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{{About Moodle}}
As Moodle gains in maturity, its directions are increasingly influenced by the community of developers and users. A dynamic database of proposed features and their status can be found at [http://tracker.moodle.org/ tracker.moodle.org]. Your [[Credits|contributions]] in the form of ideas, code, feedback and promotion are all very welcome - see the [[Documentation for Developers|Developers manual]] and the [http://moodle.org/help community forums] for more details. You can also pay to have certain features developed sooner- see [http://moodle.com/development/ moodle.com/development] for information and a quote.

For more detailed information, see our [[Roadmap]] for developers.

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Old releases

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==Moodle 1.4.5 release notes==

(Because this release contains important security fixes, we highly advise that sites using any previous version of Moodle upgrade to this version as soon as possible.)

=== Some important security fixes ===

* Preventative measures against attacks to admin functions.
* Lesson: Safer hiding of lessons ([http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=2733 #2733])

=== A few new things ===

* Flash Media Player: Now playing can start before the download is complete.
* Added/updated language support for German (DE) and Turkish (TR).
* Release notes now link to the relevant bugs.
* Prefetching requests from Google Web Accelerator, Mozilla etc are denied.

=== Performance improvements ===

* Added option to cache the languages list. Saves around 10MB of memory and 40 includes. See config-dist.php for details on how to enable.
* Major efficiency improvements for Postgres databases on insert. Also fixed many calls to insert_record() which discard the returned record id to not ask for the record id.

=== Other bug fixes ===

* HTML Editor: Fixes to some character encoding problems.
* Quiz: fixes to export/import dropdown ([http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=2963 #2963])
* Quiz: Don't throw a fatal error on unknown question, try to continue.
* Course Social Forum: Removed misleading link to unsubscribe ([http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=2945 #2945]).
* Additional/updated translations.
* Forums and Groups: Allow students not in a group to post into a discussion which is also not in a group, even if the course is using groups.
* Sitewide HTML Editor settings: Fixed [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=21359 Can't save changes in editor configuration] form bug.
* Cron: Removed some warnings.
* Choice: Choice shows a bad number of answers ([http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=2452 #2452]).
* Better support for PHP5: Files uploads now use $_FILES rather than deprecated $HTTP_POST_FILES ([http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=2828 #2828])
* Backup/Restore: Manual links from lesson pages to resources are now preserved between backup/restore anywhere. (see [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=21044 this discussion])
* Some fixes for Postgres constraint naming.
* I18N support: Reset proper encoding upon login ([http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=2770 #2770]).
* I18N support: Fixed some instances of garbled characters when using utf-8 in HTML Editor ([http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=2763 #2763])
* Flash Media Player: Turn off the autoloading of sound files.
* Flash Media Player: Better handling of filenames files.
* Postgres: Fixed sequences out of sequence ([http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=2742 #2742]).
* Backup: Fixed memory limit overrun in backup config page.
* Forums: Fixed error warnings when a teacher posts to a forum ([http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=2723 #2723]).

==Older Releases==
More information can be found here: http://moodle.org/doc/?file=releaseold.html.
(The html file should probably be integrated into this page.)

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Latest release notes

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{{About Moodle}}

==Moodle 1.7 - development version==
Expected in September, 2006

===Headline features===

* [[Roles]]
:: Permissions based on fine-grained capabilities allow all kinds of roles to be created and assigned in all contexts around Moodle.
* XML Database schema
:: added support for MS-SQL with more databases to come
* [[Unit tests|Unit testing framework]]
:: Making it easier for developers to write test code, which should ultimately lead to a more reliable Moodle.

===Other improvements===

* Improvements to the [[Quiz module|quiz]]
:* The teacher can configure comments that are displayed to the student at the end of their attempt, with the comment displayed depending on the student's score.

* Improvements to some core question types
:* All question types can now have some teacher supplied commentary. This is displayed to all students after they have finished the question (depending on the quiz settings) and does not depend on what response the student gave. Use this to tell the student what the question was about, or link them to more information about the topic it covers.
:* [[Matching question type|Matching]] questions can have extra wrong answers, and work when two questions have the same answer.
:* [[Multiple Choice question type|Multiple Choice]] questions can have feedback for the whole question, as well as specific answers. This is particularly useful for multiple-response questions.
:* [[Numerical question type|Numerical]] questions can have different answers with different precisions and scores. (Previously this was only supported via GIFT import. Now you can edit questions like this.)

==Moodle 1.6.2==
12th September, 2006

===Security===
* Fixed handling of uploaded files in Database module
* Module instance id is now properly validated when creating course module object; developers should use get_coursemodule_from_id() to get valid $cm
* Default error reporting level was lowered to 5, E_WARNINGs are no longer displayed on production sites with debug off.
* Multiple problems leading to information leakage fixed in help.php file
* Fixed information leakage from scheduled backups
* Added basic detection of dataroot accessible from Internet, web installer now better suggests dataroot location outside of web file area
* Swf is now disabled by default in Mediaplugin
* forgot_password.php does not allow remote email or username enumeration by default, the old behavior can be enabled by setting protectusernames to No in site configuration
* Undisclosed SQL injections fixed by automatic data conversions in adodb layer
* Theoretical XSS problems fixed in doc/index.php and files/index.php scripts
* Access to tex and algebra files is blocked when filters are disabled
* Request for redirection in jumpto.php protected with sesskey

===Bug Fixes===

* Fixed error when upgrading forum read tracking
* Locales from language packs should finally work - please check your configuration variables and empty the locale field
* Added missing link for course request
* Fixed several glossary problems with non-ascii characters
* Fixed bug where you could not regrade a quiz question where the teacher had added a comment with a ' character.
* Quiz import of BlackBoard V6 files now much more reliable
* Fixed scheduled backups - they were broken in 1.6 and 1.6.1
* Fixed missing guest icons from course listing
* Database sessions respect sessiontimeout setting
* Fixed redirect problems during upgrade resulting in "Table xxx already exists"
* Lesson module: the "(Continue)" no longer displays for 3 seconds after branch tables.
* Lesson module: now properly checks import formats for support.
* Lesson module: feedback is set properly during the import process.
* and many other smaller fixes

===New Features===

* Authorize.net Payment Gateway: Autoconfigures credit card types if the merchant does not accept some types of credit cards

===Known Problems===
* Broken images in published question categories

==Moodle 1.6.1==
20th July, 2006

===Bug Fixes===

* Fixed regression in Turkish locale handling
* Authorize and Paypal enrolment plugin cleanup
* Fixed serious problem with failing Database restore
* Fixed restore of HotPot module containing attempts
* Minor Database module fixes
* National characters in graphs now work for most languages out of the box
* Reviewed and fixed all *nix locale codes in language packs
* Fixed problems when using Resources with Blocks on the frontpage
* Fixed missing events on the first day of month in calendar
* Fixed several problems in Lesson - scores, branch tables, HTML editor issues
* Fixed broken intermodule relinking of absolute paths - please do not use course backups from original 1.6
* PDF byteserving problems caused by incorrect partial content length solved
* Fixed several regressions in handling of multiple groups
* Fixed alphabet problems in Glossary
* Chameleon theme fixes and enhancements
* Fixed all hard coded admin paths
* Fixed moving of course sections
* Fixed grading of Essays in Quiz
* Several Quiz regrading problems solved
* Questions are now exported into backupdata directory
* Added workaround for problems when editting two quizes in one browser
* Lots of other Quiz related bugs fixed - thanks Tim!

* Fixed IE unsecure items warning on sites with https login
* Improved cookie test on the login page
* Potential security issue with unzipping maliciously-crafted zip files fixed
* Satinized input parameters in help.php
* Calendar view.php now respects forcelogin setting

* And lots of other minor fixes worth upgrading

===New Features===

* Enhanced frontpage settings - frontpage can now be different for logged in users, changed category list display
* Improved administration page layout
* Possibility to change graph font for all locales - moodledata/lang/default.ttf takes precedence over lib/default.ttf
* Local language packs may also contain default.ttf
* Backported improved lang.php from HEAD
* New config.php option $CFG->allowvisiblecoursesinhiddencategories

===Known Problems===

* Broken images in published question categories
* Small number of sites reports problems with Quiz upgrade - please always do a full database backup before any upgrade!

