Log Message:
Update to 3.7

Upstream changes:
Major features
Forum

    MDL-22077 - Private reply option
    MDL-65033 - Ability to star discussions
    MDL-64956 - In-page forum post reply
    MDL-65032 - Ability to lock discussions manually
    MDL-65069 - Ability to create discussions without changing page
    MDL-64820 - Forum display updated to use templates
    MDL-65071 - List of discussions is sortable
    MDL-65034 - Accessibility improvements to forum discussions
    MDL-65394 - Forum rendering speed improvements
    MDL-46881 - Forum scheduled task (cron) has been refactored into several \ 
smaller cron tasks

Messaging

    MDL-65015 - HTML in messages is cleaned according to site/role \ 
"trusttext" configuration
    MDL-64715 - Personal space in messaging drawer for draft messages etc.
    MDL-64495 - New settings page for messaging-related settings
    MDL-63620 - Group conversations can be created from both the auto-create \ 
groups edit page and the import groups tool
    MDL-63915 - Old messaging user interface removed and replaced with a new widget
    MDL-64773 - Messaging conversations can be muted
    MDL-65132 - New capability for deleting messages for all users within group \ 
conversations
    MDL-64017 - Message processors can identify and handle group messages
    MDL-64703 - Updated interface on the messaging index page
    MDL-64137 - Searches highlight text that matches the search term
    MDL-65114 - Timestamps in the main conversation list include days and years
    MDL-64093 - New admin setting to set the site default for using enter key to \ 
send messages
    MDL-60680 - Improved push notifications

Themes

    MDL-58428 - All Boost templates moved to core
    MDL-64505 - Classic theme introduced to core
    MDL-64506 - Bootstrapbase and related themes (Clean/More) removed from core
    MDL-65449 - Themes can override the course pattern used on the dashboard

LTI

    MDL-62599 - LTI 1.3 support introduced

Open Badges

    MDL-63262 - Support added for Open Badges 2.0 platforms
    MDL-63876 - Moodle competencies can be linked to criteria for badges in Open \ 
Badges 2.0

Dashboard and Course Overview

    MDL-63794 - Course categories can be displayed on courses in the course \ 
overview block
    MDL-64855 - New admin setting to control the output of the course category \ 
in the myoverview block
    MDL-64376 - Scrolling improved in the recently accessed courses block
    MDL-64903 - Course filters are logically grouped in the myoverview block
    MDL-64898 - The completion progress bar is no longer displayed for teachers \ 
in the myoverview block

Learning Analytics

    MDL-61667 - Improvements to the install/uninstall procedure the Analytics \ 
API offers to plugins
    MDL-64783 - New “upcoming activities due” model added
    MDL-65582 - The "upcoming activities due" model is enabled by default
    MDL-64786 - Users can overwrite default model names
    MDL-64693 - New target added for course competencies achievement
    MDL-64636 - New target added for course completion
    MDL-65176 - New target added for students at risk of not getting the minimum \ 
grade to pass a course
    MDL-64954 - A "More info" link provides more information about \ 
different core analytics elements
    MDL-64777 - Default models can be restored
    MDL-64787 - Analytics models can be evaluated using a trained machine \ 
learning backend
    MDL-60944 - Models can be created, deleted, imported and exported
    MDL-64779 - Ability to choose whether to include trained model weights in an \ 
export
    MDL-65175 - When evaluating a model, the time-splitting method can be set \ 
using the web interface
    MDL-65177 - It is possible to set the frequency of insight generation for \ 
models based on assumptions (e.g. the "upcoming activities due" model)
    MDL-60936 - "Enabled time-splitting methods" analytics setting \ 
converted to a list of default time-splitting methods for a model's evaluation

Usability improvements

    MDL-5311 - Choices can be cleared for single-answer multiple-choice questions
    MDL-43385 - Print output of books has been improved
    MDL-28505 - Course backup and restore can be performed asynchronously
    MDL-61537 - Ability to rotate pages when annotating PDFs in assignment feedback
    MDL-63773 - Assignment settings form hides irrelevant options instead of \ 
disabling them
    MDL-64552 - Moodle forms inside the admin top level directory hide \ 
irrelevant options instead of disabling them
    MDL-64557 - Moodle forms inside the course directory hide irrelevant options \ 
instead of disabling them
    MDL-60474 - The student selection tool in the grading interface reflects the \ 
sorting order of the grading table
    MDL-39261 - File support added to lesson essay questions
    MDL-60913 - Global search results can be split into tabs by category
    MDL-50793 - Teachers can see hidden pages in book activities
    MDL-60059 - Workshop activity action events support drag and drop in the calendar
    MDL-62142 - Accessibility improvements for Boost course landing page

