Moodle 2.5 release notes

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Release date: Not yet released

Here is the full list of fixed issues in 2.5.

See New features for a user-friendly tour with screenshots (work in progress)

Highlights

MDL-35073 Open Badges integration
MDL-30637 Improvements to the usability of big complex Moodle forms in general.
MDL-37459 & MDL-37417 More specific usability improvements to the forms for the assignment module, and for creating questions.
MDL-32652 Block drag & drop now works throughout the site (not just on course pages)!
MDL-38016 New "bootstrap" theme with responsive design for all screen sizes
MDL-38509 - New admin tool for installing add-ons
MDL-36804 - Assignment resubmission system
MDL-37009 - Course listings are displayed consistently throughout the site (theme changes may be required)

Enrolment improvements

MDL-36514 New setting for preventing of new self-enrolments.
MDL-7537 Support for more currencies in PayPal.
MDL-32387 Implemented expiration of PayPal enrolments.
MDL-37291 Restore support for PayPal enrolments.
MDL-37187 Multiple problems fixed in Flat File enrolment plugin.
MDL-36504 Complete list of all enrolment related improvements.

Themes

MDL-38016 New bootstrap base theme.
MDL-35434 Themes developers may use new setting type for user uploaded logo images.

Performance

MDL-35685 Improved login performance.
MDL-36809 Support for persistent connections to MariaDB/MySQL servers.

Miscellaneous

MDL-38166 - Database activity URL field has option to open link in new window
MDL-37455 - New folder resource option to display folder contents on the course page
MDL-30790 - New folder resource option to display sub-folders expanded or collapsed
MDL-37602 - Overall assessment feedback support in the Workshop module
MDL-28585 - LDAP authentication password expiry handling
MDL-35716 - New performance overview report
MDL-20131 - Random glossary entry block can use a global glossary
MDL-35842 - Random glossary entry block alphabetical order option
MDL-37337 - Assignment settings page improvements
MDL-37644 - New setting for showing course full names in the navigation block
MDL-35332 - Improved security of hashed passwords
MDL-5875 - Option to show the word count of forum posts
MDL-23504 - Transparency and RGB support in themes colour picker
MDL-37806 - New 'Save and show next' button for workshop submissions
MDL-37728 - Role definition overview improvements
MDL-37641 - Prettier names when a file already exists
MDL-38538 - Option to auto-save during quiz attempts
MDL-36955 - Better grading for partially correct Cloze questions with Interactive behaviour
MDL-35793 - Defaults for when a question is previewed
MDL-10516 - Essay questions can have a template, so the student starts answering from the template, not a blank editor
MDL-26956 - You can now search the list of users enrolled in a course
MDL-36602 - mnethostid available as an upload users field
MDL-34137 - Option to drag and drop a media file onto the course page to create a label
MDL-33946 - Option to drag and drop text onto the course page to create a label
MDL-33688 - Drag and drop file upload progress indicator in filepicker
MDL-33669 - Option to access Equella site when using Equella repository
MDL-32341 - Configurable calendar export date range
MDL-33206 - Book resource type print dialogue link
MDL-28705 - Configurable mapping between IMS course names and Moodle course names for IMS Enterprise enrolment
MDL-31983 - Settings block renamed 'Administration' and reports moved there
MDL-34917 - Jump to section navigation for 'One section per page' setting in course formats
MDL-38708 - Option to add images and other files to the course list
MDL-36395 - New setting Maximum users per page for specifying the number of users shown in search results
MDL-37596 - Scheduled maintenance mode
MDL-35775 - Group import allows new groups to be assigned to groupings
MDL-38494 - Upload users accepts date-time format custom profile field
MDL-26649 - Date picker usability improvements
MDL-37572 - Categories edit page is separated from view and does not depend any more on global editing mode

API changes

'TODO review all upgrade.txt files in the code'

MDL-34640 - Improvements to how the question engine handles uploaded files. This should make it possible to write question types that automatically grade uploaded files.
MDL-37287 - 3rd party libraries updated, including YUI 3.9.1, TinyMCE 3.5.8, latest tcpdf and others
MDL-15727 - jQuery and jQuery UI support for add-on plugins
MDL-29996 - Legacy filters are not supported any more, developers need to migrate filters from modules to standard filter location.
MDL-35356 - Excel and ODS export improvements.

Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.

MDL-21342 New user account lockout mechanism.

Documentation