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Moodle 2.6 brings a lot of exciting new features for teachers, students and administrators. This page highlights a few of the most interesting.


Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.6_release_notes Moodle 2.6 Release notes.]
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 3.9 release notes|Moodle 3.9 release notes]].
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===For all users===
 
<div class="contentblock">
=== For teachers ===
   <div class="row-fluid">
   <div class="row-fluid">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
     <div class="span4">
       <li class="span6">
       <div style="margin: 10px; display: block">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:forteachers.png|link=|300px]]
[[File:h5pviewattempts.png|600px]]
      </div>
          <div class="caption">
    </div>
            <h4>H5P integrated</h4>
    <div class="span8">
            <p>[[H5P]] activities can be added and graded.</p>
      <div style="color: #555;">
           </div>
        <div style="padding:0 0 0.17em; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility">Improved grading features</div>
        </div>
        <ul>
      </li>
          <li>Easily review and provide in-line feedback by annotating on PDF files directly within browser.</li>
      <li class="span6">
           <li>Conveniently allocate student assignments to different markers, and control when marks are released to individual students.</li>
         <div class="thumbnail">
          <li>Certainty-based marking in Quizzes now provides improved feedback for learners.</li>
[[File:ParticipantsFiltering.png|600px]]
         </ul>
          <div class="caption">
 
            <h4>Participants filter</h4>
        <div style="padding:0 0 0.17em; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility">Dynamic, streamlined, course management</div>
<p>Search for and filter participants more efficiently.</p>
        <ul>
           </div>
          <li>Quickly edit course activities and resources across all devices.</li>
         </div>
           <li>Easily add a Single activity course format.</li>
       </li>
         </ul>
     </ul>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
   </div>
 
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     <ul class="thumbnails">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
       <li class="span6">
       <li class="span6">
         <div class="thumbnail">
         <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:forteachers_1.jpg|600px]]
[[File:BookNavigation.png|600px]]
           <div class="caption">
           <div class="caption">
             <h4>1. Annotate uploaded PDF files in browser</h4>
             <h4>Book navigation</h4>
             <p>Provide feedback directly within PDF file submissions by using a variety of annotating tools available, including stamps and phrases from a comment bank.</p>
             <p>Clearer navigation in the Book avoids earlier confusion.</p>
           </div>
           </div>
         </div>
         </div>
       </li>
       </li>
       <li class="span6">
       <li class="span6">
         <div class="thumbnail">
         <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:forteachers_2.jpg|600px]]
[[File:ImageDescription.png|600px]]
           <div class="caption">
           <div class="caption">
             <h4>2. Enhanced marking workflow and allocation</h4>
             <h4>Accessibility</h4>
             <p>Control when marks are released for viewing, for example, when they have been reviewed and moderated. Individual markers can also be allocated assignments and these allocations will show up clearly in the gradebook.</p>
             <p>Atto editor improvements, clearer focus on selected links are two of the improved accessibility features.</p>
           </div>
       
         </div>
           </div>
       </li>
         </div>
     </ul>
       </li>
     </ul>
   </div>
   </div>
 
<div class="contentblock">
  <div class="row-fluid">
   <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
       <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
         <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:forteachers_3.jpg|600px]]
[[File:GoToTop.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
           <div class="caption">
            <h4>3. Enhanced feedback in Certainty-based marking</h4>
             <h4>Go to top!</h4>
            <p>Quizzes using Certainty-based marking now provide better feedback for learners.</p>
             <p>Swiftly move to the top of the screen as one of the many usability improvements.</p>
          </div>
           </div>
        </div>
         </div>
      </li>
       </li>
      <li class="span6">
       <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
         <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:forteachers_4.jpg|600px]]
[[File:BulkDeletePrivateFiles.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
           <div class="caption">
            <h4>4. Easily edit course activities and resources</h4>
             <h4>Bulk delete private files</h4>
            <p>Editing tools have been grouped together to in a simple dropdown menu for easy accessibility across desktop and mobile devices.</p>
<p>Remove multiple unwanted [[Private files|private files]] with this new bulk delete option.</p>
          </div>
           </div>
        </div>
         </div>
      </li>
       </li>
    </ul>
     </ul>
  </div>
 
   <div class="row-fluid">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
       <li class="span6">
         <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:forteachers_5.jpg|600px]]
           <div class="caption">
             <h4>5. Add a Single activity course format</h4>
             <p>Simply select and add any one activity as a standard course format which is displayed directed on the course page (This feature supersedes the old SCORM course format).</p>
           </div>
         </div>
       </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
 
