Moodle News » QA http://www.moodlenews.com News, Information and Resources for the World's Leading LMS Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Moodle 2.2 QA is complete: 2.2 “ready for release” http://www.moodlenews.com/2011/moodle-2-2-qa-is-complete-2-2-ready-for-release/ http://www.moodlenews.com/2011/moodle-2-2-qa-is-complete-2-2-ready-for-release/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:48:44 +0000 Joseph Thibault http://www.moodlenews.com/?p=7587 According to a quick note from Helen Foster 2.2 is now ready for the masses [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=190991]:

A big THANK YOU to everyone who has helped with QA testing, as listed in the Testing credits. approve I’m pleased to announce that the Moodle 2.2 QA cycle has a 100% pass rate, thus Moodle 2.2 is ready for release!

Watch out for the official announcement!

]]> http://www.moodlenews.com/2011/moodle-2-2-qa-is-complete-2-2-ready-for-release/feed/ 0 2.2 QA Testers needed at Moodle.org http://www.moodlenews.com/2011/2-2-qa-testers-needed-at-moodle-org/ http://www.moodlenews.com/2011/2-2-qa-testers-needed-at-moodle-org/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:00:01 +0000 Joseph Thibault http://www.moodlenews.com/?p=7514 Moodle.org Community Manager, Helen Foster announced early this week that QA testing for Moodle 2.2 has started (http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=190362),

As Martin posted in the general developer forum, we’re hoping to release Moodle 2.2 in just over two weeks time on 1st December 2011. To ensure a top quality release, we’re running another QA testing cycle, starting today: Moodle 2.2 QA. The list of over 200 QA tests has been expanded to include tests covering new features and improvements in Moodle 2.2.

Our QA testing site will be updated daily at 11:00 UTC with the latest bug fixes and Moodle HQ developers are on standby to fix any bugs causing QA tests to fail as quickly as possible, so QA testers can re-run any previously failed tests within a day or two. Alternatively you can download 2.2 beta (package built daily) from http://download.moodle.org/.

We’re aiming for a 100% pass rate of QA tests so all testing help is much appreciated! Please see QA testing for details of how you can be involved.

Quality Assurance is an important community driven event for Moodle as it often helps to identify, triage and fix many of the small (and big) issues prior to a release.  If you’ve got some spare time and have a stake in the upcoming 2.2 release then QA Testing is where it’s at.  The QA Testing Moodle site is available at http://qa.moodle.net/.

Even if you’re not interested in testing you can still take 2.2 for a test drive at the url posted.

]]> http://www.moodlenews.com/2011/2-2-qa-testers-needed-at-moodle-org/feed/ 0 Moodle 2.2 Code Freeze: QA Testing starts soon http://www.moodlenews.com/2011/moodle-2-2-code-freeze-qa-testing-starts-soon/ http://www.moodlenews.com/2011/moodle-2-2-code-freeze-qa-testing-starts-soon/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:00:49 +0000 Joseph Thibault http://www.moodlenews.com/?p=7448 Two announcements from Moodle HQ this weekend set the stage for Moodle 2.2′s pending December 1st release.  The first announcement by Martin Dougiamas (@Moodler) mentioned that 2.2′s code will be frozen this weekend in efforts to focus on major bug issues and problems prior to the scheduled release in December.  The 2nd announcement by Helen Foster (@Moodlehelen) was to announce the upcoming QA initiative to help ensure that Moodle’s next release is stable and bug free.

According to Martin’s post,

We’re busy here on 2.2!   Starting today we are breaking the usual weekly integration cycle and moving into a continuous integration phase until the 2.2 release.

This week our very hard-working integration team of Eloy, Sam and Apu are (hopefully) landing the last big features for 2.2 from various sources before a code freeze this weekend (no new features after that).  See MDL-30160 for the many new things in Moodle 2.2.

On Monday 14th we’ll have everyone working on our usual functional QA to make sure there are no major regressions, and fixing any bugs that we find along the way.   Hopefully we should be all done in two weeks, and we can release on December 1 as promised.

For more information about Moodle 2.2 check out: http://www.moodlenews.com/tag/2-2/ or visit http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Roadmap#Version_2.2.

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Testing is easy, you’ll just need a few things:

  1. An account at http://moodle.org and http://tracker.moodle.org
  2. Access to the Moodle Demo site: http://qa.moodle.net/
  3. Listing as a tester (connect with Helen Foster to receive this designation), more information at her call for testers.

Once you’ve lined those up, you can jump on the QA site, open the tracker ticket for the QA testing round 2 and have at it.  Opening any of the tickets that are “open” will allow you to see more details and to comment once you’ve started testing.  Even tackling 1 or 2 tickets could be a huge help in the long run.

]]> http://www.moodlenews.com/2010/qa-cycle-2-and-how-you-can-lend-a-helping-hand/feed/ 0 Drilling down with the Navigation Block in Moodle 2.0 http://www.moodlenews.com/2010/drilling-down-with-the-navigation-block-in-moodle-2-0/ http://www.moodlenews.com/2010/drilling-down-with-the-navigation-block-in-moodle-2-0/#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:00:09 +0000 Joseph Thibault http://www.moodlenews.com/?p=2501 One part of Martin’s keynote (highlighted yesterday) is the new persistent Navigation Block.  If you’re interested in seeing how deeply you can drill down into course information just check out http://qa.moodle.net.  Here’s a screen shot of how deeply you can jump into a course discussion by using the new functionality.  From anywhere on the site you can get anywhere else.  Super efficient navigation!

]]> http://www.moodlenews.com/2010/drilling-down-with-the-navigation-block-in-moodle-2-0/feed/ 0 Moodle.org QA Testing site Open! http://www.moodlenews.com/2010/moodle-org-qa-testing-site-open/ http://www.moodlenews.com/2010/moodle-org-qa-testing-site-open/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:20:16 +0000 Joseph Thibault http://www.moodlemonthly.com/?p=190 Moodle HQ has opened their Moodle2.0 testing site to the public if you’re interested in getting a peak at Moodle 2.0.  The site is available at http://qa.moodle.net/.

From the site:

Welcome! This site is for helping with our Moodle 2.0 QA testing.

Here are some accounts for you to use:

  • Teacher – username teacher, password FunMood1ing!
  • Student – username student, password FunMood1ing!

The database and files are erased and restored to a clean state every hour on the hour, so don’t worry if you make a mess.

Also note that you might not be the only person using one of the demo accounts at the same time, so you may see unexpected things happen occasionally.

Note that this will give you access to the latest build of Moodle, however some functionality will not be working and no courses have been created.

If you’re interested in seeing a Moodle2.0 course in action, David Mudrák is looking for testers of the Workshop 2.0 module.  If you’re a current Workshop user, check out the discussion here (http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=141662) and the testing site at http://test.moodle.net/workshop/.

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