Release Notes¶
List of the most important changes for each release.
0.16.0¶
Features¶
Robust syncing of user data and resources¶
Support for quick learner setup and independent learners¶
Kolibri has a new onboarding experience which allows joining a facility, and streamlines getting started as an independent learner with a rapid “on my own setup” option
Independent learners can transfer their existing data and learning progress to a facility. ##### Resource discovery
Assigned lesson and quiz resources are now automatically transferred to learner devices, allowing coaches to dynamically manage learner content, rather than an administrator needing to import all content devices before distribution.
Administrators and independent learners are now able to view other Kolibri Libraries on their local network and browse their resources, without having to import content. If they are connected to the internet, they will be able to browse resources on the Kolibri Content Library (hosted on Kolibri Studio).
Administrators can allow learners to download resources from other Kolibri Libraries to their device to view within Kolibri, even when they are no longer on the same network. ##### Support for administrators
Administrators have a new option to add a PIN on learner-only devices, which allows an administrator easy access to the Device page while preventing learners from inadvertently making changes.
Administrators are now able to schedule syncing of facility data on a recurring basis at custom intervals.
When exporting log files, administrators are able to select the date range for the logs. ##### Practice quizzes
This release supports practice quizzes, which are resources in the format of quizzes that learners can take in preparation for an assessment. They are able to see their score, and retry as many times as they would like, independently. Practice quiz resources are available through the Library, or can be assigned as part of a lesson. The same questions can also be assigned as a coach assigned quiz as a standardized assessment.
Changes¶
Dev documentation/dev updates¶
Updated node version to 18
Getting started documentation updated
Updated to Webpack 5
Created Github actions for build pipeline
Created Github action to add assets to PRs
Task API changes have been finalized after initial work in 0.15. Documentation is now updated to describe how to interact with the API and define tasks in plugins.
Architectural changes¶
There is a new page architecture that is used across all Kolibri plugins, and the component has been removed. (Selected relevant high level issues and PRs: #9102, #9128, 9134.)
The Kolibri Process Bus has been updated to support easier composability for custom deployment architectures.
Conditional promises have been removed.
To support the new onboarding process for Kolibri, Kolibri apps can now access a capability to provide access controls based on the currently active operating system user.
API Breaking Changes¶
Tasks API has now been finalized, previous methods for interacting with tasks that do not use the pluggable Tasks API have been removed.
The drive info endpoint has been moved the into the device app but functionality remains the same
The API for coordinating learner only device synchronization within a local area network has been updated to ensure robust and reliable syncing. Any users wishing to use learner only device synchronization must update all Kolibri devices to this newer version
API Additions (non-breaking changes)¶
REST API for enabling and disabling plugins
Add API endpoint and hook driven capability for UI initiated device restart
Public signup viewset
Public content metadata endpoints to support granular resource import
Accessibility improvements¶
Landmarks have been added and refined across the Library page and its related subpages, for better accessibility. This is a first step in support of more robust accessibility support, particularly in terms of page navigation for screen reader users.
Deprecations¶
Support for Python 2.7 will be dropped in the upcoming version, 0.17. Upgrade your Python version to Python 3.6+ to continue working with Kolibri. More recent versions of Python 3 are recommended.
Support for this Internet Explorer 11 will be dropped in the upcoming version, 0.17. We recommend installing other browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, in order to continue working with Kolibri.
Kolibry Design System upgrades¶
Kolibri is now using kolibri-design-system v2.0.0 (a major version upgrade!). Please see the KDS release’s Github page for documentation and full details about breaking changes and new features.
0.15.12¶
Added¶
Added localization support for Haitian Creole
Added annotation layer to PDF viewer
Changed¶
Updated PID file when the zipcontent server starts
Fixed¶
Ensure
startremotecontentimport
andstartdiskcontentimport
pass through thefail_on_error
option to the importcontent command
0.15.11¶
Fixed¶
Fixed progress tracking edge case where float rounding issues prevent progress reaching 100%
0.15.10¶
Added¶
Add PDF accessibility support for screen readers
Add support for captions for audio
Fixed¶
Fixed overflowing title alignment on content cards
Improved visible focus outline
Fixed positioning of transcript layout when language is set to a right-to-left language
Fixed calculation for number of users displayed on the User Tables
Changed¶
Only display the completion modal on the finish event when the resource is also complete
0.15.9¶
Added¶
Specified pre-commit hook python version to 3.10
Added Python3.11 to supported python versions ### Fixed
Fixed PDF completion issues
Fixed learner-facing metadata display of content duration
Fixed “Mark as complete” functionality to allow learners to mark resources as complete when allowed by the resource
Disable forward/back buttons on EPUB renderer until locations are properly loaded
Fix issue that causes learners to skip every other question in an exercise
Fix searchbox outline
Fix title spacing in app bar
Fix bookmark data loading issues that caused inaccurate bookmark display ### Changed
Changed __init__.py from 5 tuple to 3
Set a max width on Library main content grid to display properly on extra large monitors
Remove “All options” from filters in Learn search/filtering side panel
Switch display of the completion modal to require both completed progress and the resource to be finished
Add tests to assert totalattempts behaviour
Display completion modals only on first completion, and allow user to reopen the modal if needed
Update category search for each level to be searchable
Update KDS to 1.4.1
0.15.8¶
Added¶
Adds job storage sanity check to ensure that Kolibri will not fail to start if the asynchronous job storage is malformed
Changed¶
Logging: remove unused simple formatter, add asctime to color formatter
Order resume content display by last interaction
Upgrade morango and lower default sync chunk size through CLI
Make learners only appear once in reports when assigned from both groups and individually to lessons and quizzes.
