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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 2.9 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 [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.5_release_notes  Moodle 2.5 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].


(Click any screenshot below to see it enlarged)
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 teachers and students:==
=== For all users ===
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[[File:TestDashboard.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <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]]
          <div class="caption">
            <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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===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]. See the [[Badges|Badges documentation]] for more information.


{|
<div class="contentblock">
| [[File:teacherbadgeview.png|thumb|Teacher sets up a badge]]
  <div class="row-fluid">
| [[File:studentbadgeview.png|thumb|Student view of allocated badges]]
    <ul class="thumbnails">
| [[File:backpack.png|thumb|Badges from backpack.openbadges.org on student profile]]
      <li class="span6">
|}
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:TestProfile2.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <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>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:TestBrowsersessions.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <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>
          </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]
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[[File:TestPreferences2.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <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>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:TestMessages.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <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>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


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[[File:TestAttoDrag.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <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>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:TestSearch.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <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>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===Forms are much shorter===
=== Activity enhancements ===


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: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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        </div>
      </li>
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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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        </div>
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    </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.
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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>
          </div>
        </div>
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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>
          </div>
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    </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:TestActivityResultsBlock.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <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>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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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>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


The rich text editor is collapsed and can be expanded:
=== Course management===


{|
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|[[File:collapsedassignment.png|thumb|Formatting options collapsed and box is narrow]]
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|[[File:expandedassignment.png|thumb|Formatting options shown and box expanded]]
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[[File:TestDelete.png|600px]]
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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>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:TestCohortsync.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <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>
          </div>
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      </li>
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  </div>
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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>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
</ul>
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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:
===New options for administrators and developers===
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[[File:TemplateLibrary.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <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>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:TestFileType.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <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>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


{|
==See also==
| [[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===
* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.9
 
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==


* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.5
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.9]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 2.9]]

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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