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Moodle is updated on December 27th, 2019

Moodle will be upgraded to version 3.7 on December 27th, 2019, from 8 AM to 4 PM. During this time, Moodle is closed and cannot be logged into. The update may not take the whole day, but the time is reserved as a precaution to prepare for potential update issues and fixes.

New features in Moodle 3.7

  • Forum: Inline editing, star and sort discussions.
  • Forum: Teachers can add a private reply in a forum and can manually lock discussions.

  • Messaging: Improved interface and your own private space.
  • Messaging: Teachers can delete conversations in groups.

  • Assignment: Students and teachers can delete assignment file submissions.
  • Quiz: Change your mind and remove your choice in a multiple choice quiz question.
  • Backups: Asynchronous backups in the background while doing other tasks.
  • Read more Moodle 3.7 new features.

Other changes in the default settings

  • Course settings: In new courses hidden sections are completely invisible from students.
  • Grades: By default, the user report will only show grade and feedback columns.
  • Workshop: Students can’t see the names of authors and reviewers, i.e. the reviewing is totally anonymous.

Contact us

  • You can ask questions and give feedback about the update at moodle@helsinki.fi
  • More Moodle guides: MoodleDocs
  • See upcoming Moodle trainings in SAP Suffeli.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2020!

Best regards,
Moodle Team
University of Helsinki

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You can now check code with a CodeRunner plug-in

A CodeRunner question type for checking code has been installed on Moodle. Thanks to the CodeRunner question type, you can create programming assignments associated with quiz activities to be automatically checked. CodeRunner supports the following programming languages: Python 2, Python 3, C, C++, Java, PHP, JavaScript (Node.js), Octave and MATLAB. CodeRunner is suited particularly to introductory courses in programming, when it is important for students to receive immediate feedback on their code and its style, depending on how exact the tests to be entered into the program are. The coding of one’s own testing method is also possible, but this is not recommended for beginners.

In basic use, students enter their own code or program into the answer box for the question, after which CodeRunner runs the test code on a virtual server and compares the outputs of the provided sample code and the student’s code. In the next phase, the use of certain functions can, for example, be restricted, or the student can be asked to write code with a certain number of lines. After creating your own question type, you can also, for example, compare text with the provided sample text, depending on how complex a question type you write.

A workshop related to CodeRunner will be organised early next year to explore question types in more detail. For further information and requests for workshop content, please send an email to moodle @ helsinki.fi.

Instructions for Teachers

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Moodle is updated to version 3.6 on June 26th, 2019

Moodle will be upgraded to version 3.6 on June 26th, 2019, from 8 AM to 5 PM. During this time, Moodle is closed and cannot be logged into. The update may not take the whole day, but the time is reserved as a precaution to prepare for potential update issues and fixes.

Improved Course overview function

This improvement has been waited for: the courses on the Course overview on the Dashboard can now be sorted, starred, and hidden. The view can be just a listing, a pictorial “card” format, or a listing with a course description. You can also add new blocks to your page: Recently accessed courses, Starred courses and Recently accessed items (activities and resources). By default, everyone will see their own Recently accessed courses block. The Timeline can now be found in its own block within the right column. Click the “Customise this page” button at the top right of the page to edit your Dashboard’s Course overview. You can add blocks from the “Add a block” button at the end of the left column.

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New messaging interface

There are new options in the inbox message view: Starred, Group and Private. You can mark your contacts as starred, and their posts will appear on your list. New group communications allow group members to send messages to the entire group. This requires that the function is enabled in group settings. The teacher must also be a member of the group if she wants to send group messages.

For teachers

Easily find duplicated items

Duplicated resources are appended with ‘copy’ so you can easily distinguish between the original and copy.

Download the list of course participants

In the Participants page, you can download the list of course participants for example to Excel. The participant list has been changed so that the last name comes first.

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Welcome to the free online course Learn Moodle 3.7 Basics

Learn Moodle Basics 3.7 starts on 3rd June, and it ends on 7th of July 2019. After the course you will get the certificate.

The completion of the course is optional, so you can also participate to see execution of the course, and complete the assignments at your own pace.

The course Learn Moodle 3.7 Basics is a MOOC which means:

M = Massive – allows access to a very large number of participants.
O = Open to everyone and free.
O = Online – you can study remotely via the Internet.
C = Course – the course has a beginning and an end (a given period of time), it includes assignments, there is defined some learning objectives, and there is some interaction between participants.

The Learn Moodle 3.7 Basics offers

  • ideas of how to use Moodle in a more versatile way in your teaching.
  • experience in studying with a MOOC.
  • a great opportunity to connect with a global Moodle community and share your ideas with other teachers using Moodle all around the world.
  • an introduction to the new Moodle version 3.7. (that the University of Helsinki will most likely introduce at the turn of the year).

Read more and register right now for the course in https://learn.moodle.net/.

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