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From time to time, Maplesoft issues corrections and enhancements to Maple T.A. in the form of downloadable hotfixes which can be applied to your existing Maple T.A. installation. A hotfix is a zip file (for Windows) or compressed tar file (for Linux or Solaris) containing a readme, a script and a small number of replacement files.
Important!
If you have Maple T.A. 5.01, your installation already contains hotfixes 500-001 through to 500-011. The first hotfix you should install is 500-012.
Note: Hotfixes must be installed sequentially. For example, to install hotfix 500-003, you must first install hotfixes 500-001 and 500-002. If you have Maple T.A. 5.01, start with hotfix 500-012, and then install 500-013, and so on. If a Tomcat restart is required by one or more of the hotfixes being applied, stop Tomcat, apply all hotfixes in order, and then restart Tomcat.
How do I tell which version I have?
To determine the version of your Maple T.A. installtion, from the Help menu, select About Maple T.A. If the build date is Oct. 5, 2009, you have Maple T.A. 5.01. If the build date is earlier than this date, you have Maple T.A. 5.00, and so should install all the hotfixes.
Installation
To install the hotfixes, follow the instructions in the appropriate readme file. A copy of these instructions is also included in the download.
Windows Readme
Linux or Solaris Readme
Hotfixes for Maple T.A. 5.00
If you have Maple T.A. 5.01, you do not need to install these hotfixes.
Hotfix |
Description |
Download |
Windows |
Linux and Solaris |
500-001 |
Added support for Blackboard Learning System 9.0.
Note: Tomcat restart is required.
Note for BlackBoard Users: To use the Blackboard Connector with Blackboard Learning System 9.0, you also require an extension to your existing Blackboard Connector.
Please contact Maplesoft Technical Support for assistance. |
500-001.zip |
500-001.tar.gz |
500-002 |
If assignment policies are modified and the “passing score” field is left blank, set field to "Not pass/fail" instead of setting the assignment as “pass/fail” with a passing score of zero.
Note: This fix also provides a SQL script "500-002.sql" that will correct passing score values for existing assignments. The script file is located in the "files/sql" sub-directory of the hotfix directory. The script should be applied manually against "mapleta" database. Refer to the hotfix.def file for details. |
500-002.zip |
500-002.tar.gz |
500-003 |
Redirect users to class self-registration if not enrolled in requested class.
Note: Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-004 |
Improves Maple T.A. performance under heavy load.
Note: The fix must be installed with "/force" option. Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-005 |
This hotfix corrects multiple problems:
- Preserve the structure of question banks (Question Bank/Topics/Questions) when importing course modules or .qu files.
- Fix for a course module export problem that could cause creation of corrupted course module zip file.
- Fix for a logging issue that could interfere with normal shutdown process of Tomcat.
Note: The fix must be installed with "/force" option. Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-006 |
Improves database performance.
Important: This hotfix should be installed only if Maple T.A. has been upgraded from version 4.0 to version 5.0. Fresh installations of Maple T.A 5.0, Maple T.A. 5.01 and upgrades from Maple T.A. 4.0 to Maple T.A. 5.01 already include this hotfix.
To apply this fix, YOU MUST RUN AN SQL SCRIPT, "500-006.sql", which will create a set of indexes to improve database performance. The script file is located in the "files/sql" sub-directory of the hotfix directory. The script should be applied manually against "mapleta" database. To run the script, follow these instructions. The same instructions can also be found in the hotfix.def file. |
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Improves performance of Maple T.A. Equation Editor.
Note: Tomcat MUST BE STOPPED before installation of this hotfix. After hotfix is installed, delete [tomcat]/work/Catalina directory to clear Tomcat cache, and then start Tomcat. |
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500-008 |
When an algorithmic question was presented but not answered, and the student’s session expired, in some circumstances upon logging in again the student might be presented with a different version of the same question. This fix prevents any question switching from occurring.
Note: Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-009 |
Incomplete Mastery Assignments that had passed their designated time limit could not subsequently be graded. This fix prevents failure during the grading of expired Mastery Assignments.
Note: Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-010 |
Allow Maple T.A. LDAP configuration with anonymous Search User.
Note: Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-011 |
Prevent the resetting of "Randomly pick questions" in "Select Questions" tab to 1 when navigating through an inherited assignment data in the Assignment Editor.
Note: Tomcat restart is required. |
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Hotfixes for Maple T.A. 5.00 and Maple T.A. 5.01
All customers should install these fixes.
Hotfix |
Description |
Download |
Windows |
Linux and Solaris |
500-012 |
This fix makes sure all assignment policies get picked up and processed correctly by Mastery assignments.
Note: Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-013 |
This fix prevents Maple T.A. from hanging in rare situations related to an interrupt being dropped during an attempt to access the Maple engine pool. This could occur only when exactly one user was active in the system.
Note: The fix must be installed with "/force" option. Tomcat restart is required. |
500-013.zip |
500-013.tar.gz |
500-014 |
This fix prevents exceptions when looking at Gradebook/Item Statistics in classes that contain practice assignments.
Note: The fix must be installed with "/force" option. Tomcat restart is required.
ADDITIONAL STEP REQUIRED. This fix includes an SQL script, "500-014.sql", that will clean up existing test records. This script should be applied manually against "mapleta" database. The script file is located in the "files/sql" sub-directory of the hotfix directory. To run the script, follow these instructions. The same instructions can also be found in the hotfix.def file. |
500-014.zip |
500-014.tar.gz |
500-015 |
Ensures that advanced assignment policies are included during export and import of course modules.
Note: The fix must be installed with "/force" option. Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-016 |
This fix corrects two issues:
- Fixes saving and display problems that occurred when modifying Multipart questions.
- Supports using applets.jar archive in applet questions.
Note: The fix must be installed with “/force” option. Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-017 |
Provides re-signed JAR files with renewed certificate to prevent browser warnings that certificate is expired.
Note: Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-018 |
Improves memory management and database performance.
Note: The fix must be installed with “/force” option. Tomcat restart is required.
Note: To apply this fix, YOU MUST RUN AN SQL SCRIPT, “500-018.sql”, which will create a set of indexes to improve database performance. The script file is located in the “files/sql” sub-directory of the hotfix directory. The script should be applied manually against “mapleta” database. Refer to the hotfix.def file for details. |
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500-019 |
Further improvements to memory management for assignments.
Note: The fix must be installed with “/force” option. Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-020 |
This fix prevents Maple T.A. from failing when retrieving assignment item statistics for assignments that have been modified after being taken by students.
Note: The fix must be installed with “/force” option. Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-021 |
This fix corrects two issues:
- Makes it easier to transfer data between Maple T.A. servers by treating URLs of static question resources (images, Maple libraries, etc.) as relative URLs.
- Removes the 10-character restriction from the class Course ID value.
Note: The fix must be installed with “/force” option. Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-022 |
This fix ensures that assignments are displayed in a consistent order between the Class Homepage, Assignment Editor, and Gradebook.
Note: The fix must be installed with “/force” option. Tomcat restart is required. |
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500-023 |
This fix corrects two problems:
- Fix for an issue where the email notification about student test results would not be sent if the student failed the test.
- Fix for missing scores on "Gradebook/Question Group Details" screen.
Note: The fix must be installed with “/force” option. Tomcat restart is required. |
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