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{{About Moodle}} | {{About Moodle}} | ||
Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 3.11, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdtb97nUrrn0khkIEiLfHFJ | Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 3.11, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdtb97nUrrn0khkIEiLfHFJ YouTube playlist of 3.11 New features]. | ||
For role-specific information, see [[New for teachers]], [[New for students]] and [[New for administrators]] | For role-specific information, see [[New for teachers]], [[New for students]] and [[New for administrators]]. | ||
The list of major features and improvements can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.11 release notes|Moodle 3.11 release notes]]. | |||
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===Student activity completion (MUA)=== | ===Student activity completion (MUA)=== | ||
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<h4>Improved learner experience</h4> | <h4>Improved learner experience</h4> | ||
<p>[[Activity completion | <p>Activity dates and [[Activity completion]] conditions may be shown on the course page.</p> | ||
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[[File:311CompletionWithinActivity.png|600px]] | [[File:311CompletionWithinActivity.png|600px]] | ||
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<h4> | <h4>Dates and completion conditions within activities</h4> | ||
<p> | <p>Activity dates and [[Activity completion]] conditions are shown at the top of the activity page.</p> | ||
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<h4>Manual completion</h4> | <h4>Manual completion</h4> | ||
<p> | <p>Students can mark an activity as complete from within the activity itself.</p> | ||
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<h4>New display settings</h4> | <h4>New display settings</h4> | ||
<p>New | <p>New settings allow teachers to hide or show activity dates and completion conditions on the course page.</p> | ||
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=== | ===Accessibility toolkit=== | ||
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<h4>Free starter toolkit</h4> | <h4>Free starter toolkit</h4> | ||
<p>An [[Accessibility toolkit | <p>An [[Accessibility toolkit]] (from Brickfield Education Labs) identifies course accessibility issues.</p> | ||
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[[File:AccessiblityBlock.png|600px]] | [[File:AccessiblityBlock.png|600px]] | ||
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<h4>Course | <h4>Course accessibility review</h4> | ||
<p>Course content is analysed so teachers can identify and fix | <p>Course content is analysed so teachers can identify and fix accessibility errors.</p> | ||
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<h4>Heatmap of errors</h4> | <h4>Heatmap of errors</h4> | ||
<p>A heatmap offers a coloured and contextual view of the areas of concern </p> | <p>A heatmap offers a coloured and contextual view of the areas of concern.</p> | ||
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===H5P | ===H5P and content bank=== | ||
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[[File:DisableH5Pcontent.png|600px]] | [[File:DisableH5Pcontent.png|600px]] | ||
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<h4> Disable selected content types</h4> | <h4>Disable selected H5P content types</h4> | ||
<p> Admins can disable selected content types from the admin settings</p> | <p>Admins can disable selected H5P content types from the admin settings.</p> | ||
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<h4> Mark content as unlisted</h4> | <h4> Mark content as unlisted</h4> | ||
<p>Teachers can | <p>Teachers can hide content in the [[Content bank|content bank]] by marking it as unlisted.</p> | ||
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[[File:LinkedContent.png|600px]] | [[File:LinkedContent.png|600px]] | ||
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<h4>See | <h4>See which content is linked</h4> | ||
<p> | <p>A new column in the [[Content bank|content bank]] displays the number of times an item is linked.</p> | ||
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<h4> Alert when deleting linked content</h4> | <h4> Alert when deleting linked content</h4> | ||
<p>An alert | <p>An alert is displayed when linked content is about to be deleted, explaining what will happen.</p> | ||
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===Quiz and | ===Quiz and question types=== | ||
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[[File:QuizOverridePassGrade.png|600px]] | [[File:QuizOverridePassGrade.png|600px]] | ||
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<h4> View overrides and pass grades</h4> | <h4>View overrides and pass grades</h4> | ||
<p> Teachers can view overrides and students can view pass grades directly on the Quiz page.</p> | <p>Teachers can view overrides and students can view pass grades directly on the Quiz page.</p> | ||
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<h4>Essay question word limits</h4> | <h4>Essay question word limits</h4> | ||
<p>A minimum and maximum word limit can be specified for Essay questions</p> | <p>A minimum and maximum word limit can be specified for [[|Essay question type|Essay questions]].</p> | ||
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[[File:PlagiarismSupport.png|600px]] | [[File:PlagiarismSupport.png|600px]] | ||
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<h4> Essay plagiarism support</h4> | <h4>Essay plagiarism support</h4> | ||
<p>If a plagiarism checker is installed, it now supports the Essay question type.</p> | <p>If a plagiarism checker is installed, it now supports the [[Essay question type]].</p> | ||
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=== | ===Badges=== | ||
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[[File:ManageBackPacks.png|600px]] | [[File:ManageBackPacks.png|600px]] | ||
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<h4>Better | <h4>Better backpack management</h4> | ||
<p>The | <p>The Manage backpacks page enables an admin to set the order in which backpacks are listed.</p> | ||
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[[File:BadgesAPI.png|600px]] | [[File:BadgesAPI.png|600px]] | ||
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<h4> Open Badges | <h4>Open Badges v 2.1 compliant</h4> | ||
<p> | <p>Moodle is Open Badges v 2.1 compliant and a new Open Badges OAuth 2 service enables easier connection to OB v 2.1 compliant backpack providers.</p> | ||
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[[File:SocialField.png|600px]] | [[File:SocialField.png|600px]] | ||
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<h4>New | <h4>New social profile field</h4> | ||
<p>A new | <p>A new social profile field replaces the hard-coded fields in the user profile.</p> | ||
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<h4>Custom profile fields selectable in Show user identity</h4> | <h4>Custom profile fields selectable in Show user identity</h4> | ||
<p>Custom profile fields may be selected | <p>Custom profile fields may be selected in User polices > Show user identity so they display in participant lists.</p> | ||
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<h4>Control audio / video playback rates</h4> | <h4>Control audio / video playback rates</h4> | ||
<p> | <p>Students can control the speed at which audio and video files will play.</p> | ||
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<h4>Improved activity completion report</h4> | <h4>Improved activity completion report</h4> | ||
<p>The activity completion report | <p>The activity completion report may be filtered by activity and activity order.</p> | ||
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<h4>Search language packs</h4> | <h4>Search language packs</h4> | ||
<p>The list of languages may be searched when installing new packs </p> | <p>The list of languages may be searched when installing new [[Language packs]].</p> | ||
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<h4>New PDF to PNG converter</h4> | <h4>New PDF to PNG converter</h4> | ||
<p>For | <p>For assignment submission annotations, a new converter, Poppler is available instead of Ghostscript.</p> | ||
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<h4>Section links block</h4> | <h4>Section links block</h4> | ||
<p>Titles may now be displayed in the Section links block </p> | <p>Titles may now be displayed in the Section links block.</p> | ||
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[[File:OverridePermissions.png|600px]] | [[File:OverridePermissions.png|600px]] | ||
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<h4>Restore/ | <h4>Restore/import role permissions</h4> | ||
<p>Enable or disable role permission overrides when restoring or importing a course.</p> | <p>Enable or disable role permission overrides when restoring or importing a course.</p> | ||
Revision as of 13:22, 18 May 2021
Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 3.11, or watch our YouTube playlist of 3.11 New features.
For role-specific information, see New for teachers, New for students and New for administrators.
The list of major features and improvements can be found in the Moodle 3.11 release notes.