What's new in Moodle 2.3 and 2.4

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What’s New in Moodle 2.3 & 2.4Connie Jaeger & Sue Bradtke

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Traditional View in Moodle 2.2All sections display at

All users have control for limiting course view to one section at a time.

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Traditional View in Moodle 2.2

All users have control for limiting course view to one section at a time.

This control is the rectangle in the upper right hand corner of each section.

Single section only View in Moodle 2.2•Clicking on the single rectangle in section 3 results in only that topic displaying along with header. The rectangle now appears as a double rectangle.

•This icon works as a toggle.

•Only the header and section 3 are displayed.

New Viewing Options in Moodle 2.3

Two viewing choices set at Edit Course settings level by the teacher.

Viewing Options:

1. Show all sections on one page

2. Show one section per page

Moodle 2.3

Edit course settings:

•Show all sections on one page •Show one section per page

View:Show all sections on one page

Both subtle and major changes in this view

Subtle: •Topic Outline no longer appears…be careful so you don’t end up with ‘General’ •Section numbers do not display

Major:

The toggle for single section view has been removed.

View:Show One Section Per Page

• Section titles are now hyperlinks

• Only the section title and summary text are displayed

• Resources and Activites are listed in gray each followed by a number

Show One Section Per Page

Anything that is in Summary text will display on the main course page:

• Text • Images• Video

Section titles are now hyperlinks to section only display.

Activities and Resources are only shown with number for each.

View:Show One Section Per Page

Clicking on any one of the section titles takes the user to the display of only one section per page.

The result of clicking on Introduction to Sreencasting is shown on the next slide.

Single Section Only View

•The 0 Section or Header still displays.

•Only a single section displays with navigational controls above and below the section.

•Now all resources and activities are listed.

Navigation in Single Section View

•Navigation is linear- sequential in this view.

•Previous and Next sections are listed both above and below the section.

•Link to return to all Section Titles display is listed underneath the section. Link to return to all sections listed

Links to previous and next sections

Main Course Page:Sample Design

All summary text has been removed and placed in a label in each section.

The section links block will not work in Show all sections on one page view.

Section links in a sections links block or HTML block only work when actually in the single section per page display.

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Moodle 2.3: Section Links Block(s)

In Show all sections on one page clicking on section links or “topic” links has no effect on the page display.

Section links and “topic” links work when the course is set to Show one section per page view.

This has an impact on users who have set up an HTML block to link to sections.

Editing the Main Course Page New Feature in 2.3

Edit Title

Editing a Title in 2.3

Traditional Activities MenusV2.2

Traditional LookTraditional Look

New Activity ChooserNew Activity Chooser

NewV2.3

Docs.moodle.org/2.3/Upgrade_tool

Assignment Settings

Assignment settings as they appear in version 2.3

Moodle 2.2 – Online Text

•Entire student entry is displayed on same page teacher uses to enter feedback.

•Student’s entry is shown in teacher’s feedback editor.

•Teacher comments are redisplayed when new feedback on same “assignment” is given.

Inline Commenting

Moodle 2.3 – Online Text: View/Grade all submissions page

+ or – to show or hide column

Select box to highlight student row.

Comments area for both teacher and

student.

“Traditional” feedback entered for student. This will be “erased”

when the teacher clicks on grade again.

Moodle 2.3 - Online Text

Original feedback comments are not

redisplayed.

Comments are New to 2.3

First lines of a student’s online text entry

New in 2.4: Group Assignment

• Can assign students to work in groups

• Option to grade all members as a group or individually

• Online text: all members can work on same document

• Anonymous Grading

Advanced Grading New in 2.2+Version 2.2: Rubrics Version 2.3: Marking Guide

Rubrics in Moodle 2.2

Rubrics are selected as a grading option on Assignments.

Rubrics are not a separate Activity.

