Hosting Moodle

3.3.1
 (security release)
10 July - 220MBHighlights

MDL-58136 - Show only "in progress" courses in the My courses list in Booost flat navigation

MDL-56046 - Fixed bug when downloading Quiz statistics report and other multiple-sheet reports

MDL-58646, MDL-59122 - Number of performance improvements in Boost cache rebuilding

MDL-58310, MDL-59312, MDL-58103 - Correctly display AJAX errors and ignore interrupted requests caused by page unload (occasional "undefined" popup)

MDL-44961 - When restoring course with rolling start date never change log dates



Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.



Fixes and improvements

MDL-46322 - Assignment: Only enrolled users may be assigned as markers, if admins/managers can view course but are not enrolled they will not be assigned

MDL-58907 - Course overview: Remember last view mode (Timeline/Courses), add a setting for a default mode

MDL-58729 - Performance improvement in MySQL collation change script (follow up for Full UTF-8 Support in MySQL)

MDL-57957 - Assignment: Fixed bug with feedback files not being shown to students if assignment has no grading

MDL-57021 - Use normal password form field during sign up, adding new user and enrolling in a course

MDL-49988 - Wiki: line breaks in HTML source code should not affect page layout

MDL-58811 - Quiz: fixed bug preventing quiz duplication if questions have file links in their texts



For developers

MDL-58911 - Change of behavior when writing unittests for the dashboard events - now callback from module are executed in unittests same way they would be executed on the dashboard

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.3.1_release_notes






3.3
 (major version)
22 May - 220MBHighlights

MDL-55611 - New Course overview dashboard block featuring timeline of events

MDL-58220 - Make use of OAuth 2 services to allow users to authenticate with Google G-Suite or Microsoft Office accounts and manage files from associated drives

MDL-39913 - New Assignment setting for restricting submission file types

MDL-4782 - "Stealth mode" for resources/activities in a course - not displayed on the course page but available for students

MDL-40759 - New Font Awesome icon font for all icons in Moodle



For teachers

MDL-58138 - Activity completion settings for setting activity completion defaults and bulk editing of completion requirements

MDL-48771 - Quiz activity: Option to delete multiple questions

MDL-53814 - Quiz activity: Question type icons are displayed in the quiz manual grading overview

MDL-55459 - Assignment activity: Annotated PDF comments are collapsible

MDL-23919 - Database activity: The setting "Required entries" is now an activity completion condition

MDL-57769 - Topic and weeks course formats: After a course is created, sections can be added and removed only from the course page (it is no longer possible to have "orphaned" activities)

MDL-46929, MDL-57456, MDL-57457 - Forum posts, glossary entries and book chapters may be tagged

MDL-56251 - For courses in weekly format, a new course setting allows for the course end date to be calculated automatically

MDL-47354 - Allow the page size in the Single view report to be configurable



Backup and restore

MDL-34859 - Add site defaults for all restore settings, improve UI around "Overwrite course configuration" select

MDL-40838 - Allow to restore non-default enrollment methods without restoring users

MDL-57769 - When restoring/importing big courses in Weeks and Topics formats into small existing courses ajust the number of sections automatically



For administrators

MDL-46375 - Support for storing files not on the local drive (there are no open-source solutions at the moment, developer's help is required to implement custom cloud storage)

MDL-55528, MDL-58280 - New document converter plugin type allows alternatives to unoconv, such as the Google Drive converter

MDL-55980 - Run individual scheduled tasks from web interface

MDL-57896 - CLI wrapper for get_config() and set_config() methods

MDL-57789 - Use Cache-Control: immutable when serving files

MDL-37765 - New capability to bypass access restrictions, separated from capability to view hidden activities

MDL-57913 - Convert external database authentication synchronisation to scheduled task

Plugins removal and deprecation: The repository Skydrive is deprecated; please migrate to the newer OneDrive repository

Plugins removal and deprecation: The Dashboard block Course overview is replaced with a new block Course overview which is a different plugin. If you want to use the old block, you need to download and install it from https://moodle.org/plugins/block_course_overview



Mobile app support

MDL-57410 - Allow admins to add new external links to pages in the main menu of the Mobile app

MDL-57408 - Add new settings for allowing renaming strings in the Mobile app

MDL-49423 - Add new settings for disabling Mobile app functionalities

MDL-57759 - Allow offline attempts via the Mobile app in the lesson module

MDL-57162 - Support Native App install banners for Android as well as iOS for the mobile app



Other improvements

MDL-33483 - Google Docs repository: Save Doc files in different formats to RTF

MDL-42266 - Improve the list of maximum file size options for file uploads

MDL-51853 - Calendar subscriptions from imported files should be editable

MDL-41729 - Add ability to change passwords for users using Shibboleth

MDL-57572, MDL-57570, MDL-57355 - Redis and static caches performance improvements if igbinary library is installed

MDL-56808 - SCORM module: Performance improvements when running SCORM 1.2 packages

MDL-57686 - Add support for PDO databases in external database authentication

MDL-57638 - RSS Block: RSS feeds are more heavily cached and correctly respect skip values



For developers

MDL-55528 - New plugin type 'fileconverter' for file conversions, unoconv is now a plugin that can be replaced with scalable commercial solutions (see File Converters)

MDL-40759 - Font Awesome icon font is used for all icons in Moodle (see Moodle icons)

MDL-46375 - Support for storing files not on the local drive is implemented by allowing to override functionality of file_storage and stored_file classes (see File System API)

MDL-12689 - Convert all authentication plugins to use settings.php (see upgrade.txt)

MDL-53978 - Add extra plugin callbacks for every major stage of page render (see commit)

MDL-58138 - Course modules may provide additional callbacks to participate in bulk editing of activities completion rules in a course

MDL-58220 - Better office integration

MDL-45584 - Multiple caches can be instantiated with the same definition but with different identifiers

MDL-57769 - Course formats: Attribute 'numsections' was removed from topics and weeks, other course formats may want to implement similar changes

MDL-55956 - Priority field for the calendar events allowing to specify the priority of overrides

MDL-58566 - New methods for retrieving calendar events

MDL-55941 - New element to select first name of first/last names is implemented in tablelib or can be used by developers elsewhere (template)

MDL-56519 - Lint behat .feature files

MDL-57273 - New classes (core\persistent, core\form\persistent, core\external\exporter, \core\external\persistent_exporter) used to represent a data-model and export that data in a standard format for webservices (previously was used in competencies) (see Persistent form, Persistent, Exporter)

MDL-57490 - Removed several legacy JS functions from javascript-static.js

MDL-57690 - mcore YUI rollup is no longer included on every single Moodle page (see [forum post])

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.3_release_notes






3.2.4
 (security release)
10 July - 220MBHighlights

MDL-58136 - Show only "in progress" courses in the My courses list in Booost flat navigation

MDL-56046 - Fixed bug when downloading Quiz statistics report and other multiple-sheet reports

MDL-58646, MDL-59122 - Number of performance improvements in Boost cache rebuilding

MDL-58310, MDL-59312, MDL-58103 - Correctly display AJAX errors and ignore interrupted requests caused by page unload (occasional "undefined" popup)



Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.



Fixes and improvements

MDL-46322 - Assignment: Only enrolled users may be assigned as markers, if admins/managers can view course but are not enrolled they will not be assigned

MDL-58729 - Performance impovement in MySQL collation change script (follow up for Full UTF-8 Support in MySQL)

MDL-57957 - Assignment: Fixed bug with feedback files not being shown to students if assignment has no grading

MDL-57021 - Use normal password form field during sign up, adding new user and enrolling in a course

MDL-49988 - Wiki: line breaks in HTML source code should not affect page layout

MDL-58811 - Quiz: fixed bug preventing quiz duplication if questions have file links in their texts

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.2.4_release_notes






3.2.3
 (security release)
8 May - 220MBHighlights

MDL-39913 - Assignment module: Allow teacher to specify what file types are allowed for submissions

MDL-57429 - Badges: Backpack connection now works using Moodle own e-mail verification and does not use removed Persona service

MDL-55468 - Feedback module: Re-introduce export of analysis page removed in 3.1

MDL-57419 - Messaging: Enter inserts a new line instead of sending a message, fixing a problem with too many short emails

MDL-57510 - Added quick navigation between sections of Question bank in Boost theme

MDL-58461 - Updated URLs for MathJAX CDN

MDL-56675 - Memcached MUC store: Detected an incompatible version combination with PHP 5.6 and memcached 1.4.23. Please upgrade to PHP7, or downgrade to a known working version of memcached



Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.



Fixes and improvements

MDL-58593 - Performance improvement when creating automated backups

MDL-58182 - Fixed absent buttons on course drag and drop dialogue

MDL-41809 - Fixed bug in course cache rebuilding when access restrictions depend on grade in another activity

MDL-55939 - Feedback module: Fixed bug when teachers were not able to map site feedback to courses

MDL-58278 - Assignment module: save grade, feedback and rubric data before marking workflow state is released

MDL-58274 - Theme Boost: fixed misalignment of editing icons on course page in editing mode

MDL-58166 - Assignment module: allow students to view submissions with marking workflow and allocated markers

MDL-57807 - Database module: In advanced search when nothing is specified in the simple menu dropdown assume all values

MDL-58556 - Fixed indefinite loop in LDAP authentication with forced password

MDL-57583 - Bug fix in course completion settings form always selecting all activities

MDL-56370 - Feedback module: If multiple submissions are allowed in non-anonymous feedback new submission should modify the previous one and not start over

MDL-58257 - Fixed bug preventing searching courses with a dash in the title

MDL-57616 - Allow to drag and drop video and audio files to the course page and and insert them as labels

MDL-57704 - LTI provider: Do not force SSLv3, it is insecure and rejected by some clients

MDL-58349 - Assignment module: fixed display of edit pdf comments in theme "Boost"

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.2.3_release_notes



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3.2.2
 (security release)
23 March - 220MBHighlights

MDL-36233 - Fixed inconsistent "Submissions not graded" link displayed to the teachers on the course overview block
MDL-48228 - MySQL and MariaDB drivers updated to support full UTF-8 . For sites upgrading to 3.2.2, a CLI script may be used to convert to full UTF-8. See MySQL full unicode support for details.


Security issues

MSA-17-0005 SQL injection via user preferences
MSA-17-0007 Global search displays user names for unauthenticated users
MSA-17-0008 XSS in evidence of prior learning
MSA-17-0009 XSS in attachments to evidence of prior learning


Fixes and improvements

MDL-56122 - Force reload/recreation of (unoconv) preview in grading interface
MDL-51833 - Performance improvement in event monitor preferences loading
MDL-55859 - Assignment: Delete incomplete files after pdf conversion failure
MDL-55762 - Better error handling around ghostscript
MDL-50719 - Long-running scheduled task should not significantly slow down cron processing of other tasks
MDL-57587 - Quiz: Show feedback images when reviewing a quiz attempt
MDL-57608 - VideoJS and VideoJs-Youtube javascript modules are no longer loaded when not required on the page
MDL-50770 - Dashboard should apply customized block positions during dashboard reset
MDL-57374 - Pasting unformatted non HTML plain text in Atto should not remove all styles and class attributes from all existing content in editor
MDL-57362 - Assignment list all submissions must respect separate groups mode
MDL-46782 - When re-entering Multi-SCO SCORM start from the first uncompleted SCO
MDL-53367 - Importing a forum with auto subscription now automatically subscribes current users
MDL-50625 - Allow to use LDAP user synchronisation without page control
MDL-55915 - Respect capability to view full names in assignment grading, grader report and manual user enrolment popup
MDL-57785 - Don't refresh SCORM navigation when navigation display is disabled
MDL-57370 - Performance improvement when displaying notifications and messages popups
MDL-57296 - Fixed bug when teacher without permission to view hidden grades was not able to collapse grade categories in the gradebook
MDL-55547 - Event monitor: fixed bug preventing to view current subscription after deleting a course with subscriptions


For developers

MDL-57030 - Add option to behat run tool to automatically rerun failures
MDL-57940 - Allow behat parallel run to start at different time

