What’s New in (Version 2.6) MoodleSupport@colchester.ac.uk Page 1 of 5 Contents Settings Menu ............................................................................................3 Course Categories ......................................................................................3 Resource Editing Options .............................................................................3 Text Editor ................................................................................................4 Drag and Drop - Images..............................................................................4 Drag and Drop - Zip Files ............................................................................5 Drag and Drop - Websites ...........................................................................5 Drag and Drop - Text ..................................................................................5 MoodleSupport@colchester.ac.uk Page 2 of 5 Settings Menu The settings menu is now called Administration. Course Categories The Course Categories menu is now expandable, meaning students can go directly to the correct course when enrolling. Resource Editing Options Options to edit resources are now accessed using a drop down ‘Edit’ menu rather than using the individual icons as in 2.4. MoodleSupport@colchester.ac.uk Page 3 of 5 Text Editor The text editor has now changed in all areas. Highlighted below are some of the options that look slightly different. Toolbar toggle, this hides or reveals all 3 rows of options in the toolbar Toggle full screen mode Underline, Strike through (example), Subscript (example), Superscript (example) Remove formatting: Removes any formatting copied over by mistake Select background colour Direction Left to Right and Right to Left: similar to Left or Right alignment. Insert / edit image Moodle media: Select this icon to insert an audio or video file into a ‘Summary’ or ‘Label’. Edit HTML source: this turns on the HTML editor which can be used when working with HTML code. Drag and Drop - Images As well as the usual way of inserting images (using the image button in the text editor), you can now drag and drop and image. Moodle will then give you the following options. The first will embed the image in a label, the second will add this as a file to be opened. MoodleSupport@colchester.ac.uk Page 4 of 5 Drag and Drop - Zip Files You can now drag and drop zip files directly into Moodle. It will then give you the below options. The first will create a folder and add all of the files to it. The second will keep the file as a zip for students to download, and the third will add the file as a SCORM package. Drag and Drop - Websites URLs can now be dragged directly into Moodle from Internet Explorer. To do this click on the icon before the web address and drag this into the relevant section of Moodle. You will then be asked to give the link a name, and it will be added as usual. Drag and Drop - Text Large amounts of text can now be added to Moodle using drag and drop. Simply highlight the required text, and drag it into the required section. You will be given the following options. The first will add the text to the front page in a label like so… The second will include the text in a separate page with a link on the main page MoodleSupport@colchester.ac.uk Page 5 of 5