QMplus Upgrade: 10 little things that could make a BIG difference

I recently attended a Moodle Moot conference in London and one of the presentations was by Mary Cooch from Moodle HQ. She presented ’10 user experience improvements since Moodle 3.1′ where she went through her favourite features that have recently been added to Moodle.

Here’s a round up of my top 10 little things that could make a BIG difference for teachers – all part of the July 2017 QMplus upgrade:

1) The Recycle Bin

Accidentally deleted content from your course area? An activity? Those assignments?!? Not to worry, you will have 7 days to retrieve it from the automatic recycle bin. Read more on Moodle Docs site.

Recycle Bin

2) Easier section/topic editing

Previously to edit a section or topic name, you would need to click on the edit section link or cog icon (2), then change the title and click save. Now you can edit the section/topic name right on the same page (1), without the faff.

Edit Sections/Topics

3) Download selected assignments

Previously if a teacher wanted to download assignments to mark offline, the only option available was to download them all. After the July upgrade, teachers will be able to select the students assignments that they wish to download.

Download selected assignments

4) Module/Course searching

Can’t remember the exact module code or course name? The new module search feature dynamically generates a list of possible matches based on the initial text typed.

5) Messaging and notifications

Alerts to messages and notifications appear in the bar at the top wherever you are in QMplus. You can open messages and reply directly from here.

6) ‘To do’ later feature

Using the ‘To Do List’ widget on the dashboard you can go into any module and select activities that you want to be reminded of later.

7) Link to Forum Posts

There are now several forum enhancements, including a new ‘Permalink’ where users can easily share forum posts by sending the URL directly for that post.