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=So what's new in Moodle 2.5?=
{{About Moodle}}
Moodle 2.5 brings a lot of exciting new features for teachers, students and administrators. This page highlights some of the most useful and coolest. Click any screenshot to see it enlarged. The full details with technical information can be found in the [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.5_release_notes  Moodle 2.5 Release notes]


==For teachers and students:==
Read on for Moodle 3.8 highlights, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdJu-ct9wJQTTS3owR-lELq Youtube playlist of 3.8 New features.]


===Forms are much shorter===
Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.8 release notes|Moodle 3.8 release notes]].
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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!    
===For all users===
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  <div class="row-fluid">
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      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:H5PStudentView.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>H5P interactive content</h4>
            <p>Engage with interactive content in Pages, Labels, Books and more. See [[H5P]]</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:StudentForumGrading.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Forum grading</h4>
<p>Submit forum posts for assessment and view your grades</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
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  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
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          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Course overview</h4>
            <p>Filter by custom course fields in the [[Course overview]]</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:DocsForumExperimentalNestedView.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>New forum view</h4>
            <p>Select and test a new experimental nested discussion view from the forum preferences page</p>
       
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="contentblock">
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:CalendarFilter.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Calendar filters</h4>
            <p>Filter your calendar by month, day or upcoming event.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:MessagingEmoji.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Emojis</h4>
<p>Add emojis into [[Messages]] or from a button in the [[Atto editor]]</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="contentblock">
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:StudentNotificationsDocs.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Clearer reminders</h4>
            <p>Receive and rate reminders about your activities.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:Timeout.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Session timeout</h4>
<p>Stay on target with a Session timeout alert</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
   </div>


We've made changes so that on-essential settings on forms are collapsed by default, yet you can quickly access them when you need them.
===For teachers===


{|
  <div class="row-fluid">
| [[File:shorterforms.png|thumb|Note the "expand all" option and condensed links]]
    <ul class="thumbnails">
| [[File:assignmentform.png|thumb|Assignment types are neatly summarised]]
      <li class="span6">
|}
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:DocsForumGrading1.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Forum grading </h4>
            <p>Assess forum discussions with [[Using Forum|Whole forum grading]], using direct or advanced grading</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:ForumSummaryReport.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Forum export and summary report</h4>
            <p>Export forum discussions and view a detailed summary report of student activity</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:H5PAttoButtonEn.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Embed H5P content</h4>
            <p>Link to or upload existing [[H5P]] interactive content</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:InsightsBulkActions.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Analytics bulk actions</h4>
            <p>Bulk select and send messages to students from the Insights report</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:QbankIDTags.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Question bank</h4>
            <p>View question ID numbers and tags and benefit from a new Edit menu </p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:GroupBadges.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Badges and groups</h4>
            <p>Filter  by group when manually awarding badges</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


In a similar space-saver, you can choose whether or not to enable the rich text editor when creating quiz questions:
===For administrators===
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:38 newmodels.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Analytics insights</h4>
            <p>Make use of two new models [[Analytics|Learning Analytics]] relating to course access and specify courses or categories for models.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:DocsInsightReport.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Analytics Insights report</h4>
            <p> View a graphical [[Analytics|Learning Analytics]] improvements a graphical Insights report.</p>
    </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:H5Pfilter.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>H5P management</h4>
            <p>Monitor and configure H5P content with a new [[Display H5P filter]] and Manage H5P content page  </p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:AttoEmojiPickerStudent.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4> Emoji settings</h4>
            <p>Add an emoji button to the [[Atto editor]] or disable emojis from [[Advanced features]] if unsupported</p>
          </div>
</div>
</li>
    </ul>
  </div>


{|
<div class="row-fluid">
| [[File:quizform1.png|thumb|Without the editing tools]]
    <ul class="thumbnails">
| [[File:quizform2.png|thumb|With the editing tools]]
      <li class="span6">
|}
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:User Management.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>User management</h4>
            <p>Configure the default user filter from a new admin page</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:38 examplecsv.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Upload users improvements</h4>
            <p>View an example csv file and specify the enrol start date</p>
          </div>
</div>
</li>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:CourseBackupAdmin.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Course backup</h4>
            <p>Choose to exclude course files from backup and benefit from a more logical automated backup ordering process. See [[Course backup]]</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:CourseOverviewSettings.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Course overview</h4>
            <p>Configure [[Course overview]] layouts and filters and specify default course card colours</p>
          </div>
</div>
</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
 
