Sakai 19 Released

Dear Community,

 

Congratulations amazing worldwide community!

I'm pleased to announce that Sakai 19.0 is now available! The code for Sakai 19 was released on March 21, 2019.

Our community wiki has both functional [1] and technical [2] release notes for this release.

Download instructions are also available [3] .

Some of the highlights in this release include:

  • New Rubrics tool

  • LTI 1.3 / LTI Advantage certification

  • In Assignments: New options for reminder emails to students; user interface improvements for selecting groups and sections.

  • In Gradebook: Grading workflow improvements; grading analytics and visualizations; improved import from Gradebook Classic.

  • In Roster: New layout cards.

  • In Tests & Quizzes: Simplified, more responsive landing page interface; user interface improvements for selecting groups and sections.

  • Enhancements to libraries

  • CKEditor updates

  • JSF 2 Upgrade in Samigo, Chat, and Forums

  • Persistence upgrade to JPA EntityManager

 

[1] Functional release notes - https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+19+Release+Notes

[2] Technical Release notes - https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Sakai+19+Technical+Release+Notes

[3] Download instructions - http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/19.0/