===Related===

* Third party modules should be already updated for 1.6.x - you must install new versions before UTF-8 migration!
* New integration of phpMyAdmin available - fixes upstream security problems and compatiblility with PHP 5

==Moodle 1.6==
19th June, 2006

NOTE: Moodle 1.6 requires PHP 4.3.0 (or PHP 5.1.0) and MySQL 4.1.16 (4.1.12 if you use latin languages only). Here is more info on [[Upgrading to Moodle 1.6]].

===New features===

* [[UTF-8 migration|Unicode]]
::Moodle is now 100% Unicode, which means any language can be mixed together and an end to a number of problems that different character sets caused us.
* [[MoodleDocs development|Documentation]]
::A new one-stop wiki site for ALL Moodle documentation, including links from Moodle itself
* [[Database module]]
::A new activity module that allows collaborative collection of structured data, useful for many things!
* [[LAMS]]
::Integrated via a course format and an activity module
* [[Blogs]]
::Allows reflection on an ongoing basis. Entries are marked and can be viewed by user, course, group, site etc. Contains first new support for [[Tags]].
* [[Reports]]
::All reports are now centralised under Course reports and Admin reports. New reports can be written as plugins and dropped in very easily. One big new report is the new course-based statistics system from Catalyst.
* [[Questions]]
::A centralized bank of questions with the potential to be (re-)used in a variety of modules.
* [[My Moodle]]
::A dashboard interface that allows an overview for each user of all their courses etc.
* [[Hive integration]]
::This initial integration with Hive allows teachers to upload, browse, search and select [[Resources|resources]] within the external repository.
* [[Multiple groups]]
::Users can be part of multiple groups within a course
* [[IMS content package]] resource type
::Supports the loading of any content package as a resource, with an optional repository for sharing packages between courses.
* [[Course backup|Granularised backup]]
* [[Chameleon|Chameleon theme]]
:: An interactive Moodle theme
* [[Enrolment plugins|Multi enrolment]]
::Moodle's enrolment plugins can be used simultaneously on the same site. Also new [[IMS Enterprise]] enrolment plugin.
*[[Authorize.net Payment Gateway]] enrolment plugin
::New feature called 'Order Review'. Admins and teachers may accept or deny payments before processing the credit card and they can also refund payments after processing the credit card in 'Payment Management' page. Students may view their order details. Address Verification System (AVS) and Scheduled-Capture support added. For 'Manual-Capture' admins are notified 5 days prior to pending orders expiring.
===See also===
*[[:Category:Moodle 1.6|Moodle 1.6 features]]

==Moodle 1.5.4==
21st May, 2006

(Because this release contains important security fixes, we highly advise that sites using any previous version of Moodle upgrade to this version as soon as possible.)

===Various fixes===

'''Security'''
* Improved kses cleaning of html SC#204
* Prevent unwanted password change here SC#225
* Fix for Secunia Advisory SA18267, plus some logging of suspicious activity.
* AdoDB tests cleanup after Secunia Advisory SA18267
* Fixed $cfg->forceloginforprofiles logic SC#207. Backported from HEAD

'''General'''
* Various updates/improvements in the the Environmental Check allowing to check if your server suits future Moodle requirements.
* Bug 4619. Fixed one DB query not following coding rules.
* Bug 4607. Avoid duplication of course shortname on restore.
* Fixed one problem with auto-link filters and frames.
* Important fixes to muti-byte text handling routines.
* Small changes to the installer.
* Bug 3853. Some important improvements in the restore of log actions.
* Bug 4328. Prevent some warnings in the blocks system.
* Bug 4341. Extending multi-lang support to the "jumpto" menu (showed in collapsed mode).
* Added rss_get_url() to 1.5 to help support data module
* Added support for having a linked tab even if it is currently selected.
* RSS Client block: Removed secondary cache. [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4625 Bug 4625]
* Email confirmation now includes lastname. [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4869 Bug 4869]
* Database connection errors can now be reported to an admin. See $CFG->emailconnectionerrors in config-dist.php.
* Metacourses: Fixed a problem with self enrolment in child courses.
* Several MySQL v5 compatibility fixes
* Avoid listing more than 200 courses in my courses block, and course listing pages.
* SCORM: Fixed lesson status skin support
* Skype: Added webstatus icon
* File uploads: Only create a directory if needed, [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4659 bug 4659]
* Admin Block. Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4627 bug 4627]: Hide "change password" link in admin block if the user is restricted. Credits for report & patch go to Joseph Rezeau.
* HTMLArea: Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4562 bug 4562]. Fix posted by sgarcia.
* Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4626 bug 4626] - weblib.php: $course object conversion error in "print_footer " function
* Messaging: Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4621 bug 4621] errors in MySQL v3.23 with message backup.
* Introducing Admin->Environment to help users assess installed software prior to the 1.6 upgrade
* Course Restore: Now we avoid duplicates. [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4607 Bug 4607]
* Assignment: Guests can no longer submit an online assignment. [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4604 Bug 4604]
* File Downloads: Fixed problems for slow (dial up) clients, and avoid hogging memory when PHP's output compression is on.
* Wiki: Supports initial load of contents from course file area. [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=3830 Bug 3830]
* Lesson: Now when a teacher edits a page with the "Edit page contents" button and then saves or cancels, s/he gets redirected back to the lesson navigation. This will help to streamline the editing.
* Activity Modules Block - [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4586 bug 4586]
* Metacourse: Fixes unenrolling [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4541 bug 4541]
* File uploads: Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4533 bug 4533] - Max upload size at course level ignored.
* Enrol/Authorize.net: Added Address Verification System (AVS) support.
* Online Users Block: Limit the number of students displayed.
* Unicode Support: Typo3 Library updated to newest version.
* Course Categories: Fixed courses and subcategories in an invisible category being visible. [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4074 Bug 4074]
* Wiki: Fixed a fatal error updating wiki pages.
* Added autocomplete=off in form tag to avoid browser autocomplete [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4423 bug:4423]
* Password change: Primary administrator password can only be changed by the administraror him/herself.
* Enrol/Authorize.net: Some changes:- allow_internal is not need anymore. Shows two option if enrolment key of course is set.- login_https is required for payment pages. My credit card is important. If you haven't a certificate forgot this module. (security)- Expiry date of credit card is more friendly :).
* User profile: Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4400 bug 4400]
* Removed old THEME variable.
* Added some more CSS hooks for the correctness feedback
* Fix [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4366 bug 4366]
* Makes autologinguest possible at site level
* Micro-increment version number to 2.0.10
* Corrected adjustment of relative URLs in <EMBED> tag
* Merging from HEAD:Fix for [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4371 bug 4371] (also SC#199):Now manually created users with admin privileges and force change passwordcannot change their username with impunity.
* Fix for [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4067 bug 4067] - allow user to update assignment when not yet marked
* Fix for [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4314 bug 4314]
* Fix for [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4206 bug 4206]
* Delayed merge from HEAD - If tablelib is going to do fullname voodoo, allow default sort field to be firstname/lastname
* Log actions must be strored to DB without &print_log() takes care of it! [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=3853 Bug 3853]
* Fixes [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4354 bug 4354]
* shorten_text() AFTER format properly. See [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4355 bug 4355]
* Prevent a warning when params is empty. [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4328 Bug 4328]
* Now the section "jumpto" menu (showed in collapse mode), supportsthe multilang filter. [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4341 Bug 4341]
* Print performance info if exists and $CFG->perfdebug is enabled.
* Fix for [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4351 bug 4351]. New parasmeter for get_record_sql to disableauto-added LIMIT (in case we are using our own)
* Solved bug found when trying to backup all users! http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=27105
* Fixing [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4345 bug 4345]: merging problem when fixing [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4303 bug 4303]
* Mimic changes from "Ought to mention the improved assignment grading!"Merged from HEAD
* Ought to mention the improved assignment grading!
* Fixes [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4086 bug 4086] spelling mistake
* Commenting out gz_handler since it seem to cause problemsmore on http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=34376

'''Assignment'''
* Fixed bug in "Prevent late submissions", thanks to Samuli, [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4780 bug 4780]

'''Enrolment'''
* Enrolment: Better explanation of flat file enrolment format. Re-formatted the imporved flat file enorlment description
* Auth/LDAP: Better support for ActiveDirectory
* Enrol/Authorize.net: PostgreSQL support and some indexes for speed.
* Authorize.net: Address Verification System (AVS) support added.
* Authorize.net: $CGF->login_https must be ON for payment pages.
* Authorize.net: Shows two forms if the enrolment key of the course is set (internal and authorize forms).
* Authorize.net: IIS https fix. It doesn't recognize empty($_SERVER['HTTPS']) but accepts HTTPS=off.

