Moodle Updated for Winter 2013

Moodle Updated for Winter 2013

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Instructors,

Welcome back from Winter break!  We hope you found it very restful and recharging.

While away we completed a few updates on Moodle – please see the list of updates below.

Moodle Updates:

  • Performance – Moodle is now faster.
  • Improved File Picker – User interface and functionality improved
  • Improvements to course pages
  • Assignment Module - The assignment module has been updated to a major new version that supports all of the functionality of the Core Legacy Assignment Types (Offline, Online, Upload, and Upload - Single File) within a single activity
  • Marking Guides – a New Advanced Grading method
  • Personalized Learning Designer – Addition of some new rules.
  • Joule Grader – Updated for new Assignment Module 

There are also a few minor updates to increase overall system usability and navigation.

If you would like information on each point you may find a very detailed report here http://manuals.moodlerooms.com/display/JOULE2/Release+Notes#ReleaseNotes-Joule2Winter2012Release 

We have updated our TRAINing resources to match the update versions.  You can find our TRAINing resources here: https://classes.lanecc.edu/course/category.php?id=16

We will be holding Moodle workshops in the ATC beginning Week 1 – please review the available workshops at http://pln.lanecc.net/atude

We hope you enjoy the updated Moodle!

~Kevin