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Welcome to the
first Moodle Newsletter

MOODLE NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2015

WHICH PLUGINS DO YOU USE

Your feedback will help focus future developments.

In order to direct Moodle’s future development efforts, we would like to gain a better understanding of which plugins are really getting used by the Moodle community. To let us know, complete the plugins survey.

It only takes 5 minutes

Simply follow the link to the plugins survey, provide some basic information about your school/institution/business and select which plugins you are currently using. You may need to refer to information on your Moodle site in order to complete the survey.

Your feedback matters

Your feedback will help Moodle to evaluate the plugins in Moodle core and identify areas of future development. By completing the survey you will help Moodle and the Moodle community by driving development efforts in the right direction.

WHY REGISTRATIONS MATTER TO MOODLE

If you are receiving this newsletter then you have most likely already registered your Moodle site. Thanks! You can spot your Moodle site on the list of registered sites in your country (if you opted to have it listed).

Registered sites paint a picture of how Moodle is used worldwide. The aggregated anonymous data collected from registered sites is used to publish the statistics of the worldwide community. These statistics help in our decision-making on new features and plugins.

When you register your Moodle site, you will automatically be informed about upgrades and alerted to security issues.

So registering is a win-win for you as well as for us.

Tell your friends to register!

It is estimated that less than 10% of Moodle sites are registered. That means that approximately 90% of Moodle sites are unregistered! It is really important that we spread the word about registration. Encouraging anyone you know with a Moodle site to register is the first step.

Registration is simple: login as as an administrator and go to Administration > Site administration > Registration. If you’re not the admin, ask your site admin nicely to check!
Is my site registered? If the site is registered, an administrator will see a notice at the top of the screen in Administration > Site administration > Registration informing them of the registration date.

Rest easy. We don’t share your information with anyone. We don’t go into your site. The information remains completely private and the data is not made public on any site listing.

So it’s up to you, the Moodle community, to go forth and spread the word. Let us know by tweeting @moodle if you or someone you know has just registered their Moodle site!

Forum posting: Users can create new discussions and reply to existing ones.
Choice: Users can now delete responses

FIXES:

Site notes cannot been seen from app

Date handling and formatting
Notifications for deleted sites are not shown
Big images and videos are now scaled
Scaled images can be viewed at full size
Errors can be reported in background (configurable)

There are plenty of chances to meet with other Moodlers in person in October at a MoodleMoot:

Montreal, Quebec, 20-23 October (#mootca15)

Mallorca, Spain, 22-24 October (#mootes15)

Western Balkans and Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia, 24 October