JForum 2.6.0 for Sakai Now Released!

[Vivie Sinou-2]

The Etudes team is pleased to announce the release of JForum 2.6.0.

DOWNLOAD JFORUM 2.6.0
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JForum 2.6.0 is available to deploy with Sakai 2.3 or 2.4 or Sakai 2.5 and
higher.

Instructions on how to download and build JForum 2.6.0 can be found at:
http://etudes.org/release/discussion/ 

At the above web page, you'll also find links to download user documentation
and tutorials, and a complete list of features and issues addressed in this
release.

FEATURES & FIXES in JFORUM 2.6.0
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(See summary: http://etudes.org/release/discussion/2.6/)

Highlights of this release include discussion scoring enhancements and other
issues:

* Ability to "add comments to all users with posts"
* Ability to "adjust all scores to users with posts by _"
* Make "Grade Forum" column header sortable
* Allow instructors to assign negative scores
* Add "last edited on mm/dd/yyyy, time" information for edited posts
* List discussion items in gradebook by due / lock forum date
* Notifications should not be sent in unpublished sites
* Make topic notifications group-aware (send to group only)
* Don't notify users of new posts / replies in 'Deny Access' forums
* Leave "quote" as the only option when replying to PM messages

Thanks to Diego del Blanco Orobitg, Valencian International University,
Jforum 2.6.0 now includes better support for Spanish. (Set under "My
Profile" by users).  

FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
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For information on future development, feature requests, and known issues,
see: http://etudes.org/jforum_features.htm 

CREDITS
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Many thanks to Murthy Tanniru, Senior Java Developer, Etudes, for his great
work on Jforum.

QUESTIONS?
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To report issues or ask questions about Jforum for Sakai, send a message to:
dev@..., or sakai-dev@... or
sakai-user@....


--
Vivie Sinou
Executive Director, Etudes, Inc.
http://etudes.org/ 


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