WebCT 3.7.1 Campus Edition - Release Notes

Revised May 8, 2002

Contents

About WebCT 3.7.1 Campus Edition
Supported Server Operating Systems
Fixed Issues

About WebCT 3.7.1 Campus Edition | Top

WebCT 3.7.1 Campus Edition addresses installation issues as well as other issues in WebCT 3.7.0. WebCT 3.7.1 can be installed as a new instance or as an upgrade of WebCT.

Warning: If you are installing on a Windows server, please be aware of the following issues:

• Due to an InstallShield issue, you must delete the following folder from your Windows system before installing WebCT 3.7.1:
  Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Engine
• Because WebCT 3.7.1 uses a newer version of Perl (version 5.6.1), WebCT 3.7.1 cannot be installed alongside earlier versions of WebCT on the same Windows server.

Supported Configurations | Top

Server Operating Systems

WebCT 3.7.1 Campus Edition supports the following server operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2 and Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2 (See installation issues.)
• Red Hat Linux for Intel libc6 6.2 and 7.2
• Sun Sparc Solaris 7 and 8

Note: WebCT 3.7.1 Campus Edition does not support the following server operating systems: Red Hat Linux 5 or below; Linux systems other than Red Hat Linux; SGI IRIX; FreeBSD; Sun Solaris x86; Digital UNIX; IBM AIX; HP-UX; Tru64.

Client Operating Systems

• Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
• Mac OS 9.x or OS X 10.1

Browsers

Note: For all browsers, JavaScript must be enabled.

Windows 98/Me/2000/XP

• Netscape 4.76 and 6.2.1
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, including 6.0 (Note: IE 5.5 SP1 is not supported)
• AOL 7.0

Mac OS 9.x

• Netscape 4.76 and 6.2.1
• Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher (Note: IE 5.5 SP1 is not supported)
• AOL 7.0

Mac OS X 10.1

• Netscape 4.76 and 6.2.1
• Internet Explorer 5.1
• AOL 7.0

Fixed Issues | Top

Tool/Area	Description
Administrator	Spaces are now permitted in Category names.
Assignments	After upgrading from a previous WebCT version, text from a submission comment now displays properly.
Authentication	Duplicate login requests no longer occur.
Automatic Signon	Netscape 4.7 users can now use automatic signon to access Campus Pipeline and WebCT.
Content Module	Upgrading from a previous WebCT version no longer breaks anchor tags in a content page. Upgrading from a previous WebCT version no longer changes Table of Contents items to Untitled.
Discussions	Management of threads has been improved.
General	Selective release functions smoothly when only a start time is specified.
Global Calendar	Performance has been enhanced when displaying the Global Calendar for a large number of courses.
IMS API	Memory leaks have been fixed and performance has been improved. License validity will be checked once for each event so that in the case of a license error, lengthy events will not be interrupted.
Installation	Memory leak in the Update Student View process has been fixed.
Kerberos	Kerberos works as intended when a large number of virtual instances are installed. This issue affected Solaris platforms only.
License Server	Security vulnerability in the license server has been addressed.
Mail	Management of threads has been improved.
Manage Students	File updates now affect only the specified column data. If the administrator setting disallows designers from adding students, attempts to do so now generate the correct error message. Uploaded records now display correctly on the confirmation page. Uploaded records containing a blank password field now update correctly.
myWebCT	Performance has been enhanced for listing a large number of courses in myWebCT.
Quiz	Changes to a quiz question which may affect student grades can now be saved as a new question.
Standard API	Deleting a user record from a course's student database no longer leaves a blank record.