Moodle 3.6 release notes: Difference between revisions

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Releases > Moodle 3.6 release notes

Release date: Not yet released - scheduled for 03 December 2018

Here is the full list of fixed issues in 3.6.

If you are upgrading from a previous version, please see Upgrading in the user docs. In particular, for sites using a custom theme or login form, from 3.6 onwards, the login form must include a new login token field. See Login token for details.

Server requirements

These are just the minimum supported versions. We recommend keeping all of your software and operating systems up-to-date.

Moodle upgrade: Moodle 3.1 or later
PHP version: minimum PHP 7.0.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 3.3. PHP 7.1.x and 7.2.x are supported too. PHP 7.3.x support is being implemented (@ MDL-63420) and not ready for production with this release.
PHP extension intl is required since Moodle 3.4 (it was recommended in 2.0 onwards)

Database requirements

Moodle supports the following database servers. Again, version numbers are just the minimum supported version. We recommend running the latest stable version of any software.

Database	Minimum version	Recommended
PostgreSQL	9.4	Latest
MySQL	5.6	Latest
MariaDB	5.5.31	Latest
Microsoft SQL Server	2008	Latest
Oracle Database	11.2	Latest

Client requirements

Browser support

Moodle is compatible with any standards compliant web browser. We regularly test Moodle with the following browsers:

Desktop:

Chrome
Firefox
Safari
Edge
Internet Explorer

Mobile:

MobileSafari
Google Chrome

For the best experience and optimum security, we recommend that you keep your browser up to date. https://whatbrowser.org

Note: Legacy browsers with known compatibility issues with Moodle 3.6:

Internet Explorer 10 and below
Safari 7 and below

Major features

Dashboard

MDL-63044 and MDL-63337 - New Course overview and Timeline blocks
MDL-63062 - New 'Recently accessed courses' block
MDL-63063 - New 'Recently accessed items' block
MDL-63058 - Option to star/unstar courses
MDL-63064 - New 'Starred courses' block

Messaging

MDL-57272 and MDL-63280 - Group messaging
MDL-63279 - Option to disable site-wide messaging
MDL-63214 - Privacy setting for restricting who can message you

Privacy

MDL-62309 - Option to make site policies required or optional
MDL-61652 - Capabilities for controlling who can download SAR data
MDL-6074 - Option to hide your name in the online users block

Other

MDL-58454 - Support for Open Badges v2.0
MDL-58943 - Nextcloud integration, with a Nextcloud repository and OAuth 2 Nextcloud service
MDL-27520 - Assignment feedback can include media or other files
MDL-41265 - Option to hide the last modified date in a Page resource
MDL-60820 - A teacher can specify workshop submission types

Experimental

MDL-53566 - Freezing / enabling read-only access only for categories, courses, activities and their content

Other highlights

MDL-63658 - Favourites subsystem
MDL-14274 - IF conditions in grade calculations
MDL-37624 - Calendar entries location support
MDL-45170 - Copy and paste of images from one wsyiwyg window to another
MDL-54035 - Performance improvements with a lot of data in mdl_cache_flags
MDL-36754 - Images are displayed in forum notification emails
MDL-59259 - Course format options may be specified in upload courses CSV file
MDL-62708 - Option to add ID numbers to questions and question categories
MDL-59454 - Option to download the list of course participants
MDL-46415 - SVG / high resolution emoticons
MDL-47962 - Glossary auto-linking filter performance improvements
MDL-62334 - 'Add a new course' link in Site administration
MDL-63253 - Admin search results provide location of the found matching page
MDL-51803 - Reusable element for drag and drop sortable table or list
MDL-50812 - core_useragent::get_browser_version_classes distinguishes between different browsers
MDL-63329 - memcache session handler removal
MDL-63040 - Page header removal
MDL-61573 - User menu: customusermenuitems map Font Awesome icons for non pix/t folders
MDL-62320 - JSON added to the default mime types list
MDL-63603 - Indian Rupee added to PayPal enrolment currencies
MDL-63431 - Atto media plugin title global attribute support
MDL-62960 - Drag and drop of course events respects the course start date
MDL-62651 - adhoc task runner
MDL-17943 - 'Resend confirmation email' button on login page
MDL-60435 - Shibboleth authentication identity providers
MDL-59169 - Grader report saves after edit with multiple tabs
MDL-52953 - Legacy log store deprecation
MDL-55188 - Old Events API final deprecation
MDL-54741 - Phase 2 of deprecation of functions in lib/deprecatedlib.php

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.

For developers

Privacy API update

In addition to existing requirements, any plugin which implements the plugin provider interface must also implement the \core_privacy\local\request\core_userlist_provider interface. Two new methods need to be implemented:

Note these changes are also required for latest Moodle 3.4.6, 3.5.3 versions.

Behat scenario files

MDL-57281 - The behat step I navigate to "ITEM" node in "MAINNODE > PATH" has been deprecated and throws an exception with details on how to replace it. The recommended replacement steps work in all recent Moodle versions, the updated Behat will pass with Moodle 3.4, too.

Login token

If your plugin provides an alternative login form (e.g. it is a theme replacing the default login form template / renderer), the login form must include a new login token field. For details of required changes, see Login token. Note that this also affects latest stable branches, too.

Component APIs upgrades

Please refer to the upgrade.txt files in the relevant component directory for changes in particular Moodle release.

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 For the best experience and optimum security, we recommend that you keep your browser up to date. https://whatbrowser.org
-Note: Legacy browsers with known compatibility issues with Moodle 3.5:
+Note: Legacy browsers with known compatibility issues with Moodle 3.6:
 * Internet Explorer 10 and below
 * Safari 7 and below
 ==Major features==

Documentation