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Moodle 2.5 brings a lot of exciting new features for teachers, students and administrators. This page highlights a few of the most interesting!
Moodle 2.6 brings a lot of exciting new features for teachers, students and administrators. You can watch screencasts on some of these highlights on the official MoodleHQ YouTube page: [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDe8RRnGjoUDqbcm9PSlIoWn Moodle 2.6 Release Highlights Playlist].


Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.5_release_notes  Moodle 2.5 Release notes].
Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.6_release_notes Moodle 2.6 Release notes].


(Click any screenshot below to see it enlarged)
=== For teachers ===
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        <div style="padding:0 0 0.17em; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility">Improved grading features</div>
        <ul>
          <li>Easily review and provide in-line feedback by annotating on PDF files directly within browser.</li>
          <li>Conveniently allocate student assignments to different markers, and control when marks are released to individual students.</li>
          <li>Certainty-based marking in Quizzes now provides improved feedback for learners.</li>
        </ul>


==For teachers and students:==
        <div style="padding:0 0 0.17em; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility">Dynamic and streamlined course management</div>
        <ul>
          <li>Quickly edit course activities and resources across all devices.</li>
          <li>Easily add a Single activity course format.</li>
        </ul>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
<br>
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:AnnotatePDF.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>1. Annotate uploaded PDF files in browser</h4>
            <p>Provide feedback directly within PDF file submissions by using a variety of annotating tools available, including stamps and phrases from a comment bank. (Requires ghostscript on server.) </p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:MarkingWorkflow.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>2. Enhanced marking workflow and allocation</h4>
            <p>Control when marks are released for viewing, for example, when they have been reviewed and moderated. Individual markers can also be allocated assignments and these allocations will show up clearly in the gradebook.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===Badges===
  <div class="row-fluid">
[[Badges]] are a nice way to acknowledge good work, and it's now possible for teachers to award course badges based on a variety of chosen criteria. These badges are fully compatible with [http://openbadges.org/ Mozilla Open Badges]. See the [[Badges|Badges documentation]] for more information.
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      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:Certaintybased-Marking.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>3. Enhanced feedback in Certainty-based marking</h4>
            <p>Quizzes using Certainty-based marking now provide better feedback for learners.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:Edit-menu.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>4. Easily edit course activities and resources</h4>
            <p>Editing tools have been grouped together to in a simple dropdown menu for easy accessibility across desktop and mobile devices.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


{|
  <div class="row-fluid">
| [[File:teacherbadgeview.png|thumb|Teacher sets up a badge]]
    <ul class="thumbnails">
| [[File:studentbadgeview.png|thumb|Student view of allocated badges]]
      <li class="span6">
| [[File:backpack.png|thumb|Badges from backpack.openbadges.org on student profile]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
|}
[[File:Add-single-activity.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>5. Add a Single activity course format</h4>
            <p>Simply select and add any one activity as a standard course format which is displayed directed on the course page (This feature supersedes the old SCORM course format).</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


This blog post has some interesting reflection on when badges might be most appropriate: [http://alex.halavais.net/ozbadge The Badges of Oz]
=== For administrators and managers ===
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      <div class="span4">
        <div style="margin: 10px; display: block">
[[File:foradmin.png|link=|300px]]
        </div>
      </div>
        <div class="span8">
          <div style="color: #555;">
            <div style="padding:0 0 0.17em; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility">Enhanced platform management</div>
            <ul>
              <li>Create and manage bulk courses efficiently</li>
              <li>Simpler course and category management</li>
              <li>Create additional name fields </li>
              <li>Conveniently import and export role definition using XML file</li>
              <li>Restoring of very large courses possible</li>
            </ul>


