Moodle 3.6 release notes

Note: This page will continue to be updated until Moodle 3.6 is released.

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 3.5:

• 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

Two new methods need to be implemented in the privacy provider class for plugins that store user data:

• get_users_in_context()
• delete_data_for_users()

  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.

• admin/tool/log/upgrade.txt
• admin/tool/upgrade.txt
• auth/shibboleth/upgrade.txt
• auth/upgrade.txt
• badges/upgrade.txt
• blocks/upgrade.txt
• cache/upgrade.txt
• calendar/upgrade.txt
• course/format/upgrade.txt
• course/upgrade.txt
• enrol/upgrade.txt
• filter/upgrade.txt
• grade/grading/form/upgrade.txt
• grade/report/upgrade.txt
• grade/upgrade.txt
• lib/upgrade.txt
• media/upgrade.txt
• message/upgrade.txt
• mod/assign/upgrade.txt
• mod/feedback/upgrade.txt
• mod/forum/upgrade.txt
• mod/quiz/upgrade.txt
• mod/scorm/report/basic/upgrade.txt
• mod/scorm/upgrade.txt
• mod/upgrade.txt
• mod/workshop/upgrade.txt
• question/format/upgrade.txt
• report/upgrade.txt
• tag/upgrade.txt
• theme/upgrade.txt
• user/upgrade.txt

See also

• Moodle 3.5 release notes