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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.
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.


Read on for Moodle 2.9 highlights, or watch the screencasts on the official [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMXvtFPmd0o&list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdJmqW4tD5qXJ6pPXWTP7GL Moodle HQ YouTube page]
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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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>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>
             <h4>My home is now Dashboard</h4>
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             <p>My home has been renamed to Dashboard, while retaining its full functionality as before. Learn more about the [[Dashboard|Dashboard here]].  Where courses have assignments, these are only now displayed when they need attention from the teacher (grading) or the student (submitting/resubmitting). For more details, see [[Course overview block]].</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>
             <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|Find out more...]] </p>
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            <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 page.The page replaces the settings formerly in the Administration block.</p>
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            <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>
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             <h4>Font Awesome</h4>
             <h4>New Preferences page</h4>
             <p>This popular, responsive set of icons is now available in core for the benefit of everyone.</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. Read about the [[Preferences|Preferences page...]] </p>
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             <h4>Emoji support</h4>
            <h4>Improved messaging</h4>
             <p>Brighen up communication with fun emoji characters anywhere that text can be entered</p>
            <p>A pop up box will appear when messaging users, meaning you can send messages without being sent away from the page you are currently viewing. [[Messaging|Read  more...]]</p>
       
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            <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. Find out about the [[Text editor|Atto editor here.]]</p>
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             <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. Read more about [[Server files]]</p>
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=== Activity enhancements ===
===For teachers===


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             <h4>Lesson</h4>
             <h4>Set a 'Grade by' reminder</h4>
             <p> 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 about [[Activity completion settings|Activity completion here]]  and learn more about the [[Lesson| Lesson here.]]</p>
             <p> Set a reminder to alert you in the course overview </p>
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             <h4> Quiz</h4>
             <h4>Specify assignment file types</h4>
             <p> 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 about [[Building Quiz|building quizzes here.]]</p>
             <p> Choose which file types students can upload to their assignments during the [[Assignment settings|assignment set up.]]</p>
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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>Message all groups in a forum</h4>
<h4>Drag and drop media</h4>
             <p> If your forum has groups, you only need post once to all of them and Moodle will ensure members of each group can see and reply to the post. Read more about [[Using Forum|using forums in your teaching here...]]</p>
             <p>Drag and drop media directly onto the course page.</p>
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             <h4> Extra options for Database and Glossary</h4>
             <h4>'Stealth' activities - available but not shown</h4>
             <p> Along with displaying user pictures in the database, you can set certain fields as 'required', and when importing glossary entries now, embedded images and attached files will also be included. See [[Database]] and [[Glossary]] for more..</p>
             <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>
             <h4>Activity results</h4>
             <p>Glossary entries, forum posts and book chapters may now be tagged for easier searching.</p>
             <p> As well as displaying quiz results in competitive league table style, the scores from  any graded or rated activity in your course can now be publicised. Find out more about the [[Activity results block]].</p>
            
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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>
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            <h4> OAuth2 authentication</h4>
            <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> Document file converters</h4>
            <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>Delete course sections</h4>
             <h4> Learning analytics plugin</h4>
            <p>A new option in each course section allows you to completely remove that section and its content, regardless of where the section is located on your course page. Read more about the [[Course homepage]]...</p>
             <p>Be a part of Project inspire by installing the [https://moodle.org/plugins/tool_inspire Inspire plugin.]
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             <h4> Faster addition of cohorts and metalinked courses</h4>
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             <p> If you need to enrol a number of cohorts or multiple courses with the course metalink method, you can do this much more quickly now with a new "Add method and create another" button, meaning you can repeat the process without having to return to the enrolment screen and start again. Learn more about [[Cohort sync]] and [[Course meta link]].</p>
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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. Read about the [[Keyholder|Keyholder role...]] </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 consisent look and feel and improve site performance. [[dev:Render_library_specification|Learn more]] </p>
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            <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. [[File types|Read more.]]</p>
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==See also==


[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.9]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]


[[Category:New features]]


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

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    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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