Release 0.3 [April 5, 2011, 2:40 p.m.]

Release date is April 11, 2011
More is in progress. Please see list of up-to-date Milestone 0.3 information.

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, the emails related to signup do not depend on the user being a follower)
The organizer can "accept" the answer which converts the follower into a participant.

Wiki-like content pages: Collaborative by default and can be marked as non-collaborative by organizer. Includes history page with functionality to restore a past version.
"Course Content" is now titled "Tasks" to better fit the task-oriented model.
Study group descriptions and user bios now allow HTML.
Replies to a comment now indents.
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.
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