TELT Systems - List of current feature requests

Begin testing the Office365 plugin

Requested by: ASB

On Hold

Integrate Moodle with Office365

Requested by: Engineering

On Hold

Create site-wide LTI 1.3 for Pearson, Edstem and Padlet, and restrict to Business School Moodle category.

Requested by: Business

Approved

In ATTO text editor, being able to click on the URL button then pick from a list of available Moodle activities and resources would be useful i.e you can link to stuff in pages or books without having to manually copy a link.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: In Progress

Received

When copying a Moodle quiz either by the import method or sharing cart method, only associated question banks and categories should be copied as duplicate question banks make it difficult to isolate what is being used in a quiz.

Requested by: Business

Outcome: On Hold

On Hold

Introduce a 'Select all users on this page' button in the Course Participants page when there are less than 20 users on the page as well for consistent user experience.

Requested by: Law

Outcome: In Progress

Approved

Implement a select/deselect option to select all students across all groups instead of selecting all students on a group by group basis.

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: In Progress

Approved

Remove the student role permissions which currently enable students to see the Moodle Group names a student belongs to and zIDs for other students in a course.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: In Progress

Received

Automatically update Moodle links embedded in H5P activities when courses are rolled over.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: In Progress

Received

Enable TELT admins and instructors to override and specific permissions for Non-Grading Tutor role.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: In Progress

Received

Set up LTI 1.3 for the use of the MATLAB Grader platform in Moodle.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: In Progress

Received

3934889

Implement a 'Display description on course page' for the Certificate. There is a description but is not shown on the course page.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: In Progress

Approved

Include activities using Team Evaluation in Moodle logs. These logs should record any interaction users have with a Team Evaluation part of either a Workshop activity or an Assignment.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: In Progress

Received

Implement a setting (in minutes) to keep the session open after the session in Attendance.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: In Progress

Approved

Implement an option to edit the group after Attendance activity is scheduled.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: In Progress

Approved

Implement "Do not use paging" in the dropdown in Attendance report to display all students on a page.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: In Progress

Received

Include the summary that is available under reports in Attendance exported file. The summary summarises the number of students absent/present/etc for a particular activity.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: In Progress

Approved

Rename "Adjustment Fraction" option in the Team Evaluation settings to "Percentage of team mark to be adjusted".

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: In Progress (Scheduled to be implemented in March 2025)

Received

Add "Font color" and Font size buttons" to visible TinyMCE menu.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: In Progress

Received

Install Embed Question, https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-tiny_embedquestion, in TinyMCE editor.

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: In Progress

Received

Display HTML in the feedback grade item for Team Evaluation comments.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: In Progress

Approved

Install Embed Question, https://github.com/moodleou/moodle-tiny_embedquestion, in TinyMCE editor.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: In Progress

Received

Add a recycle bin in every course and sandpit under the "More" dropdown menu.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: In Progress

Received

Add partial items, for example forum posts, to the recycle bin when a student's post is deleted so that it can be easily restored.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: In Progress

Received

Modify the default view of Moodle’s Participants page for All Users to display only users with the Student role. Most users (e.g. convenors, teachers, support staff) primarily need quick access to the student enrolment list and total student count.​ Currently, a user must make five clicks to filter and view only Students. By applying the Student role filter by default, users can see the enrolment numbers at a glance, significantly improving efficiency. If a user wants to view all other roles (such as Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and Tutors), they can simply remove the Student filter in one click, creating a better and more intuitive user experience.

Requested by: Business

Outcome: In Progress

Received

Faculty of Science recently caused a site-wide Moodle degradation due to large student volumes running a quiz with a large number of STACK questions. As a countermeasure, Science would like to implement a plugin, https://moodle.org/plugins/quizaccess_delayed, that could help with load for running a quiz with large student volumes.​

How this plugin works:​
- When starting a quiz, the plugin makes the "Attempt quiz now" button auto-enable when the quiz opens without requiring a page refresh (page refreshes increase server load)​ 
- Students are allowed into the quiz in a staggered fashion with a randomised delay​ The combination of these changes should help with large student cohorts running a quiz.​

Requested by: Science

Outcome: In Progress

Received

Add a customisation field to allow/prevent users to view Team Evaluation.​

Requested by: UNSW College

Outcome: Closed in February 2025

Add the title of the Attendance activity to the report.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Implemented in February 2025

Code review the script developed by Ethan Ou to add the 'Download PDF' functionality to the Lesson activity.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Implemented in March 2025

Changing the language pack to be more user friendly to understand:
tiny:heading_3 TO Heading 3 (Large)
tiny:heading_4 TO Heading 4 (Medium)
tiny:heading_5 TO Heading 5 (Small)

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Implemented in March 2025

Move the HTML button to the first line in ATTO editor.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Implemented in March 2025

Turn on Dark Mode in RemUI theme for neurodiverse students to benefit from adjusting sensory inputs (like light, sound and font size).