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.2.2_release_notes






3.2.1
 (security release)
17 January - 220MBFixes and improvements

MDL-55906 - Assignment grading table reset button should clear persistent settings
MDL-57222 - Marking workflow and grading must still save for hidden Assignment
MDL-56810 - Fixed error converting submissions for annotation when student is unenrolled from course
MDL-55062 - Upload users admin tool incorrectly updates authentication method for existing users when not included in CSV
MDL-56912 - Feedback: Allow to submit empty not required multichoice questions
MDL-53044 - Completely prevent login with expired passwords
MDL-57213 - Boost - Fixed bug when my courses were not displayed at all with $CFG->navshowmycoursecategories on


Security issues

MSA-17-0001 System file inclusion when adding own preset file in Boost theme
MSA-17-0002 Incorrect sanitation of attributes in forums
MSA-17-0003 PHPMailer vulnerability in no-reply address
MSA-17-0004 XSS in assignment submission page

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.2.1_release_notes






3.2
 (major version)
4 December 2016 - 220MBHighlights

MDL-55071, MDL-55074 - New "Boost" Bootstrap 4 theme, usability improvements of the navigation

MDL-54682 - Messaging UI changes

MDL-52777 - Moodle Tour/Walkthough/Instructional overlays for first time user on page (User tours)

MDL-38158 - Pluggable media players in Moodle; Video.JS player

MDL-55324 - Easier embedding videos in audios in Atto editor with poster, subtitles and other attributes

MDL-54987 - New chart API and library



Mobile app

MDL-53870 - Support for offline quizzes in the Mobile app

MDL-53777 - Include support for login via the browser in the new Moodle Mobile admin tool

MDL-55059 - Support Smart App Banners for iOS

MDL-56607 - Move mobile settings to top-level admin



External tool (LTI)

MDL-49609 - Add LTI Content Item support

MDL-47113 - Open LTI Tools in new Window, add link when popup is blocked

MDL-53832 - LTI v2.0 support



Assignment

MDL-38105 - Allow negative score for rubric and change default grade calculation method

MDL-29795 - Add user/group overrides for mod/assign

MDL-54872 - Sort blind marked assignment by blind ID instead of userid



Quiz

MDL-48629 - Change the separator for matching correct answer feedback

MDL-3782 - Allow multiple answers in cloze MULTICHOICE question type

MDL-55200 - Show coordinates in ddmarker questions to simplify dropzone creation



Choice

MDL-18592 - Allow teacher to make choices for students

MDL-11369 - Show choice deadline in the course calendar

MDL-55140 - Allow to specify open and close dates separately

MDL-37946 - When choice display is set horizontal or vertical apply it to both options and results display



Forum

MDL-18599 - Upon restore, association of "owner" of single simple discussion forum type defaults to user completing restore. Solution: hide author of the first post

MDL-37669 - Forum: Make "Mark as read on notification" a user preference

MDL-55982 - Add support for automatic locking of an individual forum discussion after a period of inactivity



Other activity modules

MDL-55327 - Lesson: option to duplicate pages

MDL-55868 - Book: various usability improvements

MDL-56100 - Folder: Display in recent activity block

MDL-54945 - Workshop: integrate with portfolio API

MDL-48944 - Survey: activity completion condition on survey completion

MDL-44712 - SCORM: improve Multi-SCO completion handing in activity completion

MDL-55158 - Database activity: add start and end dates to the calendar

MDL-14448, MDL-55464, MDL-55254, MDL-55251, MDL-49029 - Add standard capability "mod/xxxxx:view" to Lesson, Label, Database, Chat and Choice activities

MDL-55866 - Remember editor disabled setting on a per-activity setting



Global search

MDL-54794 - Add users to global search

MDL-54973 - Add messages to global search

MDL-55127 - Add database entries to global search

MDL-53222 - Revise admin settings/report for global search for improved usability



Other improvements

MDL-30179 - Allow teacher to toggle to/from "user view" in the User report in the gradebook (some items may be hidden for students but not teachers)

MDL-53048 - New "password" fields that are not auto-filled by password managers

MDL-55767 - Allow to import learning plans

MDL-29110 - Specify welcome email sender in enrol_self, or send emails from system noreply address

MDL-22078 - Store "End date" for each course to be used in reports and analytics

MDL-53399 - Remove 'activity chooser off/on' option

MDL-54751 - Introduce asynchronous module deletion so that recycle bin backup does not slow down editing process for the teacher

MDL-55981 - By default non-editing teacher should not be able to access all groups (roles in upgraded sites are not changed)

MDL-31356 - IMS Enterprise enrol plugin added features

MDL-43230 - Support revoking awarded badges

MDL-50286 - Allow to filter report_log by origin : Logs clogged up with events listed as origin cli

MDL-51749 - Add Ability to Export Calendar for user or group events

MDL-50888 - Antivirus: Implement ClamAV virus scanning using unix sockets.

MDL-54617 - Always show count of online users in the online users block

MDL-54680 - Offer cartridges in LTI provider



For administrators

MDL-44467 - Return-Path should use no-reply address instead of support email; use only no-reply email or allowed domains in "From" header

MDL-48468 - Add a Redis cache store to Moodle core

MDL-39117 - Add a APCu cache store to Moodle core

MDL-54947 - Update PostgreSQL binary (bytea) handling and improve connection performance

MDL-48766 - Support IPv6 in IP lookup tool

MDL-55124 - Support for connection pooler (pgbouncer) in PostgreSQL connection

MDL-55916 - Maintenance mode should serve a http 503 instead of a 200

MDL-54606 - Sessions: Add support for Redis as a session_class_handler

MDL-53366 - Antivirus clamav: Remove "Quarantine directory" settings parameter.

MDL-55791 - Add capability to allow certain users through Maintenance mode



Plugins removal - If you are using any of the following you need to download and install the plugins or otherwise they will be removed following 3.2 upgrade:

MDL-55837 - Themes Base and Canvas - these themes can not be used by themselves but they may be used as parent themes

MDL-49533 - Repository Alfresco for Alfresco 4.2 and below, see Alfresco repository documentation

MDL-55927 - Authentication method Radius. This plugin uses mcrypt library and is not compatible with PHP 7.1

MDL-38158 - Media players Flowplayer, Windows media player, RealPlayer, Quicktime - these media players were present in Moodle 3.1 but removed in 3.2. They need to be installed in media/player directory



Web services

MDL-31465 - Incorporate user suspension into web services

MDL-45639 - Web Service for SSO (auto-login from the app to the site)

MDL-55923 - Improve the behavior of deleted tokens on password reset

MDL-55928 - New Web Service gradereport_user_get_grade_items

MDL-55100 - New Web Service core_course_get_courses_by_field



For developers

MDL-55071, MDL-55074 - New "Boost" Bootstrap 4 theme, block and navigation changes (see Boost_Navigation and Themes documentation)

MDL-38158 - Introduction of Media players plugin type (see Media players documentation)

MDL-55727 - Create AMD modal module (see AMD Modal documentation)

MDL-49599 - Deprecate old boxnet v1 API

MDL-53306 - Add hook to be executed before user login in authentication plugins

MDL-55048 - Grunt and npm build dependencies now require node version 4 or above

MDL-47162 - Add course id to message eventdata

MDL-50937 - Update to JQuery 3.1 (see jQuery documentation)

MDL-48114 - Add Meta-Information to composer.json

MDL-54987 - Introduce a new chart API and library (see Charts_API)

MDL-52127 - Linting for Javascript with ESLint (see Linting Javascript)

MDL-55058 - Linting for CSS with stylelint (see Linting CSS)

MDL-55072 - Upgrades to Behat so it can work with different themes

MDL-55141 - Add debugging option when running scheduled tasks from CLI (documentation)

MDL-31243 - Refactor similar SQL generation code from get_users_by_capability & get_enrolled_uses to make get_with_capability_sql

MDL-54941 - Add filesize as a new field returned in all the Web Services returning file information

MDL-55091 - Upgrade phpunit to 5.x

MDL-56082 - Expose external authentication methods (loginpage_idp_list) in login block (see Authentication plugin documentation)

MDL-55072 - Behat now supports different themes. (See Acceptance test documentation)

MDL-48114 - Moodle can now be downloaded via composer(documentation)

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.2_release_notes






3.1.6
 (security release)
8 May - 220MBHighlights

MDL-39913 - Assignment module: Allow teacher to specify what file types are allowed for submissions

MDL-57429 - Badges: Backpack connection now works using Moodle own e-mail verification and does not use removed Persona service

MDL-55468 - Feedback module: Re-introduce export of analysis page removed in 3.1

MDL-58461 - Updated URLs for MathJAX CDN

MDL-56675 - Memcached MUC store: Detected an incompatible version combination with PHP 5.6 and memcached 1.4.23. Please upgrade to PHP7, or downgrade to a known working version of memcached



Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.



Fixes and improvements

MDL-58593 - Performance improvement when creating automated backups

MDL-58182 - Fixed absent buttons on course drag and drop dialogue

MDL-41809 - Fixed bug in course cache rebuilding when access restrictions depend on grade in another activity

MDL-55939 - Feedback module: Fixed bug when teachers were not able to map site feedback to courses

MDL-58278 - Assignment module: save grade, feedback and rubric data before marking workflow state is released

MDL-58166 - Assignment module: allow students to view submissions with marking workflow and allocated markers

MDL-57807 - Database module: In advanced search when nothing is specified in the simple menu dropdown assume all values

MDL-58556 - Fixed indefinite loop in LDAP authentication with forced password

MDL-56370 - Feedback module: If multiple submissions are allowed in non-anonymous feedback new submission should modify the previous one and not start over

MDL-58257 - Fixed bug preventing searching courses with a dash in the title

MDL-57616 - Allow to drag and drop video and audio files to the course page and and insert them as labels

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.1.6_release_notes






3.1.5
 (security release)
15 March - 220MBHighlights

MDL-36233 - Fixed inconsistent "Submissions not graded" link displayed to the teachers on the course overview block
MDL-56592 - Allow teacher to toggle to/from "user view" in grader and user report in gradebook
MDL-48228 - MySQL and MariaDB drivers updated to support full UTF-8 . For sites upgrading to 3.1.5, a CLI script may be used to convert to full UTF-8. See MySQL full unicode support for details.


Security issues

MSA-17-0005 SQL injection via user preferences
MSA-17-0008 XSS in evidence of prior learning
MSA-17-0009 XSS in attachments to evidence of prior learning


Fixes and improvements

MDL-56122 - Force reload/recreation of (unoconv) preview in grading interface
MDL-51833 - Performance improvement in event monitor preferences loading
MDL-55859 - Assignment: Delete incomplete files after pdf conversion failure
MDL-55762 - Better error handling around ghostscript
MDL-50719 - Long-running scheduled task should not significantly slow down cron processing of other tasks
MDL-57587 - Quiz: Show feedback images when reviewing a quiz attempt
MDL-50770 - Dashboard should apply customized block positions during dashboard reset
MDL-57374 - Pasting unformatted non HTML plain text in Atto should not remove all styles and class attributes from all existing content in editor
MDL-57362 - Assignment list all submissions must respect separate groups mode
MDL-46782 - When re-entering Multi-SCO SCORM start from the first uncompleted SCO
MDL-53367 - Importing a forum with auto subscription now automatically subscribes current users
MDL-50625 - Allow to use LDAP user synchronisation without page control
MDL-55915 - Respect capability to view full names in assignment grading, grader report and manual user enrolment popup
MDL-57785 - Don't refresh SCORM navigation when navigation display is disabled
MDL-57296 - Fixed bug when teacher without permission to view hidden grades was not able to collapse grade categories in the gradebook
MDL-55547 - Event monitor: fixed bug preventing to view current subscription after deleting a course with subscriptions

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.1.5_release_notes






3.1.4
 (security release)
17 January - 220MBFixes and improvements

MDL-42977 - Improve Collapse/Expand behavior on the course listing page
MDL-48055 - Outline report (at the student Activity reports) no longer shows quiz grade when it must be hidden
MDL-55906 - Assignment grading table reset button should clear persistent settings
MDL-57222 - Marking workflow and grading must still save for hidden Assignment
MDL-56810 - Fixed error converting submissions for annotation when student is unenrolled from course
MDL-54846 - Add support for embedding WAVE (.wav) files
MDL-55062 - Upload users admin tool incorrectly updates authentication method for existing users when not included in CSV
MDL-56912 - Feedback: Allow to submit empty not required multichoice questions
MDL-53044 - Completely prevent login with expired passwords


