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QMplus January 2017 release

24 January 2017 07.00am

 

  1. Questionnaire plugin – this third party activity was added to QMplus in September 2016, but the permissions have been updated to allow teaching staff to create surveys.
  2. Tab Display plugin – this third party plugin will be added to QMplus and will allow staff to display information within a topic/section within tabs.
  3. Glossary subscription block – in house development has been done to allow staff and students to be able to subscribe to items added to the Glossary activity.
  4. Rollover enhancements – various enhancements have been included in the rollover feature including:
    1. A default rollover option – QMplus administrative staff will now be able to configure the course rollover settings in one place, and then these settings will be applied to all the courses that they choose to rollover on the bulk rollover screen.
    2. Bespoke module names – QMplus administrative staff will be able to add bespoke module names from the rollover screen.
    3. Cancel rollover – a cancel rollover option will be included to allow administrators to cancel a rollover that has been scheduled.
    4. Rollover email and text – updates have been made to the instructions that appear in the rollover emails.
    5. Rollover report – a rollover report will now be available for QMplus administrators within their category menu. This report will show all scheduled and processed rollovers, as well as any rollovers that have not been processed due to an error.
  5. Module information block enhancement – a new feature that allows staff to search the staff directory within the module information block.
  6. QMplus Media enhancements – updates have been added to the QMplus Media (Kaltura) plugin as follows:
    1. The ‘Course Media Gallery‘ has been updated in the course settings block (this takes users to the Kaltura Media Gallery for that course).
    2. The ‘My Media‘ link has been updated on the QMplus My dashboard (this takes users to view their personal media in QMplus Media).
  7. Direct link to Medicine & Dentistry from the logged in homepage – Easy access to the SMD category within QMplus.
  8. Improved styling of the ‘Messaging‘ area of QMplus
  9. Bug fixes – including:
    1. Background colour on Topic headings in collapsed topics format will now extend to the edge of the content area.
    2. Fixed access to the QMplus archive via the link on the homepage from Mobile devices.
    3. Fixed an issue where a gap appeared on the right of the gradebook, My Media or Module search – when editing was turned on.

 

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