THIS WEEK IN ILIOS
No code release this week, as we continue our work to implement
core code updates and the upcoming
LTI course management component. But we will have a number of great features showing up in the next two release cycles. Along with the LTI, expect
session linking for pre- and post-work identification and tracking, as well as a variety of smaller enhancements to reporting, groups, and calendar viewing.
Current Release Version:
v3.55.0
Next Scheduled release date:
5 October 2018
if you have questions please don't hesitate to send us a note at
support@iliosproject.org.
OTHER UPDATES:
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Technical Note: System Administrators, please note that, beginning with our next core release of Ilios
v3.56.0 -- currently scheduled for
Friday, October 5, 2018 -- Ilios will be updating how configuration settings are set/managed on your Ilios implementation.
In Ilios
v3.56.0, we will be removing the existing `
parameters.yml` file in favor of using system runtime environment variables for setting any Ilios config values that are not explicitly stored in the '
application_config' table of the Ilios database. Most importantly, the database connectivity settings and db user credentials themselves will need to be updated to be set as
ENV variables or your Ilios instance will stop working entirely!
Documentation to assist you in any needed conversions can be found at
https://github.com/ilios/ilios/blob/master/docs/env_vars_and_config.md.
The latest code and the complete changelog for this release, as always, are available for download here:
https://github.com/ilios/ilios/releases/latest
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LTI DEPLOYMENT: You can now plug the Ilios events & calendar dashboard directly into your LTI-compatible LMS pages. It's as easy as clicking your mouse (two or three times). In order to deploy, you will need to be provided with a secure access key. Please email us for complete instructions at
support@iliosproject.org.
TRAINING: Are you interested in getting a focused training for your power Ilios users and managers in your school or institution? We can do that for you: 1.5 - 2 days of focused training on the most effective ways to leverage Ilios as power users, and deliver information to your students and faculty in the best way possible, custom-tailored for your needs and methodologies. Please
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How to Update Your Frontend:
The Ilios frontend is always up-to-date on our content-delivery servers at Amazon S3, but you will need to regularly run a console command on your backend instance in order ensure that your users are seeing the latest version and that they are getting all the latest features and bugfixes. To make sure you users are receiving the latest frontend code at all times, just follow the steps described here:
https://github.com/ilios/ilios/blob/master/docs/update.md
Though you will probably never need to deploy the Ilios 3 Frontend on your own servers, the source for the frontend code can always be found at https://github.com/ilios/frontend/releases.
The changelog for updates specific to the frontend can be viewed here.