          </div>
        </div>
  </div>
<br>
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:create-bulk-course.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>1. Bulk course creation tool</h4>
            <p>Create multiple courses efficiently using a single CSV file.  The functionality also extends to updating or deleting courses as well as importing content from another course.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:streamlined-category-mgmt.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>2. Streamlined course and category management</h4>
            <p>Easily sort, create, and delete course categories in a more intuitive interface with drag and drop functionality.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===Forms are much shorter===
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:additional-name-fields.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>3. Create additional name fields</h4>
            <p>Add and customise additional name fields to flexibly display user names in Chinese characters, local phonetic system or Romanization.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:role-def.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>4. Import and export role definitions</h4>
            <p>Export and import role definitions as XML files.New roles may be based on existing data:</p>
            <ul>
              <li>role archetype</li>
              <li>existing role</li>
              <li>role definition XML file</li>
            </ul>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


Moodle has a lot of settings and features, which means some of our forms have been getting rather long. We know this is daunting for new users!    
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[[File:large-course-backup-restore.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>5. Backup and restore large courses</h4>
            <p>Backup and restore large courses Improved performance allows users to quickly backup large courses safely and if needed, easily restore the courses for use.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
   </div>


We've made changes so that non-essential settings on forms are collapsed by default, yet you can quickly access them when you need them.
=== For all users ===
  <div class="row-fluid">
      <div class="span4">
        <div style="margin: 10px; display: block">
[[File:forusers.png|link=|300px]]
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="span8">
        <div style="color: #555;">
          <div style="padding:0 0 0.17em; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility">Experience a better learning platform</div>
          <ul>
            <li>A more user-friendly TinyMCE editor </li>
            <li>Easily access files from Microsoft Skydrive.</li>
            <li>Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support</li>
            <li>Simplified username and password recovery</li>
            <li>Improved file management in TinyMCE editor</li>
            <li>Better responsive design across devices</li>
          </ul>
        </div>
      </div>
  </div>
<br>
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:improved-tinymce.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>1. A more user-friendly TinyMCE editor</h4>
            <p>The improved TinyMCE editor can be resized to suit various browser widths, and features user-friendly icons and a collapsible toolbar menu.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:moodle-skydrive.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>2. Access files from Microsoft Skydrive</h4>
            <p>Users can now choose to retrieve files from their Skydrive account for use in their Moodle courses.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


{|
  <div class="row-fluid">
| [[File:shorterforms.png|thumb|Note the "expand all" option and condensed links]]
    <ul class="thumbnails">
| [[File:showmoreshowless.png|thumb|"Show more" (and "show less" options]]
      <li class="span6">
|}
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:multiple-calendar-support.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>3. Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support</h4>
            <p>Moodle 2.6 supports and displays the same date in multiple calendar system, including Gregorian, Hebrew, Islamic and more, so you can select a preferred calendar system.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:password-recovery.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>4. Simplified username and password recovery</h4>
            <p>Quickly retrieve username or reset password in a simpler, more user-friendly process.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:manage-embedded-files.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>5. Improve file management in TinyMCE editor </h4>
            <p>Add and manage files previously embedded in a text area with the new TinyMCE Manage Embedded files plugin and Embedded files repository.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:better-responsive-design.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>6. Better responsive design </h4>
            <p> Moodle works and looks better across all devices, including desktops, tablets and phones.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


The rich text editor is collapsed and can be expanded:
</div>
</div>


{|
==See also==
|[[File:collapsedassignment.png|thumb|Formatting options collapsed and box is narrow]]
|[[File:expandedassignment.png|thumb|Formatting options shown and box expanded]]
|}
 
In a similar space-saver, you can choose whether or not to enable the rich text editor when creating quiz questions:
 
{|
| [[File:quizform1.png|thumb|Without the editing tools]]
| [[File:quizform2.png|thumb|With the editing tools]]
|}
 
===Reports moved to the Administration block===
 
Reports have moved and can now be seen in the newly named ''Administration'' block, (formerly ''Settings''.)
 
{|
|[[File:reportsinadmin.png|thumb|Administration block with Reports]]
|}
=== Quickly "Jump to.." another section===
If you're using the 'one section per page' setting, you can now move to other sections from a drop down menu:
{|
|[[File:jumpto25.png|thumb|The 'jump to' drop down menu returns]]
|}
===Drag and drop media and text onto the course page===
You can now drag an image or some text onto your course page and choose whether to display it embedded in a label or as a clickable resource. See the [[Label|Label documentation]] for more information.
 
