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Moodle 2.9 brings together features and enhancements developed by our core team and community contributors. These include: streamlined navigation, useful improvements to activities such as Lesson and Quiz, along with  new admin settings which  refine the course management process.


Read on for Moodle 2.9 highlights, or watch the screencasts on the official [https://youtu.be/JsUz1DMg-24?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDclJEctfdxCFeo8QuyR1Hw_ Moodle HQ YouTube page].


Moodle 2.6 brings a lot of exciting new features for teachers, students and administrators. This page highlights a few of the most interesting.
Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 2.9 release notes|Moodle 2.9 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 all users ===
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[[File:TestDashboard.png|600px]]
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            <h4>My home is now Dashboard</h4>
            <p>My home has been renamed to Dashboard, while retaining its full functionality as before. Where courses have assignments, these are only now displayed in the [[Course overview block]] when they need attention from the teacher (grading) or the student (submitting/resubmitting). [[Dashboard|Read more...]]</p>
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[[File:Grades29.png|600px]]
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            <h4>New Grades page</h4>
            <p>The user menu now includes a new Grades page which display grades from all courses users are students in, with links to the relevant user reports. Courses users are teaching in are also displayed, with links to the relevant course gradebook. [[Overview report|Read more...]] </p>
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==For all users==
 


===Collapsible TinyMCE editor===
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The TinyMCE editor has new icons and can be toggled between one and three lines to save space.
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            <h4>New Profile page</h4>
            <p>Accessed from the user menu, the new Profile page provides quick links to blog entries, forum post, badges and, depending on the user’s privileges,  a variety of reports including a new [[Browser sessions|browser sessions page.]] The page includes links formerly in the Navigation block. [[User profiles|Read more...]]</p>
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            <h4>Browser sessions page</h4>
            <p>A new page displays your current browser sessions allowing you to check if you forgot to log off on a different computer (and log off now)  and reassure yourself nobody is using your account.  [[Browser sessions| Read more...]]</p>
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|[[File:26tinymce1.png|250px|thumb|Collapsed view]]
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|[[File:26tinymce2.png|250px|thumb|Expanded view]]
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[[File:TestPreferences2.png|600px]]
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            <h4>New Preferences page</h4>
            <p>AlI your preferences can easily be reviewed and altered from one page, accessed from the user menu. Easily change your choice of editor, update your forum notifications, change your password and more. This page includes settings formerly in the Administration block. [[Preferences|Read more...]] </p>
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[[File:TestMessages.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Improved messaging</h4>
            <p>A messages button on profile pages enables you to send messages via pop-up box without leaving the page you are on. [[Messaging|Read more...]]</p>
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===Access files from Microsoft Skydrive===
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Users may now retrieve files from their Skydrive account to use in Moodle courses.
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            <h4>Drag and drop into Atto</h4>
            <p>It's now possible to drag and drop images directly into the Atto editor, for example when editing a course summary or when posting in a forum. [[Text editor|Read more...]]</p>
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[[File:TestSearch.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Search Server files</h4>
            <p>Users with permissions to access Server files can now use a search facility, allowing for easy location of files in other courses they have access to. [[Server files|Read more...]]</p>
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    </ul>
  </div>


