Sakai 12.5 maintenance released!

(Posted on behalf of Wilma Hodges – Sakai PMC / Community Coordinator)

I’m pleased to announce on behalf of the worldwide community that Sakai 12.5 was released on Nov. 18 and is currently available for downloading [1] !

Sakai 12.5 has 43 improvements [2] including

  • 9 fixes in Assignments

  • 6 fixes in Tests & Quizzes (Samigo)

  • 3 fixes in Gradebook

Other areas improved include:

  • Calendar

  • Chat Room

  • Commons

  • Lessons

  • Membership

  • Messages

  • Polls

  • Portal

  • PostEm

  • Profile

  • Resources

  • Sign Up

  • Site Info

  • Web Services

There were 2 security issues fixed in 12.5 (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/12.5/

[2] 12.4 Fixes by Tool –  https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/12.5+Fixes+by+Tool

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

 

Wilma Hodges, Ed.D.

Sakai PMC – Community Coordinator