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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!


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].
Read on for Moodle 3.7 highlights, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDcsZhjYKz9JIwRRFRaW8hyk Youtube playlist of 3.7 New features.]


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Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.7 release notes|Moodle 3.7 release notes]].
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==For teachers and students:==
===For all users===
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            <h4>Forum: Inline editing</h4>
            <p>MUA-[[Using Forum|funded improvements to the Forum activity]] include adding and replying to discussions online.</p>
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            <h4>Forum: Star and sort</h4>
<p>Further [[Using Forum|Forum enhancements]] include the ability to star and sort discussions.</p>
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            <h4>Messaging: Improved interface</h4>
            <p>[[Messaging]] enhancements include a link to a full page, 2 column view and the ability to mute conversations</p>
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            <h4>Messaging: Your own private space</h4>
            <p>You now have a personal space for notes, links and reminders as part of the Messaging drawer.</p>
       
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            <h4>Quiz: Clear my choice</h4>
            <p>Change your mind and remove your choice in a multiple choice quiz question.</p>
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            <h4>Lesson: Add media in an essay</h4>
<p>Attach files such as images or record sound/video when answering an essay question</p>
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            <h4>Book: Better printing</h4>
            <p>Print books or chapters in books with a more attractive output.</p>
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            <h4>Competencies and Learning plans</h4>
            <p>Filter competencies by activities from the link in the navigation drawer and view related learning plans.</p>
       
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===Badges===
===For teachers===
[[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.


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| [[File:backpack.png|thumb|Badges from backpack.openbadges.org on student profile]]
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            <h4>Messaging: Delete conversations in groups</h4>
            <p>Teachers may be given a capability to delete messages from users in group conversations. [[Messaging|See more]]</p>
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            <h4>Forums: More control</h4>
            <p>Teachers or others with permission can add a private reply in a forum and can manually lock discussions. See [[Using Forum]]</p>
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            <h4>Badges: Competencies as a criterion</h4>
            <p>Badges may now be awarded based on competencies, (and competencies may be graded when grading activities) [[Managing badges |See more]]</p>
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            <h4>Course custom fields</h4>
            <p>If enabled by admin, custom fields in the course settings may be added to provide extra information and improve searching.</p>
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            <h4>Book: View hidden chapters</h4>
            <p>Teachers can view hidden chapters in a book with the editing turned off . </p>
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            <h4>Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs</h4>
            <p>New icons allow you to change the orientation of submitted assignments for easier grading</p>
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            <h4>Competencies: Filter by activity</h4>
            <p>When rating competencies, filter them by their linked activity or resource.</p>
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            <h4>Lesson: Include media when grading essays</h4>
            <p>The Lesson activity now allows for teachers and students to include media in Essay type questions.</p>
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This blog post has some interesting reflection on when badges might be most appropriate:  [http://alex.halavais.net/ozbadge The Badges of Oz]
===For administrators===
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            <h4>New theme: Classic</h4>
            <p>Clean, More and the hidden Bootstrapbase are removed and replaced with the customisable [[Classic theme]].</p>
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            <h4>Learning Analytics</h4>
            <p>Significant improvements to [[Analytics|Learning Analytics]] increase usability and efficiency.</p>
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            <h4>Hide course lists</h4>
            <p>New capabilities include [[Capabilities/moodle/category:viewcourselist|moodle/category:viewcourselist]]  which allows you to define who can see lists of courses in various categories. </p>
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            <h4>Messaging</h4>
            <p>Messaging settings are in a new site administration category.</p>
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            <h4>Improved support for Open Badges v 2.0</h4>
            <p>You can now connect to other Open Badges v 2.0 platforms and exchange badges with the Badgr.io platform. [[Badges settings|See more]]</p>
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            <h4>LTI 1.3  and Advantage</h4>
            <p>Moodle is one of the first platforms to implement this IMS Global standard.</p>
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            <h4>Asynchronous backups</h4>
            <p>Perform large backups in the background while doing other tasks.</p>
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            <h4>Test email</h4>
            <p>A new setting allows you to easily test outgoing mail configuration.</p>
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[[Category:New features]]


===Forms are much shorter===
  [[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
 
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.7]]
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! 
  [[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.7]]
 
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.
 
