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{{About Moodle}}
{{About Moodle}}
As usual Moodle HQ and our incredible community have brought together work from all corners of the globe to this release. Scalable, responsive and private, Moodle 2.8 is our best release yet. Here are some highlights of this release, and you can view screencasts of some of these highlights on the official MoodleHQ YouTube page: [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDcxGul-CY1SiOke6Jkg2NPK Moodle 2.7 Release Highlights Playlist].
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.


Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 2.8 release notes|Moodle 2.8 release notes]].
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].
 
Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 2.9 release notes|Moodle 2.9 release notes]].


=== For all users ===
=== For all users ===
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             <h4>Text autosave</h4>
             <h4>My home is now Dashboard</h4>
             <p>The Atto HTML editor will automatically save your text as you type, keeping your content secure before you publish it. [[Text editor| Read about the Atto editor.]]</p>
             <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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             <h4>New user menu</h4>
             <h4>New Grades page</h4>
             <p>A new user menu gives quick access to your My home and profile settings. Find out more </p>
             <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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             <h4>'Like' button</h4>
             <h4>New Profile page</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>
             <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>Email to private files</h4>
             <h4>Browser sessions page</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>
             <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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=== Gradebook improvements ===
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             <h4>Improved Grader report</h4>
             <h4>New Preferences page</h4>
             <p> 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.</p>
             <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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             <h4> New Single view</h4>
             <h4>Improved messaging</h4>
             <p> A new Single view allows you to make quick edits to one item or one user.</p>
             <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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             <h4>New Grade history report</h4>
             <h4>Drag and drop into Atto</h4>
             <p> Track the grade history of specific users and specific markers in this new report. Learn more...</p>
             <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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             <h4> Natural weighting</h4>
             <h4>Search Server files</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>
             <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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=== Forum enhancements ===
=== Activity enhancements ===


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             <h4>Subscribe to individual discussions</h4>
             <h4>Lesson</h4>
             <p> You can now subscribe to individual forum discussions and get email copies of just the replies you want! See [[Forum settings]].</p>
             <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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             <h4> Reply by email</h4>
             <h4> Quiz</h4>
             <p> And to make it even easier for you to contribute, you can now reply to forum posts via email and even include attachments.</p>
             <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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             <h4>Better navigation through threads</h4>
             <h4>Easily post to all groups in a forum</h4>
             <p> Jump to the next and previous forum discussions more easily.</p>
             <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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            <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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===New options for Quiz, Choice and Assignment===
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             <h4>Improved Quiz edit screen and completion settings</h4>
             <h4>Activity results</h4>
             <p>The Edit quiz page has been rewritten for improved accessibility, making it much easier to add and manage questions. You can also set completion conditions based on a passing grade or when all available attempts have been used up.</p>
             <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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             <h4>More than one choice with Choice</h4>
             <h4> Grade to pass</h4>
             <p>You can now allow users to select more than one choice when creating a Choice.</p>
             <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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             <h4>Additional files for assignments</h4>
             <h4>Delete course sections</h4>
             <p> Teachers can now attach files for students when setting up assignments.</p>
             <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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===Analytics and Reporting===
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             <h4>Stay in touch by subscribing to events</h4>
             <h4> Faster addition of cohorts and meta linked courses</h4>
             <p>[[Event monitoring]] allows teachers, managers and admins to create and subscribe to events </p>
             <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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             <h4>New events</h4>
             <h4>Keyholder</h4>
             <p>More detailed  logging and events have been added, particularly in relation to grades.</p>
             <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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=== Cohorts===
===New options for administrators and developers===
 
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             <h4>Cohorts can be created on upload</h4>
             <h4>New template library for renderers</h4>
             <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. See [[Cohorts]].</p>
             <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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             <h4>A new 'All Cohorts' screen for admins</h4>
             <h4>Add custom file types</h4>
             <p>Administrators can now have a clear overview of all system and category cohorts from the new All cohorts screen. See [[Cohorts]].</p>
             <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==
==See also==


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* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.9
 
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* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.8

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

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    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...

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    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...


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    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...

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    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...

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    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...

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    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...

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    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

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    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...

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    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.

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    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.

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    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...

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    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

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    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...

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    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.

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    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

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    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...

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    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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