{"id":2450,"date":"2015-08-11T14:57:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T14:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2017-06-19T17:58:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T17:58:38","slug":"new-features-in-moodle-for-fall-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2015\/08\/11\/new-features-in-moodle-for-fall-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"New Features in Moodle for Fall 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swarthmore ITS just updated our Moodle site to version 2.8 from version 2.6. \u00a0Some highlights from the upgarde\u00a0include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An improved gradebook with a easier to use\u00a0grader\u00a0report, additional grading options, and new grade history report.<\/li>\n<li>A new text editor that is easier to use and includes accessibility checking functions. \u00a0In addition, the text editor auto-saves your work as you type.<\/li>\n<li>Easier quiz creation tools and ability for students to upload files for essay questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on the new features, you can check out the release notes at Moodle.org:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.moodle.org\/27\/en\/New_features\" target=\"_blank\">New features in Version 2.7<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.moodle.org\/28\/en\/New_features\" target=\"_blank\">New features in Version 2.8<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swarthmore ITS just updated our Moodle site to version 2.8 from version 2.6. \u00a0Some highlights from the upgarde\u00a0include: An improved gradebook with a easier to use\u00a0grader\u00a0report, additional grading options, and new grade history report. A new text editor that is easier to use and includes accessibility checking functions. \u00a0In addition, the text editor auto-saves your work as you type. Easier quiz creation tools and ability for students to upload files for essay questions For more information on the new features, you can check out the release notes at Moodle.org: New features in Version 2.7 New features in Version 2.8 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/2015\/08\/11\/new-features-in-moodle-for-fall-2015\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Features in Moodle for Fall 2015<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,113,80],"tags":[154,164],"class_list":["post-2450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-technology","category-facultystaff","category-moodle","tag-moodle","tag-upgrade"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph2nPL-Dw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2458,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions\/2458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.swarthmore.edu\/its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}