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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 3.5 focuses on GDPR compliance and enhanced usability and accessiblity.
Read on for Moodle 3.5 highlights, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDcnwHQwhHZtObHNMHoONx-C Youtube playlist of 3.5 New features.]


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].
Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.5 release notes|Moodle 3.5 release notes]].
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===For all users===
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            <h4>Privacy and policies area in Profile</h4>
            <p>Access site policies and make data requests from links in your [[Profile]].</p>
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            <h4>Course images on the dashboard</h4>
<p>Images or coloured patterns brighten up course descriptions on the dashboard [[Course overview]].</p>
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            <h4>Clearer icons, accessible fonts</h4>
            <p>The use of Bootstrap 4 stable means enhanced appearance for users and better theming options for developers.</p>
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            <h4>Directly record sound and video</h4>
            <p>Buttons in the [[Atto editor]] allow you to record directly into Moodle</p>
       
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            <h4>Choice results display</h4>
            <p>Know in advance how the Choice results will display</p>
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            <h4>Moodle from your Mobile!</h4>
            <p>A new improved  [[Moodle Mobile app|Moodle app]].</p>
       
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==For teachers and students:==
===For teachers===


===Forms are much shorter===
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            <h4>More efficient user management</h4>
            <p>Search, filter and bulk edit or delete self enrolled learners from the [[Participants|Participants and Enrolments screen]].</p>
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            <h4>Award badges based on other badges</h4>
            <p>Amongst new [[Using badges|badges]] criteria is the ability to award badges based on previously earned badges.</p>
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            <h4>Filter questions by tag</h4>
            <p>This Moodle Users Association funded project means tags may be added and filtered directly in the [[Question bank]] and when [[Building Quiz|adding random questions]].</p>
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            <h4>Quiz Essay questions</h4>
            <p>Specify accepted file types for the Quiz [[Essay question type]] and upload files when grading them</p>
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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!    
===For administrators===
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            <h4>GDPR features</h4>
            <p>New Privacy and policies links help meet [[GDPR]] requirements.</p>
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            <h4> Simple Global Search</h4>
            <p>A new, simple [[Global search]] feature is available without the need to install an external engine.</p>
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            <h4>LTI Advantage 1.1 support</h4>
            <p>[[External tool]] settings now include support  for LTI Membership and AGS services..</p>
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            <h4>More badge criteria</h4>
            <p>[[Managing badges|Award badges]] for user picture upload, cohort membership and previously awarded badges.</p>
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            <h4>Cohort themes</h4>
            <p>Specify a theme for a [[Cohort sync|cohort]] for easy differentiation.</p>
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            <h4>New capabilities</h4>
            <p>There are eleven new capabilities, including several relating to data, privacy and policies.</p>
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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.
 
 
[[Category:New features]]


  {|
  [[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
| [[File:shorterforms.png|thumb|Note the "expand all" option and condensed links]]
  [[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.5]]
| [[File:showmoreshowless.png|thumb|"Show more" (and "show less" options]]
  [[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.5]]
|}
[[it:Nuove funzionalità in Moodle 3.5]]
 
The rich text editor is collapsed and can be expanded:
 
{|
|[[File:collapsedassignment.png|thumb|Formatting options collapsed and box is narrow]]
|[[File:expandedassignment.png|thumb|Formatting options shown and box expanded]]
|}
 
In a similar space-saver, you can choose whether or not to enable the rich text editor when creating quiz questions:
 
{|
| [[File:quizform1.png|thumb|Without the editing tools]]
| [[File:quizform2.png|thumb|With the editing tools]]
|}
 
===Reports are in 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]]
|}
 
===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.
 
{|
| [[File:teacherbadgeview.png|thumb|Teacher sets up a badge]]
| [[File:studentbadgeview.png|thumb|Student view of allocated badges]]
| [[File:backpack.png|thumb|Badges from backpack.openbadges.org on student profile]]
|}
 
This blog post has some interesting reflection on when badges might be most appropriate: [http://alex.halavais.net/ozbadge The Badges of Oz]
 
===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:
 
{|
| [[File:assignmentandfeedbackcondensed.png|thumb|Neater assignment set up screen]]
| [[File:attemptsreopened.png|thumb|New settings for resubmissions]]
|}
 
===Drag and drop media 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.
 
{|
| [[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!]]
|}
 
===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===
 
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)
 
Bootstrapbase 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

Latest revision as of 16:24, 24 November 2018

Moodle 3.5 focuses on GDPR compliance and enhanced usability and accessiblity.

Read on for Moodle 3.5 highlights, or watch our Youtube playlist of 3.5 New features.

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.5 release notes.


For all users

  • StudentProfile.png

    Privacy and policies area in Profile

    Access site policies and make data requests from links in your Profile.

  • DashboardOverview.jpg

    Course images on the dashboard

    Images or coloured patterns brighten up course descriptions on the dashboard Course overview.

  • Bootstrap4.jpg

    Clearer icons, accessible fonts

    The use of Bootstrap 4 stable means enhanced appearance for users and better theming options for developers.

  • recordrtc.png

    Directly record sound and video

    Buttons in the Atto editor allow you to record directly into Moodle

  • ChoiceDisplay.jpg

    Choice results display

    Know in advance how the Choice results will display

  • 35MobileApp1.png

    Moodle from your Mobile!

    A new improved Moodle app.

For teachers

  • BulkEditSelfEnrolled.jpg

    More efficient user management

    Search, filter and bulk edit or delete self enrolled learners from the Participants and Enrolments screen.

  • AwardedBadgesBadges.jpg

    Award badges based on other badges

    Amongst new badges criteria is the ability to award badges based on previously earned badges.

  • QuestionTags.jpg

    Filter questions by tag

    This Moodle Users Association funded project means tags may be added and filtered directly in the Question bank and when adding random questions.

  • EssayUpload.png

    Quiz Essay questions

    Specify accepted file types for the Quiz Essay question type and upload files when grading them

For administrators

  • GDPRSection.png

    GDPR features

    New Privacy and policies links help meet GDPR requirements.

  • SimpleSearch.jpg

    Simple Global Search

    A new, simple Global search feature is available without the need to install an external engine.

  • LTIAdvantage.png

    LTI Advantage 1.1 support

    External tool settings now include support for LTI Membership and AGS services..

  • ProfilePictureBadge.jpg

    More badge criteria

    Award badges for user picture upload, cohort membership and previously awarded badges.

  • CohortThemes.jpg

    Cohort themes

    Specify a theme for a cohort for easy differentiation.

  • 35NewCapabilities.png

    New capabilities

    There are eleven new capabilities, including several relating to data, privacy and policies.

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