Persist collection tokens when switching between individual and bulk import workflows for channels
Fixed¶
CSV Endpoint permissions and error handling
Adds fix for multiple worker processes duplicating jobs.
Adds translated string for user kind in the user table
Check for an array’s length to avoid breaking errors
Fixes Version logic not handling non-tripartite version strings
Filters out empty nodes, add safety to breaking code
Prevent controls for the PDF renderer from overlapping content
Fix quiz completion regression which caused the notification to contain the incorrect score
height = width in import cards on thumbnail, fix misaligned text
Update levels to display translated strings, not constant ids
0.15.7¶
Added¶
Integration test gherkin story for automatic device provisioning in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9587
Fixed¶
Add content check guard to library page in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9635
Resolve issues with running morango integration tests on postgres in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9571
Fix headers in content summary logs by forcing unicode literals in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9602
Changed¶
Improve the
importcontent
--fail-on-error
option in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9591
0.15.6¶
Added¶
Check node being available on filtered queryset to prevent index error. by @rtibbles in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9539
Force translations in bulk export/import of user data by @jredrejo in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9557
Ensure peer import and sync tasks for data and content work with servers using a prefix path by @rtibbles in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9533
Changed¶
Changes in 0.15.x to use kolibri with external plugins by @jredrejo in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9543
Don’t use multiprocessing for downloads. by @rtibbles in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9560
Fixed¶
Update morango and stop locking sync when db backend is postgres by @bjester in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9556
Improve facility sync status reporting to users by @MisRob in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9541
Fix show more of top level resources by @marcellamaki in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9555
Clean up theme regressions by @rtibbles in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9558
Move CACHES import into function scope to prevent side effects. by @rtibbles in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9561
0.15.5¶
Overview¶
This release fixes a regression with quiz display for non-admins.
Fixed¶
Clean up state management for user management page in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9535
Fix quiz display for non-admins in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9545
0.15.4¶
Overview¶
This release of Kolibri includes security fixes to reduce the vulnerability of online Kolibri instances to discovery of user credentials and to sanitize exported CSV files.
Additional changes include small improvements to coach workflows in quiz and lesson workflows and fixing a regression with searching for users during class assignment.
Added¶
Restrict exclude coach for to assigned coaches only in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9453
Content dir argument in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9463
Changed¶
Enable “continue” in quiz creation only once exercises selected in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9515
Update bottom bar text in lesson resources to say save on changes in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9516
Fixed¶
add .trim to v-model for username in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9514
API and CSV fixes in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9523
Fix missing search results in coach quiz creation in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9522
Fixed regression: search functionality for assigning coaches and enrolling learners in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/#9525
0.15.3¶
Overview of new features¶
The goal of this release was to make improvements to the accessibility of Kolibri and to content display. Fixes include improvements to the focus outline that appears for keyboard navigation and fixes to notifications used in screen readers, as well as small improvements to content layout.
