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{{About Moodle}}
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.


Read on for Moodle 2.9 highlights, or watch the screencasts on the official [https://youtu.be/JsUz1DMg-24?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDclJEctfdxCFeo8QuyR1Hw_ Moodle HQ YouTube page].
{{About Moodle}}
Moodle 3.0 combines popularity with efficiency offering enhanced options for installing plugins four new quiz question types tagging and course editing improvements along with  a number of other welcome features.
Read on for Moodle 3.0 highlights or watch the screencasts on our official Youtube page (coming soon).
Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.0 release notes|Moodle 3.0  release notes]].
===For all users===


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>Atto editor improvements</h4>
            <p>Now you can more easily add and configure tables when editiing text and there are some new equations in the equation editor [[Atto editor|Read more...]]</p>
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            <p>Unwanted messages may be deleted from your list (although they remain for the recipient) There is a new associated event message/delete [[Messaging|Read more...]] </p>
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            <h4>My home is now Dashboard</h4>
             <p>Four new question types are available for the Quiz focusing on selection and drag and drop. They are [[Select missing words question type]] the [[Drag and drop into text question type]] the [[Drag and drop onto image question type]] and the [[Drag and drop markers question type]].</p>
            <p>My home has been renamed to Dashboard, while retaining its full functionality as before. Where courses have assignments, these are only now displayed in the [[Course overview block]] when they need attention from the teacher (grading) or the student (submitting/resubmitting). [[Dashboard|Read more...]]</p>
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             <h4>Easier section editing</h4>
             <h4>New Grades page</h4>
             <p> Options for editing highlighting hiding and deleting sections are now combined into one action menu streamlining the course page and simplifying the editing process. [[Course homepage|Read more...]]</p>
             <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|Read more...]] </p>
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             <p>Possible info about plugins - WIP [[Installing plugins|Read more...]]</p>
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            <h4>New Profile page</h4>
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            <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|browser sessions page.]] The page includes links formerly in the Navigation block. [[User profiles|Read more...]]</p>
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             <h4> Reset Dashboard and profiles for all users</h4>
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             <p>A new 'Reset' button the default dashboard and profile pages means administrators can now specify or modify the layout of these pages and apply those changes to everyone on the site.Read more about [[Dashboard]] and [[Profile]]</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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             <p> The Manage tags page interface has been brought up to date with the ability to create tag collections. Courses may also be tagged from the Edit settings page. [[Tags|Read more...]] </p>
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            <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. This page includes settings formerly in the Administration block. [[Preferences|Read more...]] </p>
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* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 3.0
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            <h4>Improved messaging</h4>
            <p>A messages button on profile pages enables you to send messages via pop-up box without leaving the page you are on. [[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. [[Text editor|Read more...]]</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. [[Server files|Read more...]]</p>
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             <p> Along with enhancements such as group support, user and group overrides better logging and improved essay grading interface, the [[Lesson|lesson]] activity now boasts a new completion condition “Require time spent”. [[Lesson settings|Read more...]]</p>
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            <p> [[Quiz|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. [[Building Quiz|Read more...]]</p>
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            <h4>Easily post to all groups in a forum</h4>
             <p> If your [[Forum|forum]] has groups, you only need to post once and your post is copied for each group.</p>
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            <h4> Extra options for Database and Glossary</h4>
            <p> Along with displaying user pictures in the [[Database activity module|database]], you can set certain fields as 'required'. When importing [[Glossary|glossary]] entries, embedded images and attached files will also be included.</p>
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            <h4>Activity results</h4>
            <p> As well as displaying quiz results in competitive league table style, a new Activity results block can show scores from any graded or rated activity in your course. [[Activity results block|Read more...]]</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>Delete course sections</h4>
            <p>A new option in each course section allows you to completely remove the section and its content, regardless of where the section is located on your course page. [[Course homepage|Read more...]]</p>
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            <h4> Faster addition of cohorts and meta linked courses</h4>
            <p> You can enrol many cohorts or multiple courses with the [[Cohort sync|cohort sync]] and [[Course meta link|course meta link]] methods much faster now with a new "Add method and create another" button. Users from linked courses can also be synced into a group; a much voted-for feature.</p>
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             <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. [[Keyholder|Read more...]] </p>
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===New options for administrators and developers===
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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 consistent look and feel and improve site performance. [[dev:Render_library_specification|Read 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. [[Working with files|Read more...]]</p>
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==See also==
 
* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.9
 
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Revision as of 07:32, 8 October 2015

Moodle 3.0 combines popularity with efficiency offering enhanced options for installing plugins four new quiz question types tagging and course editing improvements along with a number of other welcome features.

Read on for Moodle 3.0 highlights or watch the screencasts on our official Youtube page (coming soon).

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.0 release notes.

For all users

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    Atto editor improvements

    Now you can more easily add and configure tables when editiing text and there are some new equations in the equation editor Read more...

  • Placeholder.png

    Delete messages

    Unwanted messages may be deleted from your list (although they remain for the recipient) There is a new associated event message/delete Read more...

For teachers

For administrators

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    (Possible plugins)

    Possible info about plugins - WIP Read more...

  • Placeholder.png

    Reset Dashboard and profiles for all users

    A new 'Reset' button the default dashboard and profile pages means administrators can now specify or modify the layout of these pages and apply those changes to everyone on the site.Read more about Dashboard and Profile

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    Better handling of tags

    The Manage tags page interface has been brought up to date with the ability to create tag collections. Courses may also be tagged from the Edit settings page. Read more...


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