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed in March 2025

Currently an email is received for when inactive students are removed from the groups that are created in a Moodle course. This request is to investigate if an email can be sent to instructors when students are made inactive within the course.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Closed in March 2025

4061126

Set up LTI 1.3 for the use of the Slice Image Bank.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Implemented in March 2024

Implement different sorting settings for different forums within a course.

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: Closed in Aug 2024

A request to consider alternative peer feedback tools to be available in Moodle as the current UNSW Workshop is very clunky and not easy to use.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Closed in Jun 2024

Backport Group visibility functionality from Moodle 4.2. While setting up a group, as in the section above Creating a group, you can decide who sees the group members from the Group visibility dropdown.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Closed in Sep 2024

Enable the Moodle assignment TurnItIn integration.​ 

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed in Aug 2024

Disable all permissions in Teams Evaluation for Non-Grading Tutor.

Requested by: UNSW College

Outcome: Implemented in Aug 2024

The resources in the shortcut Navigation menu block should not be displayed when ‘Edit mode’ is toggled ON.

Requested by: Law

Outcome: Implemented in Aug 2024

Add to current UNSWC Admin and TELT Admin roles permissions that currently Instructor role have, but the Admin roles do not.

Requested by: UNSW College

Outcome: Implemented in Aug 2024

Upgrade the current version of H5P plugin to the latest version of 2.6 so that the latest h5p.com files can be uploaded to Moodle.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed in Aug 2024

Set up LTI to integrate Skilliable to run UNSW Caberra's online cyber teaching labs.

Requested by: Canberra

Outcome: Implemented in July 2024

Set up Ed Discussion as an LTI for Engineering only.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Implemented in July 2024

Implement a coupon plugin, https://moodle.org/plugins/block_coupon, for managing invigilated exams.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Implemented in July 2024

For the ATTO text editor, move the EchoVideo button to be on the primary line and visible without having to expand the menu.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Implemented in September 2024

Disable Gravatar functionality in Moodle. Gravatar is an external service that provides profile pictures based on user email addresses.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Implemented in Moodle 4.4 upgrade

Increase the list display area when adding a session in Attendance activity.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Implemented in Moodle 4.4 upgrade

3856610

Make OBS 'Virtual Camera' and NVIDIA Broadcast software available as a source for Echo360 Universal Capture Software.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed on 7th of July

Enable Echo360 hardware/software for lecture recordings to utilise NVIDIA Broadcast background removal in a lecture theatre by integrating the NVIDIA broadcast technology in the LR+ setup.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed on 7th of July

Replace Smarthinking (Pearson), a writing feedback service where students can submit their writings and get formative feedback on their work, with Studiosity that will integrate with Moodle using LTI as Smarthinking will reach its end of life by the end of August 2023.

Requested by: Student success

Outcome: Implemented

Implement a 'Display description on course page' for the Certificate. There is a description but is not shown on the course page.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Approved on Jun 2024 by TELT BAG

Implement a feature in Moodle to automate the watermarking of questions in quizzes as a cheating detection measure, based on the javascript from Jeffrey Black.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed on 17th Nov 2023

Install the EchoVideo-Moodle TinyMCE plugin.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Approved

Implement an option in quiz settings to enable live announcements for "High stakes" timed quiz assessments.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Approved on Jun 2024 by TELT BAG

Implement "Anonymous posting" and label student posts 'Anonymous' by default in core Moodle forums.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed

Implement "Anonymous posting" and label student posts 'Anonymous' by default in core Moodle forums. Implement sorting of Moodle Assignment View All Submissions page by Group.

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: Implemented on Sep 2024

Implement a button to 'Download all group submissions' for group assessments to enable a quick way to download one assessment per group.

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: Implemented

Implement the ability to sort forum posts by set order (mainly creation date):

Option 1 (with and without lock functionality)

Option 2 - Have an additional column with sort order #

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: Closed on Jun 2024 by TELT BAG

Enable Portfolios by default to make it easy for a student to export their work to an external portfolio.

Requested by: Canberra

Outcome: Closed on Apr 2024

Integrate Mobius with Moodle using LTI 1.3 or 2.0.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Implemented on Aug 2024

Update Assignment 'Require students to click the submit button' help information.

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: Implemented in 2023

Implement an option in Moodle Quiz for question numbers not to appear in the questions.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Closed on July 2024

Implement Zoom plugin in Moodle UAT for testing.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Approved on Apr 2024

Implement a pop-up alert for instructors not to edit courses while online quiz is taking place as it could affect students doing the quiz if they turn editing on within the start and end dates for Moodle quizzes.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed on Apr 2024

3234890

Install the 'Sketch' plugin for ATTO and TinyMCE https://moodle.org/plugins/atto_sketch https://moodle.org/plugins/tinymce_sketch

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Implemented in May 2022

Install the Freehand drawing plugin, https://moodle.org/plugins/qtype_drawing, from ETH.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Implemented in May 2022

Request Open LMS to whitelist all test Azure AD accounts so that they are not suspended due to not being listed in the users.txt file from SiMS.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Implemented in Feb 2022

Request Open LMS to address the roll-over issue of courses that use Turnitin. Currently, any course that uses Turnitin when rolled over does not retain the Gradebook.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Implemented in Feb 2022

Accessibility checker deems 5/6 colours of the ATTO editor to have issues. Add an alternate colour palette (e.g. https://moodle.org/plugins/atto_morefontcolors).

