Notable improvements and features in Moodle 3.0

We took a look through all nearly 150 tracker items slated for Moodle 3.0 and rounded up a few of the ones we think will have the biggest impact. There aren’t many earth-shattering features or improvements in 3.0 which is not the same type of jump forward that 2.0 was. This release features all sorts of minor updates, fixes, and improvements that will simply make Moodle that much more enjoyable to use. Think more customizable options, fewer bugs, time saving features, and lots of web services to support the ever expanding Moodle Mobile. Looking back at the Moodle 3.0 roadmap mentioned by Martin a few times, it doesn’t appear that we are going to get the competency and learning plan work that was originally slated though it has been mentioned since that was more likely for 3.1 or beyond. Check out what is currently being worked on here: https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Roadmap#Moodle_3.0. A code freeze is in effect next Monday in advance of the QA cycle. Below is a list of the features/improvements we thought were more notable. Don’t forget to also check out the Topic Editing Prototype which was recently announced at Moodle.org. Quiz improvements:

• OU drag and drop https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-47494
• # of tries notification https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-29771
• overall feedback on quizzes https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-50228

Atto improvements

• include math notation
• keyboard short cut (ctrl+K) for hyperlinks https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-49732

Loads of webservices for mobile moodle (scorm, book, completion by view, etc.) https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-49791

Rubric and advanced grading improvements https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-50283

Usability improvements

• Reset dashboard for ALL USERS https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-46878
• Stop loading/waiting for bad RSS feeds https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-44273
• Group filter option “not in any group” https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-48074
• Enrolled users sort by last course access https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-49746
• Course format change in settings page reload https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-49901

Is there something slated for 3.0 that we missed which you’re looking forward to? Let us know which additional ticket of the ~150 you’re most looking forward to.