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Friday, December 27, 2019

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Moodle: Maintenance Update v3.7

Site event
⚠️ Service Interruption

Our Moodle hosting provider will be applying a software upgrade on Friday, December 27th between 12:30am-11:30am Pacific Standard Time (PST). During this upgrade, classes.lanecc.edu will be unreachable and/or slow to respond. Actual downtime is typically less than the hours allotted, but please plan accordingly.

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New features:
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https://docs.moodle.org/37/en/New_features

Forums: Adding and replying to discussions can now be done 'inline' without navigating away from the discussion. Further Forum enhancements include the ability to star and sort discussions. Private replies within a forums will be possible along with manually locking discussion threads.

Assignments: Rotate submitted PDFs within an assignment. New icons allow you to change the orientation of submitted assignments for easier grading.

Messaging enhancements include a link to a full page, 2 column view and the ability to mute conversations. A personal space is now made for notes, links and reminders as part of the Messaging drawer.

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Sitewide Theme Changes
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The site will transition to utilizing a dark blue top navigation bar and a light blue bottom footer. The changes will improve overall LaneCC branding by providing better uniformity between LaneCC's website and Moodle. More importantly, it will provide clearer navigation when using a mobile browser, and make it easier to denote class content from site navigation.
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Major Mobile Browser Improvements
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Increased space for page content
Less thumb scrolling (yay!). Navigation breadcrumbs and page titles are now hidden within activities.
Gradebook and participant lists collapse to a simplified view.
Other minor improvements in layout to reduce content overlapping.
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Moodle Mobile App
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Improved app login process.
Color scheme updated: Blue header and footer navigation bars used.
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Zoom Pro Activity in Moodle
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We are migrating to Zoom pro in Moodle. All older zoom meetings currently in courses will be moved forward into the zoom pro configuration automatically.