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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 the 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_MFWQBDe8RRnGjoUDqbcm9PSlIoWn Moodle 2.7 Release Highlights Playlist].
Moodle 3.6 focuses on privacy, usability and communication
Read on for Moodle 3.6 highlights, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdfalbX8DlMbr7xG6CPhzum Youtube playlist of 3.6 New features.]


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 3.6 release notes|Moodle 3.6 release notes]].
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===For all users===
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             <h4>Improved course overview</h4>
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             <p>Sort, star, hide and display courses more efficiently thanks to the welcome [[Course overview]] improvements on your [[Dashboard|dashboard]].</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. [[Using Conditional activities|Learn more]]</p>
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             <h4>Useful new dashboard blocks</h4>
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<p>Keep up to date with the [[Timeline block]], the [[Starred courses block]], the [[Recently accessed courses block]] and the [[Recently accessed items block]], all available for the dashboard.</p>
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             <h4>Improved Assignment feature to better facilitate learning</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>Easily create and manage Quiz & Question bank</h4>
             <h4>New messaging interface</h4>
             <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>[[Messaging]] enhancements bring greater control over who can message you along with the ability to star messages and engage in group messaging.</p>
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            <p>If enabled by the administrator,a [[Nextcloud repository]] may be searched for uploading files to your courses, both as copies or access controlled links</p>
       
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             <h4>Clearer privacy links in your profile</h4>
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             <p>Easily see how to contact the PO, request data or account deletion and view a data retention summary page from your [[User profiles |profile page]].</p>
             <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 June 2017) for security and data-loss fixes (1.5 years for bug fixes), twice the time of other releases. This makes it an ideal, stable platform for long-term projects.</p>
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             <p>Monitor courses without being seen by clicking the 'eye' against your name in the [[Online users block]].</p>
             <h4>A modern, responsive default Theme</h4>
       
             <p>With a focus on responsive design and usability, 'Clean' theme is now the default Moodle theme. For all other themes, please browse and download from the [http://j.mp/MoodleThemes/ Moodle Plugins database].</p>
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            <h4>Easily customise and brand your Moodle site</h4>
            <p>'More' is a new responsive theme designed for users to easily customise the look and feel of their Moodle site from the front-end (admin interface), without the need for advanced technical knowledge. [https://docs.moodle.org/36/en/Standard_themes#Customising_the_.27More.27_theme/ Learn more]</p>
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            <h4>Gain an insight into a Moodle site via events reporting</h4>
            <p>A new report listing all events and event details to help administrators, researchers and developers gather and analyse the events and available for use and related data found in Moodle site logs.</p>
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             <h4>Improved logging for better reporting</h4>
             <h4>Message your groups</h4>
             <p>A new logging subsystem with plugins allowing detailed and external logs provides opportunities for custom reporting as well as advancements in better learning analytics and reporting standards.</p>
             <p>Enable group [[Messaging|messaging]] when setting up groups and from the [[Messaging|new messaging interface]], start group conversations.</p>
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             <h4>More information on your badges</h4>
             <p>With an improved scheduling system, tasks can be scheduled precisely, even on complex clustered servers. See [[Scheduled tasks]] for details.</p>
             <p>Support for Open Badges v2.0 spec allows you to add more details when [[Managing badges|awarding badges]].</p>
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             <p>Media and other file uploads are now permitted when [[Assignment settings|grading assignments]], meaning teachers can record their feedback and/or include supporting images or other files. </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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             <p>The [[Drag and drop markers question type]] is easier to edit, and thanks to the [https://moodleassociation.org MUA], the [[Quiz statistics report]] has improved usability.</p>
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             <h4>Mathematics improvements</h4>
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             <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>
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             <h4>Easily find duplicated items</h4>
             <h4>Log in with your email address</h4>
            <p>As with courses, duplicated resources are now appended with 'copy' so you can easily distinguish between the original and copy. </p>
             <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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            <p>New settings include optional agreements, bulk handling of data requests, a data summary page and clearer profile privacy links.</p>
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            <p>A new setting in Advanced features lets the admin decide whether or not to enable site wide messaging.</p>
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            <h4>Nextcloud integration</h4>
            <p>Nextcloud is now available as an OAuth2 service. Users may access a Nextcloud repository and share files as copies or with controlled access.</p>
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            <p>A new work-in-progress feature accessed from Development/Experimental settings means categories, blocks, courses and content may be set to  'read-only'.</p>
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            <p>Indian rupees may now be displayed as an option for [[PayPal enrolment]].</p>
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            <h4>Control audio/video recording</h4>
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* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.7
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Latest revision as of 08:01, 4 December 2018

Moodle 3.6 focuses on privacy, usability and communication

Read on for Moodle 3.6 highlights, or watch our Youtube playlist of 3.6 New features.

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.6 release notes.


For all users

  • 36docsnewmessaginginterface.png

    New messaging interface

    Messaging enhancements bring greater control over who can message you along with the ability to star messages and engage in group messaging.

  • 36DocsNextcloudv2.png

    Nextcloud integration

    If enabled by the administrator,a Nextcloud repository may be searched for uploading files to your courses, both as copies or access controlled links

  • 36ProfileLinks.png

    Clearer privacy links in your profile

    Easily see how to contact the PO, request data or account deletion and view a data retention summary page from your profile page.

  • 36Onlineusers.png

    Hide yourself in the online users block

    Monitor courses without being seen by clicking the 'eye' against your name in the Online users block.

For teachers

  • 36docsenablinggroupmessaging.png

    Message your groups

    Enable group messaging when setting up groups and from the new messaging interface, start group conversations.

  • 36docsnewbadgecriteria.png

    More information on your badges

    Support for Open Badges v2.0 spec allows you to add more details when awarding badges.

  • docsDuplicatedFileNames.png

    Easily find duplicated items

    As with courses, duplicated resources are now appended with 'copy' so you can easily distinguish between the original and copy.

  • docsPageLastModified.png

    Hide page last modifed dates

    A new option in the Page resource allows you to choose to display or hide the date it was last updated..

For administrators

  • docsOptionalAgreement.png

    Privacy enhancements

    New settings include optional agreements, bulk handling of data requests, a data summary page and clearer profile privacy links.

  • docsSiteWideMessaging.png

    Message access control

    A new setting in Advanced features lets the admin decide whether or not to enable site wide messaging.

  • docsNextCloud.png

    Nextcloud integration

    Nextcloud is now available as an OAuth2 service. Users may access a Nextcloud repository and share files as copies or with controlled access.

  • docsContextFreezing.png

    Context freezing

    A new work-in-progress feature accessed from Development/Experimental settings means categories, blocks, courses and content may be set to 'read-only'.

  • docsPayPalRupees.png

    Paypal support Rupees

    Indian rupees may now be displayed as an option for PayPal enrolment.

  • recordAttocapability.png

    Control audio/video recording

    A new capability specifying who can use the audio and video recording buttons in the Atto editor allows you to control such recordings.

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