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Moodle 2.6 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_2.6_release_notes Moodle 2.6 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.]


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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             <h4>Forum: Inline editing</h4>
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             <p>MUA-[[Using Forum|funded improvements to the Forum activity]] include adding and replying to discussions online.</p>
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          <li>Easily review and provide in-line feedback by annotating on PDF files directly within browser.</li>
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          <li>Conveniently allocate student assignments to different markers, and control when marks are released to individual students.</li>
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          <li>Certainty-based marking in Quizzes now provides improved feedback for learners.</li>
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             <h4>Forum: Star and sort</h4>
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<p>Further [[Using Forum|Forum enhancements]] include the ability to star and sort discussions.</p>
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          <li>Quickly edit course activities and resources across all devices.</li>
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          <li>Easily add a Single activity course format.</li>
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             <h4>1. Annotate uploaded PDF files in browser</h4>
             <p>Provide feedback directly within PDF file submissions by using a variety of annotating tools available, including stamps and phrases from a comment bank.</p>
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             <h4>2. Enhanced marking workflow and allocation</h4>
            <p>Control when marks are released for viewing, for example, when they have been reviewed and moderated. Individual markers can also be allocated assignments and these allocations will show up clearly in the gradebook.</p>
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             <h4>3. Enhanced feedback in Certainty-based marking</h4>
             <h4>Messaging: Improved interface</h4>
             <p>Quizzes using Certainty-based marking now provide better feedback for learners.</p>
             <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>4. Easily edit course activities and resources</h4>
             <h4>Messaging: Your own private space</h4>
             <p>Editing tools have been grouped together to in a simple dropdown menu for easy accessibility across desktop and mobile devices.</p>
             <p>You now have a personal space for notes, links and reminders as part of the Messaging drawer.</p>
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             <h4>5. Add a Single activity course format</h4>
             <h4>Quiz: Clear my choice</h4>
             <p>Simply select and add any one activity as a standard course format which is displayed directed on the course page (This feature supersedes the old SCORM course format).</p>
             <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>
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<p>Attach files such as images or record sound/video when answering an essay question</p>
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            <div style="padding:0 0 0.17em; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility">Enhanced platform management</div>
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              <li>Create and manage bulk courses efficiently</li>
              <li>Simpler course and category management</li>
              <li>Create additional name fields </li>
              <li>Conveniently import and export role definition using XML file</li>
              <li>Plugin to manage embedded files in TinyMCE editor</li>
              <li>Restoring of very large courses possible</li>
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             <h4>1. Bulk course creation tool</h4>
             <h4>Book: Better printing</h4>
             <p>Create multiple courses efficiently using a single CSV file.  The functionality also extends to updating or deleting courses as well as importing content from another course.</p>
             <p>Print books or chapters in books with a more attractive output.</p>
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             <h4>2. Streamlined course and category management</h4>
             <h4>Competencies and Learning plans</h4>
             <p>Easily sort, create, and delete course categories in a more intuitive interface with drag and drop functionality.</p>
             <p>Filter competencies by activities from the link in the navigation drawer and view related learning plans.</p>
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            <h4>3. Create Additional name fields</h4>
            <p>Add and customise additional name fields to flexibly display user names in Chinese characters, local phonetic system or Romanization.</p>
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            <h4>4. Import and export role redefinitions</h4>
            <p>Export and import role definitions as XML files.New roles may be based on existing data:</p>
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              <li>role archetype</li>
              <li>existing role</li>
              <li>role definition XML file</li>
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             <h4>6. Backup and restore large courses</h4>
             <h4>Messaging: Delete conversations in groups</h4>
             <p>Backup and restore large courses Improved performance allows users to quickly backup large courses safely and if needed, easily restore the courses for use.</p>
            <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>
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            <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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             <li>A more user-friendly TinyMCE editor </li>
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             <li>Easily access files from Microsoft Skydrive.</li>
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            <li>Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support</li>
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            <li>Simplified username and password recovery</li>
             <h4>Course custom fields</h4>
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             <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>
             <h4>1. A more user-friendly TinyMCE editor</h4>
             <p>Teachers can view hidden chapters in a book with the editing turned off . </p>
             <p>The improved TinyMCE editor can be resized to suit various browser widths, and features user-friendly icons and a collapsible toolbar menu.</p>
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             <h4>Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs</h4>
             <h4>2. Access files from Microsoft Skydrive</h4>
             <p>New icons allow you to change the orientation of submitted assignments for easier grading</p>
             <p>Users can now choose to retrieve files from their Skydrive account for use in their Moodle courses.</p>
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             <h4>Competencies: Filter by activity</h4>
             <h4>3. Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support</h4>
             <p>When rating competencies, filter them by their linked activity or resource.</p>
             <p>Moodle 2.6 supports and displays the same date in multiple calendar system, including Gregorian, Hebrew, Islamic and more, so you can select a preferred calendar system.</p>
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             <h4>Lesson: Include media when grading essays</h4>
            <h4>4. Simplified username and password recovery</h4>
             <p>The Lesson activity now allows for teachers and students to include media in Essay type questions.</p>
            <p>Quickly retrieve username or reset password in a simpler, more user-friendly process.</p>
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             <h4>5. Easily manage previously embedded files in TinyMCE text editor </h4>
             <p>Add and manage previously embedded images or files to a page or a label in the TinyMCE text editor with the new Embedded files repository and TinyMCE Manage Embedded files plugin.</p>
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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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[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.6]]
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[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
            <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]]


* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.6
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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

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    Messaging: Improved interface

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

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    Messaging: Your own private space

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

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    Quiz: Clear my choice

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

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    Lesson: Add media in an essay

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

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    Book: Better printing

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

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    Competencies and Learning plans

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

For teachers

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    Messaging: Delete conversations in groups

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

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    Forums: More control

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

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    Badges: Competencies as a criterion

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

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    Course custom fields

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

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    Book: View hidden chapters

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

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    Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs

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

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    Competencies: Filter by activity

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

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    Lesson: Include media when grading essays

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

For administrators

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    New theme: Classic

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

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    Learning Analytics

    Significant improvements to Learning Analytics increase usability and efficiency.

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    Hide course lists

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

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    Messaging

    Messaging settings are in a new site administration category.

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    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

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    LTI 1.3 and Advantage

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

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    Asynchronous backups

    Perform large backups in the background while doing other tasks.

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    Test email

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

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