Sakai 12.1 Released

The text of this post is taken from the announcement made by Wilma Hodges – The Sakai Community Facilitator.

I’m pleased to announce on behalf of the worldwide community that Sakai 12.1 is released and available for downloading! [1]

Sakai 12.1 has 97 improvements [2] in place including

  • 20 fixes in Gradebook (aka GradebookNG)
  • 9 fixes in Tests & Quizzes (Samigo)
  • 7 fixes in Assignments
  • 6 fixes in Resources
  • 5 fixes in Lessons

Other areas improved include:

  • Calendar
  • CKeditor
  • Dropbox
  • Forums
  • Portal
  • Preferences
  • Profile
  • Roster
  • Section Info
  • Security
  • Signup
  • Site Info
  • Statistics
  • Syllabus
  • Web Content

Four security issues fixed in 12.1 (details will be sent to the Sakai Security Announcements list)

Please also note the upgrade information page [3] for important notes related to performing the upgrade. 2 Quartz jobs need to be run to complete the conversion steps for Sakai 12, including a new one for the Job Scheduler in 12.1.

[1] Downloading information available at – http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/12.1/

[2] 12.1 Fixes by Tool –  https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/12.1+Fixes+by+Tool

[3] https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+12+upgrade+information