'''Forum Module'''

* Bug 4355. Solved one visualisation problem in the page showing the list of forums.
* Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4360 bug 4360]
* Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4431 bug 4431], affecting site course, added function forum_user_can_view_post in lib.php

'''Glossary Module'''
* Bug 4543, 4713. Fixed some problems with entries and categories containing more than one word in their title.
* Bug 4858. Fixed one problem with formats, not being detected properly.
* Bug 4915. Entrylist format now displays the "Send Ratings" button.

'''Hotpot Module'''
* Add support for HP5 quizzes (including JBC and old JQuiz)
* Removed weighting from questiontext in JCloze import
* Fixed import of JCloze into quiz module as a MULTIANSWER question
* Fixed bug in restoring attempts from backup

'''Lesson Module
* Lesson: $navigation and $grade_value were undefined when lesson was added to site main page
* Lesson: Lesson Essay Question Can't be Graded when attempt not finished. [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4174 Bug 4174]
* Lesson: Added cancel button. [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4216 Bug 4216] - cancel button
* Lesson: Fixed [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=37537 problem with storing the answerid for numerical questions].
* Lesson: Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=1187 bug 1187]

'''Quiz Module'''

* Fixed bug 4250: Added missing percentages to the grade selector
* Fixed bug 4495: Don't apply lateness check when teacher previews
* Fixed bug 4544: Incorrect path to exported files in some language packs
* Fixed bug 4780: Bug in "Prevent late submissions" setting fixed
* Fixed bug 5070: Students can't see quizzes when they are closed
* Turned off regrading of quizzes that have the attemptonlast option set
* A number of other minor interface fixes
* Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4319 bug 4319]. Thanks to Jaroslav
* Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4217 bug 4217]
* Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4829 bug 4829]
* Now we avoid checking for lateness when teacher previews. [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4495 Bug 4495]
* Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4688 bug 4688]
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=39548 Rounding errors could lead to "Partially correct" for correct answers]
* Added missing percentages to the grade selector, [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4250 bug 4250]
* Avoid error messages in case $quiz->sumgrades is zero, [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4454 bug 4454]
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=27730#181773 get_actual_response() method for cloze question type] contributed by Jean-Michel
* Better PostgreSQL support
* Now With Nicer Presentation of Questions
* Summary text shouldn't be cleaned as only entered by teacher.
* Fixed [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4345 bug 4345]. Report performance improvements caused regression with MySQLv3
* Now we turn off browser-based autocomplete. Fixes [http://moodle.org/bugs/bug.php?op=show&bugid=4423 bug 4423] - Short Answer Quiz Q's Saving Form Entries

'''Resource Module'''

* Solved one problem on restore that was causing some links to become corrupted.
* Slightly changes to the delete_instance() function in resources to allow future improvements.
* Resource restore: Solved bug when [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=38801 decoding encoded links for resource]

'''Wiki Module'''

* Solved one problem sending double-slashed info to DB.
* Bug 3830. Load of initial content from course file area is now allowed.

==Moodle 1.5.3==

11th November, 2005

(Because this release contains important security fixes, we highly advise that sites using any previous version of Moodle upgrade to this version as soon as possible.)

===A few new things===

* We now have SCORM 1.3 (SCORM 2004) support!
* Much improved Assignment grading interface, including "quick grading" options
* A new Single-Sign-On API is available

===Various fixes===

'''General'''

* Contains warnings when Moodle is used on an PHP configuration known to be insecure
* Contains fixes for some recently reported security problems (see [http://security.moodle.org/ security.moodle.org])
* Backups now runs a lot faster medium/large installs. Many issues fixed in this area
* Listing of directory sizes can be made much faster on Linux/Unix servers, thanks to a performance fix you can enable from Admin->Variables: "path_to_du"
* We now log more meaningful IP addresses when the server or the clients are working behind a proxy
* Fixed some issues with PHP accelerators
* Upgrade scripts have been refined and work much better for PostgreSQL installations
* General PostgreSQL port code cleanup
* Upgrading to 1.5.3 will fix any legacy Journal to Online Assignment upgrade issues
* RSS libraries now support RSS 2.0 categories, see bug 3654
* Better accesibilty in file uploads, see bug 3662
* Better support for site-wide HTTPS, see bug 3848
* We now send away bots (like Googlebot) from that try mangled URLs, see bug 3958
* Better DST support for non-logged-in users
* Better DST support for repeat events in Calendar
* Small fixes to the lesson, choice and grade modules
* Minor CSS improvements to formal_white and orangewhite themes
* Better pagination in course listing and loglive pages
* Fixed an IE-only bug related to HTMLArea content where user-edited tables could float and hide part of the UI.

'''Authentication'''

* Fixes to change password/forgotten password with external auth
* Data fetched from external DB or LDAP is now truncated correctly
* Fixed bug 4305 -- better login block behaviour when using secureforms
* Better support for utf-8 user data from external auth
* LDAP: General fixes covering sync_users script and logging of errors
* LDAP: Fixed bug 3141 - Can't update external data with LDAP authentication
* LDAP: Fixed bug 3992 - LDAP password including a quote does not work - credits go to Kita
* LDAP: Better support for ActiveDirectory.
* LDAP: Fixed bug #3594
* LDAP: Better handling of multi-source field mapping
* LDAP: Fix for using DN as idnumber - thanks fo Jeff Graham - http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=28840

'''Enrolment and metacourses'''

* Metacourses: Prevent normal users to gain access to meta courses via manual enrolment
* Metacourses: better support for MySQL v3.23.x
* DB: Enrolment lookups now work reliably with Moodle on MySQL and Postgres
* DB: Non-MySQL databases work again as external enrolment databases
* LDAP: Fixed a wrong call to add_teacher in LDAP plugin.
* LDAP: Servers being down or unavailable no longer prevent logins
* LDAP: Course auto-creation works again
* LDAP: Fixed several bugs reported by Jeff Graham and Barron Koralesky -- including bugs 3912 and 3974
* LDAP: We can now bind non-anonymously to LDAP
* Authorize.net: several fixes

'''Resources'''

* Bugfix: Avoid linking to empty or unlinkable activity names

'''Forums'''

* Big and small optimizations to tracking of read/unread messages, specially for PostgreSQL
* Fixed some PostgreSQL bugs
* Some more actions are now supported by backup/restore when processing log records, see bug 3582
* Now message forum RSS feeds are including category data -- useful under some RSS agregators able to group messages, see bug 3654
* Fixed paging on forum search

'''Blocks'''

* Several performance improvements
* Fixes to the upgrade process, including PostgreSQL syntax and lower memory usage
* Brought in several bugfixes from 1.6dev
* Fixed bug 3478: Cannot add RSS feed as course creator
* Fixed bug 3793: Prevent warning message when configuring a glossary_random block in a course which has no glossaries

'''Quiz'''