Requested by: Law

Outcome: Implemented in Feb 2022

Install mhchem package.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Implemented in March 2022

Install the 'Active Quiz' module to support 'Hybrid first' pedagogy in Moodle courses. 

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Implemented in May 2022

3394385

Install the "Live Report” which allows teachers to see the responses from students as they are completing questions in a quiz.

Requested by: Science

Investigate the integration of 'Live view’ report and ‘Active Quiz’ module.

Requested by: Science

Upgrade the Coderunner question type to the latest stable version 4.1.1

Requested by: Engineering

Install the 'Live poll' module to support active learning and hybrid learning synchronous polling activities in Moodle.

Requested by: Science

Install the regex quiz question type which is handy for ignoring trivial differences that do not invalidate an answer that is typed-in.

Requested by: Engineering

Install the GapFill quiz question type to support multiple correct answers. It is an alternative to CodeRunner for simple questions.

Requested by: Engineering

Integrate Moodle with Echo360 Analytics tab.

Requested by: PVCESE

Configure Labster LTI 1.3 in Moodle sitewide and restrict to the UNSW Global Education category as the other faculties would be able to use it if they would like to; however, they would need to make the license fee (user based) to Labster.

Requested by: Global

Implement LabArchives LTI for Medicine & Health to register students and transfer their grades easily through Moodle.

Requested by: Medicine

Discuss the pros and cons of enabling TELT Admins to be able to enrol users into sandpit courses, rather than limiting to Super TELT admin role.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed on 6 May 2022 by TELT BAG

Match the rubric in the Forum grading to the Assignment tool.

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: Closed on 6 May 2022 by TELT BAG as TELT BAG requested Dean to submit these issues to LMS&I team to be raised with Open LMS as bugs

Install the Panopto plugin Moodle for the Faculty of Medicine to participate in a 14 day trial.

Requested by: Medicine

Update the settings of the Course Contacts block to include a ‘Group mode’ like the other activities/resources.

Requested by: Law

Implement the Moodle Zoom plugin. This tighter integration should benefit many of our users. The plugin can be found at https://moodle.org/plugins/mod_zoom.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Closed - Pending management decision on implementation

Apply adjustments to CSS in current UNSW Moodle theme to improve usability. Adjustments are based on CSS work from Iwan Kelaiah from PVCE.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed on 14 Apr 2023

Enable the export/import of rubrics created in Moodle assignment as a CSV file, allowing for easy sharing of rubrics across courses. 

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: Implemented on September 2023

Implement the grade area and rubric in OU blog as the grading of the blog is limited.

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: Closed on April 2024

Install the 'Export Quiz Attempts', which is a quiz report that allows you to get view of a quiz attempt that is formatted for easy printing. This can either be a blank attempt or a review of a finished quiz attempt.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed on May 2024 by TELT BAG

Set a cut-off date (say for 5 days after the due date) for Moodle assignments but students who have submitted on time can still update their submission until the cut-off date.

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: Approved on Jun 2024 by TELT BAG

Enable Moodle Assignment rubric to allow specific weighting to each criterion.​

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: Closed

Implement a CSS editor in Feedback for clear distinction between the question and the answer. 

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Implemented on Feb 2024

Ensure the rolled over H5P content links to the new content bank in the new course, not in the old site.

Requested by: Business

Outcome: Closed

Remove the student role permissions which currently enable students to see the Moodle Group names a student belongs to and zIDs for other students in a course.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Implemented on May 2024

Implement a playback speed option for theBox videos

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Implemented in August 2021

Display data about students who have never accessed their Moodle course.​

Requested by: Business

Outcome: Closed, workaround available on May 2021

Implement "Anonymously" to complement the "Non anonymously" that already exists in Open Forums.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Implemented

Add the 'TELT Administrator' role to the “HTML (per role)” block

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed, no longer required as of March 2021

Update to latest version of Font awesome icons. 

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed, no longer required as of March 2021

Update the Moodle language pack to change the term "Suspended users" to "Inactive".

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Completed in August 2021

Change the default for the filter in the Participants/Enrolled users page to match “All” rather than “Any”.

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: Completed in August 2021

Grant the Grading Tutor role permission to use the Attendance activity to take attendance in courses.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in August and September 2021

Increase the H5P Content Bank upload limit from 100MB to 200MB to match the Moodle sitewide content upload limit.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Not implemented

Install "Delayed attempts in quizzes", https://moodle.org/plugins/quizaccess_delayed.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Not implemented

Enable automatic transfer of Turnitin Peermark assignment grades to the Moodle gradebook.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Not implemented

Courses created from a template with Roles renamed (e.g. Instructor->Covenor) should keep the renamed roles settings. 

