Lead Developer Matt Boytim has released Centre v2.9.1, a release with interesting new features and a pleasant list of bugfixes.the new features are pretty cool. For example, at the request of several schools, we have a way to configure a "delay" for teachers gradebooks, so ungraded assignments won't appear as "zeros" on the Parents/Student view of the Gradebook. Scheduling includes nice fixes to Printing Schedules and the ability to Print Class pictures!
We appreciate Matt's hard work on this release. He works hard to keep Centre vibrant and working well.
Please review the list of new features and changes to Centre in v.2.9.1. We recommend you consider an upgrade to take advantage of these new features and bugfixes.
What's New in 2.9.1
- Common Name
- Users can select in Preference to display student names as 'Given Name' (Last, First Middle) or 'Common Name' (Last, Nickname if nickname is non-blank else Last,First)
- Note: default is common name
- Teacher gradebook configuration
- Number of days after an assignment due date before the missing grade is visible to parents and students can be set
- Default grade comment code can be set
- Class pictures
- Student pictures by can be printed by class
- Print schedules
- Class oriented instead of student oriented (search by class)
Other features and bugfixes:
- bugfix: should save/restore $ˍSESSION[UserCoursePeriod] for teachers in PrintClassLists.php
- bugfix: need to 'fake' profileˍid of '0' for students in User.fnc.php
- bugfix: in AllowEdit.fnc.php:AllowUse(), if(User(PROFILEˍID)) fails for students since profileˍid=0, compare against '' instead
- feature: added Users/Preferences:StudentListing setting to display student fullˍname using firstˍname or commonˍname (customˍ200000002) functions/User.fnc.php - added default NAME preference of 'Common' functions/GetStuList.fnc.php - form student query based on NAME preference setting
- feature: PrintClassPictures.php added to Scheduling (modules/Scheduling)
- changed PrintClassLists to 'course oriented' instead of 'student oriented'
- bugfix: functions/MailingLabel.php did not use the mailing address
- bugfix: in AnomalousGrades, removed links to gradebook on not AllowUse for gradebook
- added $options to AllowEdit.fnc.php:ProgramLink()
- feature: added link in Schedule.php to print the current schedule
- in Inputs.php:SelectInput() changed default of $allowˍna to 'N/A' to allow a null ('') n/a value to be specified changed uses of SelectInput accordingly (not as many of 'em as you might think)
- bugfix: in modules/Grades/Configuration.php, typo in total percent calc generates false warning
- bugfix: typo in $gradesˍRET query in modules/Grades/GradeBreakdown.php
- bugfix: courseˍperiodˍselection in modules/Users/TeacherPrograms.php (needs further review)
- feature: number of days before ungraded assignment is is visible to Parents/Students is configurable by teachers in Gradebook configuration note: default used to be 1 day but new default is zero days
- bugfix: absence not associated with the correct course period when adding absences with modules/Attendance/AddAbsences.php
- bugfix: school default grade rounding policy not applied properly in ProgramFunctions/ˍmakeLetterGrade.fnc.php
- bugfix: makeLetterGrade cache not properly loaded in modules/Grades/InputFinalGrades.php
- bugfix: updated gradebook grade calculation in modules/Eligibility/EnterEligibility.php
- bugfix: corrected $programconfig to array indexed by staffˍid in modules/Eligibility/EnterEligibility.php
- bugfix: absence not associated with the correct course period when adding absences with modules/Attendance/Administration.php
- added option for ListOutput 'add link' to list first rather than last
- modules/Grades/Assignments.php, 'add links' listed first if types, assignments greater than 5
- feature: added default value setting for comment codes in Grades:Setup:Configuration (modules/Grades/Configuration.php)
- changed AdvancedReport to search/select style
- bugfix: sortˍorder in grades query in ProgramFunctions/ˍmakeLetterGrade.fnc.php
