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MAF-LT is excited to announce a new release of DEScribe!  DEScribe is a course authoring application that supports exporting to DEViewer.  This release of DEScribe includes several smaller enhancements:

• Added a selected icon to the cascading style sheet display in the metadata tree.  This is useful if a package contains multiple css files.
• The styles in the cascading style sheet are now automatically displayed in the WYSIWYG drop-down styles menu.
• Added the list of panes under the Windows menu item.  Each pane can be shown or hidden from this menu.
• Added additional file types to the file-type selector in the insert images and resources dialog box

A set of completed tickets for this release is located on the DEScribe Trac site for release 1.2.5.1.
 
For more information and to download DEScribe 1.2.5, please visit the DEScribe product page.

MAF-LT is excited to announce a new release of DEScribe!  DEScribe is a course authoring application that supports exporting to DEViewer.  This release of DEScribe includes a task panel, an HTML exporter, and numerous enhancements:

• Added a task panel (see image below).  This allows the user to add task items that are associated with particular pages within DEScribe and assign a priority to the task.  This task panel was built entirely by a volunteer!
• Cascading style sheets (CSS) can now be edited directly in DEScribe. Clicking on the CSS file will open it in a new tab.  Once the changes are made and the file is saved, the changes take place immediately.
• Added Expand All and Collapse All items to the Project Explorer context menu.  This allows the user to collapse or expand all child items of the selected item in the tree.
• An HTML exporter has been added.  The content in DEScribe is displayed in a browser allowing the user to save it to the computer, or print it to PDF.  The HTML page contains a table of contents of the items in the Project Explorer tree within DEScribe

A set of completed tickets for this release is located on the DEScribe Trac site for release 1.2.4.0.
 
For more information and to download DEScribe 1.2.4, please visit the DEScribe product page.

One of MAF-LT's recent projects is to build a collaborative website for learning and technology.  We are looking to create a constructive social platform similar to Facebook or Ning.  However, we wanted it to be its own entity, and have features that were not readily available in those platforms.  After looking through different options that would have the requirements of a blog, a forum, a wiki, and a library, we came up with a few different options: we could create a site with multiple platform tools, using the best software for each requirement, or use a solution such as Drupal, that has modules to integrate all the requirements into one platform.  We decided to research options for Drupal, to see if it would meet our requirements.  Read on for more information about our research into using Drupal as a wiki and a forum.

MAF-LT is excited to announce a new release of DEScribe!  DEScribe is a course authoring application that supports exporting to DEViewer.  This release of DEScribe includes the following improvements to the DEViewer export process:

• An automated installer for a DEViewer package can now be created during a DEViewer export.  This is a setup file that installs the DEViewer package to other DEViewer installation.
• During the exporting of a DEViewer package, if the language, domain, or type is being created, the user is prompted for information such as: Language encoding, display name, and directory names

A set of completed tickets for this release is located on the DEScribe Trac site for release 1.2.3.0.
 
For more information and to download DEScribe 1.2.3, please visit the DEScribe product page.

MAF-LT is excited to announce a new release of DEScribe!  DEScribe is a course authoring application that supports exporting to DEViewer.  This release of DEScribe includes the following improvements to the DEViewer export process:

• The process of exporting a course to DEViewer has been automated.  The domain, type, and package entries are now automatically configured during the export process.  The user no longer has to manually edit the DEViewer XML to get the course to display.
• A manual DEViewer package can now be created during a DEViewer export.  This is a self-contained zip file that can be manually added to other DEViewer installs.

A set of completed tickets for this release is located on the DEScribe Trac site for release 1.2.2.0.
 
For more information and to download DEScribe 1.2.2, please visit the DEScribe product page.

MAF-LT is pleased to announce the release of DEViewer v 2.0.0. The major features of this release are compatibility with Firefox 3 and enhanced media (audio & video) support.
Existing courses should be imported into the latest version of DEScribe and then exported to ensure compatibility with this new version of DEViewer.  Please see the Release Notes for important details including configuration instructions for Firefox and Outlook.
Please post any questions or problems to the DEViewer Forum.

MAF-LT is excited to announce a new release of DEScribe!  DEScribe is a course authoring application that supports exporting to DEViewer.  This release of DEScribe includes the ability to import legacy DEViewer courses into the DEScribe environment.  Once in DEScribe, this content can be edited in a graphical environment and then exported back to DEViewer.
 
A complete set of completed tickets for this release is located on the DEScribe Trac site for release 1.2.1.0.
 
For more information and to download DEScribe 1.2.1, please visit the DEScribe product page.