It gives us great pleasure to officially announce the release of Moodle 2.9. A simple & friendlier version of Moodle. Moodle 2.9 features a user-friendly redesign of the user-interface for the benefit of teachers, students and new Moodle users to create engaging learning environments. With improvements to the functionality, UI, course editing and lessons, this release is our best to date. Familiar features are reintroduced with updated titles for the common simplicity of users such as the new Dashboard, preferences, easier access to grades and the introduction of more initiative functions such as the image drag and drop. Discover all the new features within Moodle 2.9 here.
The full list of 2.9 changes and updates is available here: http://goo.gl/ErdFEX
Security and user authenticity
MDL-47803: all users browser sessions available on a single page for viewing
MDL-47800: logs user out at password change
MDL-47829: limit concurrent sessions for users
MDL-47830: limit password rotation/reuse
Usability
MDL-10405: ability to delete (not just orphan) topic sections
MDL-46755: allows teachers to set the number of discussions set in a social format course
MDL-47501: show if a grade has been overridden (without having to edit it)
MDL-43387: provides an html editor to editing essays in a lesson
MDL-43996: add image drag and drop capability to the editing window
MDL-48715: add “time spent” as a custom completion rule for Lesson module
Quiz
MDL-348: printer friendly layout for quiz
MDL-40990: creates the ability to force the order in which questions are asked in a quiz