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: Closed on 17 Dec 2021

Feature Request #

Description

1951705

Enable e-rater grammar feedback in the Turnitin Feedback Studio

Requested by: Canberra

Outcome: Completed in February 2020

2482524

Enable "Simple Global Search"

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Completed in September 2020

2632451​

By default, give students the mod/dialogue:close permission to close a conversation. Give Instructor, Teaching Assistant, Grading Tutor and Non-Grading Tutor roles the mod/dialogue:closeany permission to close any dialogue.​

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in February 2020

2702373

Delete test users created using Test Users block.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in September 2020

2732010

Add LTI configuration for Padlet to FASS category only

Requested by: FASS

Outcome: Completed in May 2020

2774885

'Astra CBA' scale with Not Yet Competent, Competent, Competent with Merit within the newly developed Practical Legal Training program.

Requested by: Law

Outcome: Completed in February 2020

2778170

Implement Group Quiz plugin

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in April 2020

2821410

Add a new token category for Group and a Group token into PLD.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in September 2020

2824266

Develop a 'Search Block' for Open Forum as a Block in UNSW Moodle.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Completed in April 2020

2843547

Activate the free version of GeoLite2 City and a free Google Maps API key to be set up in Moodle.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in September 2020

2851373

Auto naming by Section, not Class ID​

Requested by: Business

Outcome: In Progress

2851373

Push student Section ID data into Groups / Groupings tab​

Requested by: Business

Outcome: On hold

2861778

Create a LTI connector for Polleverywhere (for a pilot) and make it only available to the Engineering category.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in May 2020

2870365

Enable the nav-drawer option in the UNSW themes to allow the Navigation block and Setting block to collapse.

Requested by: FASS

Outcome: Completed in May 2020

2901013

To mitigate against disruptive behaviour during a Collaborate session, anonymity should be removed

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Completed in April 2020

2913265

Install the 'Embed Question suite'

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Completed in September 2020

2913288

Set up a site wide LTI connector for an electronic notebook platform called LabArchives

Requested by: Science\

Outcome: Implemented in July 2020

2923588

Implement the ability to have students tick a plagiarism and cheating disclosure prior to attempting a quiz in Moodle.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in August 2020

2926132

Implement enhancements for the Media Collection Assignment tool​

Requested by: Art and Design

Outcome: Completed in September 2020

2938915

Enable Built Environment to have access to the Padlet LTI connector in Moodle.

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: Completed in June 2020

2940657

Create a Summative assessment checkbox in the Quiz settings.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: On hold

2940957

Enable the "appearance / display / In pop-up" setting for Pages.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Completed in August 2020

2954088

Implement the CodeRunner and Adaptive plugin combination to allow for programming type questions to be automatically marked.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in September 2020

2969700

Enable LabArchives for UNSW Canberra.

Requested by: Canberra

Outcome: Completed in July 2020

2989085

Enable Padlet LTI for Art and Design.

Requested by: Art and Design

Outcome: Completed in August 2020

2990331

Implement Flash Apocalypse Report plugin

Requested by: PVCE

Outcome: Completed in September 2020

2990551

Upgrade to the Premium Mobile App plan

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed in March 2023

2991043

Update STACK question type to version 4.3.4

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Implemented in September 2020

2995988

Media Collection Assignment: Remove the check-box tick symbol for "Submit Assignment", and allow automatic submission to the assignment tool after the due date if 'Require students to click the submit button' is selected as No.

Requested by: Art and Design

Outcome: Approved

3058142

In the “HTML (per role)” block add a new 'Block content for specific roles' field.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Approved

3060579

Implement a feature in Moodle Notification Preferences, to be able to turn off the "Suspended users" removed from groups emails.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Approved, Scheduled for Feb 2022

t A TELT Admin adding a block at category level should be able to choose to override the position at the course level.

Requested by: ADA

Outcome: Closed on 17 Nov 2023

Feature Request #

Description

2131578

Implement the Level up! plugin

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in February 2019

2220527

Implement a static link for private videos in theBox to H5P Interactive Video content types in Moodle

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Completed in April 2019

2327161

Change the default setting for Originality Report Options > Allow Submissions after the Due Date from No to Yes

Requested by: FASS

Outcome: Completed in January 2019

2363112

Turn on start/end date option for New Forum to enable instructors to set up announcements ahead of time

Requested by: Business School

Outcome: Completed in April 2019

2363122

Enable a "view only after a certain date" option in Forum

Requested by: Business School

Outcome: Completed in August 2019

2387233

Install ATTO Editor Plugins

• Bootstrap Grid
• Horizontal Rule
• Full screen

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in March 2019

2388349

Make certain icons available as a drop down option in Labels using Font Awesome

Requested by: FASS

Outcome: Closed on 3 April 2024

2394843

Install Sharing Cart Plugin

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in March 2019

2436850

Exclude suspended and inactive user accounts when messaging via the Personalised Learning Designer tool

