2. What is new in Moodle 2.7
1. New module editing menu
2. Single assignment module
3. Group assignments
4. Marking workflow
5. Marker allocation
6. Offline marking
7. Annotation of PDF for assignment feedback
8. Turnitin Assignment 2
9. Access restriction with complex conditions
10. Advanced forums
11. Forum enhancements
12. Atto text and equation editor
13. Other updates
3. 1. New module editing menu
Editing screen is decluttered by replacing strip of icons with a drop down menu
Moodle 2.5 Moodle 2.7
4. 2. Single assignment module – 1
One assignment replaces four
• All rolled-over assignments are automatically converted to the new assignment format
(except Turnitin assignments)
Moodle 2.5 Moodle 2.7
5. 2. Single assignment module – 2
Options determine the type of assignment:
• Online assignment (optional word limit)
• File submission (specify maximum number of files)
• Both online and file submission
• Neither online or file submission (replaces offline activity)
6. 2. Single assignment module – 3
Additional new features:
• Date of earliest submission wording updated
• Cut-off date can be set after which submission may not be submitted.
7. 2. Single assignment module – 4
• Blind marking
• Reopening of submission for individual students or groups to allow another
attempt
In Submission Settings For multiple students at once in
Grading worksheet
For individual students in Grading page
8. 3. Group assignments
New assignment setting - one submission made on behalf of a group
• Originality and contribution declaration made by one student or all students
(Require all group members submit)
• Marking optionally allocates result to group members, allows shared and individual
comments
9. 4. Marking: Workflow
Lecturer control of timing, release and marker allocation
• Marking goes through stages prior to release
• Lecturer controls current state
10. 5. Marking: Marker allocation
Allocate selected submissions to specific markers
• Select students by group
• Markers can be filtered in Grading worksheet
In Grading Worksheet
Set allocated Marker Or Filter students by Marker
11. 6. Marking: Offline marking
Markers may download assignments and Grading worksheet for offline marking and
then bulk upload marked submissions with feedback files.
1. Download worksheet
2. Upload marked worksheet
3. Bulk upload feedback files
12. 7. Annotate PDF assignment submissions
Annotate PDF assignment submissions in the Moodle marking interface
• Stamps for preconfigured symbols and comments
• Inline comments, Notes, Shapes and markups
Page navigation, text search Inline comment,
Note, Move
Insert shapes,
markups
Stamps
13. 8. Turnitin assignment 2 – 1
• Improved workflow that allows modification of assignment dates/parts during
assignment setup
14. 8. Turnitin assignment 2 – 2
• Assignment summary and paper inbox are now combined into one inbox screen
• The inbox has been separated by part with each part navigable by tab
Only relevant to users accessing
the Turnitin website (not Moodle
users.)
Marker management tools
Inbox moved to this tab
15. 8. Turnitin assignment 2 – 3
• File submission now uses a drag
and drop lightbox
• Users are provided with an extract of
their submission as proof that the
submission has been received
16. 9. Access restriction with complex
conditions – 1
Restriction conditions include AND, OR and nested conditions, as well as a new interface
• Conditions optionally displayed
Moodle 2.5 Moodle 2.7
17. 9. Access restriction with complex
conditions – 2
• Use Dates, Grades and Activity completion to control access
• Specify if conditions must or must not be met
• Nest conditions
18. 10. Advanced forum and enhancements
Advanced forums provide:
• The option of anonymous postings
• Additional “accessible” view option
• Improved distinction between read and unread posts
Advanced forum posts do NOT allow viewing of individual student Forum posts in the
Navigation block
19. 11. Forum enhancements
Forums enhancements include:
• Read tracking can be forced overriding profile preferences (Forum)
• In Settings the option to show the word count of individual posts (Forum and
Advanced forum)
20. 11. Forums – setting digests per forum
Set digest preferences for each individual forum using the Activities block or URL
methods (Forum and Advanced forum) when you need to see details of some forums
but not others.
Set forum digest settings for each forum
Activities Block method
URL method
To open the edit window, in the site home page URL Window, replace “course/view” with
“mod/forum/index”
http://moodle.vle.monash.edu/course/view.php?id=12083
http://moodle.vle.monash.edu/mod/forum/index.php?id=12083
21. 12. Atto editor option – 1
An alternative to TinyMCE Atto
provides:
• LaTeX equation editor
(with preview area)
• Capacity to enter TeX
script
• Accessibility checking
Accessibility standards mean that
some text formatting options are
unavailable in Atto.
Atto does not include all table
editing functions (cell borders,
colours, merging)
22. 12. Atto editor option – 2
Select your preferred default editor in My Profile
Students tab: The Turnitin Students tab is to allow the instructor to enroll all of the Moodle students for the course in Turnitin.
The Enroll All Students link only affects users that also access Turnitin through the native Turnitin web site. Clicking on this button enrolls all students from this Moodle class in Turnitin in one go. You do not normally need to select this option, as students are enrolled in Turnitin as required for the purposes of submission.
Tutors’ tab: Within Turnitin a class created via Moodle Direct can be managed by multiple instructors. Moodle allows multiple instructors to work on a class and the integration also supports multiple instructors. By clicking on the Turnitin Tutors tab for the assignment (only instructors can do this) instructors are redirected to a screen where that provides the ability to add and remove any currently enrolled Moodle Teacher as a tutor on the Turnitin class.
This setting has no effect within Moodle itself and only controls who can see the class within Turnitin. You must log-in to Turnitin to see this change. In the majority of cases you will never need to change this setting or login to Turnitin. In a future release of Turnitin multiple instructors will be supported and this setting will be removed from the integration.