Moodle 2.6

Moodle 2.6 Upgrade

From 5pm on Friday the 4th July  2014, UCL Moodle will be upgraded to Moodle version 2.6

This upgrade will introduce some new features, streamlined functionality, improved performance and a new look/theme

What will change?

Please have a look at the Whats New page, to see a list of changes brought in with Moodle 2.6

What will it look like?

There is now a UAT instance of Moodle 2.6 available for staff to access. This site gives a preview of what the new Moodle will look like. Please see the /wiki/spaces/MoodleResourceCentre/pages/31930323 for details

Theme

Moodle 2.6 allows the use of a responsive design which means it is possible to use one theme that will adapt to whichever device it is viewed on.

ELE will take this opportunity to streamline and thin down the amount of styling information that is downloaded with UCL Moodle pages. The idea is to get to a 'clean' lightweight starting point which can then be refined.

The theme changes will allow us to deliver a faster and more consistent Moodle experience, particulary with regards to viewing on mobile devices.

The theme will be based on the Moodle Clean theme and, in general, will take its styling cues from the main UCL web page.

Supported browsers

The upgrade will mean that Moodle drops support for some older versions of browsers.

• Recommended minimum browser: recent Google Chrome, recent Mozilla Firefox, Safari 6, Internet Explorer 9 (IE 10 required for drag and drop of files from outside the browser into Moodle)
• IE8 and Safari 5 are no longer fully supported. They should still work but they are not tested regularly and there might be some problems. Like most of the world's Web sites and browser producers, we encourage you to keep your browsers current to improve security and functionality while saving us valuable time. (For example see what Google is doing.)
• IE6 and IE7 are not recommended for Moodle 2.6 at all. You will encounter difficulties trying to use those old browsers in today's Internet.

When and how will the upgrade happen?

The upgrade will take place between 5pm on 04/07/2014 and 09/07/2014. Moodle will be unavailable during this period, but from midday Saturday 5th there will be a read-only snapshot of all Moodle courses available on the Moodle Archive.