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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 3.9 highlights, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDerI0lZJNAPl3J-DnUxmop6 Youtube playlist of 3.9 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 3.9 release notes|Moodle 3.9 release notes]].
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=== For all users ===
===For all users===
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             <h4>My home is now Dashboard</h4>
             <h4>H5P integrated</h4>
             <p>My home has been renamed to Dashboard, while retaining its full functionality as before. Where courses have assignments, these are only now displayed when they need attention from the teacher (grading) or the student (submitting/resubmitting). For more details, see [[Dashboard]].</p>
             <p>[[H5P]] activities can be added and graded.</p>
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            <h4>New My grades page</h4>
             <h4>Participants filter</h4>
            <p>The user menu now  includes a new My grades page which display grades from all courses users are students in, with links to the relevant user reports. Courses users are teaching in are also displayed, with links to the relevant course gradebook. [[Overview report|Find out more...]] </p>
<p>Search for and filter participants more efficiently.</p>
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            <h4>New My profile page</h4>
            <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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             <h4>Browser sessions page</h4>
            <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.  [[Browser sessions| Read more...]].</p>
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             <h4>Book navigation</h4>
             <h4>Send messages from the page you're working on</h4>
             <p>Clearer navigation in the Book avoids earlier confusion.</p>
             <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 viewing. [[Messaging| Find out more here]]I</p>
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             <h4>Accessibility</h4>
             <h4>Search Server files</h4>
             <p>Atto editor improvements, clearer focus on selected links are two of the improved accessibility features.</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. Read more about [[Server files]]</p>
       
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            <h4>Drag and drop into Atto.</h4>
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            <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>
             <h4>Go to top!</h4>
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             <p>Swiftly move to the top of the screen as one of the many usability improvements.</p>
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=== Activity enhancements ===
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             <h4>Bulk delete private files</h4>
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<p>Remove multiple unwanted [[Private files|private files]] with this new bulk delete option.</p>
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             <h4>Lesson</h4>
             <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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===For teachers===
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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>Another cool thing</h4>
             <h4>Content bank for H5P </h4>
             <p> Coming soon to a page near you. Find out more...</p>
             <p>Store, upload, create and configure H5P from a new [[Content bank|content bank.]]</p>
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             <h4> Grade to pass</h4>
             <h4>H5P reporting</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>Enable grading and attempt tracking for H5P.</p>
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=== Course management===
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             <h4>Activity chooser</h4>
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             <p>Easily locate, star and view recommended items in an improved [[Activity chooser]].</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. Read more about the [[Course homepage]]...</p>
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             <h4>Safe Exam Browser</h4>
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             <p>Configure [[Safe Exam Browser|SEB]] to suit your Quiz requirements.</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. Learn more about [[Cohort sync]] and [[Course meta link]].</p>
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             <h4>Keyholder</h4>
             <h4>Turn editing on</h4>
             <p> A new capability [[Capabilities/enrol/self:holdkey|enrol/self:holdkey]] will make it easy for certain members of your organisation -not necessarily teachers- to be the keyholder to self-enrolled courses. Read about the [[Keyholder|Keyholder role...]] </p>
             <p>Never miss the link with a bright new button in the Boost theme.</p>
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===New settings for administrators===
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             <h4>Activity completion</h4>
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             <p>Move activities without fear of losing the [[Activity completion settings|activity completion settings]] with a new completion condition based on "previous".</p>
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             <h4>Activity descriptions: To force or not to force</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>
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            <h4>Add custom file types</h4>
            <p>A new admin tool lists all existing file types and allows you to add new ones specific to programs your organisation might be using. This will make the display of such file types clearer and downloading them less confusing. [[File types|Read more.]]</p>
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===Analytics and Reporting===
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             <h4>MoodleNet</h4>
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             <p>Search for and import content from our new federated social network site  [https://moodle.net  MoodleNet]. </p>
             <h4>Stay in touch by subscribing to events</h4>
             <p>[[Event monitoring]] allows teachers, managers and admins to create and subscribe to events </p>
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            <h4>New events</h4>
            <p>More detailed  logging and events have been added, particularly in relation to grades.</p>
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==See also==
===For administrators===
 
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.9]]
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            <h4>H5P integration</h4>
            <p>[[H5P]] is fully integrated with new admin settings.</p>
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            <h4>Safe Exam Browser</h4>
            <p>Formerly an experimental setting, [[Safe Exam Browser|SEB]] is now fully integrated thanks to a community project.</p>
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            <h4>Recommended activities</h4>
            <p>Recommend activities and configure the display of the new [[Activity chooser]].</p>
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            <h4>Activity chooser</h4>
            <p>Specify the tabs in the newly designed [[Activity chooser]].</p>
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            <h4>Licences</h4>
            <p>Add a new [[Licence]]  from new admin settings.</p>
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            <h4>User tours</h4>
            <p>Specify access dates when enabling [[User tours]].</p>
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            <h4>Course copy</h4>
            <p>Quickly [[Course copy|copy courses]] with a new MUA-funded feature.</p>
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            <h4>MoodleNet</h4>
            <p>Integrate your site with our new federated social network, [https://moodle.net  MoodleNet].</p>
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            <h4>Badges 2.1</h4>
            <p>[[Badges settings|Add new backpacks]] with Open Badge 2.1 now supported.</p>
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            <h4>Give us feedback</h4>
            <p>Have your users help us improve Moodle with a feedback link on your site.</p>
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[[Category:New features]]


* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.9
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.9]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.9]]

Latest revision as of 08:42, 16 June 2020


Read on for Moodle 3.9 highlights, or watch our Youtube playlist of 3.9 New features.

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.9 release notes.


For all users

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    H5P integrated

    H5P activities can be added and graded.

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    Participants filter

    Search for and filter participants more efficiently.

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    Book navigation

    Clearer navigation in the Book avoids earlier confusion.

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    Accessibility

    Atto editor improvements, clearer focus on selected links are two of the improved accessibility features.

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    Go to top!

    Swiftly move to the top of the screen as one of the many usability improvements.

  • BulkDeletePrivateFiles.png

    Bulk delete private files

    Remove multiple unwanted private files with this new bulk delete option.

For teachers

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    Content bank for H5P

    Store, upload, create and configure H5P from a new content bank.

  • H5PAttemptOptions.png

    H5P reporting

    Enable grading and attempt tracking for H5P.

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    Activity chooser

    Easily locate, star and view recommended items in an improved Activity chooser.

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    Safe Exam Browser

    Configure SEB to suit your Quiz requirements.

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    Turn editing on

    Never miss the link with a bright new button in the Boost theme.

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    Activity completion

    Move activities without fear of losing the activity completion settings with a new completion condition based on "previous".

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    MoodleNet

    Search for and import content from our new federated social network site MoodleNet.

For administrators

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    H5P integration

    H5P is fully integrated with new admin settings.

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    Safe Exam Browser

    Formerly an experimental setting, SEB is now fully integrated thanks to a community project.

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    Recommended activities

    Recommend activities and configure the display of the new Activity chooser.

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    Activity chooser

    Specify the tabs in the newly designed Activity chooser.

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    Licences

    Add a new Licence from new admin settings.

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    User tours

    Specify access dates when enabling User tours.

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      Course copy

      Quickly copy courses with a new MUA-funded feature.

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      MoodleNet

      Integrate your site with our new federated social network, MoodleNet.


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      Badges 2.1

      Add new backpacks with Open Badge 2.1 now supported.

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      Give us feedback

      Have your users help us improve Moodle with a feedback link on your site.

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