Security issues

MSA-17-0002 Incorrect sanitation of attributes in forums
MSA-17-0003 PHPMailer vulnerability in no-reply address
MSA-17-0004 XSS in assignment submission page

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.1.4_release_notes






3.1.3
 (security release)
21 November 2016 - 220MBFunctional changes

MDL-56022 - Assignment: Allow to bulk download students submissions in separate folders to avoid file renaming confirmations
MDL-46946 - Prompt users to complete required custom user profile fields before allowing them to use the site
MDL-43796 - Assignment: When importing an assignment with blind marking into another course never reveal identities


API changes

MDL-52051 - Migrate to Dropbox API v2
MDL-55602 - Sessions: Add support for Redis as a session_class_handler


Security issues

MSA-16-0023 Question engine allows access to files that should not be available
MSA-16-0024 Non-admin site managers may accidentally edit admins via web services
MSA-16-0025 Capability to view course notes is checked in the wrong context
MSA-16-0026 When debugging is enabled, error exceptions returned from webservices could contain private data.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-47500 - SCORM: Remove blank space on top
MDL-54852 - Assignment: Do not display "Do you want to leave this page" dialogue on PDF grading screen when changes are saved
MDL-29332 - Allow calculated questions to have variables with case differences (usually affects upgrades from before Moodle 2.1)
MDL-56129 - Fix video playback with iOS 10.0 and 10.1 devices (iPad / iPhone)
MDL-29774 - When adding group members and using user search display groups of potential members
MDL-42041 - Book: put "Turn editing on" button in a more obvious location
MDL-56368 - Fixed alignment of settings for Restrict Access when activity titles are very long
MDL-55858 - Remove unsubscribe link from notification email in forum with forced subscription
MDL-45969 - PDF annotations now show the submission of the selected attempt (fixed the bug when only last attempt was shown)
MDL-55505 - Assignment: Fixed bug when editing grades for previous submission attempts overwrites existing grades
MDL-56328 - Bootstrapbase Themes - reduce section activity indent when not editing

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.1.3_release_notes






3.1.2
 (security release)
18 September 2016 - 220MBHighlights

MDL-37250 - Lessons: save students attempts if they timeout
MDL-54977 - Fixed bug with navigation tree not working in some cases
MDL-50586 - Warn teachers about removing level 0 in rubrics as it leads to unexpected grades.
MDL-41174 - Update the calendar event when inline changing activity name or duplicating activity
MDL-33741 - Allow teacher to access course files in hidden categories using Server files repository in filepicker
MDL-55333 - Fixed error when trying to view/export feedback responses with over 60 questions using mariadb/mysql


Security issues

MSA-16-0022 Web service tokens should be invalidated when the user password is changed or forced to be changed


Fixes and improvements

MDL-55312 - Bugfix: Load timeout for modules: core/first occurs after purge caches
MDL-55229 - Bugfix: Meta Enrolment - Search for course produces error
MDL-55707 - Bugfix: Possible to get in "recalculating grades" infinite loop
MDL-55292 - Include tideways profiler along with xhprof for PHP7 profiling
MDL-54892 - Uninstall scheduled tasks when plugin is uninstalled
MDL-22183 - Prevent stats from running later and later - use scheduled task time only
MDL-47371 - Bugfix: The character & is displayed as " & amp ; " in book module
MDL-52544 - Resolved problems of Oracle driver in PHP7 environment
MDL-55246 - Bugfix: Unoconv fails on files with spaces in the name.
MDL-51078 - Add "All changes" option to the Action selector in report_log (was present in 2.6 and removed in 2.7+)
MDL-52105 - Remove CAP_PROHIBIT in manager role for capability 'enrol/self:holdkey'
MDL-54847 - Allow students to insert HTML audio and video tags
MDL-55273 - Default setting for cookiesecure should be on
MDL-55520 - Assignment module no longer resets max grade to 100 during module editing
MDL-55245 - Attempting to select text in PDF annotation comments drags the comment box

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.1.2_release_notes






3.1.1

29 August 2016 - 220MBHighlights

MDL-41922 - Completed quizzes no longer appear in the Course overview block for students
MDL-54165 - Allow to hide the document preview in assignment grading interface
MDL-41945 - Do not overwrite submission with an empty filearea when several team members edit the same assignment
MDL-49852 - Mark assignment as completed for all students in the team when one student from the team has made a submission
MDL-29905 - Fixed the bug when deleting empty quiz category was showing an error that it has questions
MDL-46721 - Assignment blind marking: participant number in the notification email matches the number on the submission
MDL-45427 - Database activity: When creating a template clicking on the tags should add it to the textarea when Atto editor is used
MDL-35104 - Allow to change username of a user registered under LDAP authentication method
MDL-51806 - Workshop: allow to save edited settings when using comma as a decimal separator
MDL-43887 - Fixed bug when handling optional date/time custom user profile field with date range starting later than 1970
MDL-35987 - Do not abort restore process in case of multichoice question error 'Backup error: invalid input syntax for integer: ""'


Fixes and improvements

MDL-55020 - Fixed bug when installing plugin downloaded from github repository
MDL-54909 - Show different background from page when annotating PDF
MDL-53111 - Allow to unmark completion criterion 'Require end reached'
MDL-37138 - When clicking a URL in chat, it should open in a new window or tab
MDL-54997 - Activity completion for a competency should be attached to course competency and not the learning plan competency
MDL-54934 - Accessibility enhancements: Indicate phase name/form name on the Workshop title


Security issues

MSA-16-0019 Glossary search displays entries without checking user permissions to view them
MSA-16-0020 Text injection in email headers
MSA-16-0021 Unenrolled user still receives event monitor notifications even though they can no longer access course


For developers

MDL-53019 - PHP 5.6.5 or higher is required for development on master branch

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.1.1_release_notes






3.1
 (major version)
27 May 2016 - 220MBHighlights

MDL-53451 - Competencies support in Moodle
MDL-52954 - Improvements to the Assignment grading user interface
MDL-31989 - Global Search API allows to search forums, wikis and other content throughout the whole site. Installation and setup of SOLR server is required,
MDL-52002 - Significant performance improvements in gradebook calculations
MDL-48012 - Recycle bin plugin is now part of standard Moodle distribution: allow instructors to "undo" deletions of course modules and courses. Moodle Users Association project
MDL-49279 - Add support in moodle plugins for exporting "Mobile app addons"


Forum

MDL-372 - Allow to "pin" discussions to keep them always on the top of the list
MDL-34160 - Allow forum email subject to be customised
MDL-47365 - Add permalink option to forum posts
MDL-51214 - Rename the News forum to "Announcements"
MDL-44087 - Forum does not observe message notification settings for digest emails
MDL-53050 - Highlight the selected forum post when deep linking with a #anchor


Assignment

MDL-52397 - Feedback for Assignments is not sent if the assignment grade timemodified setting was set to two days ago
MDL-52596 - Add a 'maxperpage' site wide setting for grading table size (to mitigate broken grading pages in large courses)
MDL-52269 - Not obvious to tell if an assignment is in blind marking if user holds the "mod/assign:viewblinddetails" capabilty
MDL-52270 - Difficult to cross reference users with their blind identities
MDL-44598 - List student names on 'grant extension' screen
MDL-52490 - Download selected assign submissions as a zip file
MDL-52290 - EditPDF - Also show the total page number in the pagination
MDL-52489 - "Download all submissions as a zip" should maintain the folder structure in students submissions


External tool (LTI)

MDL-52154 - Rework LTI admin screens
MDL-45064 - Option to add Preconfigured LTI Tool to Activity Chooser
MDL-52035 - Integrate LTI Provider support in Moodle as the Publish as LTI tool
MDL-52821 - Compliance: Send tool_consumer_instance_description in LTI launch request


Feedback

MDL-53738 - Feedback activity module will be enabled by default in new 3.1 installations. If you are upgrading to 3.1 we recommend you to enable it manually.
MDL-52094 - Various improvements to UI and bug fixes: Performance improvement to download responses as raw data in multiple formats (CSV, Excel, etc.) - now available on "Show responses" page instead of "Analysis"
MDL-52094 - Various improvements to UI and bug fixes: Allow any characters in labels, do not display empty labels
MDL-52094 - Various improvements to UI and bug fixes: Do not display empty pages
MDL-52094 - Various improvements to UI and bug fixes: Map frontpage feedback to multiple courses without leaving the form
MDL-52094 - Various improvements to UI and bug fixes: Improved display of automatic question numbers
MDL-52094 - Various improvements to UI and bug fixes: Disable "Response time" for anonymous feedbacks
MDL-52094 - Various improvements to UI and bug fixes: Use moodleforms to display feedback


SCORM

MDL-45712 - Add Result field to the SCORM Interactions Report
MDL-48680 - Add score and status submission events to SCORM activity
MDL-42473 - Add group support to SCORM activity


Quiz

MDL-52738 - Quiz attempt/review page should have a previous button to match next
MDL-46092 - Add the OU styling of the Quiz navigation into Moodle core as the default
MDL-46091 - Rationalise confirmations when you start a quiz
MDL-52806 - Show right answers when manually grading automatically marked questions
MDL-53304 - Immediate feedback behaviours should not show a disabled check button when you can't use it


Other activity modules

MDL-42190 - Workshop: Possibility to delete a submission
MDL-51306 - Folder: Bulk download all files within a folder activity as ZIP file
MDL-52414 - Lesson: Allow Default Settings for Lesson Module Settings
MDL-51267 - URL/File: Make setting up a URL/File resource more obvious
MDL-50794 - Workshop: Restricting file types as attachments to a workshop


Gradebook

MDL-48634 - Option to rescale existing grades when changing max points
MDL-52522 - grade_minmaxtouse should be respected for overridden categories
MDL-51900 - Tab Down Grade Column in Single View of Gradebook
MDL-52309 - Make Grade History report require user to submit parameters before the report starts running


Performance

MDL-51374 - Do not purge entire databasemeta cache when there are structure changes (esp temp tables).
MDL-51603 - Refactor downloading of csv, ods, excel etc files in reports and exports across moodle to stream progressively
MDL-34925 - Improve bulk user export performance
MDL-50385 - Performance improvement to the grade history report


Tagging

MDL-50851 - Introduce tag collections - ability to separate independent tag areas
MDL-52252 - Add tags to modules (Resources and Activities)
MDL-25742 - Allow to search wiki pages by tags
MDL-51283 - Rename "official" tags to "standard", allow admin to set for each tag area how to use standard tags
MDL-16855 - Add tag filtering to "Manage tags" page
MDL-52707 - Allow tags to be combined


Usability

MDL-27628 - Enrol meta: Possible to add multiple courses without leaving the form
MDL-51818 - Move the profile 'Message' button to be next to the user picture
MDL-52258 - Calendar now shows duration in calendar block
MDL-53043 - Move user search box above the students list in the manual enrolments popup
MDL-35590 - Navigation block redesign to meet ARIA specification
MDL-49963 - Allow to message all participants when there are more than one page in participants list
MDL-51354 - Help popup and improved name for events dropdown menu on the course and site logs pages
MDL-53026 - Use inplace editable for editing cohort names
MDL-51706 - Move plagiarism links to the top of the summary and full text outputs
MDL-53382 - "Show all" link on participants page should be moved beneath the page switcher


Other improvements

MDL-53057 - Add search feature to the File system repository
MDL-48506 - Improve memcached cache store so that it is multi-site safe
MDL-50661 - Restyle "Clean" theme to use Logo and Header in Frontpage with smaller logo option in other pages.
MDL-36652 - When downloading an Excel spreadsheet of student logs, have the course short name included in the file name.
MDL-53207 - Display stock avatar instead of own user picture from messages from fake users
MDL-51698 - Markup the crumb trail so search engines understand it and leverage it
MDL-53072 - Option to choose whether we include suspended users when auto-creating groups
MDL-52869 - Convert inline activity name edit to use the inplace editable element


