Moodle 2.7 Release

Moodle 2.7 Release

by Wayne Pedder -
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Moodle version 2.7 was successfully released this morning including the following enhancements.

Login page

A new login page has been introduced with feature including:

  • Advertising banner
  • Operation status
  • learnonline announcements
  • Release schedule
  • Help links
  • Resource links

Under the covers

A large number of changes have been made "under the covers" in Moodle version 2.7 to enhance functionality and data collection capabilities. This is important because underlying infrastructure changes are the most significant since Moodle 1.9 and will be supported by Moodle Headquarters for the next three years. The user experience changing from Moodle 2.6 to 2.7 will not be significant as it was when UniSA changed from version 1.9 to version 2 and users won't notice a great difference in the way that course sites are edited or assignments marked.

Editing icons

The Moodle editing interface has been streamlined by consolidating the functional icons into a drop-down list rather than displaying all options on the page at once.

Cover sheet with bulk assignment download

Users will have the option to include a system generated cover sheet in bulk download of assignments. Naming the downloaded files with the student ID or username will be optional.

Assessment enhancement

  • A horizontal scroll bar has been added to the top of Grade Report. There is no longer a need to go to the bottom of the student list to scroll across.
  • Student will be required to agree to the Turnitin conditions the first time they submit an assignment.
  • The max number of words can be set for online text assignments.
  • Marker comments can be inserted directly into online text assignments.
  • Annotation of PDF format assignments is now available in gradebook.

Referencing link

A link to the Referencing website has been included in the Course Essentials block.

Publisher resources integrated with Moodle

  • Pearson's MyLab and Mastering blocks have been implemented to integrate publisher resources.
  • Cengage block has been implemented to integrate publisher resources.