Moodle LMS 3.7

23 May 2019

Moodle LMS version 3.7 is now available (major release).

Upgrading to Moodle LMS 3.7

What's New in Moodle LMS 3.7

• MDL-22077 - Private reply option
  
• MDL-65033 - Ability to star discussions
  
• MDL-64956 - In-page forum post reply
  
• MDL-65032 - Ability to lock discussions manually
  
• MDL-65069 - Ability to create discussions without changing page
  
• MDL-64820 - Forum display updated to use templates
  
• MDL-65071 - List of discussions is sortable
  
• MDL-65034 - Accessibility improvements to forum discussions
  
• MDL-65394 - Forum rendering speed improvements
  
• MDL-46881 - Forum scheduled task (cron) has been refactored into several smaller cron tasks
  

• MDL-65015 - HTML in messages is cleaned according to site/role "trusttext" configuration
  
• MDL-64715 - Personal space in messaging drawer for draft messages etc.
  
• MDL-64495 - New settings page for messaging-related settings
  
• MDL-63620 - Group conversations can be created from both the auto-create groups edit page and the import groups tool
  
• MDL-63915 - Old messaging user interface removed and replaced with a new widget
  
• MDL-64773 - Messaging conversations can be muted
  
• MDL-65132 - New capability for deleting messages for all users within group conversations
  
• MDL-64017 - Message processors can identify and handle group messages
  
• MDL-64703 - Updated interface on the messaging index page
  
• MDL-64137 - Searches highlight text that matches the search term
  
• MDL-65114 - Timestamps in the main conversation list include days and years
  
• MDL-64093 - New admin setting to set the site default for using enter key to send messages
  
• MDL-60680 - Improved push notifications
  

• MDL-58428 - All Boost templates moved to core
  
• MDL-64505 - Classic theme introduced to core
  
• MDL-64506 - Bootstrapbase and related themes (Clean/More) removed from core
  
• MDL-65449 - Themes can override the course pattern used on the dashboard
  

• MDL-62599 - LTI 1.3 support introduced
  

• MDL-63262 - Support added for Open Badges 2.0 platforms
  
• MDL-63876 - Moodle competencies can be linked to criteria for badges in Open Badges 2.0
  

• MDL-63794 - Course categories can be displayed on courses in the course overview block
  
• MDL-64855 - New admin setting to control the output of the course category in the myoverview block
  
• MDL-64376 - Scrolling improved in the recently accessed courses block
  
• MDL-64903 - Course filters are logically grouped in the myoverview block
  
• MDL-64898 - The completion progress bar is no longer displayed for teachers in the myoverview block
  

• MDL-61667 - Improvements to the install/uninstall procedure the Analytics API offers to plugins
  
• MDL-64783 - New "upcoming activities due" model added
  
• MDL-65582 - The "upcoming activities due" model is enabled by default
  
• MDL-64786 - Users can overwrite default model names
  
• MDL-64693 - New target added for course competencies achievement
  
• MDL-64636 - New target added for course completion
  
• MDL-65176 - New target added for students at risk of not getting the minimum grade to pass a course
  
• MDL-64954 - A "More info" link provides more information about different core analytics elements
  
• MDL-64777 - Default models can be restored
  
• MDL-64787 - Analytics models can be evaluated using a trained machine learning backend
  
• MDL-60944 - Models can be created, deleted, imported and exported
  
• MDL-64779 - Ability to choose whether to include trained model weights in an export
  
• MDL-65175 - When evaluating a model, the time-splitting method can be set using the web interface
  
• MDL-65177 - It is possible to set the frequency of insight generation for models based on assumptions (e.g. the "upcoming activities due" model)
  
• MDL-60936 - "Enabled time-splitting methods" analytics setting converted to a list of default time-splitting methods for a model's evaluation
  

• MDL-5311 - Choices can be cleared for single-answer multiple-choice questions
  
• MDL-43385 - Print output of books has been improved
  
• MDL-28505 - Course backup and restore can be performed asynchronously
  
• MDL-61537 - Ability to rotate pages when annotating PDFs in assignment feedback
  
• MDL-63773 - Assignment settings form hides irrelevant options instead of disabling them
  
• MDL-64552 - Moodle forms inside the admin top level directory hide irrelevant options instead of disabling them
  
• MDL-64557 - Moodle forms inside the course directory hide irrelevant options instead of disabling them
  
• MDL-60474 - The student selection tool in the grading interface reflects the sorting order of the grading table
  
• MDL-39261 - File support added to lesson essay questions
  
• MDL-60913 - Global search results can be split into tabs by category
  
• MDL-50793 - Teachers can see hidden pages in book activities
  
• MDL-60059 - Workshop activity action events support drag and drop in the calendar
  
• MDL-62142 - Accessibility improvements for Boost course landing page