For administrators

MDL-26935 - New capability to control role renaming
MDL-28030 - Add config.php settings to allow plugins to rewrite output moodle_urls (eg clean / semantic urls)
MDL-52752 - Administrators can specify an alternate URL to use for MathJax
MDL-52219 - Completion tracking & availability should default to on for new installs
MDL-52990 - Enable all emails to be themed, ie add 4 wrapper mustache templates
MDL-53260 - Option to display CLI upgrade messages in English
MDL-52386 - Allow to control field for flagging enabled/disabled users in LDAP authentication (useful for Active Directory)
MDL-52383 - Calendar "Days to look ahead" should allow intervals up to 1 year
MDL-49934 - Admins or managers should be able to retrieve assignments info via get_assignments web service


Security issues

There are no security issues included in this release, please refer to Moodle 3.0.4 release notes

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.1_release_notes






3.0.7
 (security release)
21 November 2016 - 220MBFunctional changes

MDL-46946 - Prompt users to complete required custom user profile fields before allowing them to use the site
MDL-43796 - Assignment: When importing an assignment with blind marking into another course never reveal identities


API changes

MDL-52051 - Migrate to Dropbox API v2
MDL-55602 - Sessions: Add support for Redis as a session_class_handler


Security issues

MSA-16-0023 Question engine allows access to files that should not be available
MSA-16-0024 Non-admin site managers may accidentally edit admins via web services
MSA-16-0025 Capability to view course notes is checked in the wrong context
MSA-16-0026 When debugging is enabled, error exceptions returned from webservices could contain private data.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-47500 - SCORM: Remove blank space on top
MDL-29332 - Allow calculated questions to have variables with case differences (usually affects upgrades from before Moodle 2.1)
MDL-56129 - Fix video playback with iOS 10.0 and 10.1 devices (iPad / iPhone)
MDL-29774 - When adding group members and using user search display groups of potential members
MDL-42041 - Book: put "Turn editing on" button in a more obvious location
MDL-56368 - Fixed alignment of settings for Restrict Access when activity titles are very long
MDL-55858 - Remove unsubscribe link from notification email in forum with forced subscription
MDL-55505 - Assignment: Fixed bug when editing grades for previous submission attempts overwrites existing grades
MDL-56328 - Bootstrapbase Themes - reduce section activity indent when not editing

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.0.7_release_notes






3.0.6
 (security release)
18 September 2016 - 220MBHighlights

MDL-37250 - Lessons: save students attempts if they timeout
MDL-50586 - Warn teachers about removing level 0 in rubrics as it leads to unexpected grades.
MDL-41174 - Update the calendar event when inline changing activity name or duplicating activity
MDL-33741 - Allow teacher to access course files in hidden categories using Server files repository in filepicker


Security issues

MSA-16-0022 Web service tokens should be invalidated when the user password is changed or forced to be changed


Fixes and improvements

MDL-55312 - Bugfix: Load timeout for modules: core/first occurs after purge caches
MDL-55292 - Include tideways profiler along with xhprof for PHP7 profiling
MDL-54892 - Uninstall scheduled tasks when plugin is uninstalled
MDL-22183 - Prevent stats from running later and later - use scheduled task time only
MDL-47371 - Bugfix: The character & is displayed as " & amp ; " in book module
MDL-52544 - Resolved problems of Oracle driver in PHP7 environment
MDL-51078 - Add "All changes" option to the Action selector in report_log (was present in 2.6 and removed in 2.7+)
MDL-52105 - Remove CAP_PROHIBIT in manager role for capability 'enrol/self:holdkey'
MDL-54847 - Allow students to insert HTML audio and video tags
MDL-55273 - Default setting for cookiesecure should be on

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.0.6_release_notes






3.0.5
 (security release)
12 July 2016 - 220MBHighlights

MDL-41922 - Completed quizzes no longer appear in the Course overview block for students
MDL-41945 - Do not overwrite submission with an empty filearea when several team members edit the same assignment
MDL-49852 - Mark assignment as completed for all students in the team when one student from the team has made a submission
MDL-29905 - Fixed the bug when deleting empty quiz category was showing an error that it has questions
MDL-46721 - Assignment blind marking: participant number in the notification email matches the number on the submission
MDL-45427 - Database activity: When creating a template clicking on the tags should add it to the textarea when Atto editor is used
MDL-35104 - Allow to change username of a user registered under LDAP authentication method
MDL-51806 - Workshop: allow to save edited settings when using comma as a decimal separator
MDL-43887 - Fixed bug when handling optional date/time custom user profile field with date range starting later than 1970
MDL-35987 - Do not abort restore process in case of multichoice question error 'Backup error: invalid input syntax for integer: ""'


Fixes and improvements

MDL-45390 - Fixed rounding problem resulting with letter 57% not being processed properly. This change may freeze gradebook calculations.
MDL-55020 - Fixed bug when installing plugin downloaded from github repository
MDL-53111 - Allow to unmark completion criterion 'Require end reached'
MDL-37138 - When clicking a URL in chat, it should open in a new window or tab
MDL-54934 - Accessibility enhancements: Indicate phase name/form name on the Workshop title


Security issues

MSA-16-0020 Text injection in email headers
MSA-16-0021 Unenrolled user still receives event monitor notifications even though they can no longer access course


For developers

MDL-54034 - Filters should be applied by default in AJAX calls. Make sure context is set correctly when calling external_format_string()
MDL-53019 - PHP 5.6.5 or higher is required for development on master branch

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.0.5_release_notes






3.0.4
 (security release)
20 May 2016 - 220MBSecurity issues

MSA-16-0013 Users are able to change profile fields that were locked by the administrator
MSA-16-0015 Information disclosure of hidden forum names and sub-names.
MSA-16-0016 User can view badges of other users without proper permissions
MSA-16-0017 Course idnumber not protected from teacher restore
MSA-16-0018 CSRF in script marking forum posts as read


Fixes and improvements

MDL-51142 - Assignment activity: Logging in as another user should not change the field "Last modified (submission)"
MDL-53795 - Performance improvement in backups with logs
MDL-49861 - Database activity: "Save and add another" button should not pre-populate the form with data from previous entry
MDL-50795 - Atto editor: Background color is no longer applied when pasting clipboard content because of Chrome problems
MDL-53538 - Database activity: Do not display coding error when searching a database with no entries
MDL-53139 - Upload users tool no longer breaks because of the wrong case in user email
MDL-53899 - Permissions of files created during the plugin installation should follow configuration settings
MDL-53176 - Performance improvement to grade history report
MDL-51828 - Wikimedia repository: Allow to consistently import any .svg files
MDL-53402 - Database activity: Setting field type Number to required should allow zero value
MDL-53770 - LTI activity: Allow to uninstall ltisource plugins
MDL-53728 - Improvements to file format selector in import/export questions form

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.0.4_release_notes






3.0.3
 (security release)
16 March 2016 - 220MBSecurity issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Highlights

MDL-48778 - Fixed problems with assign quick grading in case of multiple attempts
MDL-21912 - New setting 'Allow admin conflict resolution' for restoring a course from a different Moodle site
MDL-31635 - Course completion "grade" criteria now correctly shows grades as points and not percents
MDL-51702 - Restored ability to assign roles to blocks in Default dashboard and My home
MDL-49807 - Wiki table of contents correctly displays headers created in Atto editor


Fixes and improvements

MDL-48015 - Fixed misalignment in gradebook when category has no total and items
MDL-52566 - Releasing assignment with team submission now releases grades to all group members
MDL-52486 - Fixed javascript errors in languages with _ in the name such as en_us (for example when editing user interests)
MDL-52249 - Custom menus with subitems now work correctly on touch screen devices
MDL-51723 - Fixed bug with unenrolling users on login under LDAP auth with Active Directory
MDL-38020 - Corrected user enrollment workflow through Participant list using Edit Icon
MDL-41531 - Fixed irregular characters in course name interfering with PayPal enrolment
MDL-51075 - Centered positioning of glossary popup
MDL-52217 - Cleaning temporary download directory for dropbox repository
MDL-52637 - Fixed problems with connection to SMTP mail in some configurations
MDL-52589 - Allow non-default cache stores to be uninstalled
MDL-50083 - Unlock submissions when reopening locked assignment
MDL-43620 - Allow to reset the course start date when having a chat activity
MDL-49338 - Fixed bug when quiz statistics report displays the preview icons to the wrong variant
MDL-52763 - Users with the mod/assign:viewblinddetails capability are able to cross reference users with their blind identities
MDL-52435 - Plagiarism prevention links are moved to the top of the submission text
MDL-52814 - Fixed overlapping of redo button in Quiz
MDL-53012 - Behat: Add step to run scheduled task
MDL-50218 - If there is no grade, an external tool (LTI) module will now return a grade of '' instead of 0 to the LTI tool producer

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.0.3_release_notes






3.0.2
 (security release)
11 January 2016 - 220MBSecurity issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-49473 - Logs export contains year
MDL-52078 - Fixed error in grade totals when using natural grading and excluding hidden items that appeared only when viewed by students
MDL-52354, MDL-52355 - Database module now allows to set dates in a broader range and respects calendar type plugin
MDL-51257 - Messaging screen now indicates when a message is not sent
MDL-52194 - Fixed Flowplayer not working with insecure configuration of request_order

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.0.2_release_notes






3.0.1

20 December 2015 - 220MBHighlights

Moodle 3.0.1 is a special release outside of the normal release schedule. The main highlight is support of PHP 7.0. This is the new major version of the programming language Moodle is written in; it has significantly better performance but at the same time lots of changes in the engine. Please note that Moodle 2.9 will show errors if run on PHP 7.


Other fixes and improvements

MDL-44330 - When using assignment grading in several tabs the links to individual students grades work correctly.
MDL-37834 - Excel can be used to edit the assignment Offline grading worksheet
MDL-42571 - Edit PDF: Fixed bug with viewing the second PDF on assignment grading page
MDL-43069 - Assignment grading: "Submission comments" fail to expand if you hide the "file submissions" column
MDL-37308 - Uploaded PNG images preserve transparency during resize
MDL-49490 - Fixed export to portfolio link in assignment with additional files
MDL-52194 - Fixed Flowplayer not working with insecure configuration of request_order


For developers

MDL-51582 - Switch to grunt to compile LESS as recess is no longer maintained

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.0_release_notes






3.0
 (major version)
17 November 2015 - 220MBHighlights

MDL-29801 - Allow users to delete personal messages
MDL-27177 - Allow students to see each other's contact details in full profile without global permission if they are able to see each other's course profile
MDL-46455 - Backup/restore functionality with new logging system
MDL-46878 - Reset Dashboard for all users after changing the default Dashboard


Quiz

MDL-47494 - New question types from the UK Open University - Select missing words, Drag and drop into text, Drag and drop onto image and Drag and drop markers
MDL-38214 - New Cloze subquestion types with shuffling of answers - MCS, MCVS, MCHS
MDL-50217 - Question types sorted with common ones at the top
MDL-29771 - Interactive behaviour should show number of tries left in the Try again state


Forum

MDL-49682 - Make forum email template editable
MDL-46321 - Uninformative error when moving forum without first selecting destination
MDL-50993 - Timed discussions are now displayed to students in a logical order
MDL-50430 - Number of subscribers specified in forum subscriber list


Assignment

MDL-49176 - Assignment marking guide 'flattens' instructions for markers and students
MDL-49515 - Upgrade FPDI library in assignfeedback_editpdf to 1.5.4 to fix problems with PDF annotator on some files
MDL-50283 - Improve Rubric interface to include the ability to duplicate rows


Other activity modules

MDL-49028 - Wiki: Option to delete pages during course reset
MDL-40836 - File resource: New file resource setting option to display upload/modified date
MDL-26501 - Glossary: Do not allow to browse by author if author is never displayed
MDL-50673 - Workshop: display all participants on "Submission phase" page in a table
MDL-50664 - Database activity: add setting to disallow managing of own entries after approval
MDL-50658 - LTI: Add support for LTI Memberships service
MDL-49581 - Lesson: Remove high scores list feature
MDL-49882 - Lesson: Essay questions are not imported into the lesson Module
MDL-50720 - Database activity: Highlight database entries that are not yet approved.