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Implemented in September 2019

2436850

Exclude suspended and inactive user accounts when messaging via the Personalised Learning Designer tool

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in September 2019

2465713

Regularly check for suspended users in Moodle groups and automatically remove them

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in July 2019

2469672

Make the width and height of the Course Completion block configurable

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Completed in May 2019

2482530

Implement the UNSW branding on Moodle Mobile App/Moodle desktop

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed in 2022

2494123

Append "(Copy)" to the title of a duplicated resource or activity to prevent accidental deletion of the required resource or activity

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Completed in July 2019

2513568

When restoring courses in Moodle change unselect "Include enrolled users" option by default

Requested by: PVCE

Outcome: Completed in July 2019

2523312/2098988

Enable the ability to turn off Moodle assignment rubric generating a mark

Requested by: FASS

Outcome: Approved

2529535

Add a default Participants list filter to show only active users

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in August 2019

2530561

Enable the Instructor role to have the ability to use the Moodle Tags feature within their question bank.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in August 2019

2554264

Modify the config setting which places the ID number field of grade items in the advanced area to the default view

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in July 2019

2583474

Remove the capability to run Configurable report from TELT Admin role

Requested by: PVCE

Outcome: Completed in August 2019

2585445

Uncheck "Exclude empty grades" setting as default in the Gradebook for the course total and grade category

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: Implemented in August 2019

2663679

Add a new scale (Astra SAT Scales: Unsatisfactory, Satisfactory) that is fully compatible with ASTRA to Gradebook.

Requested by: FASS

Outcome: Completed in November 2019

2689732

Set up a hidden site-wide LTI connector for Questionmark OnDemand so that the Medicine staff only needs to add the Tool URL when creating the LTI link without entering the Consumer key and Shared secret. 

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Completed in November 2019

2732583

Wording change in Turnitin submission change

Requested by: Business

Outcome: Closed

Enable Dropbox Repository - The Dropbox repository enables users to copy (but not link to) files from their own Dropbox into Moodle.

More information: https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/Dropbox_repository

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: Completed

Enable OU Wiki Activity - This is a simple, easy to use, reasonably full-featured alternative to the standard Moodle wiki.

More information: https://docs.moodle.org/25/en/OU_wiki

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: Completed

Allow Instructors to collect all posts in discussion forum for printing

Requested by: AGSM

Outcome: Superceded by Advanced Forum in Moodle 2.7

Create a flexible communication tool for Instructors to send attachments to specific students, or groups of students

Requested by: AGSM / FBE

Outcome: Not implemented

Implement a third course page column in Moodle. 

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: Completed for FBE only

Change default email display to "Hidden"

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: Completed

Extend functionality of Assignment activity to include an additional field to indicate "Rubric Calculated" grade

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: Not implemented

Request to resolve a generic error message encountered when importing a CSV file into the Gradebook

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: Completed

Enable the following Gradebook settings by default:

1. Control the number of student records per page
2. Freeze column for student names when scrolling horizontally

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: Completed

Add Moodle Progress Bar Plugin to monitor progress/completion status for each section

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Completed

Replace misleading message "You have assignments that need attention" with "You have assignment/assignments with a due date that has not yet passed"

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Completed

Enable Scheduler activity - This is an appointment scheduler for planning face-to-face meetings between teachers and students.

More information: https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=mod_scheduler

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Completed

Rename the Latest News block to "Announcements"

Requested by: Engineering

Rename the News forum to "Announcements"

Requested by: Engineering

NA

Enable anonymous grading (single or double blind) marking.

Requested by: UNSW Canberra

A messaging tool to send email to all/selected students immediately

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: Completed

Change default setting for Email digest type in My Profile setting to "No digest (single email per forum post)" for all students.

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: Completed

801488

Request to allow Instructors to over-ride individual user forum email settings.

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: Not implemented

Match collapsed topic headings font size with standard topic headings font size.

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Completed

813837

Implement filter and/or search capability in Gradebook that is Moodle Tracker issue MDL-32888

More information: https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-32888

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: Completed

Request to add Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter fields in the User’s Profile, instead of or in addition to AIM ID, YahooID, ICQ.

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Not implemented

822631

Request to update the data export capabilities for the Workshop activity.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Superceded by UNSW Workshop activity.

Auto-enrol six dummy students to every sandpit created by the Blackboard Migration Request Form

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: Completed

Replace Wimba Voice tools with PoodLL Anywhere or Kaltura

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Not implemented

Rename current Blackboard Migration Request Form as Blackboard Migration/Sandpit Request Form.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: Completed

Allow instructors to complete and submit a Questionnaire.

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Completed

Change the ‘display from’ date so that user only sees the assignments that are due in the next fortnight in course overview block.

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Not implemented

Create TinyMCE custom filter to allow Kanopy iframe embeds in forums, databases etc.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: Completed

Implement Course Dedication block to allow Instructors/Students to view the estimated dedication time of participants within a course.

