IT Services

VLE updates 2021/22

VLE updates 2021/22

The VLE was upgraded to Moodle 3.9.7 during the Summer Recess (2021). This upgrade is relatively modest in scope and there are no major changes to the current layout and functionality of the VLE. It features bug fixes, enhancements and new features that improve the VLE user experience.

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  • The VLE Dashboard now includes two new blocks that facilitate access to recently accessed items and upcoming scheduled activities Tutors Students
  • The My VLE areas block will now display the latest academic year/s at the top, then the PG Dissertations and Sandbox (tutors only), and finally the archived academic years.  Tutors Students
  • In the My VLE areas block, VLE areas that are not visible to students are now clearly labelled as Hidden from students 
  • The Turn editing on/off button has been renamed to Start editing / Stop editing to be more intuitive.  Tutors
  • The Show study-unit to students block now includes a toggle to set the study-unit as Visible or Hidden more easily.  Tutors
  • The messaging interface is now available via a drawer on the right side of the screen. Conversations may now easily be starredmuted or deleted Tutors 
  • The Zoom activity now only needs to be added once to the study-unit area, since tutors can create all the Zoom meetings from the same activity.  Tutors Students
  • The Forum activity has several new enhancements in addition to an improved user interface. New features include activity due datesprivate repliesschedule sendsummary reports, and a new nested discussion interface Tutors Students
  • Tutors may enable the new Activity chooser and try it out when editing their VLE areas.  Tutors
  • H5P content is now managed via the H5P content bank. Hence, you may now easily re-use any H5P content file and choose to either add it as an activity or embed it within other activities / resources.  

An alert will now warn you that your inactive VLE session is about to time out, allowing you to extend the session so that work is not lost.  Tutors 

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https://www.um.edu.mt/itservices/vle/info/updates/2122/