User interface and usability improvements

MDL-51051 - Rename 'Categories and items' to 'Gradebook setup' and add link
MDL-51250 - Show default section name when editing section details with default checkbox being checked
MDL-49984 - Add visual blocks outlines to My profile page to help separate information
MDL-48947 - Collect all course section editing buttons under one "Edit" dropdown
MDL-51087 - Use client-side validation in the signup form
MDL-50113 - Improve display of long user and course names in Messaging
MDL-50919 - Simplify the Manage tags page, allow to quickly change name, flag and official status of the tags
MDL-51013 - Navbar button should appear for smaller screens only when the custom menu or language menu is not empty
MDL-51260 - Use the new autocomplete form field for tags
MDL-51296 - Add title to page when adding blog post
MDL-38763 - Permission override UI should use JS confirmation
MDL-29763 - Add description to Portfolio settings page


Atto editor

MDL-45515 - New table editing features in Atto editor
MDL-49732 - Keyboard interaction for hyperlink in Atto (Ctrl+K)
MDL-50936 - More Atto editor Maths equation buttons (sum, sqrt, int, etc.)
MDL-50142 - Text editor preferences help pop-up


Enrolments

MDL-30674 - Set guest access key from enrolment methods page
MDL-30157 - Allow users to start manual enrolments right now
MDL-49746 - Allow to sort enrolled users page by last course access
MDL-48074 - Group filter in enrolments list should have option "not in any group"


Administration

MDL-49329 - Multiple improvements in the plugins installation/update system including ability to install several plugins at the same time
MDL-49280 - New configuration setting to allow duplicate email addresses
MDL-51330 - Show scheduled tasks component in the cron log
MDL-51261 - Upgrade key - mechanism to protect anonymous web access to upgrade screens
MDL-50602 - New settings in Automated backup setup for deleting older backups and keeping a minimum number of backups
MDL-48438 - Add real name to email about login failures
MDL-30960 - New option in email settings to specify SSL or TLS (SMTPSecure property of PHPMailer)
MDL-46623, MDL-51824 - CAS and LDAP: Replace CLI script to synchronise users with a scheduled tasks
MDL-39319 - Allow administrator to uninstall several languages in one single action
MDL-50155 - Move and rename "Common activities settings" link to be under "Manage activities" for consistency
MDL-50631 - Display Moodle ASCII logo in CLI installer
MDL-46167 - New option for CLI installation: skip database
MDL-50572 - Disable YouTube repository by default since it requires setting up
MDL-51739 - Lock theme selector UI when $CFG->theme is hardcoded in config.php
MDL-51478 - Enable Mobile services by default
MDL-19748 - Do not allow to edit tags in the default authenticated user role
MDL-46398 - Make HTML5 video the default player for capable videos


Other improvements

MDL-51132 - Introduce course tagging as a replacement for user-course-tagging in the "Tags" block. See upgrade documentation
MDL-41042 - Course contacts shown in course listings no longer lag by an hour
MDL-44273 - Back-off strategy for RSS feeds
MDL-45981 - CAS Auth Config needs way to specify that curl should use SSLv3.
MDL-49891 - Add description meta to frontpage
MDL-25451 - Go straight to "Permissions" from block context menu instead of "Assign roles" if they are not available
MDL-50647 - Add 'not in group' section to group overview page
MDL-50956 - Allow main menu block to be displayed "throughout the entire site"
MDL-28954 - Allow images and embedded files in the cohort descriptions
MDL-50371 - Use $CFG->gradepointdefault for new manual gradeitems and grade categories


Security issues

There are no new security issues since the Moodle 2.9.3 release on 9 November 2015.


For developers

MDL-46455 - Events must define fields mappings in order to be correctly restored (documentation)
MDL-50125 - Allow all plugins to inject links in the preferences page (documentation)
MDL-51247 - Revive / refresh / rebuild the autocomplete mform element.
MDL-50839 - Allow themes to set User menu avatar size (documentation)
MDL-48494 - Make $plugin->component required for all plugins
MDL-43896 - Drop support for $module in version.php files for Moodle 3.0
MDL-50645 - Cache the list of available callbacks per plugin
MDL-33564 - rss_error() should return a proper HTTP response code
MDL-37864 - New method to add help icons to the sortable table headers (documentation)
MDL-51737 - Add ability to detect MS Edge in our browser sniffing code
MDL-51213 - external_format_text should be safe to call from web or webservice (documentation)
MDL-51413 - Add an additional return field in get_forums_by_courses in order to specify if the current user can create discussions
MDL-51217 - Using recaptcha is not possible outside auth_email plugin.
MDL-51107 - Add a callback to inject nodes in the category settings navigation (documentation)
MDL-50891 - is_web_crawler should be moved to useragent class
MDL-50453 - Replace reserved word usage from \core\progress\null (PHP7)
MDL-50009 - Prevent scheduled tasks from leaving unfinished db transactions
MDL-49821 - Some Web Services miss checks for guest and deleted users
MDL-50926 - Upgrade to phpunit 4.x
MDL-50491 - New format_text option to exclude particular filters
MDL-50783 - Allow some ajax external functions to be called without a session
MDL-50150 - Add "Blocks" feature to JS and PHP mustache engines (documentation)

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.0_release_notes






2.9.7
 (security release)
12 July 2016 - 200MBSecurity issues

MSA-16-0020 Text injection in email headers
MSA-16-0021 Unenrolled user still receives event monitor notifications even though they can no longer access course

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.9.7_release_notes






2.9.6
 (security release)
20 May 2016 - 200MBFixes and improvements

MDL-51142 - Assignment activity: Logging in as another user should not change the field "Last modified (submission)"
MDL-49861 - Database activity: "Save and add another" button should not pre-populate the form with data from previous entry
MDL-50795 - Atto editor: Background color is no longer applied when pasting clipboard content because of Chrome problems
MDL-53538 - Database activity: Do not display coding error when searching a database with no entries
MDL-53139 - Upload users tool no longer breaks because of the wrong case in user email
MDL-53176 - Performance improvement to grade history report
MDL-51828 - Wikimedia repository: Allow to consistently import any .svg files
MDL-53402 - Database activity: Setting field type Number to required should allow zero value
MDL-53770 - LTI activity: Allow to uninstall ltisource plugins
MDL-53728 - Improvements to file format selector in import/export questions form


Security issues

MSA-16-0013 Users are able to change profile fields that were locked by the administrator
MSA-16-0015 Information disclosure of hidden forum names and sub-names.
MSA-16-0016 User can view badges of other users without proper permissions
MSA-16-0017 Course idnumber not protected from teacher restore
MSA-16-0018 CSRF in script marking forum posts as read

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.9.6_release_notes






2.9.5
 (security release)
16 March 2016 - 200MBHighlights

MDL-48778 - Fixed problems with assign quick grading in case of multiple attempts
MDL-21912 - New setting 'Allow admin conflict resolution' for restoring a course from a different Moodle site
MDL-31635 - Course completion "grade" criteria now correctly shows grades as points and not percents
MDL-51702 - Restored ability to assign roles to blocks in Default dashboard and My home
MDL-49807 - Wiki table of contents correctly displays headers created in Atto editor


Fixes and improvements

MDL-48015 - Fixed misalignment in gradebook when category has no total and items
MDL-52566 - Releasing assignment with team submission now releases grades to all group members
MDL-52486 - Fixed javascript errors in languages with _ in the name such as en_us (for example when editing user interests)
MDL-51723 - Fixed bug with unenrolling users on login under LDAP auth with Active Directory
MDL-38020 - Corrected user enrollment workflow through Participant list using Edit Icon
MDL-41531 - Fixed irregular characters in course name interfering with PayPal enrolment
MDL-51075 - Centered positioning of glossary popup
MDL-52217 - Cleaning temporary download directory for dropbox repository
MDL-52589 - Allow non-default cache stores to be uninstalled
MDL-50083 - Unlock submissions when reopening locked assignment
MDL-43620 - Allow to reset the course start date when having a chat activity
MDL-49338 - Fixed bug when quiz statistics report displays the preview icons to the wrong variant
MDL-52763 - Users with the mod/assign:viewblinddetails capability are able to cross reference users with their blind identities
MDL-52435 - Plagiarism prevention links are moved to the top of the submission text
MDL-52814 - Fixed overlapping of redo button in Quiz
MDL-53012 - Behat: Add step to run scheduled task
MDL-50218 - If there is no grade, an external tool (LTI) module will now return a grade of '' instead of 0 to the LTI tool producer


Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.9.5_release_notes






2.9.4
 (security release)
11 January 2016 - 200MBHighlights

MDL-44330 - When using assignment grading in several tabs the links to individual students grades work correctly
MDL-37834 - Excel can be used to edit the assignment offline grading worksheet
MDL-49473 - Logs export contains year
MDL-52078 - Fixed error in grade totals when using natural grading and excluding hidden items that appeared only when viewed by students


Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-40245 - Downloading all assignment submissions no longer fails due to 30 second execution time out
MDL-52354, MDL-52355 - Database module now allows to set dates in a broader range and respects calendar type plugin
MDL-42571 - Edit PDF: Fixed bug with viewing a second PDF on the assignment grading page
MDL-43069 - Assignment grading: "Submission comments" fail to expand if you hide the "file submissions" column
MDL-37308 - Uploaded PNG images preserve transparency when resized
MDL-49490 - Fixed export to portfolio link in assignment with additional files
MDL-51257 - Messaging screen now indicates when a message is not sent
MDL-52194 - Fixed Flowplayer not working with insecure configuration of request_order


For developers

MDL-51582 - Switch to grunt to compile LESS as recess is no longer maintained

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.9.4_release_notes






2.9.3
 (security release)
10 November 2015 - 200MBHighlights

MDL-42639 - Web service core_user_get_users_by_field should return username or idnumber to all managers
MDL-48861 - Assignment: "Need grading" filter is not working properly within grading overview
MDL-51552 - "Single View" bulk insert for empty grades no longer overwrites non-empty grades
MDL-51083 - Fixed undesired browser password autofilling in several forms (majority of forms were fixed in MDL-45772 in previous release)
MDL-36606 - AJAX Grader report now works correctly when uneditable cells are present


Functional changes

MDL-49545 - Teachers without capability to change course full or short name should not be able to do it during restore as well
MDL-50917 - Allow manager to access another user's preferences
MDL-50811 - Forum email replies update completion tracking information
MDL-51834 - Lock custom profile fields that are set to by synchronised with various auth plugins
MDL-44707 - Copy embedded files in HTML block when duplicating block (mostly affects adding HTML block with files to default Dashboard)
MDL-51467 - Changing course start date when resetting course now correctly adjusts Date Restrictions
MDL-43594 - Assignment: Resetting course start date now updates calendar events respectfully


UI changes

MDL-40710 - Better visualization of badges backpack icon
MDL-51290 - Make adding a photo to a profile more obvious
MDL-50207 - Fixed activity results block CSS not to overwrite table caption and work correctly with RTL


Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-51514 - Performance improvement in one of regrading queries on MySQL
MDL-51498 - Improve performance for regrading gradebook
MDL-50805 - Performance improvement in cron Messaging Cleanup Task
MDL-50790 - Fixed problem with removing content of Reply to email feature in gmail
MDL-26429 - Added missing criteria icons to completion report
MDL-51190 - Fixed MS Edge locking up when viewing embedded PDF
MDL-46710 - LTI module correctly tracks completion when opened in a new window
MDL-46497 - Atto: clicking RTL button and then LTR button should not add additional HTML tags
MDL-49032 - RFC2445_WSP defined incorrectly for Bennu iCal.
MDL-50892 - Fixed errors appearing when resource or activity was named '0' (zero)
MDL-51390 - Badges: fixed connection to external backpack
MDL-50079 - Atto: Fixed bug when user was unable to select "open in new window" when linking to the file from repository
MDL-48881 - Fixed bug with lesson not always showing student attempts

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.9.3_release_notes






2.9.2
 (security release)
14 September 2015 - 200MBHighlights

MDL-50062 - Changing grading category aggregation method no longer results in unexpected "Extra credit" items
MDL-34938 - Enrolment expiration dates are now respected in meta course enrolments
MDL-35148 - Course/Category themes are respected when viewing website on tablets or mobile devices
MDL-45772 - Forms such as "Create new group" are no longer populated with passwords and usernames by the browsers