Other Highlights
Functional changes

    MDL-31355 - Forum due dates are added to the calendar
    MDL-36088 - Adding/modifying questions to/in the question bank is logged
    MDL-49673 - Assignment has an option to not display the grader to students
    MDL-31852 - HTML tags allowed in the title of Lesson "content pages"
    MDL-64377 - Ability to delete assignment file submissions
    MDL-64243 - Nextcloud serves "offline" files consistent with other \ 
integrations (e.g. OneDrive and Google Docs)
    MDL-53346 - User competencies in courses show the linked learning plans
    MDL-62223 - Improved submission statements for assignments
    MDL-52828 - Competencies can be graded when grading an activity
    MDL-65154 - Course competencies page shows students which competencies are \ 
linked to an activity
    MDL-64414 - "AND" and "OR" are available in \ 
if-conditions for grade calculations

For administrators

    MDL-10965 - There is a new capability available to view the list of \ 
non-hidden courses
    MDL-57898 - New custom field types plugin and course custom fields functionality
    MDL-49399 - Output can be captured during cron and task runs
    MDL-62869 - Global search can be configured to include all visible courses
    MDL-64322 - New data privacy capability to restrict submission of deletion \ 
requests for other users
    MDL-63569 - A constant can be added to the subject of all emails
    MDL-62907 - The standard log table 'other' field can be set to store in JSON \ 
format
    MDL-64281 - Frame embedding is always allowed for requests coming from the \ 
Moodle app
    MDL-61164 - Tasks using legacy cron functionality moved to scheduled tasks
    MDL-57900 - Added fields to provide site metadata to support learning analytics
    MDL-63623 - Plugins can be uninstalled via command line
    MDL-64323 - Additional fields are included in user searches when making new \ 
data requests on behalf of a user
    MDL-64347 - Improved processing of scheduled and ad-hoc tasks
    MDL-65142 - Tables can be downloaded in PDF format (new dataformat)
    MDL-64314 - Insights notification enable web notifications by default
    MDL-65138 - Course sharing to Moodle.net is disabled by default (configured \ 
via a new setting)
    MDL-64454 - Site administration page warns if cron does not run frequently
    MDL-62728 - The language packs page displays a warning when locales are not \ 
fully supported
    MDL-64071 - Improved diagnostics when testing LDAP settings
    MDL-64823 - Disabling mobile plugins works as expected
    MDL-44484 - Theme field available in the bulk upload users tool
    MDL-64477 - Learning analytics usage data is included with site usage data
    MDL-64337 - Mobile app enabled sites prompt users that do not use the app to \ 
download it in notification emails
    MDL-64339 - User names provided in the comments report are hyperlinked to \ 
the user's profile

For developers

    MDL-54592 - MongoDB cache store upgraded to use PHP 7 compatible library
    MDL-63977 - Behat testing available for mobile app features and plugins
    MDL-63986 - Behat testing added for the messaging drawer
    MDL-64449 - New debug feature to expose code issues with session locks
    MDL-52167 - Core functionality added to enable site administration settings \ 
to be hidden if dependent on another disabled setting
    MDL-63366 - Ability to specify filters for unit testing coverage
    MDL-65130 - Improved unit testing coverage generation by only respecting the \ 
@covers annotation
    MDL-60470 - New "after_require_login" hook introduced
    MDL-65204 - Phpunit upgraded to version 7.5.x
    MDL-64348 - Improved AJAX template fetching
    MDL-59986 - External database enrolment sync moved to a scheduled task
    MDL-63880 - Some templates common in dashboard blocks have been moved to \ 
increase reusability
    MDL-64587 - New option in the XMLDB editor to add the mandatory persistent fields
    MDL-64324 - ID collisions are avoided when forms are loaded from AJAX
    MDL-64684 - When JavaScript caching is disabled, jQuery and RequireJS are no \ 
longer minified

New web services

    MDL-64252 - New SCORM web service to return user capabilities
    MDL-64656 - New web service to return the tag associated with an element
    MDL-64655 - New forum web service to return user access information
    MDL-64642 - New web service to call multiple external functions