3.5.0_alpha1

This release is for test purposes only. Do not use it within productive environments. Data will be corrupted or lost. Many new features are not fully completed yet, see the Known Issues section at the end of this page.

The release contains the following features:

• Unified concept for condition handling in RBAC; introducing new class class.ilAccessHandler.php (by Alexander Killing)

• Improvement of the internal search engine incl. redesign of metadata handling (by Stefan Meyer)

• Enable search in all object titles and descriptions (by Stefan Meyer)

• Revision of repository (by Alexander Killing)

• Copying chapters of learning modules to other modules (by Alexander Killing)

• Filtering of active users shown on Personal Desktop.
  Users can choose between the following options:
  - Show all active users
  - Show members of my courses and groups only
  - Don't show active users
  The system administrator can enable/disable this option and can define a default value.
  (by W. Randelshofer, FH Zentralschweiz)

• Revision of chat usability (by Jens Conze)

• RBAC usability: permission query feature telling user about her/her access permissions on a current object (by Sascha Hofmann)

• New mode Online Exam for Test&Assessment tool: This extension allows you to perform exams through a web browser under controlled conditions - see use cases. (by Roland Küstermann, Universität Karlsruhe)

• Extension of the Test&Assessment scoring system: Addition of the following scoring options to the test properties:

  • Count points for partial solution (ILIAS Standard)

  • Count points for correct solution only (no partial solutions accepted)

  For more information see the forum thread
  (by Helmut Schottmüller, RWTH Aachen)

• Authentication by Shibboleth, Shibboleth can be used as a second authentication method or as only authentication method (by Lukas Haemmerle, SWITCH, Zurich)

• Authentication by Radius (by Sascha Hofmann)

• Added support for Virtual Glossaries (Meta-Glossaries)
  A virtual glossary works like a normal glossary. Additionally it contains the terms from all glossaries that are located on the same level in the repository like the virtual glossary respectively from all glossaries that are located downwards in the repository from the position of the virtual glossary (by Sascha Hofmann, IOS Cologne)

• Language selector: displays language selection now as text string - not as flag anymore (by Alexander Killing)

• Language selection for public section (by Sascha Hofmann) - a user browsing in the public section of the repository can choose the language in which the ILIAS appears to her/him

• Remain position in repository after login when coming from public section (by Alexander Killing)

• iLink interface (by Sascha Hofmann)

• Revision of role names in groups and courses (by Sascha Hofmann)

• Extension of the Test & Assessment scoring system: Addition of the following scoring option to the test properties:

  • Count unanswered multiple choice questions with multiple response (yes/no) with a default of no (current setting)

  This setting is needed to prevent incompatibilities with the scoring system. For multiple choice questions with multiple response you can give points for unchecked questions, so a scenario with a question where only unchecked questions are needed to gain the full points is possible. In order to prevent giving points for test persons who just run through a test without answering questions there is a default in ILIAS to give always 0 points if no answer is checked. The new setting allows to use either the old default or the correct scoring for multiple choice questions with multiple response in a test.

Known Issues

• The revision of the meta data handling has still to be finished. Some import/export features that also rely on meta data handling do not work (learning modules, assessment). Also copying chapters and pages within ILIAS learning modules does not work.