Additions and Fixes: Accessibility¶
Update firefox bookmarks cards focus outline https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9409
Update side panel focus trapping https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9408
Adds aria labels to immersive toolbar buttons for back and close https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9411
Adds aria-live=polite to the global snackbar component https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9410
Adjust padding for visible focus outline on bottom bar buttons in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9478
Additions and Fixes: Content Display¶
Fix pagination issues for facility user page https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9422
Push PDF pages rendering below full screen bar https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9439
Fix X-Axis display for perseus graphs https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9446
Remove shrink ray from TopicsPage content side panel https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9449
Improve icon size in Cagetgory selection modal https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/8938
Fix pagination user tables https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9450
Restrict exclude coach for to assigned coaches only https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/453
Changes¶
Ensure all file handlers use utf-8 encoding https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9401
Upgrade morango to v0.6.13 https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9445
0.14 into 0.15 https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9447
Upgrade KDS to v1.3.1-beta0 https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9459
0.15.2¶
Internationalization and localization¶
New language support for: Ukrainian
Added¶
Additional gherkin scenarios https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9130
Changed¶
Bump morango to v0.6.10 https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9168
Pin windows installer to 1.5.0 https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9200
Pin django js asset https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9163
Compress HTML files for serving https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9197
Disable mac app pipeline by @rtibbles in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9257
SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF
set toTrue
https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9195
Fixed¶
Content import, deletion, and
remote_content
settings fixes (#9242, #9337, #9246, #8506)Add check for
notification
to avoid il8n error inCoreBase
https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9138Redirect for Bookmarks when user is not logged in https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9142
Delete any annotated channelmetadata many to many fields to avoid integrity errors https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9141
Ensure deprovisioning management command deletes DMC https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9208
Fix Python requires to prevent install on incompatible Python versions https://github.com/learningequality/kolibri/pull/9296
0.15.1¶
Overview of new features¶
The goals of this release were to fix a bug preventing proper syncing of an individual user’s data across multiple devices and to made some small frontend improvements
Added¶
Deprecation warnings for Python 3.4 and 3.5
Added auto-alignment property for text display in cards, based on the language
Allow untranslated headers in csv imports and correct serialization into json
Changed¶
Updated morango to v0.6.8 to support syncing fixes
Bump zeroconf for fix to properly trigger service update events
Bump KDS version to v1.3.0
Updated translations to support minor translation fixes
Updated gherkin scenarios for new features
Content API: Change default ordering to combination of “lft” and “id”
Fixed¶
Keyboard accessibility/tab navigation focusing for searching and filtering
Allow for scrolling in side panel, and have side panel always take up full height of page even with 0 results
Small UI improvements including focus ring spacing, button alignment
Hide hints column in Perseus renderer when it could not be displayed to improve display on smaller screens
Handle no xAPI statements existing when calculating H5P and HTML5 progress
Don’t package core node_modules dir
Refactor card components for consistency and comprehensibility
Address tech debt around KDS theming colors
Fixed several front end console errors
Ensure that we filter by subset_of_users_device on network location API
0.15.0¶
Internationalization and localization¶
New language support for: Hausa, Georgian, Indonesian, Mozambican Portuguese, and Greek
Overview of major new features¶
This release includes a new Learn experience featuring:
An updated Home page with new layout and interactions
A new library page featuring a better content browsing, filtering, and search experience
An update page for browsing individual channels, with new layout and browse/search interactions
A new bookmarks page and ability to bookmark content within the content renderer
Sync capabilities for Subset of Users Devices (SoUDs)
Selected high-level technical updates:
Adding API for SoUD devices, allowing them to request syncing
Updates to Zeroconf to support SoUD syncing
Updates to progress tracking
Consolidation of exam logging
Fix dataset mismatch between exams and lessons, to allow for syncing
Adding content metadata search, API, and fields
Fixed¶
#8442 Segments SQLite databases to allow concurrent writes to SyncQueue and NetworkLocation models
#8446 Forces Learner only device sync request retries when server responds with 500+ status code