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:DuplicateUserTours.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Duplicate user tours</h4>
            <p>Easily copy and adapt user tours with a new 'duplicate' button.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:ExperimentalSettings.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Experimental course relative dates</h4>
            <p>Have assignment due dates displayed relative to the user's start date in the course with [[Course relative dates]].</p>
          </div>
</div>
</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
 
[[Category:New features]]


===Folders can be displayed inline on a course page===
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
 
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.7]]
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:
  [[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.8]]
 
{|
| [[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]]
|}
 
===Badges===
It's now possible for teachers to award course badges based on chosen criteria. These badges may also connect with [http://openbadges.org/ Mozilla Open Badges]
 
{|
| [[File:teacherbadgeview.png|thumb|Teacher sets up a badge]]
| [[File:studentbadgeview.png|thumb|Student view of allocated badges]]
| [[File:backpack.png|thumb|Badges from backpack.openbadges.org on student profile]]
|}
 
===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]]
|}
 
==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 "'''Bootstrap'''" that implements the basics, and a new usable theme called ''''''Simple'''''' which extends it with some simple configuration options and also functions as a good template example for developing your own Bootstrap-based themes. 
 
Bootstrap 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|Bootstrap theme on standard screen]]
| [[File:Bootstrap1.png|thumb|Bootstrap theme on smaller screen; note position of Navigation block]]
|}
 
===Install add-ons from inside Moodle===
It's now possible to 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 Moodle plugins directory:
 
{|
| [[File:Selection_011.png|thumb|Add-on install tool]]
| [[File:AddonValidation.png|thumb|Add-on passes validation; ready to go]]

Latest revision as of 10:07, 6 October 2020


Read on for Moodle 3.8 highlights, or watch our Youtube playlist of 3.8 New features.

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.8 release notes.


For all users

  • H5PStudentView.png

    H5P interactive content

    Engage with interactive content in Pages, Labels, Books and more. See H5P

  • StudentForumGrading.png

    Forum grading

    Submit forum posts for assessment and view your grades

  • courseCustomFieldFilter.png

    Course overview

    Filter by custom course fields in the Course overview

  • DocsForumExperimentalNestedView.png

    New forum view

    Select and test a new experimental nested discussion view from the forum preferences page

  • CalendarFilter.png

    Calendar filters

    Filter your calendar by month, day or upcoming event.

  • MessagingEmoji.png

    Emojis

    Add emojis into Messages or from a button in the Atto editor

  • StudentNotificationsDocs.png

    Clearer reminders

    Receive and rate reminders about your activities.

  • Timeout.png

    Session timeout

    Stay on target with a Session timeout alert

For teachers

  • DocsForumGrading1.png

    Forum grading

    Assess forum discussions with Whole forum grading, using direct or advanced grading

  • ForumSummaryReport.png

    Forum export and summary report

    Export forum discussions and view a detailed summary report of student activity

  • H5PAttoButtonEn.png

    Embed H5P content

    Link to or upload existing H5P interactive content

  • InsightsBulkActions.png

    Analytics bulk actions

    Bulk select and send messages to students from the Insights report

  • QbankIDTags.png

    Question bank

    View question ID numbers and tags and benefit from a new Edit menu

  • GroupBadges.png

    Badges and groups

    Filter by group when manually awarding badges

For administrators

  • 38 newmodels.png

    Analytics insights

    Make use of two new models Learning Analytics relating to course access and specify courses or categories for models.

  • DocsInsightReport.png

    Analytics Insights report

    View a graphical Learning Analytics improvements a graphical Insights report.

  • User Management.png

    User management

    Configure the default user filter from a new admin page

  • 38 examplecsv.png

    Upload users improvements

    View an example csv file and specify the enrol start date

    • CourseBackupAdmin.png

      Course backup

      Choose to exclude course files from backup and benefit from a more logical automated backup ordering process. See Course backup

    • CourseOverviewSettings.png

      Course overview

      Configure Course overview layouts and filters and specify default course card colours


    • DuplicateUserTours.png

      Duplicate user tours

      Easily copy and adapt user tours with a new 'duplicate' button.

    • ExperimentalSettings.png

      Experimental course relative dates

      Have assignment due dates displayed relative to the user's start date in the course with Course relative dates.

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