Timeline
We have upgraded from version 4.1 to version 4.4.
Release notes:
Note, as we will upgrade across three versions, all the following release notes are applicable.
https://moodledev.io/general/releases/4.2
https://moodledev.io/general/releases/4.3
https://moodledev.io/general/releases/4.4
New features:
https://docs.moodle.org/402/en/New_features
https://docs.moodle.org/403/en/New_features
https://docs.moodle.org/404/en/New_features
Key dates
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 4 September 2024 | Final Moodle 4.1 features/fixes release |
| 5 September 2024 | Code freeze on Moodle 4.1 |
| 30 September 2024 - 8 November 2024 | Moodle 4.4 testing period |
| 16 December 2024, 7pm | Upgrade to Moodle 4.4 begins |
| 17 December 2024, 10am | Moodle 4.4 made available to staff and students |
Known issues
Please refer to http://teaching.unsw.edu.au/telt-systems-known-issues for the issues that will be reported during testing.
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Archive - Moodle 4.1 Upgrade
Timeline
We have successfully upgraded from version 4.0 to version 4.1.
Release notes:
The release notes for Moodle 4.1 are available at https://moodledev.io/general/releases/4.1
New features:
https://docs.moodle.org/401/en/New_features
Key dates
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 13 September 2023 | Final Moodle 4.0 features/fixes release |
| 14 September 2023 | Code freeze on Moodle 4.0 |
| 23 October 2023 - 24 November 2023 COB | Moodle 4.1 testing period |
| 18 December 2023, 8pm | Upgrade to Moodle 4.1 begins |
| 19 December 2023, 10am | Moodle 4.1 made available to staff and students |
Known issues
Please refer to http://teaching.unsw.edu.au/telt-systems-known-issues for the issues that will be reported during testing.
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Archive - Moodle 4.0 Upgrade
Timeline
We have upgraded successfully from version 3.11 to version 4.0.
Release notes:
The release notes for Moodle 4.0 are available at https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_4.0_release_notes
New features:
https://moodle.com/moodle-4/
For related guides and resources, please visit https://www.teaching.unsw.edu.au/moodle-upgrade-resources
Key dates
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7 September 2022 | Final Moodle 3.11 features/fixes release |
| 8 September 2022 | Code freeze on Moodle 3.11 |
| 30 September 2022 - 18 November 2022 COB | Moodle 4.0 testing period |
| 15 December 2022, 8pm | Upgrade to Moodle 4.0 begins |
| 16 December 2022, 10am | Moodle 4.0 made available to staff and students |
Known issues
Please refer to http://teaching.unsw.edu.au/telt-systems-known-issues for the issues that will be reported during testing.
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Archive - Moodle 3.11 Upgrade
Timeline
We have upgraded successfully from version 3.9 to version 3.11.
Release notes:
Note, as we will upgrade across two versions, both release notes are applicable.
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.10_release_notes
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.11_release_notes
New features:
https://docs.moodle.org/310/en/New_features
https://docs.moodle.org/311/en/New_features
For related guides and resources, please visit https://www.teaching.unsw.edu.au/moodle-upgrade-resources
Key dates
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1 September 2021 | Final Moodle 3.9 features/fixes release |
| 2 September 2021 | Code freeze on Moodle 3.9 |
| 30 September 2021 - 11 November 2021 COB | Moodle 3.11 testing period |
| 16 December 2021, 8pm | Upgrade to Moodle 3.11 begins |
| 17 December 2021, 10am | Moodle 3.11 made available to staff and students |
Known issues
Please refer to http://teaching.unsw.edu.au/telt-systems-known-issues for the issues that will be reported during testing.
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Archive - Moodle 3.9 Upgrade
Timeline
We have upgraded from version 3.7 to version 3.9.
Release notes:
Note, as we upgraded across two versions, both release notes are applicable.
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.8_release_notes
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.9_release_notes
New features:
https://docs.moodle.org/38/en/New_features
https://docs.moodle.org/39/en/New_features
For related guides and resources, please visit https://teaching.unsw.edu.au/moodle-39-upgrade-resources
Key dates
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Final Moodle 3.7 features/fixes release |
| 10 September 2020 | Code freeze on Moodle 3.7. ETS team to test and approve changes. |
| 7 September 2020 - 11 November 2020 COB | Moodle 3.9 testing period |
| 17 December 2020, 11pm | Upgrade to Moodle 3.9 begins |
| 18 December 2020, 10am | Moodle 3.9 made available to staff and students |
Known issues
Please refer to http://teaching.unsw.edu.au/telt-systems-known-issues for the issues that have been reported during testing.
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Archive - Moodle 3.7 Upgrade
Timeline
The Moodle 3.7 upgrade was successfully completed on Thursday 19 December 2019.
