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{{About Moodle}}
{{About Moodle}}
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. Learn more about the [[Dashboard|Dashboard here]].  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 [[Course overview block]].</p>
             <p>[[H5P]] activities can be added and graded.</p>
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            <h4>New Grades page</h4>
             <h4>Participants filter</h4>
            <p>The user menu now  includes a new 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 Profile page</h4>
            <p>Accessed from the user menu, the new 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.The page replaces the settings formerly in the Administration block.</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>New Preferences page</h4>
             <p>Clearer navigation in the Book avoids earlier confusion.</p>
             <p>AlI your preferences can easily be reviewed and altered from one page, accessed from the user menu. Easily change your choice of editor, update your forum notifications, change your password and more. Read about the [[Preferences|Preferences page...]] </p>
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             <h4>Accessibility</h4>
             <h4>Improved messaging</h4>
             <p>Atto editor improvements, clearer focus on selected links are two of the improved accessibility features.</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|Read  more...]]</p>
       
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             <h4>Go to top!</h4>
             <h4>Drag and drop into Atto</h4>
             <p>Swiftly move to the top of the screen as one of the many usability improvements.</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. Find out about the [[Text editor|Atto editor here.]]</p>
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             <h4>Bulk delete private files</h4>
             <h4>Search Server files</h4>
<p>Remove multiple unwanted [[Private files|private files]] with this new bulk delete option.</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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=== Activity enhancements ===
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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”. Read about [[Activity completion settings|Activity completion here]]  and learn more about the [[Lesson| Lesson here.]]</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. Read more about [[Building Quiz|building quizzes here.]]</p>
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             <h4>Message all groups in a forum</h4>
             <h4>Content bank for H5P </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 see and reply to the post. Read more about [[Using Forum|using forums in your teaching here...]]</p>
             <p>Store, upload, create and configure H5P from a new [[Content bank|content bank.]]</p>
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             <h4> Extra options for Database and Glossary</h4>
             <h4>H5P reporting</h4>
             <p> Along with displaying user pictures in the database, you can set certain fields as 'required', and when importing glossary entries now, embedded images and attached files will also be included. See [[Database]] and [[Glossary]] for more..</p>
             <p>Enable grading and attempt tracking for H5P.</p>
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             <h4>Activity chooser</h4>
             <h4>Activity results</h4>
             <p>Easily locate, star and view recommended items in an improved [[Activity chooser]].</p>
             <p> As well as displaying quiz results in competitive league table style, the scores from  any graded or rated activity in your course can now be publicised. Find out more about the [[Activity results block]].</p>
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             <h4>Safe Exam Browser</h4>
             <h4> Grade to pass</h4>
             <p>Configure [[Safe Exam Browser|SEB]] to suit your Quiz requirements.</p>
             <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>
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             <h4>Turn editing on</h4>
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             <p>Never miss the link with a bright new button in the Boost theme.</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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             <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> 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>MoodleNet</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>Search for and import content from our new federated social network site [https://moodle.net  MoodleNet]. </p>
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===New options for administrators and developers===
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            <h4>New template library for renderers</h4>
            <p>A new element library will make it easier to create and style the user interface, give Moodle a more consisent look and feel and improve site performance. [[dev:Render_library_specification|Learn more]] </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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==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.

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    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.

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    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.