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| '''(work in progress;temporary holding page; please ignore)'''
| | ( temporary page - now moved to https://docs.moodle.org/en/New_features ) |
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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.
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| Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the Moodle 2.6 Release notes.
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| ==For all users==
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| ===Collapsible TinyMCE editor===
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| The TinyMCE editor has new icons and can be toggled between one and three lines to save space.
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| |[[File:26tinymce1.png|250px|thumb|Collapsed view]]
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| |[[File:26tinymce2.png|250px|thumb|Expanded view]]
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| ===Access files from Microsoft Skydrive===
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| Users with a Skydrive account may now retrieve files from there to use in their Moodle courses.
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| |[[File:MicrosoftSkydrive.png|250px|thumb|MS Skydrive]]
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| ==For teachers==
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| ===Single activity course format===
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| This new format allows teachers to choose just one activity which is displayed as soon as the students click on the course. It replaces the SCORM course format.
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| ===Marking workflow and allocation===
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| Teachers can now control visiblity of grades for students until for example they have been reviewed and moderated. Teachers can be allocated to mark individual student assignments and these allocations show up clearly in the gradebook.
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| |[[File:26markingworkflow.png|250px||thumb|Setting marking workflow state when grading]]
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| |[[File:26markingworkflowallocatedmarkers.png|250px|thumb|Grading screen showing different markers at different stages of the workflow]]
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| ===Annotate uploaded pdfs in the browser===
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| When students upload assignments as pdfs, the teacher can feedback directly on the file, using stamps, phrases from a comment bank and a variety of annotating tools.
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| ==For administrators==
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| ===Bulk create courses===
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| It is now possible to bulk create courses using a csv file and to set a course template.
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