* Some CSS style fixes
* Better compatibility with themes that contain forms in the headers
* Highlighting of correct answers can now be turned off
* Fixed bug 3986: Too many random questions. (mindforge)
* Fixed missing action icons
* Fixed bug 3899 and removed some 'missing course object' messages
* Fixed bug 3950: Ee-attempt button inconsistency for multi-attempt quizzes
* Fixed bug 3953: Quiz/report.php pagesize can be set to 0, credits to Jean-Michel
* Fixed potential data data corruption bug 3915
* Fixed bug 3884: Quiz correct highlights missing for 2 of 3 options.
* Fix for the Student review highlight doesn't seem to work bug
* Fixed bug 3804: Differences in question types between 1.5 and 1.6
* Fixed bug 3822: don't count previews as attempts
* Fixed bug 3807: Question numbering issue
* Fixes for the item analysis plug-in, assembled by Jean-Michel
* Now we reset the timeout counter to avoid timeouts
* Several improvements contributed by Jean-Michel Vedrine. You can now change the number of attempts per page displayed on screen, and download results to Excel/text file, including detailed grades
* Fixed export bug with non-English languages

'''SCORM'''

* We now support SCORM 1.3 (SCORM 2004)!
* Fixed a bug with next and prev SCO search
* Fixed bugs related to masteryscore
* Fixed a problem in AICC course tracking

'''Wiki'''

* Now paging of older versions is showed and working properly, see bug 3750

'''Filters'''

* Mediaplugin filter now finds multi-line links in HTML code
* Censor filter: Added original word as title to the blacked-out version. The filter can obscure actual important words by mistake (eg Dickens) and there needs to be some way to recover the meaning

==Moodle 1.5.2==

16th July, 2005

=== Various fixes ===

* Journal -> Assignment upgrade now works properly :-/
* Assignment submodules now upgrade as expected
* Various other bugs with new Assignments fixed
* Journal module is now disabled by default on new installations
* Login page is now 100% HTTPS if required
* Various small standard theme tweaks
* Fix for recent matching questions display bug in Quiz
* Language editor no longer creates empty files when not necessary (caused country list bug)
* Fixed some manifest parsing problems in SCORM module
* Multilang filter now deals with pack names that contain numbers
* Files are now force-downloaded (fixes IE problems and some security issues)
* Relinking debugging output is escaped
* Large MP3 player now displays ID3 tags properly again
* Some chat daemon improvements

=== Some new things ===

* Orangewhite theme optimised for use on PDA
* Forum user posts page can be called without userid
* Altavista BabelFish now allowed in as guest when Google is

==Moodle 1.5.1==

8th July, 2005

===Various fixes===

* Several potential security problems solved
* Allowobjectembed setting now works correctly
* Speed problem on IE, caused by tab hover fixed.
* Cut and paste in editor on Firefox has a more helpful warning message
* Fixed a session problem when logged on as admin during upgrade from very old Moodle version
* Fixed editing problem in Main menu of site
* Minor CSS display problems in a few areas were fixed
* Fixed the adding of a single discussion forum
* Fixed Lesson problems with calculating grades, and dates
* Fixed Lesson problems with entering a cluster after a page
* Censor filter was fixed to make it work better with old themes

===Some new things===

* New theme: Wood
* Metal theme updated for 1.5
* Many language updates for most languages, including a new language: Khmer
* Block classes can now run custom code when an instance is created/deleted (this is useful for blocks that need to set up non-trivial data structures)
* Wizard for Calculated Questions in Quiz was rewritten
* Backup/Restore module selection is now improved and much easier
* Backup/Restore module has much improved relinking support, it's now faster and easier to implement in new modules

==Moodle 1.5==

5th June, 2005

Here you can find the release notes of the current stable version of Moodle. '''If you experience any bugs in this release, please report them at [http://moodle.org/bugs moodle.org/bugs] so we can fix them in the next release.'''

=== Headline features ===

* Web pages are compliant with XHTML Transitional 1.0
* Improved '''Accessibility''', aiming for compliance with WAI (W3C), SENDA (UK) and Section 508 (US) criteria.
* Very strong '''new Themes system''', allowing cascading themes, user themes, course themes, with very fine control of every page in Moodle via CSS.
* Integrated '''Messaging''' feature for direct communication between all users in the site, featuring realtime popup windows, notification, email copies, blocking, history, WYSIWYG editor, etc
* Forum read/unread tracking with highlights allows you to see new postings at a glance and to control how these are displayed (per forum, per user or per site).
* New '''Blocks''' system, allowing multiple copies of blocks and better block configuration
* Full support for '''Daylight Savings Time''' in every locality around the globe, so everyone always see the correct local time for all events.
* New '''extended gradebook''' allowing custom weighting of different activities, setting extra grades (or taking out others) and improved display and sorting options
* Users can be required to agree to a '''Site Policy
'''

=== Other major system-wide improvements ===

'''Admin'''

* New "maintenance mode" allows the admin to temporarily disable a site (during upgrades, for example).
* Moodle can automatically download a new list of timezones from moodle.org or elsewhere and install it to the database (Olson files are supported too)
* New version of Moodle MySQL Admin module (available separately)
* New calendar options page provides user interface to configure the behavior of the calendar

'''Authentication'''

* New Shibboleth Support
* New CAS Support
* New PAM Support
* Improved LDAP integration, so that LDAP can now control course creation, group assignments. Increased performance and scalability performing user synchronisation.
* Certain user fields can be locked by the admin when using external authentication
* Improved session handling now detects "crossover" sessions that we have found in some buggy PHP installations and prevents them
* Sessions can now be stored in the database (good for clustered installations!)
* Users can be forced to change their password

'''Files'''

* Standardised file browsing in all areas
* Improved uploading, with support for automated Virus scanning of new documents using ClamAV.
* Slasharguments now work also on IIS (upgrade to PHP 4.3.11 needed for ISAPI)

'''Filters'''

* Standardised filter library makes it trivial to write new filters that require searching and highlighting of text.
* Huge efficiency improvements for complex filters like the Glossary filter
* New Tidy filter uses the W3C Tidy program to (optionally) clean all user-entered texts throughout the site and convert it to valid XHTML code
* Improved censorship filter, now "blacks out" words using styles and uses a word list from the language packs.
* Improved Flash MP3 player, now shows progress bar while downloading and playing
* Improved Multi-language filter is faster, more forgiving of syntax errors, and uses new editor-friendly syntax: <span lang="en"></span>
* Auto-linking filters (glossary, activities) can work to link all the occurrences (old behaviour), once for each text block or only once for the whole page ($CFG->filtermatchonepertext, $CFG->filtermatchoneperpage).
* More text can now be filtered in Moodle, including activity names, headings and other such small texts. This makes it possible to design completely multi-lingual sites in Moodle that fully appears in the user's chosen language.

'''Themes'''

* Modules can provide standard styles
* Themes can override required styles of other themes
* Users and courses can choose their own themes if the admin allows it
* Implementation of tabs interface on many pages
* Modules, Blocks and Languages can define their own standard styles

'''HTML Editor'''

* The toolbuttons offered in the editor toolbar are now configurable by the admin
* Search and Replace text within the editor text area (with optional use of regular expressions)

'''Course management'''

* Transparent Blackboard 5.5 course importing (partial 6.0 support)
* The new meta-courses allow to get users automatically enroled in a general course (the metacourse) when enroled in any of the metacourse-linked courses
* New tool to copy content from a course to other.

'''New blocks'''

* HTML block: allowing to place arbitrary content (text, images links) in any course mainpage
* Remote RSS feed: allows to display external news channels inside a Moodle course
* Glossary Selection: to choose and display content from a Moodle glossary in course mainpage

'''Calendar'''

* Major speed improvements for sites with a large number of courses using groups
* Repeating events can now be modified or deleted all at the same time or separately as before
* New "remember filter settings" preference that allows calendar filters to remember their status between logins

=== Activity module improvements ===

'''Assignment'''

* Completely refactored into a new class-based design, allowing new plugin-assignment types
* New Online Text assignment type that doesn't require files and allows inline comments when grading - this new type effectively replaces the old Journal module
* Vastly improved grading interface for handling large classes
* New configuration options to disable late submission and to e-mail alerts to teachers when students submit new work

'''Chat'''

* Streamlined interface looks smoother, works faster, even without using the optional server daemon
* Blocks can now be added to chat pages (e.g. for additional information)

'''Choice'''

* Rewritten to allow any number of choices
* The number of users per choice can be limited, which allows it to be used as tool for "signing up" to an array of options.
* You can now download the results of the choice to XLS or a TXT file

'''Forum'''

* Powerful new Google-like forum searching tools
* Forum read/unread tracking - unread messages are highlighted on the course page, forum page, discussion listing and the discussion view
* The tracking system may be disabled by teachers/users
* User profiles show all posts by a user, as well as all discussions
* When admins edit user messages, a notice is attached
* Discussion listing shows the last user who posted to each discussion and when it was, with a direct link to that post
* In group-enabled forums the discussion listing shows the group the thread applies to, with a link to the group description page.