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Not implemented

Add 'Drag and Drop' question type, and 'Drag and Drop Markers' question type to Moodle Quiz tool

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed

Display word count in TinyMCE editor

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed

Display integrated external tools, eg. QMP quizzes, in the Progress Bar block

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Completed

854192

Change view hidden sections for all staff (especially non-grading tutors ) to "yes" by default

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Completed

Set the URL activity and PDF files to open in a new window

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Completed

Ability to attach documents to messages in Moodle

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Superceded by Messaging tool

Add a show all button in the Attendance tool to show all participants on one page

Requested by: Law

Outcome: Completed

Change default setting for Tables to have borders.

Requested by: Law

Outcome: Completed

Request to enable Group Enrolment keys by default, for any non-assessable course that has Student Enrolment keys.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed

Request for the ability to have anonymous posting within discussion forums

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Superceded by Advanced Forum in Moodle 2.7

Request to change the Moodle Assignment so:

1. Allow for anonymous marking so the markers identity is hidden

2.Allow markers to control whether uploaded feedback/grades are automatically notified by email to students

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Completed

Request to investigate/implement a solution for the Messaging tool, as there is a maximum of 63 recipients in Outlook and it is incompatible with Chrome (on Windows) and Internet Explorer.

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: Closed

Ensure the creation of the Collaborate activity in Moodle includes the ability to grant participants permission to use Collaborate’s basic tools upon entry into the webinar as was the case with Blackboard Learn.

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Closed - due to limitation of BB Collaborate plugin

Request to remove/hide the Workshop activity from the "Add an activity or resource" menu, while keeping the existing Workshop activities with their data.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Completed

Add Plagiarism Declaration option as a new submission type in Moodle Assignment

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: Completed

Implement Formula quiz question type for Year 1 Physics and Chemistry students (approx 2000 students).

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Completed

Request for a new teaching auditor role that allows teachers to auditor colleagues courses and share best practices.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Completed

902976

Implement Concept Map plugin for Phase 1 Medicine courses and Phase 2 Pathology practical classes.

More information: (https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=qtype_conceptmap)

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Completed

Request for WebPA to be made available to all Faculties.

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Not implemented

Request to have NetSpot host WebPA.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Not implemented

Request to implement Face to Face plugin that allows students to register for limited sessions.

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: Closed

Request to extend "unread" tag on discussion posts (longer then email digest sending).

1. Do not mark a forum post as read until a user specifically marks the post as read.

2. Change the forum digest function so that forum posts are not marked as read when the digest is run.

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Completed

Rename "Site Home" in the Navigation block to "Moodle Home" to be consistent with the right side navigation area in
the header.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: Completed

Request to add a toggle that can hide all non-essential elements on a specific page, in order to maximise reading area real estate as needed, and remove distracting elements.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in Moodle 2.7.

Enable Safe Exam Browser (SEB) setting in Moodle

Requested by: Canberra

Outcome: Completed in June 2018

Enable auto save on Moodle Quiz Essay Question type and set default at 2 minutes

Requested by: Canberra

Outcome: Completed in April 2018

Implement course custom course template plugin

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in April 2018

Add UNSW Knowledge Maps to Moodle as an LTI tool

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Closed, UNSW IT to host this tool centrally on 21 May 2018. LTI link is set up as hidden site-wide.

Update H5P

Requested by: PVCE

Outcome: Completed in April 2018

Change default number of sections at course creation from 10 to 2 for Collapsed Topics format

Requested by: Built Environment

Outcome: Completed in April 2018

Enable users to display their alternate name in Moodle

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in April 2018

Enable blind marking for eExams in the latest version of Turnitin

Requested by: Canberra

Outcome: Completed in July 2018

Enable Font Awesome filter

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in April 2018

Enable the H5P feature to save content state

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in May 2018

Replace the Progress Bar with the Completion Progress block

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in August 2018

Implement Course Contact block plugin

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in July 2018

Add a "Submit this gallery" button and remove the "Sync from theBox" button from Media Collection

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Completed in July 2018

Implement three connected plugins named:

• Checklist activity
• Checklist block
• Checklist grade export

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in June 2018

Implement Microsoft Word Import/Export (Book) plugin

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in June 2018

Implement patch for the quick grade feature in the Moodle Assignment activity

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in June 2018

Implement plugin "Download essay submissions"

Requested by: Canberra

Outcome: Completed in December 2018

Implement the following in Turnitin v2 plugin:

• 1 group member to submit on behalf of all group members
• All group members marked as submitted once one member submits
• Marks and feedback given to all group members once submitted item is marked

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in August 2018

Allow students to be able to submit video files via theBox that do not have audio tracks

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in July 2018

Implement moderation for Team Evaluation comments

Requested by: Arts & Social Science

Outcome: Completed in August 2018

Implement the ability to bulk upload student submissions into the Assignment activity

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in August 2018

Create context and role specific HTML blocks in Moodle to provide just in time information to staff using Moodle