{|
=== Activity enhancements ===
|[[File:MicrosoftSkydrive.png|250px|thumb|MS Skydrive]]
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==For teachers==
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[[File:TestLesson.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Lesson</h4>
            <p> Along with enhancements such as group support, user and group overrides better logging and improved essay grading interface, the [[Lesson|lesson]] activity now boasts a new completion condition “Require time spent”. [[Lesson settings|Read more...]]</p>
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[[File:TestQuiz2.png|600px]]
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            <h4> Quiz</h4>
            <p> [[Quiz|Quizzes]] can now have section headings and questions can be shuffled on different pages. It is now possible to require that a particular question be answered before a subsequent one may be accessed, and quizzes along with responses and feedback will now display attractively when printed from the browser. [[Building Quiz|Read more...]]</p>
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    </ul>
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===Single activity course format===
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This new format allows teachers to choose just one activity which is displayed as soon as the students click on the course. It replaces the SCORM course format.
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|[[File:26singleactivity.png|250px|thumb|Setting up the Single activity format]]
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[[File:TesForumGroup.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Easily post to all groups in a forum</h4>
            <p> If your [[Forum|forum]] has groups, you only need to post once and your post is copied for each group.</p>
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[[File:TestDatabase.png|600px]]
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            <h4> Extra options for Database and Glossary</h4>
            <p> Along with displaying user pictures in the [[Database activity module|database]], you can set certain fields as 'required'. When importing [[Glossary|glossary]] entries, embedded images and attached files will also be included.</p>
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===Marking workflow and allocation===
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Teachers can now control visiblity of grades for students until for example they have been reviewed and moderated. Teachers can be allocated to mark individual student assignments and these allocations show up clearly in the gradebook.
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|[[File:26markingworkflow.png|250px|thumb|Setting marking workflow state when grading]]
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|[[File:26markingworkflowallocatedmarkers.png|250px|thumb|Grading screen showing different markers at different stages of the workflow]]
[[File:TestActivityResultsBlock.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Activity results</h4>
            <p> As well as displaying quiz results in competitive league table style, a new Activity results block can show scores from any graded or rated activity in your course. [[Activity results block|Read more...]]</p>
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[[File:TestGradetopass.png|600px]]
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            <h4> Grade to pass</h4>
            <p> If you are using graded activities it is now possible to set a passing grade during the activity set up process instead of having to edit the gradebook directly.</p>
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===Annotate uploaded pdfs in the browser===
=== Course management===
When students upload assignments as pdfs, the teacher can feedback directly on the file, using stamps, phrases from a comment bank and a variety of annotating tools.
===More detailed feedback for Certainty-based marking in Quizzes===
Quizzes using Certainty based marking now provide much improved feedback for the students:


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            <h4>Delete course sections</h4>
            <p>A new option in each course section allows you to completely remove the section and its content, regardless of where the section is located on your course page. [[Course homepage|Read more...]]</p>
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[[File:TestCohortsync.png|600px]]
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            <h4> Faster addition of cohorts and meta linked courses</h4>
            <p> You can enrol many cohorts or multiple courses with the [[Cohort sync|cohort sync]] and [[Course meta link|course meta link]] methods much faster now with a new "Add method and create another" button. Users from linked courses can also be synced into a group; a much voted-for feature.</p>
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[[File:TestKeyholder.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Keyholder</h4>
            <p> A new capability [[Capabilities/enrol/self:holdkey|enrol/self:holdkey]] will make it easy for certain members of your organisation - not necessarily teachers- to be the keyholder to self-enrolled courses. [[Keyholder|Read more...]] </p>
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==For  managers and administrators==
===New options for administrators and developers===
===Bulk create courses===
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It is now possible to bulk create(and delete) courses using a csv file and to set a course template.
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[[File:TemplateLibrary.png|600px]]
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            <h4>New template library for renderers</h4>
            <p>A new element library will make it easier to create and style the user interface, give Moodle a more consistent look and feel and improve site performance. [[dev:Render_library_specification|Read more...]] </p>
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[[File:TestFileType.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Add custom file types</h4>
            <p>A new admin tool lists all existing file types and allows you to add new ones specific to programs your organisation might be using. This will make the display of such file types clearer and downloading them less confusing. [[Working with files|Read more...]]</p>
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==See also==
|[[File:26uploadcourses.png|250px|thumb|Upload courses admin screen]]
|[[File:uploadcoursesresults.png|250px|thumb|Courses successfully uploaded]]
|}


===Better management of categories and courses===
* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.9
The category management pages have been improved to make them more streamlined and easier to organise.


{|
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.9]]
|[[File:coursecategorymanagement.png|250px|thumb|Managing categories (2 examples)]]
|[[File:coursemanagement.png|250px|thumb|Selecting and managing one course]]
|}
 
==See also==
 
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.5]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
 
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 2.9]]
* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.6

Latest revision as of 14:23, 23 May 2016

Moodle 2.9 brings together features and enhancements developed by our core team and community contributors. These include: streamlined navigation, useful improvements to activities such as Lesson and Quiz, along with new admin settings which refine the course management process.

