... h4. For teachers
h5. [Conditional lesson release]
When creating a lesson teachers can specify if another previous lesson must be completed before the lesson is available for students. Once the learners complete the pre-requisite lesson(s), then the lesson becomes available.
h5. [Scheduled and instant notifications|Notifications]
A very powerful new feature that enhance LAMS tracking and communication capabilities.
h5. [Date restrictions for lessons|Date Restrictions]
Specify restrictions to finish lessons by certain deadlines.
h5. [Mobile devices support for learners]
When a learner uses a mobile device (like iPhone, iPad, mobile phone) to access a lesson, LAMS automatically detects it and switches to a non-flash interface. Additionally for the most frequently used tools, it will display a mobile friendly interface.
h5. [Lesson introductions]
Create an introductory page for lessons and include an image of the design.
h5. [Faster Gradebook excel exports]
Now teachers can download gradebooks for an entire course or specifically for a subgroup.
h5. [Date restrictions on activities]
For each activity teachers can specify a date for completion. Past this deadline, students cannot longer view or participate in the activity (although they can complete it).
h5. [Ratings for Q&A and Forum]
Learners can now rate each other answers and postings.
h5. [Assessment now implements Question bank|Assessment question bank]
A much needed feature that provides flexibility to create exams. Now teachers can export and import their questions into any assessment activity and specifically select which questions to be used.
h5. [Webcam profile picture upload]
Directly from a webcam upload your profile picture.
h5. [Newer, faster online HTML Editor|lamsdocs:Using the Online HTML Editor]
A new and quicker version of [Online HTML Editor|lamsdocs:Using the Online HTML Editor] with tons of improvements and easier to use.
h4. For admins
h5. [New Moodle2 integration module|lamsdocs:Moodle2]
As Moodle2 has become stable, we have rewritten our integration to use all of the features of this new version of Moodle. Demo site available.
h5. [Overall server statistics]
General and course specific statistics about a LAMS server.
h5. [Clone courses|lamsdocs:Cloning Groups]
Want to move all the lessons to a new semester course automatically? Just use this feature in the sysadmin menu and it makes it in just a few clicks.
And over *400* fixes and improvements, see [LAMS 2.4 Release Notes|http://bugs.lamsfoundation.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?version=10110&styleName=Html&projectId=10020&Create=Create] for full details.
h3. New Tools
* [IMS Common Cartridge / IMS Basic LTI|lamsdocs:laimsc11]
* [Web conferencing using BigBlueButton|lamsdocs:labbb10]
* [Kaltura video integration|lamsdocs:Online Editor Kaltura Plugin]
* [Wookie widget engine|lamsdocs:Wookie Widgets]
* Adobe Captivate and Articulate tool
h3. Improvements
* Integration improvements (images, bulk user creation, etc)
* Improvements for faster forum, assessment and Q&A
* New optional [signup module|lams:LAMS Signup]
* New fonts in online HTML editors
* New formulae editor
* Better timezone support
h3. Technical improvement
* [Newer application server JBoss 5|lams:JBoss5 Test Results]
* [New and faster clustering setups|lams:Performance Reviews]
* Fixed issues with UTF8 Characters
* Support for SMTP Authentication
* Improved LDAP support
* SAML2 authentication/integration support
* [Upgrade testharness|lams:Test Harness]
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