'''Glossary'''

* New setting to enable/disable the print view of each glossary.
* New search system looks for words everywhere (instead of doing exact phrase match).
* More information is sent to logs to be able to track activity better.

'''Journal'''

* The Journal module has not changed since 1.4, and is now deprecated. The upgrade procedure will convert all your Journal activities into Online Assignments, and hide all the old Journal activities. If you don't want this to happen, then define this in your config.php: $CFG->noconvertjournals = true;

'''Lesson'''

* Now supports timed Lessons
* Can create practice Lessons (grades are not stored)
* Option for students to view points earned while taking the Lesson
* Allow students to review their answers before submitting the Lesson
* New Slide Show Mode (only branch tables are displayed as slides)
* New Left Menu (for enabled branch tables only)
* Lessons can now be Password Protected
* A Tree View can be used for the Lesson creation screen
* Students can post their high scores
* New option to save a Lesson's settings as defaults for new lessons in the same course
* Can delete a student's attempts
* New page Jumps:
** Previous Page
** Unseen question within a branch
** Random question within a branch
** Unseen question within a cluster
* Added functionality to view Lesson statistics
* New question type: Essay. Teachers can view each essay and write comments, assign a grade, and then email it all to the student
* New question creation interface

'''Quiz'''

* Can handle adaptive questions, i.e., questions that allow the student to interact with them repeatedly within the same quiz attempt and that can change in response to student answers.
* Student can be allowed to try a question again immediately within the same quiz attempt until they get the answer right.
* There is a penalty mechanism that deducts a specified fraction of the mark for each wrong attempt at a question.
* Allows questions rendered and scored externally (e.g., by mathematical assessment engines) to be integrated seamlessly into Moodle quizzes via the RQP web services protocol.
* Is prepared for the handling of IMS QTI questions once web services for these become available.
* New tabbed teacher interface for previewing, editing, and reviewing quizzes.
* New "improved security" mode shows quiz in a separate full-screen window, with many browser features disabled
* Quizzes can be presented to students in several pages. The number of questions per page is selectable by the teacher.
* Blocks can now be added to quiz pages (to show results table, or additional information etc)
* Better and cleaner interface for question selection and management in the database. Selected questions can be added to quiz, moved to other categories or deleted en mass.
* Random questions are now added to the quiz question list with a dedicated button, leaving a cleaner interface at questions database without phantom placeholders
* Final grade can be a fractional number, with teacher-defined decimal figures
* Improved results page with user-selectable display of columns, cleaner sorting and new mark display options
* Questions can be edited with one click from the improved quiz preview and question preview screens.
* Questions can be copied with one click, to allow question variations to be created with ease.
* Revamped question categories structures and editing interface.
* Categories now can contain nested subcategories and can be re-ordered.
* It is possible to select whether questions from categories, and or their subcategories are displayed on the question edit page.
* It is now possible to select whether to add random questions from a parent category alone, or from a parent category and its sub-categories.
* Quiz creators are prevented from changing the question set of quizes that have had student responses.
* Recognition, and rejection, of overlapping/redundant questions has been improved.
* The display of questions in longer quiz categories on the quiz editing page is now paginated.
* New export types - IMS QTI (2.0) and xhtml. Improvements & fixes to others.
* New import type - Hot Potato. Improvements & fixes to others.

'''Scorm'''

* The module is now fully conformant with the SCORM 1.2 standard.
* User result data storage and reporting was improved.
* AICC packages can now be imported.

'''Survey'''

* Graph formatting has been improved (labels are more readable)

'''Wiki'''

* Changes to wiki pages are now monitored and displayed in Recent Activity block
* Several under the hood improvements to backup/restore and other routines that enhance the reliability of wikis

== See also ==

*[[Old releases|1.4.5 release notes]]

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Features

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{{Update}}
{{About Moodle}}
Moodle is an active and evolving product. This page lists just some of the many features it contains:

== Overall design ==

* Promotes a social constructionist pedagogy (collaboration, activities, critical reflection, etc)
* Suitable for 100% online classes as well as supplementing face-to-face learning
* Simple, lightweight, efficient, compatible, low-tech browser interface
* Easy to install on almost any platform that supports PHP. Requires only one database (and can share it).
* Full database abstraction supports all major brands of database (except for initial table definition)
* Course listing shows descriptions for every course on the server, including accessibility to guests.
* Courses can be categorised and searched - one Moodle site can support thousands of courses
* Emphasis on strong security throughout. Forms are all checked, data validated, cookies encrypted etc
* Most text entry areas (resources, forum postings etc) can be edited using an embedded WYSIWYG HTML editor

== Site management ==

* Site is managed by an admin user, defined during setup
* Plug-in "themes" allow the administrator to customize the site colors, fonts, layout etc to suit local needs
* Plug-in activity modules can be added to existing Moodle installations
* Plug-in language packs allow full localisation to any language. These can be edited using a built-in web-based editor. Currently there are language packs for over [http://download.moodle.org/lang/ 70 languages].
* The code is clearly-written PHP under a GPL license - easy to modify to suit your needs

== User management ==

* Goals are to reduce admin involvement to a minimum, while retaining high security
* Supports a range of authentication mechanisms through plug-in authentication modules, allowing easy integration with existing systems.
* Standard email method: students can create their own login accounts. Email addresses are verified by confirmation.
* LDAP method: account logins can be checked against an LDAP server. Admin can specify which fields to use.
* IMAP, POP3, NNTP: account logins are checked against a mail or news server. SSL, certificates and TLS are supported.
* External database: any database containing at least two fields can be used as an external authentication source.
* Each person requires only one account for the whole server - each account can have different access
* An admin account controls the creation of courses and creates teachers by assigning users to courses
* A course creator account is only allowed to create courses and teach in them
* Teachers may have editing privileges removed so that they can't modify the course (e.g. for part-time tutors)
* Security - teachers can add an "enrolment key" to their courses to keep out non-students. They can give out this key face-to-face or via personal email etc
* Teachers can enrol students manually if desired
* Teachers can unenrol students manually if desired, otherwise they are automatically unenrolled after a certain period of inactivity (set by the admin)
* Students are encouraged to build an online profile including photos, description. Email addresses can be protected from display if required.
* Every user can specify their own timezone, and every date in Moodle is translated to that timezone (e.g. posting dates, assignment due dates etc)
* Every user can choose the language used for the Moodle interface (English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese etc)

== Course management ==

* A full teacher has full control over all settings for a course, including restricting other teachers
* Choice of course formats such as by week, by topic or a discussion-focussed social format
* Flexible array of course activities - Forums, Quizzes, Glossaries, Resources, Choices, Surveys, Assignments, Chats, Workshops
* Recent changes to the course since the last login can be displayed on the course home page - helps give sense of community
* Most text entry areas (resources, forum postings etc) can be edited using an embedded WYSIWYG HTML editor
* All grades for Forums, Quizzes and Assignments can be viewed on one page (and downloaded as a spreadsheet file)
* Full user logging and tracking - activity reports for each student are available with graphs and details about each module (last access, number of times read) as well as a detailed "story" of each students involvement including postings etc on one page.
* Mail integration - copies of forum posts, teacher feedback etc can be mailed in HTML or plain text.
* Custom scales - teachers can define their own scales to be used for grading forums and assignments
* Courses can be packaged as a single zip file using the Backup function. These can be restored on any Moodle server.

