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JForum 2.4.1 for Sakai - Downloads
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JForum 2.5.0 introduces support for grading of
discussions. For an overview, see
JForum 2.5.0 Slides / Overview.
If you prefer, you may view the archive of a Live Demo Overview of Jforum 2.5.0 from October 16, 2008. Click on "Play" (far right). You need the Java plugin in your browser. |
Follow the instructions below to download and build:
1) Get the source
Get the Sakai JForum source and place it at sakai source folder. To get Sakai JForum from Sakai Contrib SVN, issue the below SVN commands from your Sakai source folder:
svn co https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib/etudes/sakai-jforum/tags/2.5.0/ sakai-jforum
2) Build and Deploy Sakai JForum
Refer to readme folder for appropriate instructions for your Sakai version.
For existing users of Jforum, upgrade instructions and conversion information is also provided under the readme folder. Scripts are provided.
3)
User
Documentation
JForum 2.5 User Guide For Instructors (IMS CP* zip file)
- JForum 2.5 User Guide For Instructors (Word format)
- JForum Student Guide (IMS CP zip file)
*The IMS CP module / tutorial can be imported into Melete
4) Features & Fixes in JForum 2.5
JFSI-229 Grade By Forum
JFSI-470 Grade By Topic
JFSI-471 add topic titles as distinct items in the gradebook if topic
grading is enabled."
JFSI-472 add option to enable grading for a topic"
JFSI-475 Viewing Grades / Scores pages and design
JFSI-228 Integrate JForum with Sakai Gradebook.
JFSI-479 Import from Site changes for grading functionality
JFSI-536 should the gradebook be required?
JFSI-526 when grading topic, stack error: Column 'sakai_user_id' cannot be
null
JFSI-535 You shouldn't be able to delete a graded forum topic and its
replies
JFSI-534 exceptions when trying to move OR delete MOVED graded topics.
JFSI-532 recent topics doesn't distinguish 'grade forum' in scores -
throws exception
JFSI-530 if a student starts a topic, it shouldn't have a 'grade' button
in topic page
JFSI-559 Ability to add comments without a score
JFSI-573 show clearly inactive users in grade pop-up window
JFSI-570 clicking on grade button in grade-by-forum returns exception
JFSI-480 View Grades for Forum - Student View
JFSI-478 Actual Grading by Topic views and workflow
JFSI-476 Instructor View - Discussion Home
JFSI-477 Grading Forum page - instructor view
JFSI-468 ability to enable / disable 'grade by forum'
JFSI-473 add 'grade' button in replies is topic grading is enabled
JFSI-496 change 'task' type in topics
JFSI-469 add forum topic title as an entry to gradebook
JFSI-510 remove registration date and joined info
JFSI-483 Mask "Registration" information from My Profile
JFSI-511 top-align cells in discussion home
JFSI-507 extend row over by a column (forum home)
JFSI-505 add icon with "Grade Topic" link in forum home
JFSI-500 enabled for grading forums should have 'grade' button in topics /
replies
JFSI-541 tool description
JFSI-486 add extensions to support Office 2007 attachments
JFSI-586 add a space after the comma when separating items
JFSI-587 remove spaces after colon in comments views
JFSI-466 calendar default AM/PM for visible and lock dates is always PM
JFSI-501 bb code visible when viewing all forum submissions of a student
JFSI-498 grade by forum confirm view - not graded (student)
JFSI-502 show max points for forum in grading view
JFSI-506 Recent topics view should have scores columns for grade by topic
JFSI-537 Add validation for forum description
JFSI-531 grade topic links in recent topics need grading icon
JFSI-519 Jforum redirects
JFSI-499 grade by forum - evaluation screen with student grade and
comments
JFSI-548 on search list page checkall/uncheckall not working properly
JFSI-462 Should not be able to email inactive users
JFSI-556 Change word from "Grade" to "Score" in student views
JFSI-572 make links more clearly visible in jforum
JFSI-580 tell users we don't allow negative scores
JFSI-487 Graded topics or forums and delete
JFSI-512 open send PM in new browser window
JFSI-503 add ability to expand / collapse all comments
JFSI-517 transaction error while deleting the topics from forum-> tiopics
JFSI-504 add 'grade forum' link in forum home page
JFSI-518 finalize in JForum
JFSI-508 exclude non-contributors in student pagination
JFSI-524 topics that have "i'll re-use' checked should have the 'task'
icon
JFSI-540 Mask "archive' topic button...
JFSI-533 add 'send to GB' and 'Update' at the top of page, too
JFSI-527 add option to send to gb when grading from the topic page
JFSI-516 Grade topics cannot be moved, deleted if the topic is graded
JFSI-545 error when uploading avatar
JFSI-542 grade button is not showing for admin on topics page
JFSI-543 mask archive icon in legend
JFSI-547 after search and moderation activity the list is not fetched
correctly
JFSI-546 search moderation delete throws exception
JFSI-544 search returns exception some times
JFSI-467 Remove "Messages" count from pages
JFSI-557 Preserve "send to gradebook" setting
JFSI-553 When expanding comments, the jforum iframe doesn't expand fully
JFSI-552 Add ability to sort grading page to list what needs to be graded
first
JFSI-549 old UI of moderation option is shown in search
JFSI-558 Save grades and 'update' grading page behavior
JFSI-563 scores of students who didn't post don't get sent to the GB
JFSI-566 exception when clicking on 'grade forum' in forums home page
JFSI-564 Grading pages fetching the users that are not in the course
JFSI-565 if point value of forum or topic is 0, don't show points in
student view
JFSI-571 identify inactive users in posts
JFSI-579 graded topics in grade-by-forums shouldn't be movable
JFSI-584 Make comments boxes collapsed, by default, in grading
JFSI-585 show forum or topic title in student comments page
JFSI-515 Add indexes to the tables creation scripts, queries, etc.
JFSI-588 Change the UUID generation code to use IdManager
JFSI-589 add support for sakai 2.5.x
JFSI-522 conversion script to support change 'task' type in topics
JFSI-497 Support for Oracle and testing on oracle database
JFSI-464 Release notes, database conversion details etc for 2.5 release
JFSI-590 web site install guide changes
JFSI-596 moving topics returns java exception
JFSI-601 change "Answers" to "Posts" on header in grading view
JFSI-605 add column with total # of posts in member listing (refactor
later)
Credits
Many thanks to Murthy Tanniru, Senior Learning Systems Developer, Etudes, for his great work on Jforum 2.5.
Questions?
For assistance or to report issues,
The original
JForum source code is
licensed under the
BSD License. Code development under the leadership of Etudes