RWTHmoodle has been upgraded to version 4.3. This upgrade includes the following new functions and improvements:
Functions
Course Page (managers):
- “Bulk actions” to select several activities, materials or entire sections at the same time
- duplicate sections with their content
Grader Report (managers):
- new search function allows targeted searches for individual students
- new context menu (three-dot menu) enables various actions
Assignment Activity (managers):
- under “submissions” you can send a message to several students at once, for example to remind them of a missing submission
Quiz Activity (managers):
- Under “results”, you can now reset the quiz attemps of students with the status “never submitted” to “In progress” and thus reopen them
Improvements
Activity Cards:
- the activity cards take up less space on the course page
- reduced size of the icons and inner spacing
Course Page:
- activities that can be manually marked as completed (default condition) will retain the clickable field “Mark as completed”
- other completion conditions are moved to a drop-down menu “To do”
- several completion conditions are combined which saves space and ensures a more uniform page layout
- managers will see a “Completion” drop-down menu that displays the completion conditions
- access restrictions for an activity are now highlighted more clearly
- default: only one restriction is displayed, several restrictions can be expanded via the “Show more” drop-down menu
- managers can adjust the access restrictions directly on the Course page
- managers: activities and materials can now be inserted directly into a section at any point
- managers: you can hide activities and materials via the three-dot menu as before. The entry has been renamed “Availability”
- managers: the status of hidden activities can also be changed directly on the Course Page via the “Hidden from students” label
Course Index:
- icon and title of an activity so that the elements are easier to find
- lists text and media areas
- all sections can be expanded or collapsed
- managers will find a new field “Title in course index” in the settings of a text and media area
new text editor:
- TinyMCE replaces the previous editor “Atto”
Grader Report (managers):
- the button for saving changes is now always visible and scrolls along
- you can collapse and expand grade categories that are not required using the arrow icons
- the icons in the new “Status” column indicate whether a grade itom or a grade category is hidden or locked
- text lables show the aggregation type and other current settings that have been made for the respective grade
- new context menu (three-dot menu) for enabling various actions
- grade categories and grade items can be added or edited without leaving the page
Question Bank (managers):
- improved filter function allows you to search for and filter specific questions
- the new layout has been aligned with other areas in Moodle to provide a more consistend user experience
Changes based on feedback:
- smaller icons and activity cards so that the course page shows more information at a glance and requires less scrolling
- “My courses” page is now the landing page (instead of “Dashboard”) after logging into the system to get more quickly to the courses
- information on “New activities” and access to EvaSys are now only available on the dashboard
- improvement of the performance
