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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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMXvtFPmd0o&list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdJmqW4tD5qXJ6pPXWTP7GL Moodle HQ YouTube page]
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 2.9 release notes|Moodle 2.9 release notes]].
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>My home is now Dashboard</h4>
             <h4>H5P interactive content</h4>
             <p>My home has been renamed to Dashboard and where courses have assignments, these are only displayed when they need attention from the teacher (grading) or the student (submitting/resubmitting).</p>
             <p>Engage with interactive content in Pages, Labels, Books and more. See [[H5P]]</p>
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             <h4>New My grades page</h4>
             <h4>Forum grading</h4>
            <p>The user menu now  includes a new My grades page which display grades from all courses users are students in. Courses users are teaching in are also displayed. </p>
<p>Submit forum posts for assessment and view your grades</p>
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             <h4>New My profile page</h4>
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             <p>Accessed from the user menu, the new My 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 page.</p>
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             <p>Select and test a new experimental nested discussion view from the forum preferences page</p>
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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].</p>
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             <h4>Drag and drop into Atto</h4>
             <p>Filter your calendar by month, day or upcoming event.</p>
             <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.</p>
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<p>Add emojis  into [[Messages]] or from a button in the [[Atto editor]]</p>
            <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.</p>
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            <p> A pop up box will appear when messaging users, meaning you can send messages without being sent away from the page you are currently on. </p>
             <h4>Clearer reminders</h4>
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             <p>Receive and rate reminders about your activities.</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 activity now boasts a new completion condition “Require time spent”.</p>
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             <h4> Quiz</h4>
            <p> 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.</p>
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            <h4>Forum</h4>
            <p> If your forum has groups, you only need post once to all of them and Moodle will ensure members of each group can reply</p>
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            <h4> Glossary</h4>
            <p> You can now export and import glossary entries with embedded images and attached files.</p>
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             <h4>Activity descriptions</h4>
             <h4>Forum grading </h4>
             <p> A new site setting allows the administrator to decide whether to force descriptions or not. This applies to activities such as quizzes and assignments as well as resources such as Page, Folder and File.</p>
             <p>Assess forum discussions with [[Using Forum|Whole forum grading]], using direct or advanced grading</p>
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             <h4> Grade to pass</h4>
             <h4>Forum export and summary report</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>
             <p>Export forum discussions and view a detailed summary report of student activity</p>
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             <p>Link to or upload existing [[H5P]] interactive content</p>
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             <h4>Delete course sections</h4>
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             <p>A new option in each course section allows you to completely remove that section and its content, regardless of where the section is located on your course page,</p>
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             <h4> Faster addition of cohorts and metalinked courses</h4>
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             <p> If you need to enrol a number of cohorts or multiple courses with the course metalink method, you can do this much more quickly now with a new "Add method and create another" button, meaning you can repeat the process without having to return to the enrolment screen and start again.</p>
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             <h4>Email replies to forum posts</h4>
             <h4>Question bank</h4>
             <p> For added convenience, you can now reply to forum posts by email, and even  include attachments! [[Using Forum| Read more...]]</p>
             <p>View question ID numbers and tags and benefit from a new Edit menu </p>
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            <h4>Improved Quiz edit screen and completion settings</h4>
            <p>The Edit quiz page has been rewritten for improved accessibility, making it much easier to add and manage questions. See [[Building Quiz]]. You can also set completion conditions based on a passing grade or when all available attempts have been used up.</p>
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             <h4>More than one choice with Choice</h4>
             <p>You can now allow users to select more than one choice when creating a Choice. [[Choice settings|Read more.]]</p>
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            <p> Teachers can now attach files for students when setting up assignments, such as example submissions or answer templates. See [[Assignment settings]].</p>
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             <p>[[Event monitoring]] allows teachers, managers and admins to create and subscribe to events </p>
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             <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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             <p>More detailed  logging and events have been added, particularly in relation to grades.</p>
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             <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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             <p>Admins and managers can create cohorts using a csv file either, either from the Cohorts screen or when uploading users. Teachers can now by default enrol cohorts visible to them. [[Cohort sync|Read more...]].</p>
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             <p>Add an emoji button to the [[Atto editor]] or disable emojis from [[Advanced features]] if unsupported</p>
             <h4>A new 'All Cohorts' screen for admins</h4>
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             <p>Administrators can now have a clear overview of all system and category cohorts from the new All cohorts screen. See [[Cohorts]].</p>
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[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.9]]
[[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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            <p>View an example csv file and specify the enrol start date</p>
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            <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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            <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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            <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 2.9
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.7]]
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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

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    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

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    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.

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