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in August 2018

Fix course display when importing course data

Requested by: Business School

Outcome: Completed in September 2018

Upgrade the Geshi Moodle Filter

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in September 2018

Ensure Turnitin activities are not rolled over to the next semester

Requested by: Business School

Outcome: Completed in December 2018

Enable Export Component Grades reports for Moodle Assignment Activities

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in December 2018

Implement the following in Turnitin v2 plugin:

• 1 group member to submit on behalf of all group members.
• All group members marked as submitted once one member submits.
• Marks and feedback given to all group members once submitted item is marked.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Completed in April 2018

Creation of a generic marking role that allows markers to provide anonymous feedback

Requested by: AGSM

Outcome: On hold

Enable Review - This request is to integrate the assessment based Review functionality within Moodle

More information: https://unsw.review-edu.com/

Requested by: ASB / UNSW Canberra / Art & Design

Outcome: On hold

Enable Guest lecture access to Moodle

Requested by: Art & Design

Outcome: On hold

Create ability to apply one template to multiple courses at a time, while allowing the Instructor to over-write with another template.

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: On hold

Improve course management interface for TELT Admins to streamline administrative processes.

Example: Search by instructor, make multiple courses available/unavailable, see instructors linked to courses.

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: On hold

Enhancements for the Navigation block and Course Menu block.

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: On hold

Enhancements for Customised Feed blocks, the Latest News block and the Recent Activity block

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: On hold

Enable “reveal grades to students only after the post date” functionality for Turnitin in Moodle (existed in Bb Learn)

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: On hold

Change Turnitin assignment default settings to:

“Student Originality Reports” = “yes”

“Report generation speed” = “Generate report immediately reports can be overwritten until due date”

“Exclude the bibliography” = "yes”

“Exclude quoted material” = “yes”

Requested by: ADFA

Outcome: On hold

Add a plugin to export grades from a Moodle course to either NSS or the UNSW Eccles spreadsheets

Requested by: UNSW Canberra

Outcome: On hold

Request to give TELT Administrators the ability to modify permissions within specific activities for all roles up to Instructor.

eg. UNSW Workshop / Database / Glossary

Requested by: Science

Outcome: On hold

Implement italics/bold/underline in short answer quiz mode

Requested by: Law

Outcome: On hold

FASS only - New Moodle block to present 'Where to Get Help' information

Requested by: FASS

Outcome: On hold

872759

Automated means of collating and auto-populating Moodle courses with a digital course outline, using existing data from external sources (such as policies, guidelines and procedures) and systems (such as AIMS, timetabling and NSS).

Staff will need the ability to add additional data not found in other systems.

Students to print and/or export the course outline.

Requested by: FASS

Outcome: On hold

Improve ability to enter/review marks for quizzes in Moodle, eg. direct entry of marks, either in 'Review attempt', or in the summary table

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: On hold

Request for functionality that allows Program Codes and Class Codes to be imported into Moodle Groups

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: On hold

886158

Request for a higher role than TELT Admin to carry out the following tasks:

1. Editing a category
2. Management of category to allow for movement of courses
3. Deletion of courses that are not required

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: On hold

1. Send email reminder to staff member who has enrolled in a Health and Safety course but has not completed the assessment within 2 months of the enrolment date.

2. A copy of this email is to be sent to the supervisor of the staff member.

Requested by: FBE

Outcome: Implemented

Request to prevent non-grading tutor reviewers within the UNSW Workshop activity from seeing the allocations and marks given by other reviewers.

Requested by: Science

Outcome: Closed, not implemented

Request to improve Turnitin plugin functionality by merging configuration pages into one, by allowing rubric configuration outside of student submission, increasing pop-up help consistency and increasing links to Turnitin support pages.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: On hold

Request to implement GeSHi code filter to colour or highlight code snippets within Moodle resources, forum posts, etc.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Implemented in September 2018

Ability to structure Course Overview into blocks like an individual Moodle course for toggling in and out of view e.g.

- Personal (e.g. UNSW OHS)
- Moodle reference (TELT workshop courses etc)
- Sandpits
- Current courses (e.g. S2 courses I administer)
- Old Courses (e.g. S1 courses)

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Closed, not implemented

Request to create an automated messaging solution, using course configurable email templates, to be sent to students who have never accessed the course.

Options are based on course start date:

1st message - 5 days after course start date

2nd message - 7 days after course start date

3rd message - 9 days after course start date

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Implemented

Enable a Teambuilder activity to be imported into another course together with the questionnaire/group selection criteria that have been specified within the activity.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: Implemented

Update certificate template in the Moodle Certificate activity according to the UNSW branding guidelines.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Outcome: On hold

Request to:

1. Enable bulk download of feedback files that are uploaded to a GradeBook.
2. Ability to Import discussion topics created by instructors from another course.

