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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 2.7 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].
Following on from Moodle 3.2’s focus on improving accessibility and users’ experience, Moodle 3.3 continues to enhance these objectives through a number of new features and improvements.
Read on for Moodle 3.3 highlights or watch the [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDcKOIakLZwAhsoKSZXz9Cz9  Moodle 3.3 highlights screencasts] on our YouTube page.


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].
Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.3 release notes|Moodle 3.3 release notes]].
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             <h4>Better Office integration</h4>
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             <p>Log in, easily access documents from Microsoft Office and the Google G-Suite and [[Linked Logins|link your accounts.]].</p>
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             <h4>Atto, a new, simple-to-use editor</h4>
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             <p>Our new Moodle editor focuses on usability and accessibility. TinyMCE is still available, but Atto will be the best editor for most people. [[Text editor|Learn more]]</p>
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             <h4>Improved dashboard</h4>
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             <p>Thanks to this [https://moodleassociation.org/ Moodle Users Association (MUA)] project, you can now check course progress, upcoming activities and gradeable activities from the new [[Course overview|Course overview block]].</p>
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             <h4>Modern appearance with improved responsiveness</h4>
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             <p>Moodle now uses Bootstrap themes by default for improved responsive design and usability. Many small improvements have been made all through the interface. You can find more themes in the [https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=category&id=3 Moodle Plugins database].</p>
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             <h4>Mathematics improvements</h4>
             <h4>Font Awesome</h4>
             <p>Atto features a new mathematical equation editor, producing TeX with a WYSIWIYG interface without needing Java.  This means it works everywhere, even tablets and phones.  We've also added a new MathJax filter for displaying mathematical equations beautifully, without needing any special server setup. [[MathJax filter|Learn more]]</p>
             <p>This popular, responsive set of icons is now available in core for the benefit of everyone.</p>
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            <p>Brighen up communication with fun emoji characters anywhere that text can be entered</p>
       
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             <h4>Set a 'Grade by' reminder</h4>
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             <p> Set a reminder to alert you in the course overview </p>
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             <h4>Create better customised learning paths with enhanced Conditional Activities</h4>
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             <p>Enhancements to this widely used teaching feature in Moodle include an improved, streamlined interface, as well as added support to enable restricted access with "or" conditions and use nested restrictions for complex access criteria. [[ Conditional activities settings|Learn more]]</p>
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             <h4>Specify assignment file types</h4>
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             <p> Choose which file types students can upload to their assignments during the [[Assignment settings|assignment set up.]]</p>
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             <h4>Improved Assignment features</h4>
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#Control when to notify students of feedback via a checkbox when grading individual students.
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#Teachers can now be assigned permissions to edit or delete student submissions.
#Set a word limit, and comment and edit directly on students' online text assignments.
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            <h4>Collapse comments in assignments</h4>
            <p>Collapse assignment feedback comments for greater readability. [[Assignment settings|Read more...]]</p>
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            <h4>Better activity completion management</h4>
            <p>Bulk edit and update [[Activity completion settings|activity completion settings]] in your courses.</p>
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            <h4>Easily create and manage Quiz & Question bank</h4>
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             <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. [[Quiz module|Learn more]]</p>
             <p>Drag and drop media directly onto the course page.</p>
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            <h4>'Stealth' activities - available but not shown</h4>
            <p>An improvement on  'orphaned sections', links may now be made to activities which are not shown on the course page. See [[Stealth activities]].</p>
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             <h4>More tag areas</h4>
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             <p>Glossary entries, forum posts and book chapters may now be tagged for easier searching.</p>
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             <h4>A long term support release</h4>
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             <p>Moodle 2.7 is a LTS release, meaning it will have an extended support of 3 years (until May 2017) for security and data-loss fixes, twice the time of other releases. This makes it an ideal, stable platform for long-term projects.</p>
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            <h4>Improved logging for better reporting</h4>
            <p>A new logging subsystem with plugins allowing detailed and external logs provides opportunities for improved reporting as well as advancements in better learning analytics. [[Logs|Learn more]]</p>
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             <h4>More theme: Easily style and brand your Moodle site</h4>
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             <p>'More' is a new responsive theme designed for admins to easily make basic customisations to the look and feel of their Moodle site directly, without the need for advanced technical knowledge. [https://docs.moodle.org/33/en/Standard_themes#Customising_the_.27More.27_theme/ Learn more]</p>
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             <h4> OAuth2 authentication</h4>
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             <p> Allow users to authenticate with Google G-Suite or Microsoft Office accounts and manage files from associated drives. [[OAuth 2 services|Read more...]]</p>
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             <h4>Scheduled tasks management</h4>
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             <p>With an improved scheduling system, tasks can be scheduled precisely, even on complex clustered servers. See [[Scheduled tasks]] for details.</p>
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            <h4> Document file converters</h4>
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            <p>Add plugins for document file conversion, such as from Google Drive. [[Document converters|Read more...]]</p>
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            <h4>Improved MySQL support</h4>
            <p>[[MySQL full unicode support|Improved support of multibyte unicode characters on MySQL databases]] means languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean work more naturally -and emoji characters are supported throughout the site .</p>
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             <h4> New "Stealth" mode setting</h4>
             <p> A new admin setting extends the functionality to link to activities without showing them on the course page. See [[Stealth activities]].</p>
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             <h4>Improved Events system</h4>
             <h4> Learning analytics plugin</h4>
             <p>Events have been improved all through Moodle, allowing you to better integrate your code with Moodle. A new dynamically-generated report listing all events and event details helps administrators, researchers and developers understand the system. [[Events list|Learn more]]</p>
             <p>Be a part of Project inspire by installing the [https://moodle.org/plugins/tool_inspire Inspire plugin.]
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            <p>A new admin setting allows users to log in not only with their normal username but also with their email address.</p>
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==See also==


