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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 2.8 is once again the result of the hard work from our core team and community contributors. This version brings significant evolutionary improvements to the Gradebook tool, forums, analytics and usability in many areas to empower teachers and improve functionality for everyone across all devices.


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].
Read on for Moodle 2.8 highlights, or watch the screencasts on the official [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMXvtFPmd0o&list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdJmqW4tD5qXJ6pPXWTP7GL Moodle HQ YouTube page]


(Click any screenshot below to see it enlarged)
Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 2.8 release notes|Moodle 2.8 release notes]].


==For teachers and students:==
=== For all users ===
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            <h4>Text autosave</h4>
            <p>The [[Text editor|Atto text editor]] will automatically save your text as you type, keeping your content secure before you publish it.</p>
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            <h4>New user menu</h4>
            <p>A new user menu (customisable via the [[Theme settings]]) gives quick access to personal pages such as My home and profile settings.</p>
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===Badges===
 
[[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].


{|
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| [[File:teacherbadgeview.png|thumb|Teacher sets up a badge]]
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| [[File:studentbadgeview.png|thumb|Student view of allocated badges]]
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| [[File:backpack.png|thumb|Badges from backpack.openbadges.org on student profile]]
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            <h4>'Like' rating</h4>
            <p>This popular feature can now be implemented as a single-item scale, bringing the functionality of social media right inside Moodle. [[Scales|Learn more about scales here.]]</p>
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            <h4>Email to private files</h4>
            <p>With this new feature you can send yourself an email with an attachment and it will save to your private files for later use in your courses. See [[Private files]].</p>
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This blog post has some interesting reflection on when badges might be most appropriate:  [http://alex.halavais.net/ozbadge The Badges of Oz]
=== Gradebook improvements ===


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            <h4>Improved Grader report</h4>
            <p> Many improvements have been made to the [[Gradebook|gradebook]], with the grader report now functional across all devices with smooth scrolling. Cells can be quickly edited without reloading.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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[[File:SingleView2.png|600px]]
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            <h4> New Single view</h4>
            <p> A new [[Single view]] allows you to make quick edits to one item or one user. </p>
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===Forms are much shorter===
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            <h4>New Grade history report</h4>
            <p> Track the [[Grade history|grade history]] of specific users and specific markers in this new report.</p>
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[[File:naturalweighting.png|600px]]
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            <h4> Natural weighting</h4>
            <p> This new aggregation method combines grades simply with a clearer interface for using weights. Extra credit, excluded grades and hidden grades are all supported.</p>
          </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! 
=== Forum enhancements ===


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.
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            <h4>Subscribe to individual discussions</h4>
            <p> You can now subscribe to individual forum discussions and get email copies of just the replies you want! See [[Forum settings]].</p>
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            <h4> Better navigation through threads</h4>
            <p> Links taking you to the previous and next thread make it much easier to move between important discussions.</p>
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            <h4>Email replies to forum posts</h4>
            <p> For added convenience, you can now reply to forum posts by email, and even  include attachments! [[Using Forum| Read more...]]</p>
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  {|
===New options for Quiz, Choice and Assignment===
| [[File:shorterforms.png|thumb|Note the "expand all" option and condensed links]]
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| [[File:showmoreshowless.png|thumb|"Show more" (and "show less" options]]
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[[File:quizedit.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Improved Quiz edit screen and completion settings</h4>
            <p>The Edit quiz page has been rewritten for improved accessibility, making it much easier to add and manage questions. See [[Building Quiz]]. You can also set completion conditions based on a passing grade or when all available attempts have been used up.</p>
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            <h4>More than one choice with Choice</h4>
            <p>You can now allow users to select more than one choice when creating a Choice. [[Choice settings|Read more.]]</p>
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            <h4>Additional files for assignments</h4>
            <p> Teachers can now attach files for students when setting up assignments, such as example submissions or answer templates. See [[Assignment settings]].</p>
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The rich text editor is collapsed and can be expanded:
===Analytics and Reporting===
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            <h4>Stay in touch by subscribing to events</h4>
            <p>[[Event monitoring]] allows teachers, managers and admins to create and subscribe to events </p>
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            <h4>New events</h4>
            <p>More detailed  logging and events have been added, particularly in relation to grades.</p>
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{|
=== Cohorts===
|[[File:collapsedassignment.png|thumb|Formatting options collapsed and box is narrow]]
|[[File:expandedassignment.png|thumb|Formatting options shown and box expanded]]
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In a similar space-saver, you can choose whether or not to enable the rich text editor when creating quiz questions:
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| [[File:quizform1.png|thumb|Without the editing tools]]
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| [[File:quizform2.png|thumb|With the editing tools]]
[[File:uploadcohorts.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Cohorts can be created on upload</h4>
===Reports moved to the Administration block===
            <p>Admins and managers can create cohorts using a csv file either, either from the Cohorts screen or when uploading users. Teachers can now by default enrol cohorts visible to them. [[Cohort sync|Read more...]].</p>
 
