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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.
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.]


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 3.5 release notes|Moodle 3.5 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]].
===For all users===
 
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             <h4>Privacy and policies area in Profile</h4>
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             <p>Access site policies and make data requests from links in your [[Profile]].</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. 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 [[Dashboard]].</p>
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             <h4>Course images on the dashboard</h4>
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<p>Images or coloured patterns brighten up course descriptions on the dashboard [[Course overview]].</p>
             <h4>New My grades page</h4>
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            <p>The user menu now  includes a new My 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>Clearer icons, accessible fonts</h4>
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             <p>The use of Bootstrap 4 stable means enhanced appearance for users and better theming options for developers.</p>
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             <h4>New My profile page</h4>
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             <p>Accessed from the user menu, the new My 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.</p>
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             <h4>Directly record sound and video</h4>
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             <p>Buttons in the [[Atto editor]] allow you to record directly into Moodle</p>
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             <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>
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             <h4>Choice results display</h4>
             <h4>Send messages from the page you're working on</h4>
             <p>Know in advance how the Choice results will display</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| Find out more here]]I</p>
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             <h4>Moodle from your Mobile!</h4>
             <h4>Search Server files</h4>
             <p>A new improved  [[Moodle Mobile app|Moodle app]].</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. Read more about [[Server files]]</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.. </p>
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=== Activity enhancements ===
===For teachers===


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             <h4>Lesson</h4>
             <h4>More efficient user management</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”.</p>
             <p>Search, filter and bulk edit or delete self enrolled learners from the [[Participants|Participants and Enrolments screen]].</p>
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             <h4> Quiz</h4>
             <h4>Award badges based on other badges</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.</p>
             <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>
             <h4>Forum</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>
             <p> If your forum has groups, you only need post once to all of them and Moodle will ensure members of each group can reply</p>
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             <h4>Quiz Essay questions</h4>
             <h4> Glossary</h4>
             <p>Specify accepted file types for the Quiz [[Essay question type]] and upload files when grading them</p>
             <p> You can now export and import glossary entries with embedded images and attached files.</p>
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            <p> A new site setting allows the administrator to decide whether to force descriptions or not. This applies to activities such as quizzes and assignments as well as resources such as Page, Folder and File.</p>
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             <h4>GDPR features</h4>
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             <p>New Privacy and policies links help meet [[GDPR]] requirements.</p>
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            <h4> Grade to pass</h4>
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            <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> Simple Global Search</h4>
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             <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>
             <h4>Delete course sections</h4>
             <p>[[External tool]] settings now include support for LTI Membership and AGS services..</p>
             <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>
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             <h4>More badge criteria</h4>
             <h4> Faster addition of cohorts and metalinked courses</h4>
             <p>[[Managing badges|Award badges]] for user picture upload, cohort membership and previously awarded badges.</p>
             <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>Cohort themes</h4>
             <h4>Keyholder</h4>
             <p>Specify a theme for a [[Cohort sync|cohort]] for easy differentiation.</p>
             <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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===New options for Quiz, Choice and Assignment===
             <h4>New capabilities</h4>
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             <p>There are eleven new capabilities, including several relating to data, privacy and policies.</p>
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            <h4>Improved Quiz edit screen and completion settings</h4>
            <p>The Edit quiz page has been rewritten for improved accessibility, making it much easier to add and manage questions. See [[Building Quiz]]. You can also set completion conditions based on a passing grade or when all available attempts have been used up.</p>
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             <h4>More than one choice with Choice</h4>
             <p>You can now allow users to select more than one choice when creating a Choice. [[Choice settings|Read more.]]</p>
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            <h4>Additional files for assignments</h4>
            <p> Teachers can now attach files for students when setting up assignments, such as example submissions or answer templates. See [[Assignment settings]].</p>
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===Analytics and Reporting===
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            <h4>Stay in touch by subscribing to events</h4>
            <p>[[Event monitoring]] allows teachers, managers and admins to create and subscribe to events </p>
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            <h4>New events</h4>
            <p>More detailed  logging and events have been added, particularly in relation to grades.</p>
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             <h4>Cohorts can be created on upload</h4>
             <p>Admins and managers can create cohorts using a csv file either, either from the Cohorts screen or when uploading users. Teachers can now by default enrol cohorts visible to them. [[Cohort sync|Read more...]].</p>
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             <h4>A new 'All Cohorts' screen for admins</h4>
             <p>Administrators can now have a clear overview of all system and category cohorts from the new All cohorts screen. See [[Cohorts]].</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 3.5]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.5]]
[[it:Nuove funzionalità in Moodle 3.5]]

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

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    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.

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    Clearer icons, accessible fonts

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

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    Directly record sound and video

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

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    Choice results display

    Know in advance how the Choice results will display

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    Moodle from your Mobile!

    A new improved Moodle app.

For teachers

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    More efficient user management

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

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    Award badges based on other badges

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

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    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.

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    Quiz Essay questions

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

For administrators

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    GDPR features

    New Privacy and policies links help meet GDPR requirements.

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    Simple Global Search

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

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    LTI Advantage 1.1 support

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

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    More badge criteria

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

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    Cohort themes

    Specify a theme for a cohort for easy differentiation.

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    New capabilities

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

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