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: On hold

Implement an added feature such as the one in the Assignment activity where users can partake without actually submitting anything in the UNSW Workshop activity.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Approved

Implement an email notification option to be selectable for students in the UNSW Workshop activity is the are highlighting an assessment as unfair

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: On hold

Implement an option to select multiple groups from within the Group Selection tool.

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: On hold

Implement group limits to the Inactive user alert emails

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Approved

Change the default gradebook aggregation method to Weighted Mean of Grades

Requested by: FASS

Outcome: On hold

Review Course Grid Format

Requested by: Canberra

Outcome: On hold

Integrate Microsoft Office Mix with our Moodle instance using external tool LTI option

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: On hold

Add staff to all Moodle course in a particular category with the existing role "Non-Grading Tutor" or "Grading Tutor"

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: On hold

TELT Admin role be given the ability to override permissions for the Instructor and Blind Marker roles on top of the Student role.

Requested by: Engineering 

Outcome: Implemented

Implement Moodle Assignment tool to support the user of Marking Guides and Rubrics with a qualitative option

Requested by: FASS

Outcome: Approved

Combine the email digest for both Advanced Forum and Forum posts into a single email digest

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: On hold

Add the Turnitin plagiarism plugin

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Approved

Integrate with Piazza using LTI

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Closed

Change the Turnitin default settings to support the educative use preferred in UNSW policy

Requested by: Canberra

Outcome: Closed

Moodle blogs: A setting to enable email notifications to the students every time a blog post is made

Requested by: Art & Design

Outcome: On hold

Advanced Forum: Automatically/manually mark as read

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: On hold

Fix grading tutors being allowed to check the notify checkbox even though it does nothing

Requested by: UNSW Global

Outcome: On hold

Advanced Forum: fix replies auto closing

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: On hold

Add category specific links to Moodle courses

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Implemented in May 2017

Investigate the Question Creation Activity plugin that allows students to create quiz questions that go directly to the Question bank in Moodle

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Closed

Student quiz writing tool

Requested by: ASB

Outcome: Implemented

theBox submission type for moodle Assignment

Requested by: Built Environment

Outcome: Implemented

Ability to filter on multiple groups in Participants List

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Implemented

Create new role for sharing question banks

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Implemented 

Enhance theBox to support interactive transcripts

Requested by: Built Environment

Outcome: Closed

Enhance Moodle to support interactive transcripts

Requested by: Built Environment

Outcome: Closed

Implement the Intelliboard.Net Plugin

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: On hold

Trial the Edwiser RemUI theme

Requested by: Engineering

Outcome: Implemented in 2022

Implement the following for H5P

1. Add the missing H5P content types
2. Install the latest updates for the existing content types

Requested by: Medicine

Outcome: Implemented

Improve Media Collection visual and usability.

Requested by: FBC

Received

Allow ability to transfer ownership on individual items.

Requested by: Business School

Received

Allow ability to log in as different users on SOE computers.

Requested by: Medicine

Received

Allow theBox admins the ability to create detailed reports.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Received

Allow theBox admins the ability to upload/download files on behalf of users when supporting users.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Received

Allow theBox admins the ability to reprocess uploaded file assets when supporting users.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Received

Allow theBox admins and users to bulk asign agency to others.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Received

Modify the UI to display the agents that have been assigned to various assets (collections/galleries/media/files).

Requested by: PVC (E)

Received

Users of theBox should be able to select a custom thumbnail for their file assets.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Received

Improve admin archive/delete functions in theBox.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Received

Provide ability to allow some videos not to have the UNSW Theme applied (e.g. student submissions).

Requested by: FBE

Received

Include column for owner/agent in File Picker.

Requested by: FASS

Received

Improve admin archive/delete functions in theBox.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Received

When sending out an announcement in Moodle with a video linked to theBox change it so that the link appears rather than trying to embed the video.

Requested by: PVC (E)

Received

Change image placeholder when a video is still being processed.

Requested by: Business School

Received

Change the Favicon from the standard UNSW one to theBox logo.

Requested by: Business School

Received

When adding a video or other type of media in theBox, restrict file types displayed to the type of file that user is trying to upload (e.g. only display videos when trying to upload videos).

Requested by: Business School 

Received

Add ability to auto add videos that have a particular tag when creating galleries.

Requested by: Business School

Received

Automatically create a gallery for Moodle uploads.

Requested by: Business School

Received

Allow the ability to add/edit titles, tags and access levels from Moodle.

Requested by: Business School

Received

Auto tag the course ID when uploading files from Moodle.

Requested by: Business School

Received

Add help for Copyright options in theBox.

Requested by: Business School

Received

Modify uploading forms consistent with the additional fields available when editing.

Requested by: Business School

Received

Modify the default restriction from "Just Me" to "All Staff" to encourage resource sharing.

Requested by: Business School

Received

Add additional search functionality in Moodle/theBox integration.

Requested by: Business School

Received

Replace the SD/HD field with an option to select different embed sizes.

Requested by: Business School

Received

Modify the send external user link functionality with a URL link that users can copy/paste and send to users/post to sites.

Requested by: Business School

Received