=== For administrators and managers ===
  <div class="row-fluid">
      <div class="span4">
        <div style="margin: 10px; display: block">
[[File:foradmin.png|link=|300px]]
        </div>
      </div>
        <div class="span8">
          <div style="color: #555;">
            <div style="padding:0 0 0.17em; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility">Enhanced platform management</div>
            <ul>
              <li>Create and manage bulk courses efficiently</li>
              <li>Simpler course and category management</li>
              <li>Create additional name fields </li>
              <li>Conveniently import and export role definition using XML file</li>
              <li>Plugin to manage embedded files in TinyMCE editor</li>
              <li>Restoring of very large courses possible</li>
            </ul>
 
          </div>
        </div>
  </div>
 
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
       <li class="span6">
         <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:foradmin_1.jpg|600px]]
           <div class="caption">
             <h4>1. Bulk course creation tool</h4>
            <p>Create multiple courses efficiently using a single CSV file.  The functionality also extends to updating or deleting courses as well as importing content from another course.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:foradmin_2.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>2. User-friendly course and category management</h4>
            <p>Easily sort, create, and delete course categories in a more intuitive interface with drag and drop functionality.</p>
           </div>
         </div>
       </li>
     </ul>
   </div>
   </div>


  <div class="row-fluid">
===For teachers===
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:foradmin_3.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>3. Create Additional name fields</h4>
            <p>Add and customise additional name fields to flexibly display user names in Chinese characters, local phonetic system or Romanization.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:foradmin_4.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>4. Import and export role redefinitions</h4>
            <p>Export and import role definitions as XML files.</p>
            <p>New roles may be based on existing data:</p>
            <ul>
              <li>role archetype</li>
              <li>existing role</li>
              <li>role definition XML file</li>
            </ul>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


   <div class="row-fluid">
   <div class="row-fluid">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
       <li class="span6">
       <li class="span6">
         <div class="thumbnail">
         <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:foradmin_5.jpg|600px]]
[[File:ContentBank.png|600px]]
           <div class="caption">
           <div class="caption">
             <h4>5. Easily manage previously embedded files in TinyMCE text editor </h4>
             <h4>Content bank for H5P </h4>
             <p>Add and manage previously embedded images or files to a page or a label in the TinyMCE text editor with the new Embedded files repository. and TinyMCE Manage Embedded files plugin.</p>
             <p>Store, upload, create and configure H5P from a new [[Content bank|content bank.]]</p>
           </div>
           </div>
         </div>
         </div>
       </li>
       </li>
       <li class="span6">
       <li class="span6">
         <div class="thumbnail">
         <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:foradmin_6.jpg|600px]]
[[File:H5PAttemptOptions.png|600px]]
           <div class="caption">
           <div class="caption">
             <h4>6. Backup and restore large courses</h4>
             <h4>H5P reporting</h4>
             <p>Backup and restore large courses Improved performance allows users to quickly backup large courses safely and if needed, easily restore the courses for use.</p>
             <p>Enable grading and attempt tracking for H5P.</p>
           </div>
           </div>
         </div>
         </div>
       </li>
       </li>
     </ul>
     </ul>
   </div>
   </div>
 
<div class="row-fluid">
=== For all users ===
    <ul class="thumbnails">
  <div class="row-fluid">
       <li class="span6">
       <div class="span4">
         <div class="thumbnail">
         <div style="margin: 10px; display: block">
[[File:NewActivityChooser.png|600px]]
[[File:forusers.png|link=|300px]]
          <div class="caption">
         </div>
            <h4>Activity chooser</h4>
       </div>
            <p>Easily locate, star and view recommended items in an improved [[Activity chooser]].</p>
       <div class="span8">
          </div>
         <div style="color: #555;">
         </div>
           <div style="padding:0 0 0.17em; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility">Experience a better learning platform</div>
       </li>
          <ul>
       <li class="span6">
             <li>User-friendly TinyMCE editor</li>
         <div class="thumbnail">
             <li>Easily access files from Microsoft Skydrive.</li>
[[File:SEB_teachersettings.png|600px]]
            <li>Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support</li>
           <div class="caption">
            <li>Simplified username and password recovery</li>
             <h4>Safe Exam Browser</h4>
          </ul>
             <p>Configure [[Safe Exam Browser|SEB]] to suit your Quiz requirements.</p>
        </div>
          </div>
      </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
   </div>
   </div>
 