We upgraded from version 3.5 to version 3.7.
Release notes:
Note, as we upgraded across two versions, both release notes are applicable.
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.6_release_notes
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.7_release_notes
New features:
https://docs.moodle.org/36/en/New_features
https://docs.moodle.org/37/en/New_features
Key dates
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Final Moodle 3.5 features/fixes release |
| 5 September 2019 | Code freeze on Moodle 3.5. ETS team to test and approve changes. |
| 16 September 2019 - 15 November 2019 COB | Moodle 3.7 testing period |
| 18 December 2019, 11pm | Upgrade to Moodle 3.7 begins |
| 19 December 2019, 10am | Moodle 3.7 made available to staff and students |
Known issues
Please refer to http://teaching.unsw.edu.au/telt-systems-known-issues for the issues that have been reported during testing.
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Archive - Moodle 3.5 Upgrade
Timeline
The Moodle 3.5 upgrade was successfully completed on Thursday 22nd of November.
We upgraded from version 3.3 to version 3.5.
Release notes:
Note, as we upgraded across two versions, both release notes are applicable.
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.4_release_notes
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.5_release_notes
New features:
https://docs.moodle.org/34/en/New_features
https://docs.moodle.org/35/en/New_features
Key dates
| Date | Activity | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2018 | Final Moodle 3.3 features/fixes release | |
| Wed 6 September 2018 | Code freeze on Moodle 3.3 TELT team to test and approve changes. | |
| Tue 11 September 2018 to Fri 12 October 2018 COB |
Moodle 3.5 testing | |
| Wed 21 November 2018 11pm | Upgrade to Moodle 3.5 begins | |
| Thu 22 November 2018 10am | Moodle 3.5 made available to staff and students |
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Archive - Moodle 3.3 Upgrade
Timeline
We are currently preparing for our annual Moodle upgrade. This year we will be upgrading from the current version 3.1 to version 3.3.
Key features and improvements:
- Better Office integration
- Improved dashboard
- Font Awesome
- Emoji support
- Specify assignment file types
- Collapse comments in assignments
- Better activity completion management
- Drag and drop media
- Stealth activities - available but not shown
- More tag areas
- Select for students in Choice
-
Negative scores for rubrics
-
User-friendly messaging and alerts
Release notes:
Note, as we are upgrading across two versions, both release notes are applicable.
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.2_release_notes
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.3_release_notes
New features:
Note, as we are upgrading across two versions, both new feature pages are applicable.
https://docs.moodle.org/32/en/New_features
https://docs.moodle.org/33/en/New_features
Key dates
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Final Moodle 3.1 features/fixes release |
| 20 September 2017 | Code freeze on Moodle 3.1. TELT Ops team to test and approve changes. |
| 9 August - 3 November 2017 | Moodle 3.3 testing period |
| 22 November 2017, 11pm | Upgrade to Moodle 3.3 begins |
| 23 November 2017, 11am | Moodle 3.3 made available to staff and students |
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Archive - Moodle 3.1 Upgrade
We are currently preparing for our annual Moodle upgrade. This year we will be upgrading from the current version 2.9 to version 3.1.
In conjunction, the Moodle Direct v1 plugin for Turnitin will be upgraded to v2. This will bring a number of graphical user interface changes and Peermark.
Key features and improvements
Release notes:
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.1_release_notes
New features:
https://docs.moodle.org/31/en/New_features
Key dates
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 21 September 2016 | Final Moodle 2.9 features/fixes release |
| 22 September 2016 | Code freeze on Moodle 2.9. TELT Ops team to test and approve changes. |
| 26 September - 21 October 2016 | Moodle 3.1 testing period |
| 23 November 2016 | Upgrade to Moodle 3.1 begins |
| 24 November 2016 | Moodle 3.1 made available to staff and students |
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Archive - Moodle 2.9 Upgrade
We are currently preparing for our annual Moodle upgrade. This year we will be upgrading from the current version 2.7 to version 2.9.
Key features and improvements
Release notes:
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.9_release_notes
New features:
https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/New_features
Key dates
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 24 September 2015 | Code freeze on Moodle 2.7. TELT Ops team to test and approve changes. |
| 24 September 2015 | Final Moodle 2.7 features/fixes release |
| 14 October - 6 November 2015 | Moodle 2.9 testing period |
| 25 November 2015, commences at 11pm | Upgrade to Moodle 2.9 begins |
| 26 November 2015, approximately 9:30am | Moodle 2.9 made available to staff and students |
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Archive - Moodle 2.7 Upgrade
UNSW Moodle was successfully upgraded to version 2.7 on 27 November 2014.