#8438 Fixes failure to sync FacilityUser updates when a login has occurred on a Learner only device prior to syncing
#8438 Fixes failure to sync all updated records when multiple learner only devices have been setup for a single FacilityUser
#8069 Fix backdrop not being shown while searching resources on mobile
#8000 Ensure progress_fraction is propagated through resource API
#7983 Validate usernames during sign-in flow, fix bug in facility settings page
#7981 Correct the component namespace in the JSON files
#7953 Fix non-localized numerals
#7951 Tasks queue cleared on server start
#7932 Fix DemoBanner focus
#8174 Fix errors from ContentNodeResource changes
#8162 Fix dynamic file discovering and serving on Windows
(#8159, #8132) Fix IE11 compatibility
#8199 Don’t modify lessons when content is deleted
#8133 Prevent iterable changes size during iteration
#8121 Error properly on startup
#8103 Update values viewset implementation and pagination
#8102 Fix KLabeledIcon UI
#8101 Stop TextTruncator flash of full text before truncation
Changed¶
#8220 Update reference to most recent Kolibri Design System
#8194 Update data flow docs for accuracy
#8088 Update DeviceSettingsPage layout. Add labels, tests
#7936 Change template for personal facility name to “Home facility for {name}”
#7928 Update memberships, roles, and permissions handling and validation
#8195 Use a double tap strategy to ensure against zombies
#8184 Bump morango version to 0.5.6
#8168 Use consistent “not started” icon and background color in AnswerHistory and AttemptLogList
#8143 Increase scrolling room for question lists in MultiPanelLayout
#8130 Replace migration applied check
#8123 Don’t use KResponsiveElementMixin in all ContentCards
#8592 Fix quiz log syncing
Added¶
(#8185, #8595) Add setup wizard for SoUD configuration
#8229 Add SoUD setup via command line
(#8202 , #8247 , #8329) Add UI for sync status reporting with notifications for coaches and learners
(#8192, #8205) Create user sync status tracking, add add permissions to model
(#8333, #8342, #8345, #8349, #8262) Create queue for SoUD syncing
#8223 Add notification generation during cleanup stage of sync
#8222 Add device info versioning
#8219 Assignment handling within single-user syncing
#8126 Create API for a subset of user devices to request permission to sync
#8122 Zeroconf broadcast of SoUD status
#8165 Initiate auto-syncing from zeroconf
#8228 Sidechannel loading of assignments
(#8212, #8215) Create channel-based quizzes, and corresponding gherkin scenarios
#8095 Add Bookmarks API
#8084 Allow Kolibri themes to provide a “Photo credit” for the Sign-In page background image
#8043 Add explicit include_coach_content filter instead of role filter
(#7989, #8214) Frontend only H5P Rendering and xAPI progress tracking integration
#7947 Open CSV file with utf-8 encoding in Py3
#7921 Add content tags to ContentNodeViewset
#7939 Add endpoint to check for duplicate username and use it to check for existing username while creating an account
(#8150, #8151) Add learning activity bar component, constants, and icon components
(#8190, #8180 ) Add support for multiple learning activities icon, and create related constants
#8186 Create API endpoint for Tasks backend
#8177 Return learning_activities and duration from contentnode endpoints
#8142 Add task decorators and task APIs for functions registered via decorators
#8138 Add Tree viewset for retrieving nested, paginated views of topic trees
#8136 Add new card design to AllClassesPage and ClassAssignmentPage and add base card elements
#8134) Update navigateTo for non-custom HTML5 Apps
(#8118, #8146) Add @vue-composition-api plugin, and expose through apiSpec, so it is available to all SPAs
#8117 Add vacuum for morango tables in Postgresql databases
#8367 Ensure the user will see the welcome modal after login
#8370 Restart zeroconf after setup
#8383 filter SoUD devices when scanning the network to import new facilities
#8385 Do not create accounts in Subset of users devices
#8411 Upgrade zeroconf
#8412 Reduce default sync retry interval
#8413 Reuse kolibriLogin to begin user sessions in the setup wizard
#8596 Add new icons
#8742 Allow facility forking and recreation
0.14.7¶
Internationalization and localization¶
Updated localizations
Fixed¶
#7766 Content imported by administrators was not immediately available for learners to use
#7869 Unlisted channels would not appear in list in channel import-workflow after providing token
#7810 Learners’ new passwords were not being validated on the Sign-In page
#7764 Users’ progress on resources was not being properly logged, making it difficult to complete them
#8003, #8004, #8010 Sign-ins could cause the server to crash if database was locked
#8003, #7947 Issues downloading CSV files on Windows
Changed¶
#7735 Filtering on lists of users returns ranked and approximate matches
#7733 Resetting a facility’s settings respects the preset (e.g. formal, informal, nonformal) chosen for it during setup
#7823 Improved performance on coach pages for facilities with large numbers of classrooms and groups
0.14.6¶
Fixed¶
#7725 On Firefox, text in Khmer, Hindi, Marathi, and other languages did not render properly.
#7722, #7488 After viewing a restricted page, then signing in, users were not redirected back to the restricted page.
#7597, #7612 Quiz creation workflow did not properly validate the number of questions
0.14.5¶
(Note: 0.14.4 contained a critical issue and was superseded by 0.14.5)
Changed¶
File downloads now run concurrently, taking better advantage of a device’s bandwidth and reducing the time needed to import resources from Kolibri Studio or other content sources
When setting up a new device using the Setup Wizard’s “Quick Start” option, the “Allow learners to create accounts” setting is enabled by default.
