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Moodle 3.2 focuses on improving the user experience and on accessibility. A new theme with better navigation, improved messaging, step-by-step user tours and the ability to import competency frameworks complement significant activity enhancements such as discussion locking, extra media player options and LTI 2 compliance.
Read on for Moodle 3.2 highlights or watch the  Moodle 3.2 highlights screencasts on our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDfrcwIG_jYHr7BrOLD-fPL4 YouTube page].


Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.2 release notes|Moodle 3.2 release notes]].
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===For teachers===


Moodle 2.6 brings a lot of exciting new features for teachers, students and administrators. This page highlights a few of the most interesting.
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            <h4>Better navigation with Boost</h4>
            <p> A new responsive theme[[Boost theme|Boost]] improves navigation within and between courses. </p>
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            <h4>Easier editing with Boost</h4>
            <p> Gear menus in the new Boost theme enhance the editing experience</p>
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            <h4>Media player improvements</h4>
            <p>Your favourite video types display across devices and browsers with subtitle and caption support...</p>
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            <h4>Interactive report charts</h4>
            <p>Interactive and responsive charts now show reports dynamically to course participants.</p>
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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.]
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<h4>Discussion locking</h4>
            <p>Easily close forum discussions after a period of inactivity.</p>
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            <h4>Assignment overrides</h4>
            <p>Easily change assignment deadlines for individuals or groups. [[Using Assignment|Read more...]] </p>
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            <h4>Workshop portfolio export</h4>
            <p>Workshop submissions and assessments may be exported to an external portfolio by students and teachers. See [[Workshop settings]].</p>
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            <h4>Select for students in Choice</h4>
            <p>Make a selection on behalf of students in the Choice activity.</p>
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            <h4>Negative scores for rubrics</h4>
            <p>The [[Rubrics]] grade calculation has been improved and now allows for negative scores.</p>
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==For all users==
===For administrators===
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            <h4> New customisable Boost theme</h4>
            <p>A new, customisable core theme with a fresh look enhances navigation and usability.  </p>
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            <h4>User tours </h4>
            <p>This new feature lets you take your users, step-by-step, around Moodle. [[User tours|Read more...]].</p>
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            <h4>Competency frameworks import and export</h4>
            <p>[[Competency frameworks]] may now be imported, exported and easily shared between sites. </p>
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            <h4>New media player plugins</h4>
            <p>Video and audio are more accessible, usable and customisable with a new default player, [[VideoJS player]], and increased pluggable support. </p>
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===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> LTI 2 compliance</h4>
            <p>Cartridges, Content items and compliance with LTI 2 providers mean sharing between sites and courses is much easier.</p>
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            <h4>Course end dates </h4>
            <p>Set end dates as well as start dates for courses.</p>
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            <h4>User-friendly messaging and alerts</h4>
            <p>Quickly access [[Messaging|messages]] and [[Notifications|notifications]] wherever you are on the site .</p>
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            <h4>Mobile app out of the box</h4>
            <p>More features than ever now work directly from the [[Moodle Mobile|Moodle Mobile app]].</p>
       
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===Access files from Microsoft Skydrive===
[[Category:New features]]
Users may now retrieve files from their Skydrive account to use in Moodle courses.


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==For teachers==
 
===Improved edit icons for usability across all screens===
To make it easier to edit on mobile devices and tablets, a number of edit icons have been grouped together:
 
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===Single activity course format===
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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===Marking workflow and allocation===
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:26markingworkflowallocatedmarkers.png|250px|thumb|Grading screen showing different markers at different stages of the workflow]]
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===Annotate uploaded pdfs in the browser===
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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==For managers and administrators==
===Bulk create courses===
It is now possible to bulk create(and delete) courses using a csv file and to set a course template.
 
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===Better management of categories and courses===
The category management pages have been improved to make them more streamlined and easier to organise.
 
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|[[File:coursecategorymanagement.png|250px|thumb|Managing categories (2 examples)]]
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|[[File:coursemanagement.png|250px|thumb|Selecting and managing one course]]
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===Additional name fields===
Site administrators can display the names of users with non-Romanised scripts both in their own script and phonetically or using Romanised script:
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==See also==
 
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.6]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
 
* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.6

Latest revision as of 12:47, 5 December 2016

Moodle 3.2 focuses on improving the user experience and on accessibility. A new theme with better navigation, improved messaging, step-by-step user tours and the ability to import competency frameworks complement significant activity enhancements such as discussion locking, extra media player options and LTI 2 compliance.

Read on for Moodle 3.2 highlights or watch the Moodle 3.2 highlights screencasts on our YouTube page.

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.2 release notes.

For teachers

  • docsTeacherNavigation.png

    Better navigation with Boost

    A new responsive themeBoost improves navigation within and between courses.

  • docsTeacherCourseEditing.png

    Easier editing with Boost

    Gear menus in the new Boost theme enhance the editing experience

  • Docs MediaPlayer.png

    Media player improvements

    Your favourite video types display across devices and browsers with subtitle and caption support...

  • Docs DynamicGraphs.png

    Interactive report charts

    Interactive and responsive charts now show reports dynamically to course participants.

  • Docs DiscussionLocking.png

    Discussion locking

    Easily close forum discussions after a period of inactivity.

  • Docs AssignmentOverride.png

    Assignment overrides

    Easily change assignment deadlines for individuals or groups. Read more...

  • Docs ExportPortfolio.png

    Workshop portfolio export

    Workshop submissions and assessments may be exported to an external portfolio by students and teachers. See Workshop settings.

  • Docs TeacherSelect.png

    Select for students in Choice

    Make a selection on behalf of students in the Choice activity.

  • DocsArbitraryScoring.png

    Negative scores for rubrics

    The Rubrics grade calculation has been improved and now allows for negative scores.

For administrators

  • Docs BoostAdminSettings.png

    New customisable Boost theme

    A new, customisable core theme with a fresh look enhances navigation and usability.

  • Docs Usertours.png

    User tours

    This new feature lets you take your users, step-by-step, around Moodle. Read more....

  • Docs CompetencyFrameworkImport.png

    Competency frameworks import and export

    Competency frameworks may now be imported, exported and easily shared between sites.

  • Docs AdminMediaPlayer.png

    New media player plugins

    Video and audio are more accessible, usable and customisable with a new default player, VideoJS player, and increased pluggable support.

  • LTI12.png

    LTI 2 compliance

    Cartridges, Content items and compliance with LTI 2 providers mean sharing between sites and courses is much easier.

  • Docs CourseEndDate.png

    Course end dates

    Set end dates as well as start dates for courses.

For all users

  • Docs Messaging.png

    User-friendly messaging and alerts

    Quickly access messages and notifications wherever you are on the site .

  • DocsMobileGrading.png

    Mobile app out of the box

    More features than ever now work directly from the Moodle Mobile app.

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