Moodle to be Updated July 9th

Moodle to be Updated July 9th

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Instructors,

Moodle will be update to Moodle 2.6.x on July 9th.  Below is some information on what changes will be occurring.  The LaneCC Moodle Sandbox site is updated now – if you would like to view, test, review any of the changes please use your L# and Passphrase to login to: http://lanecc-sandbox.mrooms.net/

Recording produced by MoodleRooms that reviews the key changes to Moodle:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKyg-npVsZk&feature=youtu.be

MoodleRooms 2.6 Release Brief.  Click Here to download

Recommended Requirements

  • Recommended minimum browser: recent Google Chrome, recent Mozilla Firefox, Safari 6, Internet Explorer 9 (IE 10 required for drag and drop of files from outside the browser into Moodle)

Release Component Details:

Moodle 2.6 is the bi-annual release of Moodle HQ. For detailed information on the new features see http://docs.moodle.org/26/en/New_features

The Basics: The Moodle 2.6 update adds new functionality developed by the open source community and keeps clients up to date with the latest security and bug fixes. Moodle 2.6 provides Instructors with enhanced grading and course editing functionality. The learner’s experience is enhanced through improved editor capabilities and access to multiple calendars.

New Capabilities:

  • New responsive design theme – SNAP – see our exclusive post on SNAP!
  • Instructors can easily review and provide in-line feedback by annotating PDF files directly within the browser.
  • Improvements to assignment grading workflows allow instructors to delegate grading to others to focus on other tasks.
  • Improved grading features!  Control when grades are released to individual students upon grading.
  • Learners and institutions using Office 365 will be able to access their documents via the new Skydrive (renamed to OneDrive by Microsoft) Moodle repository.  Please email steevesk@lanecc.edu if you would like to utilize this function.
  • Improving Moodle’s internationalization users can now display the same date in multiple calendar system, including Gregorian, Hebrew, Islamic and more, and select their preferred calendar system
  • Improvements have been made to the text editor for smaller screen resolutions, further supporting users’ choice of device.
  • Single Activity Course Format – Select and Add any one activity as a standard course format, which is displayed directly on the course page.
  • Easily edit course activities and resources – editing tools have been grouped together in a simple dropdown menu for easy accessibility across desktop and mobile devices.
  • More friendly TinyMCE editor!  TinyMCE editor can be resized to suit various browser widths, and features user-friendly icons and a collapsible toolbar menu.

Student Course Outcome Performance Report

The student outcome performance report provides learners with both a view into the goals they are expected to achieve in the course as well as how they are performing against those goals. This provides learners and instructors with a clear communication channel and shared understanding of the expectations and achievements
of the student in the course.

The Details:
The student outcome performance report is a course level report that displays to the student the outcomes assigned to the course as well as the students performance in three metrics for each of the outcomes.  The performance metrics displayed to the student are:
1. Achievement – whether the teacher has marked the student as achieving the outcome or not
2. Completion – the percentage of activities, resources or questions that have been marked completed, requires activity completion to be enabled by the teacher
3. Average grade – The average grade the student has received on the gradable activities and questions associated with the outcome.

Moodle 2.6 Full Release Notes:

For a comprehensive list of ALL updates to Moodle please visit the Moodle 2.6 Full Release Notes: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.6_release_notes#For_developers:_API_changes

Support

If you have any questions regarding any of these changes please contact us in the ATC.  We will be happy to review any of these changes with you and help you to incorporate any of the new features into your courses.

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