== Assignment Module ==

* Assignments can be specified with a due date and a maximum grade.
* Students can upload their assignments (any file format) to the server - they are date-stamped.
* Late assignments are allowed, but the amount of lateness is shown clearly to the teacher
* For each particular assignment, the whole class can be assessed (grade and comment) on one page in one form.
* Teacher feedback is appended to the assignment page for each student, and notification is mailed out.
* The teacher can choose to allow resubmission of assignments after grading (for regrading)

== Chat Module ==

* Allows smooth, synchronous text interaction
* Includes profile pictures in the chat window
* Supports URLs, smilies, embedded HTML, images etc
* All sessions are logged for later viewing, and these can also be made available to students

== Choice Module ==

* Like a poll. Can either be used to vote on something, or to get feedback from every student (eg research consent)
* Teacher sees intuitive table view of who chose what
* Students can optionally be allowed to see an up-to-date graph of results

== Forum Module ==

* Different types of forums are available, such as teacher-only, course news, open-to-all, and one-thread-per-user.
* All postings have the authors photo attached.
* Discussions can be viewed nested, flat or threaded, oldest or newest first.
* Individual forums can be subscribed to by each person so that copies are forwarded via email, or the teacher can force subscription for all
* The teacher can choose not to allow replies (eg for an announcements-only forum)
* Discussion threads can be easily moved between forums by the teacher
* Attached images are shown inline
* If forum ratings are being used, these can be restricted to a range of dates

== Quiz Module ==

* Teachers can define a database of questions for re-use in different quizzes
* Questions can be stored in categories for easy access, and these categories can be "published" to make them accessible from any course on the site.
* Quizzes are automatically graded, and can be re-graded if questions are modified
* Quizzes can have a limited time window outside of which they are not available
* At the teacher's option, quizzes can be attempted multiple times, and can show feedback and/or correct answers
* Quiz questions and quiz answers can be shuffled (randomised) to reduce cheating
* Questions allow HTML and images
* Questions can be imported from external text files
* Quizzes can be attempted multiple times, if desired
* Attempts can be cumulative, if desired, and finished over several sessions
* Multiple-choice questions supporting single or multiple answers
* Short Answer questions (words or phrases)
* True-False questions
* Matching questions
* Random questions
* Numerical questions (with allowable ranges)
* Embedded-answer questions (cloze style) with answers within passages of text
* Embedded descriptive text and graphics

== Resource Module ==

* Supports display of any electronic content, Word, Powerpoint, Flash, Video, Sounds etc. that are stored locally, or remotely
* Files can be uploaded and managed (zipped, unzipped, renamed, moved, etc..) on the server
* Folders can be created and managed on the server and linked to
* Internal web pages (html formatted) can be created with WYSIWYG editor and linked to
* Internal text pages (no formatting) can be created and linked to
* External content on the web can be linked to or seamlessly included within the course interface.
* External web applications can be linked to with data passed to them
* Linked MP3 audio files will display with elegant flash player

== Survey Module ==

* Built-in surveys (COLLES, ATTLS) have been proven as instruments for analysing online classes
* Online survey reports always available, including many graphs. Data is downloadable as an Excel spreadsheet or CSV text file.
* Survey interface prevents partly-finished surveys.
* Feedback is provided to the student of their results compared to the class averages

== Workshop Module ==

* Allows peer assessement of documents, and the teacher can manage and grade the assessment.
* Supports a wide range of possible grading scales
* Teacher can provide sample documents for students to practice grading
* Very flexible with many options.

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Background

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{{About Moodle}}
Moodle is an active and evolving work in progress. Development was started by [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=1&course=1 Martin Dougiamas] who continues to lead the project:

''I've been working on it, in some way or other, for several years. It started in the 90's when I was webmaster at [http://www.curtin.edu.au/ Curtin University of Technology] and a system administrator of their WebCT installation. I encountered many frustrations with the WebCT beast and developed an itch that needed scratching - there had to be a better way (no, not Blackboard :-)''

''I also know a lot of people in schools and smaller institutions (and some big ones!) who want to make better use of the Internet but don't know where to start in the maze of technologies and pedagogies that are out there. I've always hoped there would be a Free alternative that such people could use to help them move their teaching skills into the online environment.''

''My strong beliefs in the unrealised possibilities of Internet-based education led me to complete a Masters and then a PhD in Education, combining my former career in Computer Science with newly constructed knowledge about the nature of learning and collaboration. In particular, I am particularly influenced by the epistemology of social constructionism - which not only treats learning as a social activity, but focusses attention on the learning that occurs while actively constructing artifacts (such as texts) for others to see or use.''

''It is crucial to me that this software be easy to use - in fact it should be as intuitive as possible.''

''I'm committed to continuing my work on Moodle and on keeping it Open and Free. I have a deeply-held belief in the importance of unrestricted education and empowered teaching, and Moodle is the main way I can contribute to the realisation of these ideals.''

A number of early prototypes were produced and discarded before he released version 1.0 upon a largely unsuspecting world on August 20, 2002. This version was targeted towards smaller, more intimate classes at University level, and was the subject of research case studies that closely analysed the nature of collaboration and reflection that occurred among these small groups of adult participants.

Since then there has been steady series of new releases adding new features, better scalability and improved performance.

As Moodle has spread and the community has grown, more input is being drawn from a wider variety of people in different teaching situations. For example, Moodle is now used not only in Universities, but in high schools, primary schools, non-profit organisations, private companies, by independent teachers and even homeschooling parents. A growing number of people from around the world are contributing to Moodle in different ways - for more details see the [[Credits]] page.

An important feature of the Moodle project is [http://moodle.org/ moodle.org], which provides a central point for information, discussion and collaboration among Moodle users, who include system administrators, teachers, researchers, instructional designers and of course, developers. Like Moodle, this site is always evolving to suit the needs of the community, and like Moodle it will always be Free.

In 2003, the company [http://moodle.com/ moodle.com] was launched to provide additional commercial support for those who need it, as well as managed hosting, consulting and other services.

For more about our future plans for Moodle, see the [[Future]] roadmap.

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About Moodle

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{{About Moodle}}
Moodle is a software package for producing internet-based courses and web sites. It's an ongoing development project designed to support a [[Philosophy|social constructionist]] framework of education.

Moodle is provided freely as [http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition_plain.html Open Source] software (under the [http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU Public License]). Basically this means Moodle is copyrighted, but that you have additional freedoms. You are allowed to copy, use and modify Moodle provided that you agree to: '''provide the source to others; not modify or remove the original license and copyrights''', and '''apply this same license to any derivative work'''. Read the [[License|license]] for full details and please contact the [http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=1&course=1 copyright holder] directly if you have any questions.

Moodle will run on any computer that can run [http://www.php.net/ PHP], and can support many types of database (particularly [http://www.mysql.com/ MySQL]).

The word Moodle was originally an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, which is mostly useful to programmers and education theorists. It's also a verb that describes the process of lazily meandering through something, doing things as it occurs to you to do them, an enjoyable tinkering that often leads to insight and creativity. As such it applies both to the way Moodle was developed, and to the way a student or teacher might approach studying or teaching an online course. Anyone who uses Moodle is a Moodler.

Come [http://moodle.org/community/ moodle with us]!

==See also==

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle Moodle at Wikipedia]
*[[Using Moodle book]]
*[[Moodle presentations|Presentations]]
* Moodle Conferences: [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=moodlemoot Moodlemoots]

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User:Paula de Waal

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[[Image:pauladewaal.jpg]]

Hello!

I'm Paula de Waal and you can find me online as facilitator of the following areas at Moodle.org:

[http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=38]Demo delle funzionalità di Moodle (Demo in Italian)

[http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=47]Guia de Funcionalidades Moodle (Demo in Portughese)

[http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=35]Moodle Brasileiro (Brazilian Comunity and translation)

All my research, courses and projects at the University of Padova are in the area of Education and Technology, with focus on quality, social inclusion and creativity.

--[[User:Paula de Waal|Paula de Waal]] 02:23, 1 August 2006 (WST)

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User:Paula de Waal

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Hello!

