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{{About Moodle}}
{{About Moodle}}
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 some 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].


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].
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.]


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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             <h4>H5P interactive content</h4>
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             <p>Engage with interactive content in Pages, Labels, Books and more. See [[H5P]]</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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             <h4>Forum grading</h4>
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<p>Submit forum posts for assessment and view your grades</p>
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             <h4>Modern appearance with improved responsiveness</h4>
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            <p>Moodle now uses Bootstrap themes by default for improved responsive design and usability. Many small improvements have been made all through the interface. You can find more themes in the [https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=category&id=3 Moodle Plugins database].</p>
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             <h4>Mathematics improvements</h4>
             <h4>Course overview</h4>
             <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>
             <p>Filter by custom course fields in the [[Course overview]]</p>
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            <h4>New forum view</h4>
            <p>Select and test a new experimental nested discussion view from the forum preferences page</p>
       
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             <h4>Calendar filters</h4>
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             <p>Filter your calendar by month, day or upcoming event.</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. [[ Conditional activities settings|Learn more]]</p>
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             <h4>Emojis</h4>
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<p>Add emojis  into [[Messages]] or from a button in the [[Atto editor]]</p>
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             <h4>Improved Assignment features</h4>
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#Control when to notify students of feedback via a checkbox when grading individual students.
#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.
#Easily keep track of student submissions via filters in the Assignment grading table.
[[Using Assignment|Learn more]]
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             <h4>Easily create and manage Quiz & Question bank</h4>
             <h4>Clearer reminders</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>Receive and rate reminders about your activities.</p>
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            <h4>Session timeout</h4>
<p>Stay on target with a Session timeout alert</p>
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             <h4>A long term support release</h4>
             <h4>Forum grading </h4>
             <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>
             <p>Assess forum discussions with [[Using Forum|Whole forum grading]], using direct or advanced grading</p>
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             <h4>Improved logging for better reporting</h4>
             <h4>Forum export and summary report</h4>
             <p>A new logging subsystem with plugins allowing detailed and external logs provides opportunities for improved reporting as well as advancements in better learning analytics. [[Logs Learn more]]</p>
             <p>Export forum discussions and view a detailed summary report of student activity</p>
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             <h4>Embed H5P content</h4>
             <h4>Easily customise and brand your Moodle site</h4>
             <p>Link to or upload existing [[H5P]] interactive content</p>
             <p>'More' is a new responsive theme designed for admins to easily make basic customisations to the look and feel of their Moodle site directly, without the need for advanced technical knowledge. [https://docs.moodle.org/38/en/Standard_themes#Customising_the_.27More.27_theme/ Learn more]</p>
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             <h4>Analytics bulk actions</h4>
             <h4>Scheduled tasks management</h4>
             <p>Bulk select and send messages to students from the Insights report</p>
             <p>With an improved scheduling system, tasks can be scheduled precisely, even on complex clustered servers. See [[Scheduled tasks]] for details.</p>
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             <h4>Question bank</h4>
             <h4>Improved Events system</h4>
             <p>View question ID numbers and tags and benefit from a new Edit menu </p>
             <p>Events have been improved all through Moodle, allowing you to better integrate your code with Moodle.  A new dynamically-generated report listing all events and event details helps administrators, researchers and developers understand the system. [[Events list|Learn more]]</p>
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             <h4>Badges and groups</h4>
             <h4>Log in with your email address</h4>
             <p>Filter  by group when manually awarding badges</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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            <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>
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            <h4>Analytics Insights report</h4>
            <p> View a graphical [[Analytics|Learning Analytics]] improvements a graphical Insights report.</p>
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            <p>Monitor and configure H5P content with a new [[Display H5P filter]] and Manage H5P content page  </p>
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            <h4> Emoji settings</h4>
            <p>Add an emoji button to the [[Atto editor]] or disable emojis from [[Advanced features]] if unsupported</p>
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[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
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            <h4>User management</h4>
            <p>Configure the default user filter from a new admin page</p>
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            <h4>Upload users improvements</h4>
            <p>View an example csv file and specify the enrol start date</p>
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            <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>
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            <h4>Course overview</h4>
            <p>Configure [[Course overview]] layouts and filters and specify default course card colours</p>
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            <h4>Duplicate user tours</h4>
            <p>Easily copy and adapt user tours with a new 'duplicate' button.</p>
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            <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>
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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 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

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    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

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    Course overview

    Filter by custom course fields in the Course overview

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    New forum view

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

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    Calendar filters

    Filter your calendar by month, day or upcoming event.

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    Emojis

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

  • StudentNotificationsDocs.png

    Clearer reminders

    Receive and rate reminders about your activities.

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    Session timeout

    Stay on target with a Session timeout alert

For teachers

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    Forum grading

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

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    Forum export and summary report

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

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    Embed H5P content

    Link to or upload existing H5P interactive content

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    Analytics bulk actions

    Bulk select and send messages to students from the Insights report

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    Question bank

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

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    Badges and groups

    Filter by group when manually awarding badges

For administrators

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    Analytics insights

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

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    Analytics Insights report

    View a graphical Learning Analytics improvements a graphical Insights report.

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    User management

    Configure the default user filter from a new admin page

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    Upload users improvements

    View an example csv file and specify the enrol start date

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      Course backup

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

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      Course overview

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


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      Duplicate user tours

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

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      Experimental course relative dates

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