The
provisiondevice
management command no longer converts the user-provided facility name to all lower-caseMarkdown descriptions for resources now preserve line breaks from the original source
Fixed¶
Multiple bugs when creating, editing, and copying quizzes/lessons
Multiple bugs when navigating throughout the Coach page
Multiple bugs specific to Kolibri servers using PostgreSQL
On Safari, sections of the Facility > Data page would disappear unexpectedly after syncing a facility
On IE11, it was not possible to setup a new device by importing a facility
Missing thumbnails on resource cards when searching/browsing in channels
Numerous visual and accessibility issues
Facilities could not be renamed if the only changes were to the casing of the name (e.g. changing “Facility” to “FACILITY”)
0.14.3¶
(Note: 0.14.0-2 contained regressions and were superseded by 0.14.3)
Fixed¶
Some links were opening in new browser windows
0.14.2¶
Fixed¶
Prevent SQL checksum related too many variables errors
0.14.1¶
Changed¶
Responsive layout for channel cards of Learn Page changed to use horizontal space more efficiently
Fixed¶
Resources could not be removed from lessons
Inaccurate information on Device > Info page when using Debian installer
0.14.0¶
Internationalization and localization¶
Added German
Added Khmer
CSV data files have localized headers and filenames
Added¶
In the Setup Wizard, users can import an existing facility from peer Kolibri devices on the network
Facility admins can sync facility data with peer Kolibri devices on the network or Kolibri Data Portal
Facility admins can import and export user accounts to and from a CSV file
Channels can display a learner-facing “tagline” on Learn channel list
Device and facility names can now be edited by admins
Super admins can delete facilities from a device
Quizzes and lessons can be assigned to individual learners in addition to whole groups or classes
Super admins can view the Facility and Coach pages for all facilities
Pingbacks to the telemetry server can now be disabled
Changed¶
New card layout for channels on Learn Page is more efficient and displays new taglines
Simplified setup process when using Kolibri for personal use
Improved sign-in flow, especially for devices with multiple facilities
The experience for upgrading channels has been improved with resource highlighting, improved statistics, and more efficient navigation
Improved icons for facilities, classrooms, quizzes, and other items
More consistent wording of notifications in the application
Quizzes and lessons with missing resources are more gracefully handled
Shut-down times are faster and more consistent
Fixed¶
Many visual and user experience issues
Language filter not working when viewing channels for import/export
A variety of mobile responsiveness issues have been addressed
0.13.3¶
Changed or fixed¶
Fixed: Infinite-loop bug when logging into Kolibri through Internet In A Box (IIAB)
Fixed: Performance issues and timeouts when viewing large lists of users on the Facility page
Fixed: Startup errors when Kolibri is installed via
pip
on non-debian-based Linux distributions
Internationalization and localization¶
Added Simplified Chinese
0.13.2¶
Changed or fixed¶
Fixed: In the Device Page, multiple bugs related to managing channels.
Fixed: Problems viewing African Storybook content on iPads running iOS 9.
Internationalization and localization¶
Added Italian
0.13.1¶
Added¶
Python version is shown on the ‘Device > Info’ page in the ‘Advanced’ section
Improved help information when running
kolibri --help
on the command line
Changed or fixed¶
Various layout and UX issues, especially some specific to IE11 and Firefox
‘Device > Info’ page not accessible when logged in as a superuser
Channels unintentionally reordered on ‘Device > Channels’ when new content is imported
Video captions flashing in different languages when first opening a video
Changes to channels updated and republished in Studio not being immediately reflected in Kolibri
Occasional database blocking errors when importing large collections of content from external drives
Occasional database corruption due to connections not being closed after operations
Automatic data restoration for corrupted databases
Recreate cache.db files when starting the Kolibri server to remove database locks that may not have been cleanly removed in case of an abrupt shut-down.
0.13.0¶
Added¶
Improved content management
Queues and task manager
Granular deletion
Improved channel updating
Disk usage reporting improvements
Auto-discovery of local Kolibri peers
Demographics collection and reporting
MacOS app
High-performance Kolibri Server package for Debian
Pre-built Raspberry Pi Kolibri image
Video transcripts
Downloadable and printable coach reports
New device settings
“Skip to content” keyboard link
Changed or fixed¶
Preserve ‘unlisted’ status on channels imported from token
Allow duplicate channel resources to be maintained independently
Auto-refresh learner assignemnt view
Unclean shutdowns on very large databases, due to prolonged database cleanup
Facility admin performance improvements
Jittering modal scrollbars
Updated side-bar styling
Improved form validation behavior
Improved learner quiz view
Improved keyboard accessibility
0.12.9¶
Added¶
Improved error reporting in Windows
Changed or fixed¶
Database vacuum now works correctly
Fixes related to network detection
Improve performance of classroom API endpoint to prevent request timeouts
Internationalization and localization¶
Added Korean
0.12.8¶
Changed or fixed¶
Fixed: users creating accounts for themselves not being placed in their selected facility
Fixed: images in Khan Academy exercises not appearing on occasion
Fixed: “Usage and Privacy” modal not closing when clicking the “Close” button
0.12.7¶
(Note: 0.12.6 contained a regression and was superseded by 0.12.7)
Changed or fixed¶
Facility user table is now paginated to improve performance for facilities with large numbers of users.
Various usability and visual improvements, including improved layout when using a RTL language
On Windows,
kolibri.exe
is automatically added to the path in the command promptImproved system clean-up when uninstalling on Windows
Internationalization and localization¶
Added Latin American Spanish (ES-419)
0.12.5¶
Upgraded Morango to 0.4.6, fixing startup errors for some users.