UI changes

MDL-37832 - Course overview block on "My" ("Dashboard") page indicates that activities are expandable/collapsible
MDL-46860 - Filepicker is displayed correctly inside Manage Files popup in Atto
MDL-49536 - "Clean" and "More" theme's logo removes all header information.
MDL-45841 - Blog-style forums better indicate unread posts
MDL-50293 - File name wraps properly in the Navigation block
MDL-50323 - Unordered lists are styled in course sections properly
MDL-50869 - Increased contract of warning colours for AA accessibility
MDL-50801 - Allow to set the caption side in Atto table
MDL-50525 - Improve placement of preventsubmissionnotingroup on settings page


Functional changes

MDL-49826 - Single view now requires capability moodle/grade:edit and not moodle/grade:manage
MDL-35027 - Forum's subscribers list shows participants with no access to forum
MDL-51179 - Atto autosave restore is disabled if the content is modified by somebody else
MDL-49629 - Possible to specify icon URL for a named external tool
MDL-50868 - Allow to use ruby tags


API changes

MDL-49085 - Block tag_youtube is converted to the new YouTube API
MDL-49360 - Function get_local_referer() should be used rather than HTTP_REFERER directly


Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-46232 - Fixed "Only lowercase letters allowed" error on deleting users with empty email
MDL-30315 - Uploading feedback from CSV no longer overrides local assigned grades
MDL-50446 - Main menu block no longer throws error if there is a resource to be opened in a new window
MDL-49440 - Date picker correctly displays names for week days in all locales
MDL-42670 - Recent activity block no longer shows student name when assignment blind marking is on
MDL-49864 - Assignment PDF Pen annotations are always visible even if there are draft pen annotations
MDL-43785 - Corrected error message text about expired sessions when clicking on AJAX elements such as expanding admin menu
MDL-44962 - Fixed error when using HTML tags inside wiki headers
MDL-50649 - Optimised database query for Course Participation report
MDL-50714 - Posting in a forum does not unnecessarily require capability 'mod/forum:movediscussions'
MDL-50799 - Improve question bank "questions per page" string behaviour

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.9.2_release_notes






2.9.1
 (security release)
6 July 2015 - 200MBA lot of work has been done in dealing with unexpected grade changes in the gradebook which some users have experienced when upgrading from Moodle 2.7 to 2.8 or 2.9. See the user documentation Grades min max and Gradebook calculation changes for details. Another release highlight is the introduction of the authorised access to the YouTube repository. After upgrading you will need to enter an API key from YouTube into your site's YouTube repository settings.



Highlights

MDL-48618 - Dealing with unexpected changes to grades after upgrading to Moodle 2.8
MDL-49257 - Adjusting weights when extra credit item is present causes unexpected behaviour
MDL-48239 - Changing the maximum grade of items with calculation to the value different from 100
MDL-50176 - Authenticated access to the YouTube repository


Functional changes

MDL-50089 - Gradebook export now respects aggregate only non-empty grades for percentage and letter
MDL-48467 - Atto: Clean the html even if submitting the form when Atto is in html view mode


API changes

MDL-49022 - sync_users must trigger event core\event\user_updated


Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-50177 - Upgrading assignments in 2.7/2.8 works even when conditional access is used
MDL-39353 - Connection to a hub from behind a proxy server
MDL-49742 - Enrolled users page no longer displays sorting by fields that are not used in user identity
MDL-47787 - After deleting a quiz, its question categories and questions remain in the database
MDL-49764 - Fixed gradebook UI inconsistencies in Internet Explorer
MDL-49885 - The course overview block can now be added to Dashboard
MDL-50675 - Display Wikimedia repository thumbnails (caused by the change in Wikimedia API)
MDL-50091 - Fixed fatal error in gradebook singleview after a module has been uninstalled
MDL-48664 - Messaging contacts paging bar no longer expands and overlaps other text
MDL-50092 - User unenrollment is now working with IMS Enterprise
MDL-49560 - SOAP web service now works with token
MDL-50004 - Fix coursename and enrolment icons in category combo on Frontpage
MDL-50646 - Site default language should be set as the language for new users
MDL-50394 - Grade to pass no longer throws an error when a decimal point separator is used
MDL-50276 - Added missing new line separator in plain text e-mails from the forum
MDL-49061 - The activity completion report in a course correctly shortens headers when multi language filter is used
MDL-50275 - Added missing version bump after risk bitmap change in MDL-49941
MDL-50380 - Fixed missing parameter error when editing files in wiki

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.9.1_release_notes






2.9
 (major version)
11 May 2015 - 200MBMajor feature: Navigation improvements: One of the biggest project was improvements in Navigation and Users pages, see also MDL-45774. It includes:

MDL-45894, MDL-49634 - Grades page listing all my courses, and all courses I am teaching in one place (linked from User Menu)
MDL-48936 - My Home is now Dashboard
MDL-48932, MDL-45898 - Redesign profile page, make it pluggable
MDL-45895 - New Preferences page (linked from user menu)
MDL-45896 - Consistent header for user pages
MDL-48931 - Consistent header for user sub pages
MDL-48935 - Consistent bread crumbs for user pages
MDL-49635 - Remove redundant nodes from nav tree
MDL-49983 - Improve consistency of the use of the word "My" in navigation


Major feature: User interface improvements

MDL-43996 - Drag and drop image into Atto editor inserts it as a file
MDL-19670 - Teacher can post the same forum question to all groups at once
MDL-47172 - “You have assignments that need attention” in the course overview block displays relevant information for teachers
MDL-48933 - Ajax interface for messaging
MDL-25721 - Sort by age when viewing question banks
MDL-23296 - Provide search function for Server files area in the file picker
MDL-48937 - Don't show the category in the breadcrumb if there is only one category
MDL-26226 - Section names in the navigation can link to the sections
MDL-49694 - Overview report shows the full course name
MDL-47527 - Allow access to overview report for users who can view all grades
MDL-36009, MDL-46662 - Grader report accessibility improvement
MDL-47562 - UI Fixes and improvements for SingleView report
MDL-47434 - Do not display 'General' section in navigation block if it's empty


Major feature: Course creation improvements

MDL-10405 - Added button to quickly delete a whole section on the course homepage
MDL-31500 - Allow backup and restore on the front page
MDL-5583 - Fields in database module can be set as required
MDL-28526 - Glossary can export/import embedded images and attached files
MDL-49006, MDL-49101 - Removed default requirement of activity description and substituted with a single setting
MDL-13831 - Grade to pass can be set by editing activity without going to gradebook
MDL-46960 - Completion status is updated immediately for student when activity is graded
MDL-27074 - Display group name for group events in the calendar
MDL-48969 - New activity results block
MDL-18177 - Add option to choose whether groups and/or groupings are included in a back up
MDL-20053 - Database activity: create ##userpicture## tag to allow the user's profile picture to be displayed
MDL-49543 - Add a WYSIWYG field to Badges which is displayed on the criteria page
MDL-46416 - Possible to change / remove picture from group
MDL-49687 - Adding a single person to multiple groups at the same time
MDL-21724 - The course edit page needs a way to redirect to some page other than the main course page after saving
MDL-47628 - When grouping is selected for the activity display a button to quickly create access restriction (helps users who were used to groupmembersonly)
MDL-23178 - Allow indenting again for activities in the Main Menu block
MDL-46238 - Add a simple way to go back from enrol/users.php page to the course


Major feature: Administrator features

MDL-15187 - Assign global roles using CSV upload
MDL-30937 - Backup report again links to the individual course backup summaries
MDL-32547 - Configure temporary file deletion, to avoid moodledata/temp/backup filling up the filesystem
MDL-49684 - Replace custom Moodle timezone stuff with standard PHP date/time code
MDL-25763 - CLI version of admin/replace.php
MDL-44874 - Per-request temp directories
MDL-46064 - Drop support for MyISAM
MDL-49298 - Make tgz backups standard
MDL-47834 - New option for restriction of concurrent logins in managing authentication
MDL-47800 - Logout user when somebody changes their password
MDL-47830 - Add password rotation restrictions
MDL-48559 - Web CRON should be disabled by default
MDL-48080 - Never send mail to domains ending in .invalid
MDL-48595 - Log exports no longer fails because of memory limit
MDL-28513 - Allow specification of admin user email in CLI installer
MDL-49842 - Allow specification of front page summary in CLI installer
MDL-47803 - New page that shows all browser sessions of current user
MDL-34684 - New health check to detect incorrect category path order and/or missing parent categories
MDL-48493 - Automatically detect the plugin type when installing from ZIP
MDL-48894 - Site registration page states if site is registered
MDL-18183 - Option to verify peer and host of MNet peer using HTTPS


Major feature: Files and repositories

MDL-42616 - Files: Support custom file types
MDL-43752 - S3 repository works for non-US repositories


Major feature: Authentication, enrolments and access

Several improvements to meta enrolments, such as: populate groups from courses MDL-17929, sorting courses alphabetically MDL-35696, button to quickly add a new method MDL-49439
MDL-26017 - Keyholder capability in self-enrolment plugin
MDL-20365 - Salted Crypt passwords option for external database authentication
MDL-49380 - Chose "Create new group" when synchronising cohort enrolment with a group
MDL-49677 - Improvement of Custom welcome message in self-enrolment plugin
MDL-43415 - Custom profile fields should be syncable with external DB auth
MDL-49638 - reCAPTCHA should be moved below custom profile fields during self registration


Major feature: Quiz

MDL-348 - Printer-friendly option for quizzes
MDL-40988 - Add section headings to quiz
MDL-40992 - Option for teachers to allow students to redo a finished question within a quiz attempt
MDL-35280 - quiz_reset_userdata does not have an option to remove user/group overrides
MDL-48898 - Quiz time period setting should use admin_setting_configduration
MDL-6340 - force unique/unseen questions in retakes
MDL-40990 - Teachers can require students to complete Question 1 before they can see Question 2
MDL-49814 - Quiz navigation indicates depended questions


Major feature: Lesson

MDL-48803 - support for groups
MDL-48715 - moving “time spent” from prerequisite to the proper completion rule
MDL-43387 - UI for grading essays
MDL-48244 - Lessons with no questions show completed after the first page is viewed
MDL-47587 - Make progress bar available on the very last page of a lesson.
MDL-49642 - Give time/date extensions to users and groups in lesson
MDL-40286 - non-editing teacher should see Grade analysis in Lesson
MDL-48473 - Lesson shortanswer question: add fill in the blank option
MDL-48984 - Lesson content page jump descriptions, numerical and shortanswer questions answers allow rich html but should be plain text
MDL-18553 - Removing grade info from lesson pages if lesson grade is 0
MDL-26689 - in order to prevent interactivity references from being broken move the "Dependent on" feature to the completion/availability subsystem
MDL-49183 - Page creation, update and delete events added
MDL-48883 - Content page viewed, Question page viewed and Question page answered events added


Major feature: Other modules

MDL-48221 - Make forum subscription combinations less confusing with different combinations
MDL-48822 - Find last visual post in a discussion
MDL-46755 - Allow teachers to configure the number of discussions displayed using the social course format
MDL-49069 - Ability to specify default values for Forum RSS
MDL-48159 - For users without group prevent submissions instead of using "Default team" in group assignments
MDL-47777 - Convert assignment maximum files per submission maximum to global setting
MDL-45848 - Possible to assign Marker on a marking guide or rubric assignment without giving a grade
MDL-49220 - Allow preview of Choice options before activity is opened for submission
MDL-34375 - Choice module should display information in "Course overview" block
MDL-43770 - Exclude inactive users' responses from Choice report (with an option to include)
MDL-32285 - Added "Continue" button under Error notification message (IMS CP)
MDL-49730 - Workshop: use full page width when displaying contents
MDL-36874 - Text navigation for Books
MDL-49563 - Allow glossary entry to be updated from glossary navigation


Other major features

MDL-46763 - Save user images as JPEG if uploaded in that format.
MDL-48760 - MathJax library updated to 2.5
MDL-47232 - Course completion: "Activities to be completed" should not require passing grade
MDL-48437 - Make Visible/All groups selector show own groups first
MDL-47501 - Add an indication that the grade letters was overridden
MDL-47159 - Link plugin in Atto should add 'http://' prefix when necessary
MDL-9443 - Run *.xhtml file through the text filters.
MDL-48616 - Add Macrons in Atto character map
MDL-46665 - Add 'idnumber' field to user filter
MDL-48499 - Show which users have not received messages in bulk messaging
MDL-49333 - Return additional information in WebService core_get_site_info


Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


For developers

MDL-49046 - Support for Asynchronous Module Definition formatted javascript modules
MDL-49163 - Support for calling webservice functions directly from javascript
MDL-49152 - Support for implementing renderers as mustache templates (php and javascript)
MDL-44874 - A new per-request directory API has been added, and should be used instead of make_temp_directory wherever possible.
MDL-49604 - Support for in browser caching (localstorage) of strings and templates
MDL-49650 - Template Library - tool for displaying templates in the current theme
MDL-48887 - New auth hook to intercept code before login page is shown.
MDL-48177 - Allow plugin environment checks to work without defining explicit versions of Moodle
MDL-46728 - WOFF2 fonts are supported in themes.
MDL-39752, MDL-49456 - Behat tests runs in parallel
MDL-49163 - Unified Ajax script handler
MDL-27548 - The comments table contains the component
MDL-49269 - Add an AMD log module
MDL-49534 - Delete pear/HTTP/WebDav
MDL-48212 - Introduces a new class \core\message\message that should be used instead of \stdClass for creating messages.
MDL-37477 - html_table API supports caption tag
MDL-49643 - Deprecate inconsistent API to extend the navigation by local plugins
MDL-49361 - Ability to provide alternate strings manager
MDL-44642 - Implemented backend to keep session alive
MDL-45725 - User preferences for flexible tables can be set persistent across sessions
MDL-49306 - When copying block instances the instance data is also copied
MDL-47915 - Theme layout "embedded" uses id='page-content' rather than 'content' to be consistent with other layouts
MDL-48212 - Implement new message api to support specific text only on a given handler
MDL-49262 - Delete the yui versions of the bootstrap plugins
MDL-40864 - Use div.logo instead of a.logo in Bootstrapbase / Clean / More home links
MDL-48160 - For theme developers: changes to block region layouts when coded for RTL

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.9_release_notes






2.8.12
 (security release)
20 May 2016 - 200MBSecurity issues

MSA-16-0013 Users are able to change profile fields that were locked by the administrator
MSA-16-0015 Information disclosure of hidden forum names and sub-names.
MSA-16-0016 User can view badges of other users without proper permissions
MSA-16-0017 Course idnumber not protected from teacher restore
MSA-16-0018 CSRF in script marking forum posts as read

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.12_release_notes






2.8.11
 (security release)
16 March 2016 - 200MBSecurity issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.11_release_notes






2.8.10
 (security release)
11 January 2016 - 200MBSecurity issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-49473 - Logs export contains year
MDL-40245 - Downloading all assignment submissions no longer fails due to 30 second execution time out
MDL-52194 - Fixed Flowplayer not working with insecure configuration of request_order

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.10_release_notes






2.8.9
 (security release)
10 November 2015 - 200MBHighlights

MDL-42639 - Web service core_user_get_users_by_field should return username or idnumber to all managers
MDL-48861 - Assignment: "Need grading" filter is not working properly within grading overview
MDL-51552 - "Single View" bulk insert for empty grades no longer overwrites non-empty grades
MDL-46239 - Scheduled task manager handles timezones more properly
MDL-51083 - Fixed undesired browser password autofilling in several forms (majority of forms were fixed in MDL-45772 in previous release)
MDL-36606 - AJAX Grader report now works correctly when uneditable cells are present


Functional changes

MDL-49545 - Teachers without capability to change course full or short name should not be able to do it during restore as well
MDL-50811 - Forum email replies update completion tracking information
MDL-51834 - Lock custom profile fields that are set to by synchronised with various auth plugins
MDL-44707 - Copy embedded files in HTML block when duplicating block (mostly affects adding HTML block with files to default Dashboard)
MDL-51467 - Changing course start date when resetting course now correctly adjusts Date Restrictions
MDL-43594 - Assignment: Resetting course start date now updates calendar events respectfully


UI changes

MDL-40710 - Better visualization of badges backpack icon
MDL-51290 - Make adding a photo to a profile more obvious


Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-51514 - Performance improvement in one of regrading queries on MySQL
MDL-51498 - Improve performance for regrading gradebook
MDL-50805 - Performance improvement in cron Messaging Cleanup Task
MDL-26429 - Added missing criteria icons to completion report
MDL-51190 - Fixed MS Edge locking up when viewing embedded PDF
MDL-46710 - LTI module correctly tracks completion when opened in a new window
MDL-46497 - Atto: clicking RTL button and then LTR button should not add additional HTML tags
MDL-49032 - RFC2445_WSP defined incorrectly for Bennu iCal.
MDL-50892 - Fixed errors appearing when resource or activity was named '0' (zero)
MDL-51390 - Badges: fixed connection to external backpack
MDL-50079 - Atto: Fixed bug when user was unable to select "open in new window" when linking to the file from repository

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.9_release_notes






2.8.8
 (security release)
14 September 2015 - 200MBHighlights

MDL-50062 - Changing grading category aggregation method no longer results in unexpected "Extra credit" items
MDL-34938 - Enrolment expiration dates are now respected in meta course enrolments
MDL-35148 - Course/Category themes are respected when viewing website on tablets or mobile devices
MDL-45772 - Forms such as "Create new group" are no longer populated with passwords and usernames by the browsers


UI changes

MDL-37832 - Course overview block on "My" ("Dashboard") page indicates that activities are expandable/collapsible
MDL-46860 - Filepicker is displayed correctly inside Manage Files popup in Atto
MDL-49536 - "Clean" and "More" theme's logo removes all header information.
MDL-45841 - Blog-style forums better indicate unread posts
MDL-50293 - File name wraps properly in the Navigation block
MDL-50323 - Unordered lists are styled in course sections properly
MDL-50869 - Increased contract of warning colours for AA accessibility
MDL-50801 - Allow to set the caption side in Atto table


Functional changes

MDL-49826 - Single view now requires capability moodle/grade:edit and not moodle/grade:manage
MDL-35027 - Forum's subscribers list shows participants with no access to forum
MDL-51179 - Atto autosave restore is disabled if the content is modified by somebody else
MDL-49629 - Possible to specify icon URL for a named external tool
MDL-50868 - Allow to use ruby tags


API changes

MDL-49085 - Block tag_youtube is converted to the new YouTube API
MDL-49360 - Function get_local_referer() should be used rather than HTTP_REFERER directly


Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-46232 - Fixed "Only lowercase letters allowed" error on deleting users with empty email
MDL-30315 - Uploading feedback from CSV no longer overrides local assigned grades
MDL-49440 - Date picker correctly displays names for week days in all locales
MDL-42670 - Recent activity block no longer shows student name when assignment blind marking is on
MDL-49864 - Assignment PDF Pen annotations are always visible even if there are draft pen annotations
MDL-43785 - Corrected error message text about expired sessions when clicking on AJAX elements such as expanding admin menu
MDL-44962 - Fixed error when using HTML tags inside wiki headers
MDL-50649 - Optimised database query for Course Participation report
MDL-50714 - Posting in a forum does not unnecessary require capability 'mod/forum:movediscussions'
MDL-50799 - Improve question bank "questions per page" string behaviour

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.8_release_notes






2.8.7
 (security release)
6 July 2015 - 200MBA lot of work has been done in dealing with unexpected grade changes in the gradebook which some users have experienced when upgrading from Moodle 2.7 to 2.8 or 2.9. See the user documentation Grades min max and Gradebook calculation changes for details. Another release highlight is the introduction of the authorised access to the YouTube repository. After upgrading you will need to enter an API key from YouTube into your site's YouTube repository settings.



Highlights

MDL-48618 - Dealing with unexpected changes to grades after upgrading to Moodle 2.8
MDL-49257 - Adjusting weights when extra credit item is present causes unexpected behaviour
MDL-48239 - Changing the maximum grade of items with calculation to the value different from 100
MDL-50176 - Authenticated access to the YouTube repository


Functional changes

MDL-50089 - Gradebook export now respects aggregate only non-empty grades for percentage and letter
MDL-49680 - Sort by age option added when viewing question banks (backport of MDL-25721)
MDL-48467 - Atto: Clean the html even if submitting the form when Atto is in html view mode


API changes

MDL-49022 - sync_users must trigger event core\event\user_updated


Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-50177 - Upgrading assignments in 2.7/2.8 works even when conditional access is used
MDL-39353 - Connection to a hub from behind a proxy server
MDL-49742 - Enrolled users page no longer displays sorting by fields that are not used in user identity
MDL-47787 - After deleting a quiz, its question categories and questions remain in database
MDL-49764 - Fixed gradebook UI inconsistencies in Internet Explorer
MDL-49885 - The course overview block can now be added to My home
MDL-50675 - Display Wikimedia repository thumbnails (caused by the change in Wikimedia API)
MDL-50091 - Fixed fatal error in gradebook singleview after a module has been uninstalled
MDL-48664 - Messaging contacts paging bar no longer expands and overlaps other text
MDL-50092 - User unenrollment is now working with IMS Enterprise
MDL-49560 - SOAP web service now works with token
MDL-50004 - Fix coursename and enrolment icons in category combo on Frontpage
MDL-49061 - The activity completion report in a course correctly shortens headers when multi language filter is used
MDL-50275 - Added missing version bump after risk bitmap change in MDL-49941
MDL-50380 - Fixed missing parameter error when editing files in wiki

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.7_release_notes






2.8.6
 (security release)
11 May 2015 - 200MBHighlights

MDL-49573 - Fixed bulk insert in SingleView report in Gradebook.
MDL-49575 - When "unoverriding" a score in SingleView report, it now also clears the finalgrade field
MDL-48187 - Fixed problem with new items automatically marked as extra credit in SWM category in Gradebook
MDL-42449 - Grade category is preserved when duplicating a module
MDL-46746, MDL-47003, MDL-47002 - Atto editor HTML cleaning is less aggressive and more aware of special tags, especially noticeable when pasting text from Word
MDL-48002 - Strip quoted text from "reply by email" forum posts


Functional changes

MDL-45619 - It is possible to uninstall repositories
MDL-37984 - Switch Google Docs portfolio plugin to use the new Google lib (API EOL)
MDL-47337 - Fixed restore with Merge for courses in formats that have section options
MDL-49114 - Added env check for slashargument support (as warning only for now)
MDL-49359 - Warn regarding MyISAM usage
MDL-49256 - Atto can (again) be used outside of form - fixed regression introduced by draft autosaving


UI changes

MDL-43558 - Removed empty "Edit" dropdown when "Activity Editing Menu" is set to OFF
MDL-39262 - Removed collapsed/expanded controls in Lesson module
MDL-49296 - Added tooltips to lesson edit icons
MDL-49977 - Added page title on assignment bulk setting pages
MDL-49848 - Messaging page made responsive


Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-44548, MDL-47729 - SCORM modules added from file system repo are now properly updating when file/s replaced in repo.
MDL-21201 - Feedback no longer shows Anonymous responses in Recent Activity Reports
MDL-49281 - Fixed bug with gradebook calculations becoming uneditable after upgrade
MDL-49227 - Make forum subscription combinations less confusing with different combinations (backport of MDL-48221)
MDL-48572 - Grade categories calculate correctly when suspended users are present
MDL-48419 - Scorm network check made less agressive
MDL-36506 - Book module no longer throws exceptions during upgrade if module is not found
MDL-34921 - With MyMoodle as default home, moving items on Site Home no longer redirects to MyMoodle page
MDL-49281 - Gradebook calculations cannot be edited after upgrade
MDL-38210 - Fixed error when running participation report for Workshop activity
MDL-49669 - Fixed error when connecting to external backpack (badges).
MDL-46805 - Scorm is able to use AICC even when usernames in Moodle contain charachters like @
MDL-48702 - Improve course log export resource consumption and reliability (backport of MDL-34867)
MDL-49641 - Optimised syncing shortcuts to external files

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.6_release_notes






2.8.5
 (security release)
9 March 2015 - 200MBHighlights

MDL-35392 - Feedback from module assign is now always shown in the gradebook
MDL-31036 - No more truncating characters in assignement quick grading
MDL-46626 - Log report export no longer contains html
MDL-23273 - Limit of responses in choice module is respected in case of synchronous submissions


