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{{About Moodle}}
{{About Moodle}}
Moodle 2.7 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 2.7 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 [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.7_release_notes Moodle 2.7 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]].


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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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            <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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             <h4>Conditional activity enhancements</h4>
             <h4>New Profile page</h4>
             <p>The interface for setting up  conditional activities has been streamlined and it's now possible to restrict access with "or" conditions and use nested restrictions for complex access criteria.
             <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>Assignment improvements</h4>
             <h4>Browser sessions page</h4>
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             <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>
#Teachers can now control when to send feedback to students via a checkbox.
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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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             <h4>Quiz improvements</h4>
             <h4>Improved messaging</h4>
             <p>As well as an updated question type selector, duplicating and moving questions is now easier, and there is an option to 'Save changes and continue editing'. Quiz reports have been improved and the Essay question now allows students simply to add an attachment with no accompanying text.</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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=== For administrators and managers ===
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             <h4>Drag and drop into Atto</h4>
             <p>By popular demand, Moodle 2.7 will have extended support of 3 years (until June 2017) for  security and data-loss fixes, twice the time of other releases.</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>Themes</h4>
             <h4>Search Server files</h4>
             <p>With the focus on improved responsive design, Clean is now default. All other themes have been moved to the plugins database.</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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=== Activity enhancements ===


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             <h4>More theme</h4>
             <h4>Lesson</h4>
             <p>A completely new theme, More, allows customisation from within the admin interface.</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> 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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            <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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             <h4>New report listing all events possible on a site</h4>
             <h4> Extra options for Database and Glossary</h4>
             <p>A useful reporting and learning analytics tool to gather and understand the events available for use and data found in Moodle site logs.</p>
             <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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             <h4>Event logging</h4>
             <h4>Activity results</h4>
             <p>A new logging subsystem with plugins means Moodle logging can be very detailed and external, supporting better analytics.</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>Scheduled tasks management</h4>
             <h4> Grade to pass</h4>
             <p>With an improved scheduling system, tasks can be scheduled precisely, even on complex clustered servers. See [[Scheduled tasks]] for details.</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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=== Course management===


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             <h4>Atto, a new editor</h4>
             <h4>Delete course sections</h4>
             <p>Our new Moodle editor focuses on usability and accessibility. TinyMCE is still available, but Atto will be the default you'll want to use.</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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             <h4>MathJax filter</h4>
             <h4> Faster addition of cohorts and meta linked courses</h4>
             <p>A new mathematical equation editor works on all devices.</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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            <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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            <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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             <h4>Log in with your email address</h4>
             <h4>Add custom file types</h4>
             <p>A new admin setting allows users to log in not only with their normal username but also with their email address.</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==
* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.9


[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.6]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.9]]
[[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 2.7

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...

  • 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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