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Upstream changes:
Major features
Forum
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
Messaging
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
Themes
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
LTI
MDL-62599 - LTI 1.3 support introduced
Open Badges
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
Dashboard and Course Overview
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
Learning Analytics
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
Usability improvements
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
Other Highlights
Functional changes
MDL-31355 - Forum due dates are added to the calendar
MDL-36088 - Adding/modifying questions to/in the question bank is logged
MDL-49673 - Assignment has an option to not display the grader to students
MDL-31852 - HTML tags allowed in the title of Lesson "content pages"
MDL-64377 - Ability to delete assignment file submissions
MDL-64243 - Nextcloud serves "offline" files consistent with other integrations (e.g. OneDrive and Google Docs)
MDL-53346 - User competencies in courses show the linked learning plans
MDL-62223 - Improved submission statements for assignments
MDL-52828 - Competencies can be graded when grading an activity
MDL-65154 - Course competencies page shows students which competencies are linked to an activity
MDL-64414 - "AND" and "OR" are available in if-conditions for grade calculations
For administrators
MDL-10965 - There is a new capability available to view the list of non-hidden courses
MDL-57898 - New custom field types plugin and course custom fields functionality
MDL-49399 - Output can be captured during cron and task runs
MDL-62869 - Global search can be configured to include all visible courses
MDL-64322 - New data privacy capability to restrict submission of deletion requests for other users
MDL-63569 - A constant can be added to the subject of all emails
MDL-62907 - The standard log table 'other' field can be set to store in JSON format
MDL-64281 - Frame embedding is always allowed for requests coming from the Moodle app
MDL-61164 - Tasks using legacy cron functionality moved to scheduled tasks
MDL-57900 - Added fields to provide site metadata to support learning analytics
MDL-63623 - Plugins can be uninstalled via command line
MDL-64323 - Additional fields are included in user searches when making new data requests on behalf of a user
MDL-64347 - Improved processing of scheduled and ad-hoc tasks
MDL-65142 - Tables can be downloaded in PDF format (new dataformat)
MDL-64314 - Insights notification enable web notifications by default
MDL-65138 - Course sharing to Moodle.net is disabled by default (configured via a new setting)
MDL-64454 - Site administration page warns if cron does not run frequently
MDL-62728 - The language packs page displays a warning when locales are not fully supported
MDL-64071 - Improved diagnostics when testing LDAP settings
MDL-64823 - Disabling mobile plugins works as expected
MDL-44484 - Theme field available in the bulk upload users tool
MDL-64477 - Learning analytics usage data is included with site usage data
MDL-64337 - Mobile app enabled sites prompt users that do not use the app to download it in notification emails
MDL-64339 - User names provided in the comments report are hyperlinked to the user's profile
For developers
MDL-54592 - MongoDB cache store upgraded to use PHP 7 compatible library
MDL-63977 - Behat testing available for mobile app features and plugins
MDL-63986 - Behat testing added for the messaging drawer
MDL-64449 - New debug feature to expose code issues with session locks
MDL-52167 - Core functionality added to enable site administration settings to be hidden if dependent on another disabled setting
MDL-63366 - Ability to specify filters for unit testing coverage
MDL-65130 - Improved unit testing coverage generation by only respecting the @covers annotation
MDL-60470 - New "after_require_login" hook introduced
MDL-65204 - Phpunit upgraded to version 7.5.x
MDL-64348 - Improved AJAX template fetching
MDL-59986 - External database enrolment sync moved to a scheduled task
MDL-63880 - Some templates common in dashboard blocks have been moved to increase reusability
MDL-64587 - New option in the XMLDB editor to add the mandatory persistent fields
MDL-64324 - ID collisions are avoided when forms are loaded from AJAX
MDL-64684 - When JavaScript caching is disabled, jQuery and RequireJS are no longer minified
New web services
MDL-64252 - New SCORM web service to return user capabilities
MDL-64656 - New web service to return the tag associated with an element
MDL-64655 - New forum web service to return user access information
MDL-64642 - New web service to call multiple external functions
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