[sakai2-tcc] [Management] Sakai CLE 2.8.0 Released

[Josh Baron]

My thanks to the TCC members and everyone else who worked so hard to make 
this release a reality!

Josh
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Joshua Baron
Senior Academic Technology Officer
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York  12601
(845) 575-3623 (work)
Twitter: JoshBaron



From:   "May, Megan Marie" <mmmay at indiana.edu>
To:     "announcements at collab.sakaiproject.org" 
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Date:   04/18/2011 07:01 PM
Subject:        [Management] Sakai CLE 2.8.0 Released
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On behalf of the Sakai Collaboration and Learning Environment (CLE) 
Technical Coordination Committee, I am pleased to announce the release of 
the Sakai CLE, version 2.8.0.
 
The Sakai CLE 2.8.0 builds on previous releases by refining and 
stabilizing the 2.x feature set. It offers dozens of new features and 
improvements to key areas like accessibility, internationalization, 
performance, and security.
 
Among the many enhancements included in the 2.8.0 release, noteworthy 
items include:
·                  Configurable URL shortening service
·                  reCAPTCHA support for logins
·                  Collapsible portal navigation menu
·                  Mobile portal UI improvements
·                  Experimental CKEditor implementation
·                  Respondus question import handling
·                  Customizable letter grades in assignments
·                  Support for IMS BasicLTI outcomes and improved external 
integration capabilities
·                  Enhanced user profile options
·                  Persistent event logging for Quartz Scheduler jobs
·                  Improved integration with external user providers (e.g
., LDAP)
·                  Inclusion of many new webservices
·                  Updated language packs (Chinese, Dutch, French 
Canadian, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish and Vietnamese.)
·                  Feature to set open/close dates for discussion boards, 
forums and topics and sort the threads
·                  Ability to preview message prior to sending in Messages 
tool
·                  Ability for site authors to change display order of 
announcements
 
A full list of features can be found in the release documentation 
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/0Al6B
 
Obtaining the 2.8.0 release
·         Release artifacts are available at 
http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/
·         Release documentation including install guides is available at 
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/x/xQl6B
 
Licensing
Sakai 2.8.0 is licensed under the Educational  Community License, version 
2.0.
 
Older Releases
With the release of the Sakai 2.8 series, official Community support for 
Sakai 2.6 ceases. Organizations running Sakai 2.6 (or earlier versions) 
are strongly encouraged to upgrade to the latest versions of Sakai 2.7 or 
2.8 in order to take advantage of continued maintenance support.
 
Our thanks go out to the dedicated Sakai Community volunteers from around 
the world for their tireless work on this release.
 
Megan
 
Megan May
Sakai CLE Technical Coordination  Committee (TCC) Chair
 
 
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