Rubrics are tied to Assignments

Rubrics in Moodle 2.2+

To create the rubric right away select Save and Display once you have completed editing the Assignment options:

To return to creating or editing the Rubric at a later time:

• Go to the Assignment page in the course

• Then Use the Settings Block and select Define Rubric.

Rubric setup from scratch

Rubric Criteria Entered

View prior to saving created rubric.

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Initial view when grading prior to selecting point value and entering comments

Grading:Click box for score and enter comments

Teacher view with scores

selected and comments entered.

Student view of completed rubric.

Moodle 2.3 Creating a Marking Guide

Marking guide consists of criteria, descriptions for students and graders, a mark for each criterion and a list of frequently used comments.

Criterion and descriptions are already entered in this sample.

Descriptions are optional

Mark with a highest value of 4 for the Audience criterion.

Criterion before any text is entered:

Enter comments that are frequently used. Will only need to click on a comment to enter it when grading.

Moodle 2.3Marking Guide

•Teacher View•Comments can be entered by clicking on frequently used comments or entering your own.

•The feedback editor is below list of frequently used comments.

Moodle 2.3 Marking Guide: Student View

Criteria are listed in the left column

Teacher specific comments are shown in the right column followed by the score.

Overall feedback

V2.2+Groupings

V2.2+ Groupings

Activity Setting – Advanced Setting

Instructor View Activities with Groupings

Conditionals Settings for Topic Sections 2.3

Groupings and Conditionals can now be used to control access to a section.

Student Self-Assessment Using a Rubricby combining Moodle Features

• Advanced Grading- Rubric

• Auto-create groups of one

• Reassign students role of non-editing teacher for single activity

• Change group permissions for non-editing teacher

Student as ‘Non-editing Teacher’ Grade View

Further Info: Using a Rubric for Self-Assessment

• Check blog post at www.eclass4learning.com

• Check Moodle Reference Desk section on Rubrics www.eclass4learning.com/courses which has embedded Google step-by-step presentation

The File Picker: New & Improved in 2.3

Drag and Drop is now a feature

The File Picker – Improved in V2.3Enhanced Views of Files – Icon View

The File Picker – Improved in V2.3Enhanced Views of Files – Table View

The File Picker – Improved in V2.3Enhanced Views of Files – List View

Mobile Access“Moodle 2.1 “comes with a built-in web service designed for

mobile applications (required to run the official Moodle app)”

Mobile Access via Apps

Display at 2.2 sites Display at 2.1 sites

The Future of Mobile in Moodle

Moodle has dropped official support and development of the iOS app My Moodle written in Objective C.

Moodle is moving mobile app development to HTML5 The new app will be called Moodle Mobile.

• Target was release at the end of 2012 with Moodle version 2.4….

• The new app will only work with Moodle 2.4+

• My Moodle still “works” for now….

Mobile Access

•Moodle 2.1 introduced the ability to select different themes for different devices.

•Moodle 2.2 and up includes a standard theme that is custom designed for smart phones and tablets.

•The core standard theme for mobile devices is MyMobile.

MyMobile Theme

• Screenshots from an iPad

• The user has the choice of using one or two column display

• The system admin has the choice of 2 color schemes: light/blue or gray

• Do not set individual course theme to MyMobile

My Mobile Theme

Redesigned Icons in 2.4

• Larger• SVG (Scalable

Vector Graphics) are not distorted or fuzzy when user enlarges browser view

Screenshot from Mount Orange School (Moodle 2.4.1 demo) http://school.demo.moodle.net/

The Book Module is part of the standard core beginning with version 2.3.

Training, Support, & Help Desk Options

End User Support Options:

• Moodle Reference Desk - Subscription• 10 hour blocks of Support• Moodle Hosting• Can support custom modules

Online Courses Starting Soon:

• Differentiation & Assessment with Moodle April 15th: Special conference rate for this course – Sign up now or at our booth.

• Jumpstart with Moodle 2.2+, June 17th• Moodle Course Design, June 24th • Flip Your Classroom, July 8th

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