Lecture123 Release Notes

Release Information

release:	1272M
svn branch:	URL: svn+ssh://erudite.lecture123.com/home/svnrepos/elearning/trunk
deployed by:	mackaw
build host:	smart.lecture123.com
build location:	/home/mackaw/svn/deployed
build date:	2008-01-08 22:24:17
brand:	elearning
brand.branch:	rutgers
svgprinter.endpoint:	http://svg.cs.rutgers.edu:80/svgprinter/services
axis.endpoint:	http://lecture123.rutgers.edu/rutgers/services

Web Portal Enhancements

• The "Getting Started" page has been improved with answers to many more common questions.
• The "Login" page now has links to Faculty and Student Jump Start pages to help new users get started.
• "Manage Lectures" now allows authors to change lecture properties. This includes changing the AuthorEmail and also enabling/disabling audio and/or video podasts, and enabling/disabling printing in the player.
• QA now supports HTML so collaboration can include links to other sessions, pictures, HTML content, and links to any content on the WWW. Simply, type in HTML code in a question in the Player or into an answer in the web browser.

Presenter Enhancements

• The Presenter works well on the Mac again.
• A lecture editor has now been integrated into the Presenter. Commence your editing of an existing session with File > Edit Existing Lecture. Please use Help > Lecture Editor Help for more details on how to perform editing and publsih the revised session.
• There have been reports of some slower than usual scribble performance on Windows tablet PCs when using the pen if some other applications are running at the same time as the Presenter. Our testing shows it best to exit Skype if you experience this problem. You may need to exit other applications also. If you use a mouse to scribble, we believe everything is fine; it's just an issue with a tablet PC pen.
• The File > Publish Existing Lecture feature has been enhanced with a much easier method to find the local session you wish to publish to the server.
• Sessions may be enabled by selecting audio and/or video podcasting checkboxes during publish.
• During the publish phase the author may now enable or disable the ability to print from the Player. The default is disabled. This setting can be modified once published by logging into the web and going into "Manage Lectures".
• The Presenter program now works with Java 1.5.

Player Enhancements

• The Player works well on the Mac again.
• The File > Open local lecture feature has been enhanced with a much easier method to find the local session you wish to play on your computer.
• QA now supports HTML so collaboration can include links to other sessions, pictures, HTML content, and links to any content on the WWW. Simply, type in HTML code in a question in the Player or into an answer in the web browser.
• The Player now allows printing of the session if the author enabled this capability.
The Player program now works with Java 1.5.

KNOWN BUGS

• The Player on Windows computers only allows a single print command for an active session. User is instructed to exit and restart the Player to print again.