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 - Expected August 2007

• 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 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

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. See also this doc here the user friendly report on what has changed :Question_Engine_Changes_in_Moodle_1.9

• 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 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.
• Integrate Feedback module?

Version 2.0 - Expected Mid 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
• Development:Portfolio API - Enovation.ie

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

• 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.

• Repository API - Open University, Moodle.com, Humboldt and Warp Networks

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

• 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

• New groups - Open University

Site-wide groups, reusable groups, and assigning activities to groups are the major improvements being developed

Hopefully

• Integrate nwiki
• 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.