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Service Pack 6 and hot fixes

Increased support for Java Virtual Machines versions

WebCT have confirmed Service Pack 6 supports versions: 1.4.2_09 1.4.2_10 1.5.0_02 1.5.0_04 (aka "Update 4") 1.5.0_05 (Build 1.5.0_05-b05) 1.5.0_06 (Build 1.5.0_06-b05)

New Features and enhancements

Assignments

  • Assignment submissions sorted by name, are now sorted by Last Name instead of First Name.

Equation Editor

  • The WebEQ Equation editor upgraded to version 3.6.
  • This is all WebCT have advised. There is no indication as to what this means.

HTML Editor

  • Changed to version 4.2.106.1 of RealObjects edit-on Pro WYSIWG Java based HTML editor. The interface for the html editor remains the same.
  • The default setting for the HTML editor will remain switched off, with users having to click the radio button to activate the editor.
  • The HTML creator on/off options are present in IE.
  • In Fire Fox browsers the HTML creator options for on/off are not displayed.

My WebCT

  • My WebCT now allows all users to show or hide individual courses that are displayed in the Course List channel. A new Institution Admin account has been created to control whether the option is available or not.

Known Issues

  • When enrolled as a Section Instructor or Teaching Assistant using the teaching tab.The first time the user navigates to any link using the teach tab in the section, and uses the drop down list to return to the home page.
  • The user is returned to the student view home page.
  • The second time around the user is returned to the home page in the teach tab.
  • This issue has been reported to WebCT, who are working on a solution for this.

Issues Resolved

Assessments & Questions Database

  • Answers to matching questions in an assessment can no longer be re-ordered once a submission has been made. Previously, re-ordering answers to matching questions caused errors in grading.

Reports and tracking

  • Student tracking reports now properly display all relevant user actions

Selective release

  • Indenting a selective release criteria that has an And operator no longer changes it to an Or operator.

Template manager

  • Admin Permissions are now being checked on the learning context for which templates are being retrieved, rather than the learning context at which the user logged in, preventing incorrect permissions on combined Admin and Designer roles.

User manager

  • Instructors trying to create multiple groups, and choosing the option to randomly distribute students prior to student enrolment in the section, will now receive an appropriate error message.

WebDav

  • WebDav users can no longer rename template directories, preventing the risk of deleting templates.

Who's online

  • Users with an apostrophe in their name can now use the Who’s online messaging tool.
  • If multiple Who’s Online invitations are received prior to accepting any, you can now accept more than one.

HTML Editor

  • The editor will now work with HTML files with a header specifying a DTD other than XHTML 1.0.
  • HTML tags that aren't officially part of any HTML specification (such as ) will no longer be deleted by the editor.
  • In certain cases, editing HTML content that did not conform to the XHTML 1.0 specification caused some tags to be removed. This has been corrected.

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