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==Course management==
==Course management==
'''Guest access and password:'''
'''Easily retrieve deleted content'''
If you wish guests to view your course, you will now need to set guest access and a password from ''Course administration >Users >Enrolment methods.
A new [[Recycle bin]] available in the course administration block once an item has been deleted allows you to quickly restore that resource or activity.(It will also restore deleted courses for those with relevant permissions.)
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'''Manual enrolments:'''
[[File:NFRecycleBin.png|thumb|center|600px|Restore deleted content]]
When enrolling students to your course manually,  note that the site default now enrols them immediately.


'''Filter by not in group:''' There is a new option to filter students who are not in any group. You can do this in both ''Course administration > Users >Enrolled users'' and also in ''Course administration >Users > Groups >Overview''
'''Activity tagging:''' A new setting when adding activities and resources lets you tag them  so they may be searched for by others in ''Site pages > Tags''.


'''Filter by last access:''' The Enrolled users screen also allows you to filter your students by last access to the course.
[[File:31Placeholder.png|thumb|center|600px|Tagging an activity]]


[[File:betterfiltering.png|thumb|center|600px|Filter by last access and no group]]
'''Search everywhere:''' If enabled by your administrator, the [[Global search]] feature lets you search courses you have access to, from a box next to the user menu or from the [[Global Search block]]


'''Course tagging:''' A new setting in ''Course administration >Edit settings'' lets you tag your course so it may be searched for by others in ''Site pages > Tags''.
[[File:NFGlobalSearch.png|thumb|center|600px|Restore deleted content]]
 
'''Gradebook setup:''' If you're looking for Categories and items in the Gradebook, it's been renamed to 'Gradebook setup'.


==Activities==
==Activities==

Revision as of 18:10, 3 May 2016

If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.1

Course editing

Inline title editing: Section titles can now be changed directly from the course page:

Extra buttons

Course management

Easily retrieve deleted content A new Recycle bin available in the course administration block once an item has been deleted allows you to quickly restore that resource or activity.(It will also restore deleted courses for those with relevant permissions.)

Restore deleted content

Activity tagging: A new setting when adding activities and resources lets you tag them so they may be searched for by others in Site pages > Tags.

File:31Placeholder.png
Tagging an activity

Search everywhere: If enabled by your administrator, the Global search feature lets you search courses you have access to, from a box next to the user menu or from the Global Search block

File:NFGlobalSearch.png
Restore deleted content

Activities

Database activity

Unapproved entries in newly created databases are now highlighted for both teacher and the user who added them, and it is also possible to prevent editing of entries once they have been approved.

Unapproved entries highlighted

Quiz

Four new question types:

Four new question types are available for the quiz, focusing on selecting and locating items. Three of the four question types use drag and drop.


MCS, MCVS, MCHS Cloze subquestion types The Embedded Answers (Cloze) question type now includes the possibility of using these subquestion types.

File resource

You can now include the date a file was uploaded or modified when displaying it:

Show uploaded date

Wiki

Pages can be deleted when the course is reset.

Workshop

You can now filter participants in the submission phase to easily see who has submitted and who has not:

Show all participants in a workshop activity.