by Michael de Raadt.  

Topic:	Moodle form element types are not applied to some 'repeated' elements
Severity:	Minor
Versions affected:	2.2, 2.1 to 2.1.3+ (earlier versions unaffected)
Reported by:	Ruslan Kabalin
Issue no.:	MDL-30560
Changes (master):	http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moo dle.git;a=commit;h=51070abc78b9 e1db1db9a44855e8623b22bebd48

Description:

Some repeated form elements were not being validated properly.

by Michael de Raadt.  

Topic:	iPad Autofill Functionality reveals users password on Moodle create groups page
Severity:	Serious
Versions affected:	2.2, 2.1 to 2.1.3+, 2.0 to 2.0.6+ (1.9 not affected)
Reported by:	Mike Wilson
Issue no.:	MDL-29917
Changes (master):	http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moo dle.git&a=search&h=HEAD &st=commit&s=MDL-29917

Description:

Safari was revealing the user's saved password in a non-password field.

by Michael de Raadt.  

Topic:	Anonymous frontpage forums call generates sesskey value
Severity:	Minor
Versions affected:	2.1 to 2.1.3+, 2.0 to 2.0.6+ (2.2, 1.9 not affected)
Reported by:	Stephen Overall
Workaround:	Do not use an anonymous forum on the front page
Issue no.:	MDL-27334
Changes (master):	http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moo dle.git&a=search&h=HEAD &st=commit&s=MDL-27334

Description:

It was possible to access a page that would generate sesskey values for an unauthenticated user.

by Michael de Raadt.  

Topic:	Teacher can assign role in self-enrolment for his course as manager even if assign role is disabled
Severity:	Minor
Versions affected:	2.2, 2.1 to 2.1.3+ (earlier versions unaffected)
Reported by:	Ibrahim Awad
Workaround:	Disable self-enrolment
Issue no.:	MDL-29469
Changes (master):	http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moo dle.git&a=search&h=HEAD &st=commit&s=MDL-29469

Description:

Under specific circumstances, teachers were able to self-enrol themselves at a higher level.

by Michael de Raadt.  

Topic:	WS tokens & user->deleted status are out of sync
Severity:	Minor
Versions affected:	2.2, 2.1 to 2.1.3+, 2.0 to 2.0.6+ (1.9 not affected)
Reported by:	Eloy Lafuente
Issue no.:	MDL-28126
Changes (master):	http://git.moodle.org/gw?p=moo dle.git&a=search&h=HEAD &st=commit&s=MDL-28126

Description:

A user deleted on the server was able to access a site while they continued to use a token.

by Helen Foster.  

Happy New Year to everyone in our Moodle community!

If you'd like to meet up with other Moodlers in person in 2012, there are plenty of Moodle conferences coming up:

• MoodleMoot Japan 2012 - Mie, Japan, 22-23 February
• MoodleMoot Austria 2012 - Linz, Austria, 23-24 February (#mootAT12)
• Louisiana MoodleMoot - Shreveport, Louisiana, USA, 6-7 March
• German MoodleMoot 2012 - Münster, Germany, 13-16 March
• Ireland and UK MoodleMoot 2012 - Dublin, Ireland, 2-4 April (#mootieuk12)
• Australian Schools Moodle Conference - Brisbane, Queensland, 12-14 April
• iMoot 2012 - Online, 21-24 April (#imoot12)
• Mountain MoodleMoot - Helena, Montana, USA, 30 May-1 June
• French MoodleMoot - Nîmes, France, 20-22 June (#mootfr12)
• Ohio MoodleMoot - Mansfield, Ohio, USA, 21 June
• MoodleMoot Australia 2012 - Gold Coast, Queensland, 1-4 July (#mootau12)
• US West Coast MoodleMoot - Los Angeles, California, USA, 31 July-3 August
• MoodleMoot Brazil 2012 - São Paulo, Brazil, 19-21 September (#moodlemootBR)

If you're organising a Moodle event and would like it added to the moodle.org calendar, please let me know and/or post in the announcements forum in the Moodle Conference Centre.

(Edited by Helen Foster to add additional dates - original submission Monday, 2 January 2012)

by Helen Foster.  

Apologies to everyone who has tried to access moodle.org recently and found the site down. The reason is that moodle.org has been experiencing very heavy usage and denial-of-service attacks.

Please rest assured that we're doing everything we can to find a solution and ensure moodle.org remains available to provide support for Moodle users around the world and around the clock.

by Helen Foster.  

I'm pleased to announce that Moodle is now being translated into over one hundred languages!

Recently started language packs include Romansh Sursilvan (spoken in southern Switzerland), Wolof (spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania), Nepali (the official language of Nepal) and Faroese (spoken in the Faroe Islands, Denmark and Norway). Many thanks to all our translation pack maintainers for their ongoing work.

If you'd like to help with translating Moodle into your language, please see the Translation documentation for further information.

If you'd like to install additional language packs on your Moodle site, login as an administrator and go to Settings > Site administration > Language > Language packs.

MREA uses Wiki & Moodle Platforms for Teaching from Jane Pulaski

Step aside, Blackboard: Moodle is here from Zavier Davis, The Nicholls Worth

Experiences with Moodle as a Communication Tool for Design Teamwork: A User's Perspective from Şule TAŞLI PEKTAŞ and Halime DEMİRKAN