Roadmap

This roadmap collects the best information about upcoming features in Moodle. It is not 100% certain - features may change according to available funding and developers.

Version 1.9 - very soon

1.9 is currently in beta. See Release Notes.

• Gradebook development - Moodle.com and OU

The gradebook system will be revamped for performance, switching from our older "pull" model to a "push" model where all modules will now publish grades as necessary into a central table. Support for (local/state) outcomes/goals/competencies is included!

• Events API - Moodle.com

The new Events API provides a way for any code to "hook" into events in a clean, loosely coupled way. It's the foundation of the new Gradebook. A lot of events in Moodle (such as adding a user or a course) now trigger events that developers can hook into.

• Tags - part of the Google SOC Social Networking project by Luiz Cruz will make it's way into 1.9, allowing users to tag themselves and create interest pages around those tags, bringing information together from a variety of sources.
• Improved question bank - Jamie Pratt funded by Future University Hakodate.
  • Allows questions to be shared by the whole site, a course category, a singe course, or be kept private to a single module. More control over who can do what to each question.
  • Also improved management of files linked to from questions.
  • See also the original development plan here: Development:Plan to Improve Flexibility of Question Category Sharing and Permissions
• Other Quiz/Question improvements:
  • A quiz can now send emails when an attempt is finished - a confirmation to the student, a notification to all teachers, or both. Implemented by Graham Miller of Web Enhanced Solutions.
  • Some slight improvements to quiz layout. See [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-10374 MDL-10374] for details. Theme designers please note!
  • Gift Import/Export format can now handle Essay and Description question types.
  • Third party question types can now implement Moodle XML format and other import and export formats. Implemented by Howard Miller.
  • Multiple choice questions now show the feedback for all the options to students on the review page after the attempt is over.
• Groups reverted to 1.7 style and reimplemented groupings - Moodle.com, Catalyst, OU, Enrique Castro

Version 2.0 - Expected Late 2008

(This list is fluid, depending on available resources)

Definitely

• Moodle 2.0 will require PHP 5.2 as a minimum, allowing us to clean up the code in some areas. For more info see: gophp5.org.
• Portfolio API - Enovation.ie / Moodle.com

Interface Moodle activities and repositories to help produce portfolios for internal assessment AND external publication. The first Portfolio plugin implemented will be Mahara.

• Repository API - Moodle.com

Abstract all file operations to an API that allows plugins for different external repositories.

• Conditional activities - Moodle.com

Allowing dependencies and forced paths through the content.

• Community hub interfaces - Moodle.com and others

Makes it easy for users to find and navigate other systems and external Moodle repositories, leveraging the Moodle Network in various ways.

• Old DB install/upgrade system removed

The deprecated system for installing or upgrading database entries used in Moodle < 1.7 will be completely removed, while supporting only the new XML based database scheme introduced in 1.7.

• Feedback module
• New Wiki module (nwiki) - DFWikiteam-UPC
• Messaging improvements
• Secure RSS feeds

Hopefully

• IMS Learning Design - Moodle.com

Support for importing/exporting LD, converting Moodle activities and sequences of activities into a standard format for sharing, and importing standard sequences into Moodle courses

• Student Information API

API for integrating external systems for managing student information

• Moodle Voice

Moodle Voice is a project for embedding VoiceXML support into Moodle Core.

• Learning Design export? - Moodle.com and Open University of The Netherlands

We plan to have a very simple export for any Moodle course into IMS LD format, as a proof of concept and to help the community start learning about IMS LD.

See also

• Release Notes