0.12.4¶
Added¶
Device Settings Page - The default language can now be changed under Device > Settings. This is the language that will be used on browsers that have never opened Kolibri before (but can be changed after opening Kolibri using the language selector).
Coach Reports - Users can preview quizzes and lessons and edit their details from their associated report, without having to go to the “Plan” sub-page.
Added a
kolibri manage deleteuser
command to remove a user from a server, as well as all other servers synchronized with it.Added a new theming system for customizing various colors that appear in Kolibri.
Changed or fixed¶
EPUB documents with large tables are displayed in a single-column, scrollable format to improve their readability.
EPUB viewer now saves font and theme settings between sessions.
Quiz creation workflow only places unique questions in a quiz, removing duplicates that may appear in a topic tree.
Title and name headers are consistently accompanied by icons in Kolibri symbol system to help orient the user.
0.12.3¶
Changed or fixed¶
Improved handling of partially-download or otherwise corrupted content databases
Fixed regression where users could not change their passwords in the Profile page
Improved PostgreSQL support
Added fixes related to coach tools
0.12.2¶
Added¶
Coaches can edit lessons from the Coach > Reports page
Coaches can preview and edit quiz details from the Coach > Reports and Plan pages
Changed or fixed¶
Coaches can edit quiz and lesson details and statuses in the same user interface
0.12.2¶
Added¶
Dynamic selection for CherryPy thread count based on available server memory
Changed or fixed¶
Alignment of coach report icons when viewed in right-to-left languages corrected
Fixes to loading of some HTML5 apps
Lessons are now correctly scoped to their classes for learners
Internationalization and localization¶
Added Gujarati
Fixed missing translations in coach group management
0.12.1¶
Added¶
Initial support for uwsgi serving mode.
Changed or fixed¶
Fixed 0.12.0 regression in HTML5 rendering that affected African Storybooks and some other HTML5 content.
Fixed 0.12.0 regression that prevented some pages from loading properly on older versions of Safari/iOS.
Internationalization and localization¶
Added Burmese
0.12.0¶
Added¶
Coach Dashboard - added regularly updating notifications and new information architecture for the coach interface, to provide actionable feedback for coaches about learner progress
New capability for sandboxed HTML5 app content to utilize sessionStorage, localStorage and cookies, with the latter two restored between user sessions
Support for enrolling learners in multiple groups in a class
Management command to reorder channels to provide more customized display in learn
Changed or fixed¶
Exams are now known as Quizzes
Quizzes with content from deleted channels will now show an error message when a learner or coach is viewing the problems in the quiz or quiz report
Lessons with content from deleted channels will have those contents automatically removed. If you have created lessons with deleted content prior to 0.12, learner playlists and coach reports for those lessons will be broken. To fix the lesson, simply view it as a coach under Coach > Plan, and it will be fixed and updated automatically
Changes the sub-navigation to a Material Design tabs-like experience
Make facility log exporting a background process for a better user experience when downloading large logs
Allow appbar to move off screen when scrolling on mobile, to increase screen real estate
Kolibri now supports for iOS Safari 9.3+
Validation is now done in the ‘provisiondevice’ command for the username of the super admin user being created
Disable import and export buttons while a channel is being downloaded to prevent accidental clicks
Prevent quizzes and lessons in the same class from being created with the same name
Update quiz and lesson progress for learners without refreshing the page
Improved focus rings for keyboard navigation
Coach content no longer appears in recommendations for non-coach users
The Kolibri loading animation is now beautiful, and much quicker to load
Icons and tables are now more standardized across Kolibri, to give a more consistent user experience
Enable two high contrast themes for EPUB rendering for better accessibility
Supports accessing Kolibri through uwsgi
Internationalization and localization¶
Languages: English, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinyanja, Farsi, French, Fulfulde Mbororoore, Hindi, Marathi, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Swahili, Telugu, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Yoruba
0.11.1¶
Added¶
Support for RTL EPubs
Support for Python 3.7
Changed or fixed¶
Fullscreen renderer mode now works in Chrome 71
Account sign up now works when guest access is disabled
Navigating in and out of exercise detail views is fixed
Misleading exam submission modal text is now more accurate
Browsing content tree in exam creation is now faster
Unavailable content in coach reports is now viewable
Content import errors are handled better
Added command to restore availability of content after bad upgrade
Internationalization and localization¶
Added Fufulde Mboroore
0.11.0¶
Added¶
Support for EPUB-format electronic books
