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Unlike last year, which saw a major change with the new Moodle theme, this upgrade does not have any drastic changes. This should mean that using the system is very simularsimilar, but with a number of additional plugins - some of which have been included to allow cpontionunity for member sof staff joining us from the Institute of Education.
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- Blackboard collaborate - The Blackboard Collaborate web-conferencing software is now integrated into Moodle. Please have a look at the UCL Miniguide /wiki/spaces/MoodleResourceCentre/pages/31865647 and at the Blackboard User Guide
- Attendance Activity/Block - The attendance module and block are designed to allow instructors of a course keep an attendance log of the students in their courses.
- Atto text editor - Moodle 2.8 has a new text editor. It has a cut down icon set, and a new equation editor and will auto-save your content in case you forget to save.
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- Add and remove tabs - by clicking the small + or - icons to the right of the last tab
- Move the current tab to a new location in another tab - in edit mode a 'Tabs edition utilitiesediting options' link near the bottom, left back button (which takes you to the previous tab), you can temporarily enable the ability to move items between tabs.
- Editing actions are only enabled for the current session, it is not permanent. Therefore, Moodle will revert back to disabling this setting next time you log in.
New course formats
Two new course formats will be introduced
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- The choice activity will allow multiple choices. Previously students could only select one choice. External tool
External tool
Lesson
- The lesson now includes an introduction like other modules
- Better handling of images in questions
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