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{{About Moodle}} | {{About Moodle}} | ||
Moodle 2.6 brings a lot of exciting new features for teachers, students and administrators. | 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_2.6_release_notes Moodle 2.6 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]. | ||
=== For teachers === | === 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">Dynamic | <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> | ||
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<li>Quickly edit course activities and resources across all devices.</li> | <li>Quickly edit course activities and resources across all devices.</li> | ||
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<h4>1. Annotate uploaded PDF files in browser</h4> | <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.</p> | <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> | ||
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<h4>2. Enhanced marking workflow and allocation</h4> | <h4>2. Enhanced marking workflow and allocation</h4> | ||
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<h4>3. Enhanced feedback in Certainty-based marking</h4> | <h4>3. Enhanced feedback in Certainty-based marking</h4> | ||
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<h4>4. Easily edit course activities and resources</h4> | <h4>4. Easily edit course activities and resources</h4> | ||
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<h4>5. Add a Single activity course format</h4> | <h4>5. Add a Single activity course format</h4> | ||
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<li>Create additional name fields </li> | <li>Create additional name fields </li> | ||
<li>Conveniently import and export role definition using XML file</li> | <li>Conveniently import and export role definition using XML file</li> | ||
<li>Restoring of very large courses possible</li> | <li>Restoring of very large courses possible</li> | ||
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<h4>1. Bulk course creation tool</h4> | <h4>1. Bulk course creation tool</h4> | ||
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<h4>2. | <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> | <p>Easily sort, create, and delete course categories in a more intuitive interface with drag and drop functionality.</p> | ||
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<h4>3. Create | <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> | <p>Add and customise additional name fields to flexibly display user names in Chinese characters, local phonetic system or Romanization.</p> | ||
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<h4>4. Import and export role | <h4>4. Import and export role definitions</h4> | ||
<p>Export and import role definitions as XML files. | <p>Export and import role definitions as XML files.New roles may be based on existing data:</p> | ||
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<li>role archetype</li> | <li>role archetype</li> | ||
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<h4>5 | <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> | <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> | ||
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=== For all users === | === For all users === | ||
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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">Experience a better learning platform</div> | <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> | ||
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<li> | <li>A more user-friendly TinyMCE editor </li> | ||
<li>Easily access files from Microsoft Skydrive.</li> | <li>Easily access files from Microsoft Skydrive.</li> | ||
<li>Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support</li> | <li>Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support</li> | ||
<li>Simplified username and password recovery</li> | <li>Simplified username and password recovery</li> | ||
<li>Improved file management in TinyMCE editor</li> | |||
<li>Better responsive design across devices</li> | |||
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<h4>1. | <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> | <p>The improved TinyMCE editor can be resized to suit various browser widths, and features user-friendly icons and a collapsible toolbar menu.</p> | ||
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<h4>2. Access files from Microsoft Skydrive</h4> | <h4>2. Access files from Microsoft Skydrive</h4> | ||
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<h4>3. Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support</h4> | <h4>3. Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support</h4> | ||
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<h4>4. Simplified username and password recovery</h4> | <h4>4. Simplified username and password recovery</h4> | ||
<p>Quickly retrieve username or reset password in a simpler, more user-friendly process.</p> | <p>Quickly retrieve username or reset password in a simpler, more user-friendly process.</p> | ||
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<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> | |||
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<h4>6. Better responsive design </h4> | |||
<p> Moodle works and looks better across all devices, including desktops, tablets and phones.</p> | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== |
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
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.
For administrators and managers
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
For all users
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
See also
- Category:New features - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.6