Moodle 2.5 release notes
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Release date: Not yet released
Here is the full list of fixed issues in 2.5.
Highlights
- MDL-35073 Open Badges integration
- MDL-30637 Improvements to the usability of big complex Moodle forms in general.
- MDL-37459 & MDL-37417 More specific usability improvements to the forms for the assignment module, and for creating questions.
- MDL-32652 Block drag & drop now works throughout the site (not just on course pages)!
- MDL-38016 New "bootstrap" theme with responsive design for all screen sizes
- MDL-38509 - New admin tool for installing add-ons
- MDL-36804 - Assignment resubmission system
Miscellaneous
- MDL-38166 - Database activity URL field has option to open link in new window
- MDL-37455 - New folder resource option to display folder contents on the course page
- MDL-30790 - New folder resource option to display sub-folders expanded or collapsed
- MDL-37602 - Overall assessment feedback support in the Workshop module
- MDL-28585 - LDAP authentication password expiry handling
- MDL-35716 - New performance overview report
- MDL-20131 - Random glossary entry block can use a global glossary
- MDL-35842 - Random glossary entry block alphabetical order option
- MDL-37337 - Assignment settings page improvements
- MDL-37644 - New setting for showing course full names in the navigation block
- MDL-35332 - Improved security of hashed passwords
- MDL-5875 - Option to show the word count of forum posts
- MDL-23504 - Transparency and RGB support in themes colour picker
- MDL-37806 - New 'Save and show next' button for workshop submissions
- MDL-37728 - Role definition overview improvements
- MDL-37641 - Prettier names when a file already exists
- MDL-38538 - Option to auto-save during quiz attempts
- MDL-36955 - Better grading for partially correct Cloze questions with Interactive behaviour
- MDL-35793 - Defaults for when a question is previewed
- MDL-10516 - Essay questions can have a template, so the student starts answering from the template, not a blank editor
- MDL-26956 - You can now search the list of users enrolled in a course
- MDL-36602 - mnethostid available as an upload users field
- MDL-34137 - Option to drag and drop a media file onto the course page to create a label
- MDL-33946 - Option to drag and drop text onto the course page to create a label
- MDL-33688 - Drag and drop file upload progress indicator in filepicker
- MDL-33669 - Option to access Equella site when using Equella repository
- MDL-32341 - Configurable calendar export date range
- MDL-33206 - Book resource type print dialogue link
- MDL-28705 - Configurable mapping between IMS course names and Moodle course names for IMS Enterprise enrolment
- MDL-31983 - Settings block renamed 'Administration' and reports moved there
- MDL-34917 - Jump to section navigation for 'One section per page' setting in course formats
- MDL-38708 - Option to add images and other files to the course list
- MDL-36395 - New setting Maximum users per page for specifying the number of users shown in search results
- MDL-37596 - Scheduled maintenance mode
- MDL-35775 - Group import allows new groups to be assigned to groupings
- MDL-38494 - Upload users accepts date-time format custom profile field
API changes
'TODO review all upgrade.txt files in the code'
- MDL-34640 - Improvements to how the question engine handles uploaded files. This should make it possible to write question types that automatically grade uploaded files.
Security issues
A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.