<div class="row-fluid">
  <div class="row-fluid">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
       <li class="span6">
       <li class="span6">
         <div class="thumbnail">
         <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:TurnEditingOn.png|600px]]
[[File:forusers_1.jpg|600px]]
           <div class="caption">
           <div class="caption">
             <h4>Turn editing on</h4>
             <h4>1. User-friendly TinyMCE editor</h4>
             <p>Never miss the link with a bright new button in the Boost theme.</p>
             <p>The improved TinyMCE editor can be resized to suit various browser widths, and features user-friendly icons and a collapsible toolbar menu.</p>
           </div>
           </div>
         </div>
         </div>
       </li>
       </li>
       <li class="span6">
       <li class="span6">
         <div class="thumbnail">
         <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:PreviousActivityWithCompletion.png|600px]]
[[File:forusers_2.jpg|600px]]
           <div class="caption">
           <div class="caption">
             <h4>Activity completion</h4>
             <h4>2. Access files from Microsoft Skydrive</h4>
             <p>Move activities without fear of losing the [[Activity completion settings|activity completion settings]] with a new completion condition based on "previous".</p>
             <p>Users can now choose to retrieve files from their Skydrive account for use in their Moodle courses.</p>
           </div>
           </div>
         </div>
         </div>
       </li>
       </li>
     </ul>
     </ul>
   </div>
   </div>
 
<div class="row-fluid">
  <div class="row-fluid">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
       <li class="span6">
       <li class="span6">
         <div class="thumbnail">
         <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:MNetBrowseforcontent.png|600px]]
[[File:forusers_3.jpg|600px]]
           <div class="caption">
           <div class="caption">
             <h4>MoodleNet</h4>
             <h4>3. Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support</h4>
             <p>Search for and import content from our new federated social network site  [https://moodle.net  MoodleNet]. </p>
             <p>Moodle 2.6 supports and displays the same date in multiple calendar system, including Gregorian, Hebrew, Islamic and more, so you can select a preferred calendar system.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:forusers_4.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>4. Simplified username and password recovery</h4>
            <p>Quickly retrieve username or reset password in a simpler, more user-friendly process.</p>
           </div>
           </div>
        </div>
  </div>
      </li>
 
     </ul>
     </ul>
   </div>
   </div>


===For administrators===
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:H5POverview.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>H5P integration</h4>
            <p>[[H5P]] is fully integrated with new admin settings.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:SEB Admin Settings.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Safe Exam Browser</h4>
            <p>Formerly an experimental setting, [[Safe Exam Browser|SEB]] is now fully integrated thanks to a community project.</p>
    </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:RecommendedActivities.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Recommended activities</h4>
            <p>Recommend activities and configure the display of the new [[Activity chooser]].</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:ActivityChooserSettings.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Activity chooser</h4>
            <p>Specify the tabs in the newly designed [[Activity chooser]].</p>
          </div>
</div>
</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:CreateLicence.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Licences</h4>
            <p>Add a new [[Licence]]  from new admin settings.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:UserToursAccessDate.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>User tours</h4>
            <p>Specify access dates when enabling [[User tours]].</p>
          </div>
</div>
</li>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:CourseCopyCourse.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Course copy</h4>
            <p>Quickly [[Course copy|copy courses]] with a new MUA-funded feature.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:MoodleNetIntegration.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>MoodleNet</h4>
            <p>Integrate your site with our new federated social network, [https://moodle.net  MoodleNet].</p>
          </div>
</div>
</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
 
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:AddNewBackpack.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Badges 2.1</h4>
            <p>[[Badges settings|Add new backpacks]] with Open Badge 2.1 now supported.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:FeedbackSettings.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Give us feedback</h4>
            <p>Have your users help us improve Moodle with a feedback link on your site.</p>
          </div>
</div>
</li>
    </ul>
  </div>
 
[[Category:New features]]


</div>
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
 
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.9]]
 
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.9]]
==See also==
 
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.6]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
 
* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.6

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

  • h5pviewattempts.png

    H5P integrated

    H5P activities can be added and graded.

  • ParticipantsFiltering.png

    Participants filter

    Search for and filter participants more efficiently.

  • BookNavigation.png

    Book navigation

    Clearer navigation in the Book avoids earlier confusion.

  • ImageDescription.png

    Accessibility

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

  • GoToTop.png

    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

  • ContentBank.png

    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.

  • NewActivityChooser.png

    Activity chooser

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

  • SEB teachersettings.png

    Safe Exam Browser

    Configure SEB to suit your Quiz requirements.

  • TurnEditingOn.png

    Turn editing on

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

  • PreviousActivityWithCompletion.png

    Activity completion

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

  • MNetBrowseforcontent.png

    MoodleNet

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

For administrators

  • H5POverview.png

    H5P integration

    H5P is fully integrated with new admin settings.

  • SEB Admin Settings.png

    Safe Exam Browser

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

  • RecommendedActivities.png

    Recommended activities

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

  • ActivityChooserSettings.png

    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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