I'm Paula de Waal and you can find me online as facilitator of the following areas at Moodle.org:

[http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=38]Demo delle funzionalità di Moodle (Demo in Italian)

[http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=47]Guia de Funcionalidades Moodle (Demo in Portughese)

[http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=35]Moodle Brasileiro (Brazilian Comunity and translation)

All my research, courses and projects at the University of Padova are in the area of Education and Technology, with focus on quality, social inclusion and creativity.

--[[User:Paula de Waal|Paula de Waal]] 02:23, 1 August 2006 (WST)

User:Paula de Waal

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User:Paula de Waal

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Papita:

Hello!

I'm Paula de Waal and you can find me online as facilitator of the following areas at Moodle.org:
[http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=38]Demo delle funzionalità di Moodle

User talk:Helen Foster

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== More hierarchy ==

Hi Helen, I think this wiki is very useful and I would like to thank you for the work you are putting into it. I like your navigation boxes on the module pages. I have a suggestion for extending these: I think it would be nice to have an extra link that allows one to go higher up in the hierarcy to [[Teacher_documentation]]. What do you think? --[[User:Delius|Delius]] 17:48, 26 January 2006 (WST)

:Hi Gustav, thanks for your kind words. Your contributions to the documentation are most welcome. Please feel free to edit [[Template:Quizzes]] or any other template page. You may also wish to consider further use of category pages e.g. [[:Category:Teacher]] for navigation. -- [[User:Helen|Helen]] 18:26, 26 January 2006 (WST)

== Do you monitor every article and talk page? ==

Helen, I have posted another question for you on [[Talk:mod/quiz/index]]. Do you get alerted to anything I put on any talk page or should I post on this page if I want you to see it? --[[User:Delius|Delius]] 18:01, 26 January 2006 (WST)

:Hi Gustav, please note that I often check [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]] or the rss feed. --[[User:Helen|Helen]] 18:26, 26 January 2006 (WST)

::Yes, the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]] page is very useful. You can tell that I have never used a wiki intensively before. Thanks for your tips. --[[User:Gustav|Gustav]] 18:35, 26 January 2006 (WST)

:::Hey, let's discover the wiki way together! :-) --[[User:Helen|Helen]] 00:24, 27 January 2006 (WST)

Helen, Just a thanks for your wonderful edits which make things look good and are reminders to me to hit that show preview button..again... and again....and then review the whole page. But I have so little to do, so much time :) Bless you.--[[User:chris collman 2|chris collman 2]] 21:13, 28 June 2006 (WST)

:Hi Chris, your kind words are much appreciated :-) Thanks for your contributions to the documentation. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 06:50, 29 June 2006 (WST)

==Moodle profile==

Helen- I think you should link to your moodle profile like Martin does (assuming you have one, which I assume <grin>). -- D.I. 29Jan06
Wow, you're fast.. .or I'm confused. --D.I. 29Jan06

:Hi D.I. thanks for your suggestion, which [[User:UrsHunkler|someone else]] seem to be following up! ;-) --[[User:Helen|Helen]] 05:00, 30 January 2006 (WST)

== German moodle docs possible? ==

Hello Helen,

thank you very much for these nice and structured doc pages.
When do you plan to launch a german part of the docs.moodle.org pages?
I ask these question because i can translate some of the english doc pages to german.

Greetings Christoph

:Hi Christoph, thanks for your kind offer of translation. Please email ''docs AT moodle DOT org'' so I may get in touch with you easily when the German Moodle documentation is launched. --[[User:Helen|Helen]] 05:17, 30 January 2006 (WST)

== German User Docs ==

Thanks a lot, Helen, for all your work.
I would also like to help with the German version.

Ulrike

:Hi Ulrike, thanks for your kind offer too. MoodleDocs in other languages will happen soon, for sure! --[[User:Helen|Helen]] 08:30, 31 January 2006 (WST)

== Documentation for different versions ==

Helen

Is there a mechanism for specifying which version of Moodle a particular document refers to? If, for instance, a feature is only available in version 1.6, how would a 1.5.3 user know they couldn't follow these instructions?

Equally, if something is done differently in two versions, how would we stop an edit war breaking out between 1.5.3 and 1.6 users?

I appreciate this probably isn't an issue just yet, but it's possible it may become one in later versions.

Cheers,

[[User:CHRISF|CHRISF]] 19:20, 1 February 2006 (WST)

:Hi ChrisF, thanks for highlighting the issue of differences in Moodle versions. Perhaps a Moodle 1.6 template, inserted using the code <code><nowiki>{{Moodle 1.6}}</nowiki></code>, may be used to show features specific to Moodle 1.6. What do you think? --[[User:Helen|Helen]] 04:22, 4 February 2006 (WST)

::Good idea. I think that would clear it up nicely. [[User:CHRISF|CHRISF]] 18:08, 7 February 2006 (WST)

==Hungarian Moodle Docs==

Hello Helen,
I may be knocking at the wrong door.
Could you please create a folder for me to start Moodle documentation in Hungarian please?
Thanks a lot.
Karoly

(Karoly Fabricz, kfabricz AT vnet DOT hu)

:Hi Karoly, thanks for your kind offer. Please read the information on [[MoodleDocs:Starting MoodleDocs|starting Moodle Docs in another language]]. I'll be in touch soon. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 17:09, 15 March 2006 (WST)

== Belarusian Docs is possible? ==

Dear Helen,

I would like to manage Moodle documentation on Belarusian. Could you create a folder for me to start Moodle documentation in Belarusian, please? Аlphabetic acronym of Belarusian language is be.

Sincerely,
Maryia Davidouskaia
(maryia at iatp dot by)

:Hi Maryia, thanks for your kind offer. As I said to Karoly, please read the information on [[MoodleDocs:Starting MoodleDocs|starting Moodle Docs in another language]], and remember that the more people that are involved in creating the documentation, the better it will be. I'll be in touch soon. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 17:09, 15 March 2006 (WST)

Ok, You are a STAR!

== Template styles ==
Hi Helen! I noticed that you reverted my edits on [[Template:Book]] and [[Template:Assignments]]. You were right -- I didn't realise that the [[MoodleDocs:Styling|style]] doesn't match [[MoodleDocs:Style guide|moodle.org style]]. However, the current template doesn't look right either. It should float to the right instead of occupying a substantial part of the upper screen (for eg. on [[Calculated question developer docs]] page) -- this wil provide easier navigation. Also, the tempalate should be colorful and/or bordered -- this looks more attractive and the reader can understand that it is not a part of the article. May be we can have orange or similar colored templates (such as [[Template:Large Installations]] and [[Template:excerpted from Jason Cole]]) that match with moodle.org style? Is there any official style documentation? Is there a moodle.org style guide which describes styles for templates -- I couldn't find one? [[User:Utkarshraj Atmaram|Utkarshraj Atmaram]] 17:40, 30 March 2006 (WST)

:Hi Utkarshraj, thanks for your contributions to Moodle Docs. As you've found, [[MoodleDocs:Style guide]] and [[MoodleDocs:Styling]] contain all the Moodle Docs styling documentation to-date. Please add your comments about template styling to [[MoodleDocs talk:Styling]]. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 17:26, 31 March 2006 (WST)

::Thank you! I've started the discussion at [[MoodleDocs talk:Styling]]. [[User:Utkarshraj Atmaram|Utkarshraj Atmaram]] 19:14, 31 March 2006 (WST)

:::LoL, I just realized that the problem is not with the templates, but with themes. Templates just look find with the MoodleDocs theme, but when I am logged in, I use MonoBook theme -- it doesn't display them as right-aligned (at Wikipedia, we explicity make the templates right-aligned). Sorry for wasting your time! [[User:Utkarshraj Atmaram|Utkarshraj Atmaram]] 14:44, 18 April 2006 (WST)

== Slovak Moodle Documentation ==

Hi, Helen. We would like to start work on translation on Moodle Slovak (sk) documentation. Please, do you think is it possible? Thank you.

Sincerely, Juraj Chlebec
havran@gmail.com

:Hi Juraj, thanks for your offer. Please note that, for non iso-8859-1 languages we need to wait for moodle.org to be converted to UTF-8 (since Moodle Docs authenticates against moodle.org) before setting things up. I'll be in contact when this is done. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 22:05, 10 April 2006 (WST)

== Polish Moodle Documentation ==

Hello, Helen. I saw Your comments to Juraj's post, so just want to let you know that we are ready to start polish translation. Hope the situation will change soon.

