(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
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9 fixes in Assignments
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6 fixes in Tests & Quizzes (Samigo)
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3 fixes in Gradebook
Other areas improved include:
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Calendar
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Chat Room
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Commons
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Lessons
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Membership
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Messages
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Polls
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Portal
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PostEm
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Profile
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Resources
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Sign Up
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Site Info
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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