{"id":675,"date":"2020-01-16T12:48:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T23:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/?page_id=675"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:02:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:02:45","slug":"whats-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/general-information\/whats-new\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s new?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>Like every piece of software Moodle needs to be kept up-to-date, and MedMoodle and HSMoodle are no different. Our next scheduled upgrade is <strong>9-10am, Monday, 15 December, 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>During this time the Moodle environments will be unavailable to users.<\/p>\n<p>When Moodle is back up and running you should notice some minor changes which include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New Activities overview<\/strong>&#8211; The Activities overview page now works across all major activity types, showing staff what needs grading and providing students with a clear picture of upcoming tasks and completed work.<em><br \/>\nWhy this matters<\/em>: Having one organised view of all course activities helps staff act quickly and enables students to stay focused and on track.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Redesigned Activity chooser<\/strong>&#8211; Activities are now grouped into separate tabs by teaching purpose: assessment, collaboration, communication, resources, and interactive content, with related tools suggested for each.<em><br \/>\nWhy this matters<\/em>: Staff can design courses with their learning goals front and centre, choosing tools based on purpose.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Question banks<\/strong>&#8211; Staff can reuse and share questions across courses more easily with course question banks.<br \/>\n<em>Why this matters<\/em>: Reusing questions saves time, supports consistency across courses, and makes it easier for staff to collaborate.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Retiring the Atto text editor<\/strong>&#8211; You have already been using the new text editor, TinyMCE, so this change should not affect you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Update minimum course requirements<\/strong>&#8211; The minimum course requirements have been updated. Please refer to the &#8216;Related Pages&#8217; at the bottom of the page to review these updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information and support, <a href=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/general-information\/elearning-facilitators\/\">please contact your local eLearning facilitator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"Resources\">Resources<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.org\/mod\/forum\/discuss.php?d=470212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Announcing Moodle LMS 5.1<\/a> (Moodle.org)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Activities overview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_VM_HFubJJE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Activity chooser in Moodle 5.1\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jOfsrtpUOJU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Question banks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Zyqb69A0ok?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Get in touch<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;re constantly monitoring and fine-tuning Moodle environments, including the new interfaces and features released in this update. We welcome your feedback. Email: <a href=\"mailto:med.moodle@otago.ac.nz\">med.moodle@otago.ac.nz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Pages<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.otago.ac.nz\/moodle\/building-your-course\/design\/\">Minimum course requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Like every piece of software Moodle needs to be kept up-to-date, and MedMoodle and HSMoodle are no different. Our next scheduled upgrade is 9-10am, Monday, 15 December, 2025. During this time the Moodle environments will be unavailable to users. 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