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Download & Releases

3.9.5 (stable)

Release 3.9.5 has been published on August 5, 2008. It is a bugfix release and does not contain major new features compared to release 3.9.0.

Please read the 3.9.0 release report for information about major changes and new features.

Information about first time installation can be found here.

How to Update: Instructions for updating ILIAS can be found in section 3 of the general installation instructions. For major updates (e.g. 3.8.x -> 3.9.x) the safest proceeding is, to upgrade a copy of your productive system first and test whether everything works ok.

Notes for MySQL 4.0.x Upgraders: If you plan to upgrade from MySQL 4.0.x to MySQL 4.1.x or higher please read our Migrating from MySQL 4.0.x to MySQL 4.1.x instructions.

If you update from ILIAS 3.4.0 or 3.4.1 and already used MySQL 4.1.x: Due to a problem in the UTF-8 handling some extra update steps are necessary. Please click here and follow the instructions.

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46MB, 2008-08-04
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Format: .zip

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47MB, 2008-08-04
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ILIAS is free, open source software and published under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Known Issues

1. Survey text question answer display patch

This patch fixes an issue with survey text questions. If a participant answers text questions the answer text will not be displayed in the text fields when the participant returns to the page. Nevertheless the answers have been saved.

The zip file contains one file:
class.SurveyTextQuestionGUI.php

Please backup your current version of Modules/SurveyQuestionPool/classes/class.SurveyTextQuestionGUI.php and copy the patch file to the corresponding directory.

- survey_patch_mantis_3802.zip - md5sum: 6342f7428876b29ee48c856c9356cf8e

2. Survey matrix question patch

This patch fixes multiple issues with matrix questions.
  • The neutral column values are written incorrectly when a user selects a neutral column. ILIAS always uses the number of rows instead the number of columns to count for the neutral column.
  • It fixes Mantis bug #4107: Matrix questions with Check Boxes (Multiple Response) makes errors
  • It fixes an issue with the row/column editor in the author view

The zip file contains two files:
class.SurveyMatrixQuestion.php and class.SurveyMatrixQuestionGUI.php

Please backup your current version of Modules/SurveyQuestionPool/classes/class.SurveyMatrixQuestion.php and Modules/SurveyQuestionPool/classes/class.SurveyMatrixQuestionGUI.php and copy the patch files to the corresponding directory.

- patch.matrixquestion.zip - md5sum: 4bf16d283c8083e540cbe85515b749a4
3. Survey matrix question patch

This patch fixes multiple issues with matrix questions. It includes all the patches of the above matrix question patch file and one additional patch.
  • The neutral column values are written incorrectly when a user selects a neutral column. ILIAS always uses the number of rows instead the number of columns to count for the neutral column.
  • It fixes Mantis bug #4107: Matrix questions with Check Boxes (Multiple Response) makes errors
  • It fixes an issue with the row/column editor in the author view
  • It fixes Mantis bug #4155, an issue with the export of the specific user results (new)

The zip file contains two files:
class.SurveyMatrixQuestion.php and class.SurveyMatrixQuestionGUI.php

Please backup your current version of Modules/SurveyQuestionPool/classes/class.SurveyMatrixQuestion.php and Modules/SurveyQuestionPool/classes/class.SurveyMatrixQuestionGUI.php and copy the patch files to the corresponding directory.

- patch.matrixquestion_v2.zip - md5sum: 084109dc142dc8c6c4b61d07e4236f62

Fixed Bugs

  • Search: Fixed Mantis bug #3516: Added additional mime type for indexing PDF files. (Stefan Meyer)

  • Course Management: Fixed Mantis bug #3595: Fixed chat presentation in course objective view. (Stefan Meyer)

  • Authentication: Fixed Mantis bug #3588: Added fix for disabled authentication methods (LDAP, Radius). (Stefan Meyer)

  • Course Management: Fixed Mantis bug #3534: User's remark on timmigs not shown when timmings not changeable. (Stefan Meyer)

  • RBAC: Fixed Mantis bug #3507: . Role description not shown in"Copy Permission Settings" menu. (Stefan Meyer)

  • Learning Progress: Fixed Mantis bug #3703: . Anonymous user can access learning progress. (Stefan Meyer)

  • Setup: Fixed Mantis bug #3501: Running DB update fails with error message . (Stefan Meyer)

  • Course Management: Fixed Mantis bug #3685: Registration for Course with preconditions is possible without meeting the preconditions. (Stefan Meyer)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed Mantis bug #3510: Creating imagemap with polygon fails (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed Mantis bug #3521: Export of test statistics fails (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed a problem writing the finished flag for tests into the database (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed Mantis bug #3525: "Last update" - date is not set properly in question pool (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Survey: Fixed Mantis bug #3544: Question layout is lost after copying questionpool (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed Mantis bug #3579: Clozetest "forgets" values with < and > characters (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed Mantis bug #3559: shuffle answers for multiple choice question
    Fixed empty string check (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Survey: Fixed Mantis bug #3586: Survey crashes instead of message "no permission" (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Survey: Fixed Mantis bug #3599 Question Blocks answers behaviour fails (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Survey: Survey evaluation access fix (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed Mantis bug #3508: Usability problems with manual scoring (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed Mantis bug #3168 pdf export not working (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Changed submission for participants page from button to dropdown selection (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Added optional output of reached points for multiple user results output of test participants (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Added performance fix for test statistics filtering for groups and courses (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed problem with user filtering for test statistics export (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed Mantis bug #3626: Test-Password in exercise is not requested (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed Mantis bug #3509: Scoring of unanswered essay questions is not possible (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed Mantis bug #3489: No reset of time limit for tests (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Moved Certificate output to test results for better usability (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Removed Test & Assessment styles from delos and put it into a customizable style sheet for tests only (Helmut Schottmüller)