{"id":35,"date":"2012-07-20T20:36:24","date_gmt":"2012-07-21T00:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingps.paradisosolutions.com\/blog\/?p=35"},"modified":"2026-04-08T01:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:55:43","slug":"what-is-new-in-latest-moodle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingps.paradisosolutions.com\/blog\/what-is-new-in-latest-moodle\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s new in the moodle 2.3 release notes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Moodle 2.3 is now available!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">You can get new packages from the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/download.moodle.org\/\" data-bitly-type=\"bitly_hover_card\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Moodle download<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0page or access the code directly from our main\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/docs.moodle.org\/en\/Git_for_Administrators\" type=\"bitly_hover_card\" class=\"broken_link\"><strong>git repository<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(recommended) or via one of our many\u00a0<strong>CVS mirrors<\/strong>\u00a0(soon to be deprecated).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> All the new features and improvements are described in the\u00a0<strong>Moodle 2.3 release notes<\/strong>, but here are some headlines:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Course interface \u2013 the course formats have been enhanced to make it quicker and easier to create and manage your course. \u00a0Everything in your course can be dragged around the screen, and files and links can be dragged and dropped straight from your desktop. A slick new activity chooser makes it fast and easy to add activities at any time. \u00a0When your course gets long, split it into multiple pages. \u00a0(No more scroll of death!)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Files and repositories \u2013 it\u2019s now a lot easier and prettier to manage files anywhere in Moodle. \u00a0You can see and manage the content you have, while also introducing new content easily via our many repository interfaces. These include many popular services around the internet (such as Google Docs, Dropbox, Box.net, Amazon and so on) as well as some you may have installed at your institution, like Equella or any network drive. \u00a0As with Moodle 2.0, you can copy your content in Moodle, but you can now also securely reference external files as aliases (shortcuts), so when you update the file in the repository, it also updates in Moodle. \u00a0This is a feature that simply does not exist in any other LMS \u2013 it allows you to use your repositories to their full potential and keep content where it belongs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Assignment module \u2013 this critical assessment module has been completely rewritten from the ground up, fixing a lot of quirks and providing a good foundation for more growth in Moodle 2.4. \u00a0As well as that, a new Advanced grading method called \u201cMarking guide\u201d has been added, with features like canned comments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">There\u2019s a lot more \u2013 see the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/docs.moodle.org\/dev\/Moodle_2.3_release_notes\" type=\"bitly_hover_card\" class=\"broken_link\"><strong>Moodle 2.3 release notes<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to see all the new features and full developer credits.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moodle 2.3 is now available! 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