          </div>
Reports have moved and can now be seen in the newly named ''Administration'' block, (formerly ''Settings''.)
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|[[File:reportsinadmin.png|thumb|Administration block with Reports]]
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[[File:all_cohorts.png|600px]]
=== Quickly "Jump to.." another section===
          <div class="caption">
If you're using the 'one section per page' setting, you can now move to other sections from a drop down menu:
            <h4>A new 'All Cohorts' screen for admins</h4>
{|
            <p>Administrators can now have a clear overview of all system and category cohorts from the new All cohorts screen. See [[Cohorts]].</p>
|[[File:jumpto25.png|thumb|The 'jump to' drop down menu returns]]
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===Drag and drop media and text onto the course page===
      </li>
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.
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{|
| [[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 resource|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 [[Assignment settings]] 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 [[Enrolled users]] 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==
==See also==


* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.5
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.8]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]


[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.5]]
* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.8

Latest revision as of 00:20, 10 November 2014

Moodle 2.8 is once again the result of the hard work from our core team and community contributors. This version brings significant evolutionary improvements to the Gradebook tool, forums, analytics and usability in many areas to empower teachers and improve functionality for everyone across all devices.

Read on for Moodle 2.8 highlights, or watch the screencasts on the official Moodle HQ YouTube page

Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the Moodle 2.8 release notes.

For all users

  • autosave.png

    Text autosave

    The Atto text editor will automatically save your text as you type, keeping your content secure before you publish it.

  • usermenu28v2.png

    New user menu

    A new user menu (customisable via the Theme settings) gives quick access to personal pages such as My home and profile settings.


  • likesinglerating.png

    'Like' rating

    This popular feature can now be implemented as a single-item scale, bringing the functionality of social media right inside Moodle. Learn more about scales here.

  • emailprivatefiles.png

    Email to private files

    With this new feature you can send yourself an email with an attachment and it will save to your private files for later use in your courses. See Private files.

Gradebook improvements

  • graderreport28a.png

    Improved Grader report

    Many improvements have been made to the gradebook, with the grader report now functional across all devices with smooth scrolling. Cells can be quickly edited without reloading.

  • SingleView2.png

    New Single view

    A new Single view allows you to make quick edits to one item or one user.

  • gradehistory1.png

    New Grade history report

    Track the grade history of specific users and specific markers in this new report.

  • naturalweighting.png

    Natural weighting

    This new aggregation method combines grades simply with a clearer interface for using weights. Extra credit, excluded grades and hidden grades are all supported.

Forum enhancements

  • discuss1.png

    Subscribe to individual discussions

    You can now subscribe to individual forum discussions and get email copies of just the replies you want! See Forum settings.

  • forumnavigate.png

    Better navigation through threads

    Links taking you to the previous and next thread make it much easier to move between important discussions.

  • emailforumreply.png

    Email replies to forum posts

    For added convenience, you can now reply to forum posts by email, and even include attachments! Read more...

New options for Quiz, Choice and Assignment

  • quizedit.png

    Improved Quiz edit screen and completion settings

    The Edit quiz page has been rewritten for improved accessibility, making it much easier to add and manage questions. See Building Quiz. You can also set completion conditions based on a passing grade or when all available attempts have been used up.

  • choice many.png

    More than one choice with Choice

    You can now allow users to select more than one choice when creating a Choice. Read more.

  • assignmentadditionalfiles2.png

    Additional files for assignments

    Teachers can now attach files for students when setting up assignments, such as example submissions or answer templates. See Assignment settings.

Analytics and Reporting

  • EventMonitorSubscriptions.png

    Stay in touch by subscribing to events

    Event monitoring allows teachers, managers and admins to create and subscribe to events

  • Events Grades.png

    New events

    More detailed logging and events have been added, particularly in relation to grades.

Cohorts

  • uploadcohorts.png

    Cohorts can be created on upload

    Admins and managers can create cohorts using a csv file either, either from the Cohorts screen or when uploading users. Teachers can now by default enrol cohorts visible to them. Read more....

  • all cohorts.png

    A new 'All Cohorts' screen for admins

    Administrators can now have a clear overview of all system and category cohorts from the new All cohorts screen. See Cohorts.

See also

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