Upgrades to exam and lesson creation, including search functionality and auto-save
New error handling and reporting functionality
Channel import from custom network locations
Setting for enabling or disabling guest access
Basic commands to help with GDPR compliance
Privacy information to help users and admins understand how their data is stored
Changed or fixed¶
Improvements to rendering of some pages on smaller screens
Improvements to search behavior in filtering and handling of large result sets
Improvements to the setup wizard based on user feedback and testing
Improvements to user management, particularly for admins and super admins
Fix: Allow usernames in non-latin alphabets
Fix: Drive listing and space availability reporting
Auto-refresh in coach reports
Added more validation to help with log-in
Security: upgraded Python cryptography and pyopenssl libraries for CVE-2018-10903
Internationalization and localization¶
Languages: English, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinyanja, Farsi, French, Hindi, Marathi, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Swahili, Telugu, Urdu, Vietnamese, and Yoruba
Improved consistency of language across the application, and renamed “Superuser” to “Super admin”
Many fixes to translation and localization
Consistent font rendering across all languages
0.10.3¶
Internationalization and localization¶
Added Mexican Spanish (es_MX) and Bulgarian (bg)
Fixed¶
Upgrade issue upon username conflict between device owner and facility user
Channel import listing of USB devices when non-US locale
Counts for coach-specific content would in some cases be wrongly displayed
0.10.2¶
Performance improvements and bug fixes for content import
Exam creation optimizations
0.10.1¶
Bug fix release
Several smaller UI fixes
Fixes for SSL issues on low-spec devices / unstable connectivity
Compatibility fixes for older system libraries
0.10.0¶
Support for coach-specific content
Content import/export is more reliable and easier to use
Search has improved results and handles duplicate items
Display of answer history in learner exercises is improved
Login page is more responsive
Windows-specific improvements and bug fixes
New Kolibri configuration file
Overall improved performance
Auto-play videos
Various improvements to PDF renderer
Command to migrate content directory location
Languages: English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinyanja, Farsi, French, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Burmese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Yoruba, and Zulu
0.9.3¶
Compressed database upload
Various bug fixes
0.9.2¶
Various bug fixes
Languages: English, Arabic, Bengali, Chinyanja, Farsi, French, Hindi, Marathi, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Yoruba, and Zulu
0.9.1¶
Fixed regression that caused very slow imports of large channels
Adds new ‘import users’ command to the command-line
Various consistency and layout updates
Exercises with an error no longer count as ‘correct’
Fixed issue with password-less sign-on
Fixed issue with editing lessons
Various other fixes
Languages: English, Arabic, Chinyanja, Farsi, French, Hindi, Marathi, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, Swahili, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu
0.9.0¶
Consistent usage of ‘coach’ terminology
Added class-scoped coaches
Support for multi-facility selection on login
Cross-channel exams
Show correct and submitted answers in exam reports
Added learner exam reports
Various bug fixes in exam creation and reports
Various bug fixes in coach reports
Fixed logging on Windows
Added ability for coaches to make copies of exams
Added icon next to language-switching functionality
Languages: English, Arabic, Farsi, French, Hindi, Spanish, Swahili, and Urdu
0.8.0¶
Added support for assigning content using ‘Lessons’
Updated default landing pages in Learn and Coach
Added ‘change password’ functionality to ‘Profile’ page
Updates to text consistency
Languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, French, Haitian Creole, and Burmese
Various bug fixes
0.7.2¶
Fix issue with importing large channels on Windows
Fix issue that prevented importing topic thumbnail files
0.7.1¶
Improvements and fixes to installers including Windows & Debian
Updated documentation
0.7.0¶
Completed RTL language support
Languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, Farsi, Swahili, Urdu, and French
Support for Python 3.6
Split user and developer documentation
Improved lost-connection and session timeout handling
Added ‘device info’ administrator page
Content search integration with Studio
Granular content import and export
0.6.2¶
Consistent ordering of channels in learner views
0.6.1¶
Many mobile-friendly updates across the app
Update French, Portuguese, and Swahili translations
Upgraded Windows installer
0.6.0¶
Cross-channel searching and browsing
Improved device onboarding experience
Improved device permissions experience (deprecated ‘device owner’, added ‘superuser’ flag and import permission)
Various channel import/export experience and stability improvements
Responsive login page
Dynamic language switching
Work on integrated living style guide
Added beta support for right-to-left languages
Improved handling of locale codes
Added support for frontend translation outside of Vue components
