2020 QMplus Updates

The upgrade incorporates features of Moodle 3.7 and Moodle 3.8, some internal developments, an updated theme and bug fixes.

Moodle 3.7 and 3.8 updates

Forums

• In-line responses
• Private replies
• Star and sort a discussion
• Manual locking of discussion threads
• In-page forum reply
• Grade whole forums and other forum grading improvements
• Easily export forum discussions
• New forum summary reports
• Forum due dates are added to the calendar
• When Turnitin is selected for a forum, it can make use of due dates (previously this did not apply)

Messaging

• Mute conversations
• Personal space for drafting messages
• Teachers can delete group messages for the entire group
• See-all-messages link for an overview

Assignments

Teachers can:

• Choose not to show the grader to students. 
• Delete any assignment file submissions

H5P

First phase of H5P integration.

• New button in Atto to add H5P content in anywhere from h5p.com and h5p.org external URLs
• Implement backup and restore process for H5P content
• Improved H5P Atto button to upload content
• Create a new filter to convert h5p.com and h5p.org URLs to embed code

For more information check H5P new features

Usability improvements

• Choices can be cleared for single-answer multiple-choice questions
• Print output of books has been improved
• Course backup and restore can be performed asynchronously
• Ability to rotate pages when annotating PDFs in assignment feedback
• Assignment settings form hides irrelevant options instead of disabling them
• The student selection tool in the grading interface reflects the sorting order of the grading table

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