Moodle Platform Update 4.0.315
- James Nicolson (Unlicensed)
About this update
The Moodle 4.0.315 platform update follows Lambda's mass update cycles which aim to bring new Moodle, theme and system functionality to your LMS platform on a more frequent basis. This update will provide our Moodle customers with the 3.1.5 version of the LMS, as well as theme improvements, product announcement functionality, additional plugins and security updates. The platform update process is allowing us to deploy new versions of Moodle to our customers more quickly and efficiently than ever before.
Moodle 3.1.5
Lambda Solutions has updated the Moodle platform to version 3.1.5 This update fixes a number of issues including adding patches associated with general LMS security and stability. Here is a full breakdown of the Moodle 3.1.5 fixes and features.
Lambda Liquid Theme
Lambda Solutions has updated the Liquid theme to version 1.4.27, which brings with it new functional features such as:
- Configurable graphical login page
- The ability to add a logo to the Footer
- Configurable Buttons for a new modern visual appearance.
Liquid 1.4.27 has also received security patches and enhancements, with a focus on preventative measures against Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) exploits. These features further enhance user authentication security and prevent interception of user logins into the LMS.
Zoola
Updated Zoola Reports block now provides context to the course page to filter reports based on the course page the report is run on. This allows for reports placed on course pages to be filtered based on the specific course page information such as teachers, activities, learners and completions.
Embedded Reports, placed within the Zoola reports block, now support hyperlinks in the report for interactive drill-through capability.
H5P
Lambda Solutions is excited to include the activity module H5P to its plugin library. H5P makes it easy to create, share and reuse HTML5 content and applications. H5P empowers everyone to create rich and interactive web experiences more efficiently - all you need is a web browser and a web site with an H5P plugin. More information about H5P can be found here.
H5P can be installed on your Moodle site by visiting Site Administration > Lambda Account Settings > Lambda Plugin Manager and selecting it from the plugin list.
Product Announcement
With Lambda's 4.0.315 update comes the installation of our Product Announcement functionality. This feature allows Lambda's Product Team to send you the occasional notification directly to your Moodle site about new and exciting LMS features that are being released or in the development pipeline.
This feature is only enabled and made visible for Site Administrators. Other Moodle users including learners, teachers and managers will not receive any of these notifications.
Plugins
The following plugins have been added to the Lambda's plugin library. The plugins are accessible through the Lambda Plugin Manager, which can be found by visiting Site Administration > Lambda Account Settings > Lambda Plugin Manager on your Moodle site.
| Description | Plugin Type |
|---|---|
Respondus Moodle Plugin suite This bundle of plugins includes Respondus, StudyMate, and Lockdown Browser integrations. | web services, activity module, block, quiz access rule |
| H5P | activity module |
| Offline Quiz | activity module |
| Atto: Horizontal rule | text editor plugin |
| Cohort Role Synchronization | local |
| Evaluate Kprime(ETH) | question type |
| Custom certificate | activity module |
| One Topic | course layout |
| Filtered Course List | block |
| Lambda Liquid Theme 1.4.27 | Lambda theme |
| Restriction by days offset from start | availability restriction |
| Completion Progress | block |
| Lambda's Product Announcement Plugin | Lambda plugin |
| JWPlayer | filter |
| Lambda's Secure CSRF | Lambda plugin |
| Updated Zoola Plugins | Lambda plugin |
Bugs
Lambda solutions fixed a variety of bugs associated with the theme, authentication, global search and plugins.
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