[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.6]]
[[Category:New features]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]


* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.7
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.3]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.3]]

Latest revision as of 16:30, 16 May 2017

Following on from Moodle 3.2’s focus on improving accessibility and users’ experience, Moodle 3.3 continues to enhance these objectives through a number of new features and improvements.

Read on for Moodle 3.3 highlights or watch the Moodle 3.3 highlights screencasts on our YouTube page.

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.3 release notes.


For all users

  • 33FontAwesome.png

    Font Awesome

    This popular, responsive set of icons is now available in core for the benefit of everyone.

  • 33emojis2.png

    Emoji support

    Brighen up communication with fun emoji characters anywhere that text can be entered

For teachers

  • 33GradeReminder2.png

    Set a 'Grade by' reminder

    Set a reminder to alert you in the course overview

  • 33TeacherAssignmentRestrictions.png

    Specify assignment file types

    Choose which file types students can upload to their assignments during the assignment set up.

  • 33CollapsibleComments.png

    Collapse comments in assignments

    Collapse assignment feedback comments for greater readability. Read more...

  • 33BulkEditActivityCompletion.png

    Better activity completion management

    Bulk edit and update activity completion settings in your courses.

  • 33DragDropMedia.png

    Drag and drop media

    Drag and drop media directly onto the course page.

  • 33StealthActivities.png

    'Stealth' activities - available but not shown

    An improvement on 'orphaned sections', links may now be made to activities which are not shown on the course page. See Stealth activities.

  • 33Tagging.png

    More tag areas

    Glossary entries, forum posts and book chapters may now be tagged for easier searching.

For administrators

  • 33OAuth2.png

    OAuth2 authentication

    Allow users to authenticate with Google G-Suite or Microsoft Office accounts and manage files from associated drives. Read more...

  • 33DocumentConverter.png

    Document file converters

    Add plugins for document file conversion, such as from Google Drive. Read more...

  • ProjectInspire Infographic1 Feb14-2017.png

    Learning analytics plugin

    Be a part of Project inspire by installing the Inspire plugin.

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