Functional changes

MDL-31578 - Shibboleth can map attributes for all Moodle fields including custom attributes
MDL-47911 - Performance improvement on gradebook operations
MDL-49240 - Webservice core_get_string now functions correctly
MDL-45621 - It is possible to uninstall portfolio plugins
MDL-48670 - Standard behat tests now work properly regardless of user timezone


UI changes

MDL-48533 - Backup report now links to the individual course backup summaries
MDL-49064 - leftalign css class now has an RTL equivilent in bootstrap base


Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-42138 - Required custom profile fields are always required on signup form even when user has logged in as guest
MDL-49059 - Possible to embed YouTube videos with start time or playlist info
MDL-48544 - Block region no longer disappears if all blocks in it were hidden
MDL-48841 - Fixed bug with not being able to reset scheduled task to defaults
MDL-49167 - Fixed regression with $CFG->yuislasharguments introduced by previous minor release
MDL-47953 - Grader report shows correct number of students per page when suspended users are present
MDL-48294 - enablemobilewebservice is no longer duplicated in Site Admin
MDL-48679 - Fixed bug with missing grade export URL when using grade publishing

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.5_release_notes






2.8.3
 (security release)
1 February 2015 - 200MBHighlights

MDL-47935 - Atto Autosave message no longer covers text you are editing
MDL-44560 - Pagination in glossary category works correctly when entries have multiple categories
MDL-47792 - Course and Activity Completion Reports display vertical text without truncating


Functional changes

MDL-43386 - Lesson grade essay responses preserve HTML formatting
MDL-14730 - Allow linking to pages inside a lesson
MDL-47761 - Explanation is given to the users why they are unable to enrol in the course
MDL-47871 - Event monitor: Teacher can duplicate System rule


UI changes

MDL-44907 - Better styling of admin setting validation messages in bootstrapbase
MDL-48596 - Lesson editing page has correct layout used by other editing pages and does not obstruct page with blocks
MDL-47166 - Atto: outdent button is shown first followed by indent button


Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-48765 - Improved icon alignment on course enrolment methods page
MDL-40285 - When assignment is submitted by one team member it is shown as submitted for all team members
MDL-38142 - User forum posts page no longer displays error for the hidden course
MDL-36877 - Final lesson page is displayed when course setting "Show gradebook to students" is set to "No"
MDL-48073 - Group filter is preserved when moving to next page of enrolled users
MDL-40326 - Course reset also resets lesson progress bar
MDL-48383 - Cron no longer warns about disabled enrol_imsenterprise after each scheduled task
MDL-48914 - Roles assignment page does not display user select if there are too many users preventing from php memory error

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.3_release_notes






2.8.2
 (security release)
12 January 2015 - 200MBHighlights

MDL-40241 - Default Manager and Teacher role are able to manually mark course as completed
MDL-46442 - Notifications about assignment re-submissions are sent
MDL-43462 - EditPDF correctly shows landscape PDFs
MDL-43679 - Clicking link to Moodle in MS Word no longer results "You are already logged in" message


Functional changes

MDL-42717 - Ensure automated backup files are deleted when an error occurs because of directory permissions
MDL-47601 - Ensure old automated backups are deleted including the case when file name is renamed from language string
MDL-48023 - Changed "Cache-control: private" to "public" on public static files to increase performance
MDL-48224 - In the Task API, each adhoc and scheduled task now has it's own SMTP buffer, and the legacy cron has one buffer for all tasks. Previously scheduled tasks had no buffer, and the legacy cron had a buffer only for tasks of activity modules.
MDL-33606 - Make distinction between all section course view and a single section course view log entry


API changes

MDL-44657 - No more Javascript error when the form class is namespaced
MDL-22309 - get_role_users() works correctly when a user is assigned more than one role
MDL-48697 - Completion directory is recognized by Moodle as a valid component directory
MDL-48495 - Limit protocols supported by curl by default


UI changes

MDL-35078 - End date for self enrolment on the bulk enrolment form now also contains time
MDL-42501 - Added help about deleting grades in the course reset form
MDL-48206 - Wider textarea for the comments in the comments block


Security issues

A number of security related issues were resolved. Details of these issues will be released after a period of approximately one week to allow system administrators to safely update to the latest version.


Fixes and improvements

MDL-40097 - Course completion role criteria no longer causes fatal error
MDL-35494 - User is able to restore an activity even when they own only one course
MDL-20304 - Practice lesson does not appear in Gradebook [Patch]
MDL-45324 - Grading notifications are not sent before the grades are released to students
MDL-47133 - Keyboard shortcuts in Atto do not interfere with regional keyboard settings
MDL-37704 - Possible to lock Description field in users' profiles
MDL-36240 - Calendar events from activities are restored even without user data
MDL-14908 - Parent Role can view courses for students that are in groups
MDL-46472 - Fixed upgrade loop caused by undeletable themes
MDL-31822 - Non-default section name is shown at the site level
MDL-47475 - PDF annotation is visible by all students in the team and not only by the one who made a submission
MDL-47993, MDL-48088 - Correctly parse dates with timezones when importing from Microsoft calendar
MDL-48150 - Fixed a bug whereby only the first post in a forum was sent with the correct headers on each run of cron
MDL-48288, MDL-48191 - Grader report's floating headers work correctly when email or average row is hidden
MDL-48179 - Backup progress no longer times out when compressing large backup
MDL-48164 - 'Reply to email' does not result in out-of-office replies posted in forum

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.2_release_notes






2.8.1

13 November 2014 - 200MBRegression fixes

MDL-48204 - Syntax error in mod/wiki/admin.php -- Note: this is the regression that lead to Moodle 2.8.1 being released a few days after 2.8.
MDL-48168 - It should be possible to edit the overall max grade after a quiz has been attempted
MDL-48156 - Schedule task manager misinterprets core\plugininfo\base::is_enabled()


Other fixes

MDL-48093 - HTML 5 video: Firefox now supports .mp4
MDL-47391 - Default profile page uses page-layout "mydashboard" instead of "mypublic"
MDL-39692 - Letter boundary cannot be deleted
MDL-39376 - performance problem while calling admin setting page in case of large amount of categories
MDL-30968 - Group hyper-link in Forum view links to list of all participants

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8.1_release_notes






2.8
 (major version)
10 November 2014 - 200MBOur main focus has been on the Gradebook, with improved UI based on community workshops, surveys and bug reports.



Gradebook: New Grader report (the main interface showing all grades):

Uses the whole window
Smooth, stable scrolling in all directions
Works on all platforms, including phones and tablets
MDL-18229 - A new Single view mode allows editing of any row or column on its own
Allows quick editing of any cell without reloading.


Gradebook: New Natural weighting aggregation method

MDL-43378 - Combines grades simply
Clearer interface for using weights
Supports extra credit, excluded grades, hidden grades
Can remove the need to use any other aggregations


Gradebook: New Grade history report

MDL-46191 - A grade history report lists full details of all grade changes


Gradebook: Improved Grader setup page (for defining items and categories)

New design
Easier terminology and clearer layout
Bugs fixed relating to how grades are added in some scenarios
Prevents loss of data when you leave the window


Gradebook: Improved User report

New design
Clearer calculations
MDL-47064 - Contributions column explains grade calculations


Gradebook: Improved Grade import/export

Improved interface
MDL-46547 - Copy/paste import direct from spreadsheet programs
Robust handling of null data or bad data
Locked grade items are now protected from imports
Export to multiple display types (Letter, Percentage...)


Forum

MDL-1626 - You can subscribe to get email copies of individual discussions
MDL-3714 - You can now reply to forum posts received by email, and even include attachments
MDL-8501 - You can jump to the next and previous discussions easily
MDL-36929 - New discussions are displayed in full recent activity report
MDL-41708 - Attachments are displayed in the same order as they were uploaded


Assignment

MDL-39929 - Option of adding additional files for use in the assignment, such as answer templates
MDL-45965 - New capability that allows to control which grader receives notifications


Choice

MDL-3034 -More than one choice can now be made


External tool

MDL-45843 - LTI 2.0 support

MDL-44902 - Various additions and bug fixes for the external tool



Quiz: New quiz-building page

MDL-43089 The page where you assemble your questions to make a quiz has been completely re-build to make it much easier an more efficient to use. For example you can now drag-and drop questions to re-order them or move them between pages.


Quiz: Other

MDL-37993 New completion options: Can apply when a passing grade achieved or all attempts are used
MDL-47556 For new installations, the auto-save setting defaults to on.


Lesson

MDL-38106 - Now includes Introduction like other modules
MDL-38560 - Better handling of images in questions


Workshop

MDL-31936 - Workshop submissions and/or assessments can be removed during the course reset


Analytics

Event monitor: can look for patterns of events and send you notifications
More detailed logging and events have been added, especially around grades


Usability

MDL-45893 - New user menu in Clean theme: shows your profile on-screen in the header and allows quick access to personal pages.
MDL-47559 - New user menu can be customised by the admin
MDL-18014 - The Atto editor can now automatically save drafts of your texts so you don’t lose anything if any unexpected disasters occur
MDL-45897 - Improved My Home page: better default blocks
MDL-45884 - My Courses are collapsed by default
MDL-46022 - Possible to create dividers in custom menu


Cohorts

MDL-36014 - Teachers are now able to use enrol_cohort without having additional capabilities to view cohorts outside of the course. At the same time managers can define individual cohorts as not visible to prevent using them by teachers in enrolment.
MDL-35618 - Teachers can manually enrol all cohort members without having capability to use cohort synchronisation enrolment method
MDL-41639 - Cohort that do not yet exist will be created if specified in “Upload users” tool
MDL-35468 - Admin or manager can bulk upload cohorts definitions from CSV file
MDL-34189 - Admin or system-wide manager can view all cohorts in the system on the same page even if they are defined in different contexts


Other things

MDL-16474 - Single-item scales: now you can implement "Like" buttons with no downside!
MDL-47197 - Users can add files to their private files area by emailing them as attachments
MDL-37812 - Admin can set defaults for user preferences such as Email display, Forum tracking, etc. They are also displayed now in a separate field-set on edit user profile page
MDL-44725 - The experimental setting 'Group members only' has been removed, with the group and grouping restrictions in conditional activities now providing this functionality
MDL-46481 - New faster backup method that just uses defaults
MDL-42071 - Added support for split memcache/memcached stores
MDL-46210 - Installed language packs can be updated as a scheduled task
MDL-46921 - Sorting by additional name fields
MDL-40356 - A new setting 'Alternative full name format' relating to additional name fields
MDL-20367 - Decimal numbers may be used to define boundaries for grade letters
MDL-43472 - It is possible for manager to move courses on the Search courses result screen
MDL-20367 - Letter grade boundaries may be specified as real numbers and not only integers
MDL-40351 - Course categories can be displayed for courses on My home page
MDL-46450 - Activity names in the availability description now have links
MDL-45991 - Ability to ignore users that are already in groups when auto-creating groups
MDL-46524 - Auto-create groups from existing group or grouping membership
MDL-42609 - Added button to quickly add a course in course management interface
MDL-45985 - New CLI tool to validate database structure admin/cli/check_database_schema.php


For Developers

MDL-47194 - Inbound email (such as already implemented for forums and files) can now easily be implemented by any plugin
MDL-43835 - Unit tests on posgres and mysql use random sequence values
MDL-46585 - Strings can now be deprecated to help translators
MDL-39840 - Plugins can have their personal environment checks
MDL-41663 - Plugins renderers and renderables can be located in namespaces and autoloaded
MDL-46207 - Scheduled tasks can control if they should run when plugin is disabled
MDL-45513 - Unit tests can be executed against custom cache stores


API changes

There are new convenience functions to obtain $cm objects that belong to the cm_info class. get_course_and_cm_from_cmid($cmorid, $modulename) and get_course_and_cm_from_instance($instanceorid, $modulename) will efficiently obtain $course and $cm at the start of a module script in one line. Also, the new function cm_info::create($cm) can be used when you need a cm_info object, but only have a standard database record.
Choice event definitions have changed in MDL-3034 [placeholder for this to be expanded]
MDL-47496 - The unused lib/pear/XML/ library was removed.
MDL-36014 - Changes to functions retrieving list of available cohorts
MDL-28484 - New function is_https() that detects if page is served on https

Read more: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.8_release_notes