WISE 5.6.3 is now available

[Hiroki Terashima]

Hi guys,

WISE 5.6.3 is now available for download from http://wise5.org.

Major changes

1. Graph Component: Added the ability for students to drag plot lines on the graph

2. Graph and Embedded Components: Implemented merging component states when importing work

3. Authoring Tool

   1. Page load optimizations #924

   2. Added additional parameters to connected components that specifies which fields to look at in the imported work, when to process the imported work, and what action to take

4. Merged teacher account info and change password into one page. #989

Minor changes

1. Internationalized default news item text on the homepage when there are no news items. #907

2. Upgraded babel to use babel-preset-env. #1022.

3. Code Improvemen

    1. Refactored VLEController.java #1009 

    2. Cleaned up wise5/vle directory #1026 #1027 #1028

    3. Refactored StudentAccountController.onSubmit #1008

4. Added more new unit tests #1030

Other notes

This will most-likely be the last minor release for 5.6 branch. We're planning to release 5.7 in early 2018. 

We've also been working a lot on a simulation that will be added to our Thermodynamics unit. You can check it out here:

https://github.com/WISE-Community/Thermodynamics-Cup-Material-Simulation

https://github.com/WISE-Community/Thermodynamics-Cup-Counter-Simulation

https://github.com/WISE-Community/Thermodynamics-Melting-Chocolate-Simulation

Please report any issues you find on this mailing list or on GitHub: https://github.com/WISE-Community/WISE.

Thanks!

WISE Team@Berkeley