{"id":1172,"date":"2017-10-04T15:35:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T15:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/learningtechnologyhub\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2021-05-28T11:31:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T11:31:02","slug":"moodle-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/learningtechnologyhub\/2017\/10\/04\/moodle-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Moodle upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moodle was upgraded to version 3.2 during the summer and here you will find details of the most noticeable changes.<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/learningtechnologyhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2017\/09\/news_events_motif.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1637 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.napier.ac.uk\/learningtechnologyhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2017\/09\/news_events_motif-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since Moodle is increasingly being 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