{|
| [[File:shorterforms.png|thumb|Note the "expand all" option and condensed links]]
| [[File:showmoreshowless.png|thumb|"Show more" (and "show less" options]]
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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]]
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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 moved to 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]]
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=== Quickly "Jump to.." another section===
If you're using the 'one section per page' setting, you can now move to other sections from a drop down menu:
{|
|[[File:jumpto25.png|thumb|The 'jump to' drop down menu returns]]
|}
===Drag and drop media and text 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. See the [[Label|Label documentation]] for more information.
 
{|
| [[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!]]
|}
 
{|
|[[File:textdragdrop1.png|thumb|Text selected from a Word document is dragged over]]
|[[File:textdragdrop2.png|thumb|Choose "add a label" (or page if you prefer)]]
|[[File:textdragdrop3.png|thumb|And here it is!]]
|}
 
 
===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. See [[Assignment settings]] for more information.
 
{|
| [[File:assignmentandfeedbackcondensed.png|thumb|Neater assignment set up screen]]
| [[File:attemptsreopened.png|thumb|New settings for resubmissions]]
|}
 
===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.
 
The Bootstrap framework 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 10:17, 20 May 2019


Read on for Moodle 3.7 highlights, or watch our Youtube playlist of 3.7 New features.

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.7 release notes.


For all users

  • DocsMuteMessages.png

    Messaging: Improved interface

    Messaging enhancements include a link to a full page, 2 column view and the ability to mute conversations

  • DocsPrivateMessagingSpace.png

    Messaging: Your own private space

    You now have a personal space for notes, links and reminders as part of the Messaging drawer.

  • DocsQuizClearChoice.png

    Quiz: Clear my choice

    Change your mind and remove your choice in a multiple choice quiz question.

  • DocsLessonMedia File Upload.png

    Lesson: Add media in an essay

    Attach files such as images or record sound/video when answering an essay question

  • DocsBookPrint.png

    Book: Better printing

    Print books or chapters in books with a more attractive output.

  • DocsCompetenciesLearningPlansCourse.png

    Competencies and Learning plans

    Filter competencies by activities from the link in the navigation drawer and view related learning plans.

For teachers

  • DocsTeacherDeletemessages.png

    Messaging: Delete conversations in groups

    Teachers may be given a capability to delete messages from users in group conversations. See more

  • DocsForumPrivateReply.png

    Forums: More control

    Teachers or others with permission can add a private reply in a forum and can manually lock discussions. See Using Forum

  • DocsBadgesCompetenciesCriterion.png

    Badges: Competencies as a criterion

    Badges may now be awarded based on competencies, (and competencies may be graded when grading activities) See more

  • DocsCourseCustomFields IndexView.png

    Course custom fields

    If enabled by admin, custom fields in the course settings may be added to provide extra information and improve searching.

  • DocsTeacherHiddenBookPage.png

    Book: View hidden chapters

    Teachers can view hidden chapters in a book with the editing turned off .

  • DocsAssignmentPDFRotate.png

    Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs

    New icons allow you to change the orientation of submitted assignments for easier grading

  • DocsTeacherFilterCompetenciesbyActivity.png

    Competencies: Filter by activity

    When rating competencies, filter them by their linked activity or resource.

  • DocsLessonGradingEssay.png

    Lesson: Include media when grading essays

    The Lesson activity now allows for teachers and students to include media in Essay type questions.

For administrators

  • DocsClassicThemeAltered.png

    New theme: Classic

    Clean, More and the hidden Bootstrapbase are removed and replaced with the customisable Classic theme.

  • DocsAnalyticsModelCreateImportRestore.png

    Learning Analytics

    Significant improvements to Learning Analytics increase usability and efficiency.

  • DocsCapabilities.png

    Hide course lists

    New capabilities include moodle/category:viewcourselist which allows you to define who can see lists of courses in various categories.

  • DocsSiteMessagingArea.png

    Messaging

    Messaging settings are in a new site administration category.

  • DocsBadgesSettings.png

    Improved support for Open Badges v 2.0

    You can now connect to other Open Badges v 2.0 platforms and exchange badges with the Badgr.io platform. See more

  • DocsLTI13.png

    LTI 1.3 and Advantage

    Moodle is one of the first platforms to implement this IMS Global standard.

  • DocsAsynchronousBackups.png

    Asynchronous backups

    Perform large backups in the background while doing other tasks.

  • DocsTestEmail.png

    Test email

    A new setting allows you to easily test outgoing mail configuration.