Release 0.3 change list

Study Group Sign-Up

One of the main features of release 0.3 is the addition of the sign-up process.

If interested in signing up for a group, a user chooses "Participate" which opens up a page that has both the user's profile for updating as well as lists the standard sign-up questions.
After making sure the profile is up-to-date, the user inputs the answer(s) and submits. On doing so, the applicant automatically becomes a follower of the group which makes it visible in the user's dashboard. (note that followers do not receive notifications by email, but applicant will receive emails related to their application)
The organizer can "accept" the answer which converts the follower into a participant and makes their answer visible to other participants in the group.
If more information is necessary from the applicant before accepting the application it is possible to reply in order to continue the discussion.

"Course Content" is now titled "Tasks" to better fit the task-oriented model.
Tasks, and also the study groups full description save their history of editions so it is possible to go back to a previous version.
By default they are marked as collaborative (which means that all participants can edit them), but the organizers can choose to disable this for particular tasks.
Threaded-comments are supported now.
Report as abuse was included for tasks and comments.

Added sections for "Study Groups Open for Sign-Up", "Active Study Groups", and "Study Groups Under Development".
Study groups that are created just for testing the site features can be marked as testing sandbox, so they are not listed.

Study groups can be associated since their creation to schools.
Schools can by created/edited at the admin interface.
School home pages contain an html description followed by a list of study groups.

Study group descriptions and user bios now allow basic HTML (bold, italics, links).
Background diagonal image was lightened.
Increased visibility of bug tracking system so that users can report issues more easily as we move through the beta releases.
Added minimum functionality to sort tasks in the sidebar index.
Users can decide to unsubscripted to a study group wall and tasks independently.
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See the development roadmap for details about the next releases.