{|
| [[File:dragdrop1.png|thumb|Drag an image onto your course page]]
|[[File:dragdrop2.png|thumb|Choose "add image.."]]
|[[File:dragdrop3.png|thumb|And here it is!]]
|}
 
{|
|[[File:textdragdrop1.png|thumb|Text selected from a Word document is dragged over]]
|[[File:textdragdrop2.png|thumb|Choose "add a label" (or page if you prefer)]]
|[[File:textdragdrop3.png|thumb|And here it is!]]
|}
 
 
===Folders can be displayed inline on a course page===
 
You can now choose whether to have a folder show its contents in a separate screen, as previously, or to have it display them inline with any subfolders expanded:
 
{|
| [[File:folder1.png|thumb|Typical folder display before 2.5]]
| [[File:folder2.png|thumb|Folder displayed inline]]
| [[File:folder3.png|thumb|Folder displayed inline with subfolders expanded]]
|}
 
===Assignment enhancements===
Along with neater options for choosing submission and feedback types, resubmitting options are much improved. See the [[Assignment|Assignment documentation]] for more information.
 
{|
| [[File:assignmentandfeedbackcondensed.png|thumb|Neater assignment set up screen]]
| [[File:attemptsreopened.png|thumb|New settings for resubmissions]]
|}
 
 
===Word count in forum posts===
A new setting in forums will display the number of words in a post:
 
{|
| [[File:bonding.png|thumb|Note word count bottom left]]
|
|}
 
===Templates for Essay question types===
When using the Essay question type in a quiz, you can now set a template which appears in the students' text editor for scaffolding their response:
 
{|
| [[File:templatebox.png|thumb|Response template in question set up screen]]
| [[File:quiztemplate.png|thumb|What the student sees]]
|
|}
 
===Glossary block enhancements===
 
You can now use a global glossary in the random glossary block, and you can display the entries in alphabetical order:
{|
| [[File:glossaryalphabetical.png|thumb|Entries will display in alphabetical order]]
|}
 
===Search the list of enrolled users===
A new search box makes finding users in very large courses much easier:
 
{|
| [[File:Searchenrolledusers.png|thumb|A search facility allows teachers to search for specific users.]]
|}
 
==For administrators:==
 
===New themes suited to all screen sizes===
 
Many of your favourite  sites around the web these days use Bootstrap as a base framework and now Moodle does too!  We have a new 'base' theme called "'''Bootstrapbase'''" that implements the basics, and a new usable theme called ''''''Clean'''''' which extends it with some simple configuration options and also functions as a good template example for developing your own Bootstrap-based themes.  It also (along with ''Afterburner'') allows you to upload a logo directly from the file picker.
 
The Bootstrap framework allows us to responsively reformat the layout according to the screensize of the device used - on phone or tablet screens blocks move to the bottom, freeing up space for the main content at the top.  In the future we hope everyone will want to migrate their Moodle themes to be Bootstrap-based.
 
 
{|
| [[File:Bootrap2.png|thumb|Clean theme on standard screen]]
| [[File:Bootstrap1.png|thumb|Clean theme on smaller screen; note position of Navigation block]]
| [[File:filepickerlogo.png|thumb|Add your logo from the file picker in Clean theme]]
|}
 
===Install add-ons from inside Moodle===
It's now possible to [[Installing add-ons|install add-ons]] from within Moodle, rather than accessing folders on the server; useful for those admins who do not have FTP access. Add-ons can be uploaded and installed from a zip file or located and installed from the [https://moodle.org/plugins Moodle plugins directory]:
 
{|
| [[File:Selection_011.png|thumb|Add-on install tool]]
| [[File:AddonValidation.png|thumb|Add-on passes validation; ready to go]]
|}


==See also==
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.6]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]


* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.5
* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.6

Latest revision as of 17:47, 28 May 2014

Moodle 2.6 brings a lot of exciting new features for teachers, students and administrators. You can watch screencasts on some of these highlights on the official MoodleHQ YouTube page: Moodle 2.6 Release Highlights Playlist.

Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the Moodle 2.6 Release notes.

For teachers

forteachers.png

Improved grading features
  • Easily review and provide in-line feedback by annotating on PDF files directly within browser.
  • Conveniently allocate student assignments to different markers, and control when marks are released to individual students.
  • Certainty-based marking in Quizzes now provides improved feedback for learners.
Dynamic and streamlined course management
  • Quickly edit course activities and resources across all devices.
  • Easily add a Single activity course format.


  • AnnotatePDF.png

    1. Annotate uploaded PDF files in browser

    Provide feedback directly within PDF file submissions by using a variety of annotating tools available, including stamps and phrases from a comment bank. (Requires ghostscript on server.)

  • MarkingWorkflow.png

    2. Enhanced marking workflow and allocation

    Control when marks are released for viewing, for example, when they have been reviewed and moderated. Individual markers can also be allocated assignments and these allocations will show up clearly in the gradebook.

  • Certaintybased-Marking.png

    3. Enhanced feedback in Certainty-based marking

    Quizzes using Certainty-based marking now provide better feedback for learners.

  • Edit-menu.png

    4. Easily edit course activities and resources

    Editing tools have been grouped together to in a simple dropdown menu for easy accessibility across desktop and mobile devices.

  • Add-single-activity.png

    5. Add a Single activity course format

    Simply select and add any one activity as a standard course format which is displayed directed on the course page (This feature supersedes the old SCORM course format).

For administrators and managers

foradmin.png

Enhanced platform management
  • Create and manage bulk courses efficiently
  • Simpler course and category management
  • Create additional name fields
  • Conveniently import and export role definition using XML file
  • Restoring of very large courses possible


  • create-bulk-course.png

    1. Bulk course creation tool

    Create multiple courses efficiently using a single CSV file. The functionality also extends to updating or deleting courses as well as importing content from another course.

  • streamlined-category-mgmt.png

    2. Streamlined course and category management

    Easily sort, create, and delete course categories in a more intuitive interface with drag and drop functionality.

  • additional-name-fields.png

    3. Create additional name fields

    Add and customise additional name fields to flexibly display user names in Chinese characters, local phonetic system or Romanization.

  • role-def.png

    4. Import and export role definitions

    Export and import role definitions as XML files.New roles may be based on existing data:

    • role archetype
    • existing role
    • role definition XML file

  • large-course-backup-restore.png

    5. Backup and restore large courses

    Backup and restore large courses Improved performance allows users to quickly backup large courses safely and if needed, easily restore the courses for use.

For all users

forusers.png

Experience a better learning platform
  • A more user-friendly TinyMCE editor
  • Easily access files from Microsoft Skydrive.
  • Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support
  • Simplified username and password recovery
  • Improved file management in TinyMCE editor
  • Better responsive design across devices


  • improved-tinymce.png

    1. A more user-friendly TinyMCE editor

    The improved TinyMCE editor can be resized to suit various browser widths, and features user-friendly icons and a collapsible toolbar menu.

  • moodle-skydrive.png

    2. Access files from Microsoft Skydrive

    Users can now choose to retrieve files from their Skydrive account for use in their Moodle courses.

  • multiple-calendar-support.png

    3. Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support

    Moodle 2.6 supports and displays the same date in multiple calendar system, including Gregorian, Hebrew, Islamic and more, so you can select a preferred calendar system.

  • password-recovery.png

    4. Simplified username and password recovery

    Quickly retrieve username or reset password in a simpler, more user-friendly process.

  • manage-embedded-files.png

    5. Improve file management in TinyMCE editor

    Add and manage files previously embedded in a text area with the new TinyMCE Manage Embedded files plugin and Embedded files repository.

  • better-responsive-design.png

    6. Better responsive design

    Moodle works and looks better across all devices, including desktops, tablets and phones.

See also

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