple Definitions per Term in Glossary
  7. Abandon Page View in Survey
  8. Abandon Phrases in Survey
  9. Abandon Question Materials
  10. Abandon RTL-Support
  11. Abandon Special Character Selector
  12. Abandon Test Setting Digitally Sign Test Submissions and Plugin Slot to sign Tests
  13. Abandon Virtual Modes of Glossaries
  14. Remove Setting «Limit Number of Concurrent Participants»
  15. Remove Settings-Templates for Tests
  16. Study Programme: Abandon Dynamic Tree in Manage View

6.2 Removed Features

The following features are abandoned with ILIAS 9 and have been removed from the ILIAS source code:
  1. Abandon »New« Status in Forums
  2. Abandon Line Break Setting in Users Mail Setting
  3. Abandon Private Rooms (Separees)
  4. Abandon SOAP::distributeMails

7 Migrations

Migration of glossary definitions after abolition of multiple definitions
> php setup/cli.php migrate --run glossary.ilGlossaryDefinitionMigration

Last edited: 07. Oct 2022, 11:33, Kunkel, Matthias [mkunkel]