== Removing erroneous pages ==

How can unsuitable pages be removed? I just found [[RHLANGUAGE]] which is not documentation-quality...
Maybe you could do it (please) Helen? Not sure.

Best, Dan
--[[User:Dan Stowell|Dan Stowell]] 04:24, 4 May 2006 (WST)

:Thanks Dan, for future reference please add the deletion template, <code><nowiki>{{Deletion}}</nowiki></code>, to any unsuitable page you find. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 04:45, 5 May 2006 (WST)

== Request for help (check) ==

Hi, Sun, could you check this page: https://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes
all the info written both in 1.6 and 1.5.4 relative to the Authorize plugin? Ethem Evlice requested me to do so, but you know, I'm not the best English checker in the world! ;-) [[User:Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)|Eloy Lafuente (stronk7)]] 17:35, 11 May 2006 (WST)

:NP Sol, I've done as requested :-) --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 19:51, 15 May 2006 (WST)

== Moodle Doc Is Great ==

You have done a great job and inspired me to use Media Wiki!

:Thanks Martin, though it's everyone's contributions that make Moodle Docs a great resource! --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 06:36, 24 May 2006 (WST)

== Moodle Docs Wiki accidentally switched to Portuguese? ==

Hi Helen, all of the built in Mediawiki content is appearing in Portuguese for me, both before and after I log in. Perhaps an admin setting that's been accidentally changed? --[[User:David Scotson|David Scotson]] 17:36, 27 Maio 2006 (WST)

:To clarify, only some of the Mediawiki content is in Portuguese. If I go to to the user preferences and choose Portuguese it changes even more text. Changing back to English only returns some text to English. However, choosing French changes all Mediawiki text to French. From this I'm guessing that someone may have overwritten some of the english language files on the server with Portuguese ones. --[[User:David Scotson|David Scotson]] 17:40, 27 Maio 2006 (WST)

::Hi David, yes the [[Special:Allmessages|System messages]] were overwritten by accident. Anyway, it's fixed now and I've learnt from the experience ;-) --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 19:39, 28 May 2006 (WST)

== tr wiki ==

Hi Helen,

Can you arrange for a wiki https://docs.moodle.org/tr (Türkçe) to be set up.

:Thanks Ethem, I'll do so as soon as possible. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 17:12, 15 June 2006 (WST)

== Finnish Moodle Docs? ==

Hello Helen!

I'm interested in starting and overlooking the Moodle Docs in Finnish. Can you set up https://docs.moodle.org/fi/? My email is samuli DOT karevaara AT lamk DOT fi.

Regards, --[[User:Samuli Karevaara|Samuli Karevaara]] 14:14, 12 June 2006 (WST)

:Helen, thanks, I see that https://docs.moodle.org/fi/ just happened :-). And by the way, you already undid my "This section is unfinished" that I wrote on the front page two minutes before you wrote the "Welcome to Moodle Docs in Finnish" :-) --[[User:Samuli Karevaara|Samuli Karevaara]] 01:04, 14 June 2006 (WST)

::Wow Samuli, you're so fast! Sorry for deleting your text. You're now an admin so you may rollback changes if necessary ;-) --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 01:53, 14 June 2006 (WST)

== Translation to Bosnian languages ==

Hi Hellen,

I'm exploring the Moodle environment for DLE LMS support for one projec that I work in the former Yugoslavia countries. I'll translate documentation for my own sake, and if I can contribute to Moodle have translated documentation in four south-east europen conutries (Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia) it will be my pleasure. Just give me the hint how I can start this.

Best, Latif

:Hi Latif, thanks for your kind offer. Please read the information on [[MoodleDocs:Starting MoodleDocs|starting Moodle Docs in another language]]. Croatian is included in the list of [[MoodleDocs talk:Starting MoodleDocs|languages currently awaiting Moodle Docs]]. I hope it will be set up soon. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 17:42, 15 June 2006 (WST)

== Word Censorship Page ==

Hi Helen,

Note sure why you deleted some of this page. The idea is (partly) to provide instructions on how to use the settings page of the filter. You also removed the 'see also' back to the main filters administration page. I'm not sure what's wrong with that either. Your advice appreciated :-)

--[[User:Howard Miller|Howard Miller]] 22:54, 20 June 2006 (WST)

:Oh, sorry Howard for not explaining my changes to [[Word censorship]]. I deleted text duplicated on the Word censorship settings page in Moodle and removed the See also link since [[Filters (administrator)]] is listed in [[:Category:Filter]]. However, please feel free to revert any/all of my changes. Your contributions to the documentation are always appreciated :-) --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 17:03, 21 June 2006 (WST)

::That's cool Helen. So is that the rule - don't put stuff in the docs that is already in the built-in help?? --[[User:Howard Miller|Howard Miller]] 18:15, 21 June 2006 (WST)

:::The [http://moodle.org/help.php?file=index.html Moodle help files] will remain in each language pack and so it is not necessary to include their text in this documentation, however sometimes it makes things clearer to do so, at least to start with. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 15:46, 22 June 2006 (WST)

== translation moodle docs to Korean... ==

You did great jobs! Thanks...
We want to translate Moodle Docs to Korean languages.
Please open ko field...

:Hi, thanks for your offer. Please read the information on [[MoodleDocs:Starting MoodleDocs|starting Moodle Docs in another language]] and find out how many people are interested by discussing Moodle Docs in your moodle.org [http://moodle.org/course/category.php?id=3 community discussion] course. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 15:42, 22 June 2006 (WST)

== Contrib code documentation ==

Hi Helen,

Where would you suggest I document contrib code. I have some documentation for the Moodle for Mobiles project which installs in {yourmoodleroot}/mobile The code is in cvs in contrib/mobile. It is general documentation about what MFM does.

I guess the place to put it would be https://docs.moodle.org/en/mobile

Jamie

:Hi Jamie, actually the project already has a page, [[Moodle for Mobiles]] ;-) though [[mobile]] could redirect to it. You're also welcome to use any documentation pages linked to Moodle for Mobiles pages in Moodle 1.6. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 15:56, 22 June 2006 (WST)

::Thanks Helen!! Adding the documentation now. Will redirect from mobile as well. [[User:Jamie Pratt|Jamie Pratt]] 16:08, 22 June 2006 (WST)

:::Cool Helen you did the redirect for me. Thanks for your very speedy response to my enquiry and all your help! -- [[User:Jamie Pratt|Jamie Pratt]] 16:22, 22 June 2006 (WST)

== Chinese Moodle Documentation==
Hi Helen,

I'd like to launch the Chinese Moodle Documentation translation. As I know, MediaWiki has the function that convert charset between Simplified Chinese(GB2312, GB18030) and Traditional Chinese(BIG5). So maybe it's no need to create two.

Now I'm a translator of moodle and maintain a special moodle Chinese version.

--[[User:Sun Sunner|Sun Sunner]] 21:31, 22 July 2006 (WST)

:Hi Sun, thanks for your offer. I'll be in touch soon. --[[User:Helen Foster|Helen Foster]] 19:42, 23 July 2006 (WST)

== Spam or what ever you call it in MoodleDocs ==

Yikes, I just looked at Tips and Tricks and your reversal a while back. I am too lazy/dumb to look, how often do you have to do that? That is not nice. And since I can never give you enough praise, THANKS ! --[[User:chris collman 2|chris collman 2]] 02:08, 31 July 2006 (WST) today and yesterday

== Brazilian Portughese Documentation ==

Hi Helen, we have met at MoodleMoot - i am coordinating the PT_BR translation and would like to launch the Wiki version in Português Brasileiro, starting with the documentation files. No problem with Wikis, i am already the admin of another wikimedia site. Our Moodle.org site has more than 400 people collaborating and i hope to get everybody involved in this new project!
--[[User:Paula de Waal|Paula de Waal]] 02:02, 1 August 2006 (WST)