Read on for Moodle 2.9 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 2.9 release notes.

For all users

  • TestDashboard.png

    My home is now Dashboard

    My home has been renamed to Dashboard, while retaining its full functionality as before. Where courses have assignments, these are only now displayed in the Course overview block when they need attention from the teacher (grading) or the student (submitting/resubmitting). Read more...

  • Grades29.png

    New Grades page

    The user menu now includes a new Grades page which display grades from all courses users are students in, with links to the relevant user reports. Courses users are teaching in are also displayed, with links to the relevant course gradebook. Read more...


  • TestProfile2.png

    New Profile page

    Accessed from the user menu, the new Profile page provides quick links to blog entries, forum post, badges and, depending on the user’s privileges, a variety of reports including a new browser sessions page. The page includes links formerly in the Navigation block. Read more...

  • TestBrowsersessions.png

    Browser sessions page

    A new page displays your current browser sessions allowing you to check if you forgot to log off on a different computer (and log off now) and reassure yourself nobody is using your account. Read more...

  • TestPreferences2.png

    New Preferences page

    AlI your preferences can easily be reviewed and altered from one page, accessed from the user menu. Easily change your choice of editor, update your forum notifications, change your password and more. This page includes settings formerly in the Administration block. Read more...

  • TestMessages.png

    Improved messaging

    A messages button on profile pages enables you to send messages via pop-up box without leaving the page you are on. Read more...

  • TestAttoDrag.png

    Drag and drop into Atto

    It's now possible to drag and drop images directly into the Atto editor, for example when editing a course summary or when posting in a forum. Read more...

  • TestSearch.png

    Search Server files

    Users with permissions to access Server files can now use a search facility, allowing for easy location of files in other courses they have access to. Read more...

Activity enhancements

  • TestLesson.png

    Lesson

    Along with enhancements such as group support, user and group overrides better logging and improved essay grading interface, the lesson activity now boasts a new completion condition “Require time spent”. Read more...

  • TestQuiz2.png

    Quiz

    Quizzes can now have section headings and questions can be shuffled on different pages. It is now possible to require that a particular question be answered before a subsequent one may be accessed, and quizzes along with responses and feedback will now display attractively when printed from the browser. Read more...

  • TesForumGroup.png

    Easily post to all groups in a forum

    If your forum has groups, you only need to post once and your post is copied for each group.

  • TestDatabase.png

    Extra options for Database and Glossary

    Along with displaying user pictures in the database, you can set certain fields as 'required'. When importing glossary entries, embedded images and attached files will also be included.

  • TestActivityResultsBlock.png

    Activity results

    As well as displaying quiz results in competitive league table style, a new Activity results block can show scores from any graded or rated activity in your course. Read more...

  • TestGradetopass.png

    Grade to pass

    If you are using graded activities it is now possible to set a passing grade during the activity set up process instead of having to edit the gradebook directly.

Course management

  • TestDelete.png

    Delete course sections

    A new option in each course section allows you to completely remove the section and its content, regardless of where the section is located on your course page. Read more...

  • TestCohortsync.png

    Faster addition of cohorts and meta linked courses

    You can enrol many cohorts or multiple courses with the cohort sync and course meta link methods much faster now with a new "Add method and create another" button. Users from linked courses can also be synced into a group; a much voted-for feature.

  • TestKeyholder.png

    Keyholder

    A new capability enrol/self:holdkey will make it easy for certain members of your organisation - not necessarily teachers- to be the keyholder to self-enrolled courses. Read more...

New options for administrators and developers

  • TemplateLibrary.png

    New template library for renderers

    A new element library will make it easier to create and style the user interface, give Moodle a more consistent look and feel and improve site performance. Read more...

  • TestFileType.png

    Add custom file types

    A new admin tool lists all existing file types and allows you to add new ones specific to programs your organisation might be using. This will make the display of such file types clearer and downloading them less confusing. Read more...

See also

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