Added an open-source ‘code of conduct’ for contributors
By default run PEX file in foreground on MacOS
Crypto optimizations from C extensions
Deprecated support for HTML in translation strings
Hide thumbnails from content ‘download’ button
Automatic database backup during upgrades. #2365
… and many other updates and fixes
0.5.3¶
Release timeout bug fix from 0.4.8
0.5.2¶
Release bug fix from 0.4.7
0.5.1¶
Python dependencies: Only bundle, do not install dependencies in system env #2299
Beta Android support
Fix ‘importchannel’ command #2082
Small translation improvements for Spanish, French, Hindi, and Swahili
0.5.0¶
Update all user logging related timestamps to a custom datetime field that includes timezone info
Added daemon mode (system service) to run
kolibri start
in background (default!) #1548Implemented
kolibri stop
andkolibri status
#1548Newly imported channels are given a ‘last_updated’ timestamp
Add progress annotation for topics, lazily loaded to increase page load performance
Add API endpoint for getting number and total size of files in a channel
Migrate all JS linting to prettier rather than eslint
Merge audio_mp3_render and video_mp4_render plugins into one single media_player plugin
KOLIBRI_LISTEN_PORT environment variable for specifying a default for the –port option #1724
0.4.9¶
User experience improvements for session timeout
0.4.8¶
Prevent session timeout if user is still active
Fix exam completion timestamp bug
Prevent exercise attempt logging crosstalk bug
Update Hindi translations
0.4.7¶
Fix bug that made updating existing Django models from the frontend impossible
0.4.6¶
Fix various exam and progress tracking issues
Add automatic sign-out when browser is closed
Fix search issue
Learner UI updates
Updated Hindi translations
0.4.5¶
Frontend and backend changes to increase performance of the Kolibri application under heavy load
Fix bug in frontend simplified login code
0.4.4¶
Fix for Python 3 compatibility in Whl, Windows and Pex builds #1797
Adds Mexican Spanish as an interface language
Upgrades django-q for bug fixes
0.4.3¶
Speed improvements for content recommendation #1798
0.4.2¶
Fixes for morango database migrations
0.4.1¶
Makes usernames for login case insensitive #1733
Fixes various issues with exercise rendering #1757
Removes wrong CLI usage instructions #1742
0.4.0¶
Class and group management
Learner reports #1464
Performance optimizations #1499
Anonymous exercises fixed #1466
Integrated Morango, to prep for data syncing (will require fresh database)
Adds Simplified Login support as a configurable facility flag
0.3.3¶
Turns video captions on by default
0.3.2¶
Updated translations for Portuguese and Kiswahili in exercises.
Updated Spanish translations
0.3.1¶
Portuguese and Kaswihili updates
Windows fixes (mimetypes and modified time)
VF sidebar translations
0.3.0¶
Add support for nested URL structures in API Resource layer
Add Spanish and Swahili translations
Improve pipeline for translating plugins
Add search back in
Content Renderers use explicit new API rather than event-based loading
0.2.0¶
Add authentication for tasks API
Temporarily remove ‘search’ functionality
Rename ‘Learn/Explore’ to ‘Recommended/Topics’
Add JS-based ‘responsive mixin’ as alternative to media queries
Replace jeet grids with pure.css grids
Begin using some keen-ui components
Update primary layout and navigation
New log-in page
User sign-up and profile-editing functionality
Versioning based on git tags
Client heartbeat for usage tracking
Allow plugins to override core components
Wrap all user-facing strings for I18N
Log filtering based on users and collections
Improved docs
Pin dependencies with Yarn
ES2015 transpilation now Bublé instead of Babel
Webpack build process compatible with plugins outside the kolibri directory
Vue2 refactor
HTML5 app renderer
0.1.1¶
SVG inlining
Exercise completion visualization
Perseus exercise renderer
Coach reports
0.1.0 - MVP¶
Improved documentation
Conditional (cancelable) JS promises
Asset bundling performance improvements
Endpoint indexing into zip files
Case-insensitive usernames
Make plugins more self-contained
Client-side router bug fixes
Resource layer smart cache busting
Loading ‘spinner’
Make modals accessible
Fuzzy searching
Usage data export
Drive enumeration
Content interaction logging
I18N string extraction
Channel switching bug fixes
Modal popups
A11Y updates
Tab focus highlights
Learn app styling changes
User management UI
Task management
Content import/export
Session state and login widget
Channel switching
Setup wizard plugin
Documentation updates
Content downloading
0.0.1 - MMVP¶
Page titles
Javascript logging module
Responsiveness updates
A11Y updates
Cherrypy server
Vuex integration
Stylus/Jeet-based grids
Support for multiple content DBs
API resource retrieval and caching
Content recommendation endpoints
Client-side routing
Content search
Video, Document, and MP3 content renderers
Initial VueIntl integration
User management API
Vue.js integration
Learn app and content browsing
Content endpoints
Automatic inclusion of requirements in a static build
Django JS Reverse with urls representation in kolibriGlobal object
Python plugin API with hooks
Webpack build pipeline, including linting
Authentication, authorization, permissions
Users, Collections, and Roles