Key features and improvements
Release notes:
https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.7_release_notes
New features:
https://docs.moodle.org/27/en/New_features
Key dates
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1 October 2014 | Code freeze on Moodle 2.5. TELT Ops team to test and approve changes. |
| 1 October 2014 | Final Moodle 2.5 features/fixes release |
| 26 November 2014, 10:30pm | Upgrade to Moodle 2.7 begins |
| 27 November 2014, 9:30am | Moodle 2.7 made available to staff and students |
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Archive - Moodle 2.5 Upgrade
UNSW Moodle was upgraded from Moodle 2.3 to Moodle 2.5 on Wednesday 27 November, 2013.
Key features and improvements
- 1.1 Badges N.B. Badges are not currently enabled.
- 1.2 Forms are much shorter
- 1.3 Reports moved to the Administration block
- 1.4 Quickly "Jump to.." another section
- 1.5 Drag and drop media and text onto the course page
- 1.6 Folders can be displayed inline on a course page
- 1.7 Assignment enhancements
- 1.7b Assignment enhancements
- 1.8 Word count in forum posts
- 1.9 Templates for Essay question types
- 1.10 Glossary block enhancements
- 1.11 Search the list of enrolled users
- 1.12 Icons
- 1.13 Themes
- 1.14 Improved TinyMCE editor integration
- 1.15 Enrolment related improvements
- 1.16 Integration of external calendars
- 1.17 Workshop module enhancements
- 1.18 Accessibility improvement with screen reader
- 1.19 Grade export fields
Key dates
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 27 September 2013 | Code freeze on Moodle 2.3. TELT Ops team to test and approve changes. |
| 2 October 2013 | Final Moodle 2.3 features/fixes release |
| 27 November 2013 11:30pm | Upgrade to Moodle 2.5 begins |
| 28 November 2013 9:30am | Moodle 2.5 made available to staff and students |
Further information
Release notes:
http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.5_release_notes
New features:
http://docs.moodle.org/25/en/New_features
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].
Archive - Moodle 2.3 Upgrade
On 21 November 2012, UNSW Moodle was upgraded to version 2.3.
Major changes
The major changes to the system are:
- improved files usability
- improvement in the functionality of the File picker
- in File picker and file manager, images display as true thumbnails, and files display as file-type icons
- more file display format options (as icons, a detailed table or a hierarchical list)
- drag-and-drop functionality
- editability of file information
- ability to create an alias for a file, allowing a single update for all instances of a file throughout a course
- repository improvements
- ability to create an alias for a file in an external repository
- improved searching and browsing
- improvements to course pages
- course sections can be displayed one per page, with previous/next/main navigation
- course sections can be added to or removed from the course page directly
- access to course sections can be restricted by grouping or by date, or made conditional on completion of an activity or the achievement of a certain grade
- drag-and-drop is possible with blocks
- file drag-and-drop onto a course page
- name editing of activities and resources directly on the course page
- a completely re-written Assignment module
- streamlining of Assignment sub-type choice
- new Marking guide marking method
- the Book module becomes a core Moodle component
- Quiz improvements
- more robust handling of late quiz attempts
- teachers can now force students to answer questions strictly in order
- an improved SCORM module (new graph report; drag-and-drop into the course page; SCORM packages now work with activity completion)
- an improved Workshop module
- auto-switch to the assessment phase on submission deadline
- submission deadlines display in calendar
- workshop submissions can be filtered by group
- improved application performance and stability.
Minor changes
Minor changes in Moodle 2.3 include the following.
- You can now choose activities and resources from a single Add an activity or resource window, which provides basic information on each activity or resource when you select its button. On the course home page, click Turn editing on, then click Add an activity or resource in the relevant section, and the following window will display:
Select a button for an activity or resource (the example shows Database selected) to view information about it. Click Add to open that activity's Add page and begin creating it.
- You can create an Assignment that requires both online text and file submission:
- You can now export a course to IMS Common Cartridge 1.1 format, as well as importing from that format:
- You can now display the size and type of uploaded files on the course home page by clicking the file's Update icon
and selecting the relevant check boxes:
- You can restrict access to entire course sections, in the same way as you restrict access to individual activities, specifying access conditions in the section settings (via the Edit summary icon
within the section):
Or, more simply, you can click the Hide (eye) icon at the right of the section to hide that section, and click the Show (closed eye) icon to display the section again.
- You can use a greater variety of fonts in the text editor:
- If you try to navigate away from a page you've made changes on, the following warning now displays:
- You and your students can now view glossary entries within a glossary and also in the recent activity block, random glossary entry block, RSS feed for the glossary and any auto-linking glossary keywords:
- More file repositories are enabled by default:
- Calendar events for a course are backed up and restored.
- Users can no longer override their default email address in their messaging settings:
- The total grade column on the Quiz grade report is more prominent.