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Moodle 2.5 brings a lot of exciting new features for teachers, students and administrators. This page highlights a few of the most interesting!
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_MFWQBDdG1jK_Eu_D4GC-AOGBEXh6 YouTube playlist of 3.11 New features].


Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.5_release_notes  Moodle 2.5 Release notes].
For role-specific information, see [[New for teachers]], [[New for students]] and [[New for administrators]].


__TOC__
The list of major features and improvements can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.11 release notes|Moodle 3.11 release notes]].
(Click any screenshot below to see it enlarged.)
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===Student activity completion (MUA)===


==For teachers and students:==
<div class="card-deck mt-3">


===Badges===
  <div class="card">
[[Badges]] are a nice way to acknowledge good work, and it's now possible for teachers to award course badges based on a variety of chosen criteria. These badges are fully compatible with [http://openbadges.org/ Mozilla Open Badges].
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:ActivityCompletion311.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Improved learner experience
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Activity dates and [[Activity completion]] conditions may be shown on the course page.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
 
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:311CompletionWithinActivity.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Dates and completion conditions within activities
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Activity dates and [[Activity completion]] conditions are shown at the top of the activity page.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
 
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
 
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:StudentManualCompletion.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Manual completion
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Students can mark an activity as complete from within the activity itself.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
 
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:TeacherCompletionSettings.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
New display settings
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
New settings allow teachers to hide or show activity dates and completion conditions on the course page.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
 
</div>
 
 
===Accessibility toolkit===


{|
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
| [[File:teacherbadgeview.png|thumb|Teacher sets up a badge]]
| [[File:studentbadgeview.png|thumb|Student view of allocated badges]]
| [[File:backpack.png|thumb|Badges from backpack.openbadges.org on student profile]]
|}


This blog post has some interesting reflection on when badges might be most appropriate: [http://alex.halavais.net/ozbadge The Badges of Oz]
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:BrickfieldAdmin1.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Free starter toolkit
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
An [[Accessibility toolkit]] (from Brickfield Education Labs) identifies course accessibility issues.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:AccessiblityBlock.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Course accessibility review
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Course content is analysed so teachers can identify and fix accessibility errors.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


===Forms are much shorter===
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">


Moodle has a lot of settings and features, which means some of our forms have been getting rather long. We know this is daunting for new users!    
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:BrickfieldTeacher.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Heatmap of errors
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
A heatmap offers a coloured and contextual view of the areas of concern.
      </p>
    </div>
   </div>


We've made changes so that non-essential settings on forms are collapsed by default, yet you can quickly access them when you need them.
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:SummaryReport.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Range of reports and graphs
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Errors can be viewed in graphic form, or as a list with a downloadable report.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>


  {|
===H5P and content bank===
| [[File:shorterforms.png|thumb|Note the "expand all" option and condensed links]]
| [[File:showmoreshowless.png|thumb|"Show more" (and "show less" options]]
|}


The rich text editor is collapsed and can be expanded:
<div class="card-deck mt-3">


{|
  <div class="card">
|[[File:collapsedassignment.png|thumb|Formatting options collapsed and box is narrow]]
    <div class="card-body">
|[[File:expandedassignment.png|thumb|Formatting options shown and box expanded]]
[[File:DisableH5Pcontent.png|class=img-fluid]]
|}
      <h4 class="card-title">
Disable selected H5P content types
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Admins can disable selected [[H5P|H5P content types]] from the admin settings.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


In a similar space-saver, you can choose whether or not to enable the rich text editor when creating quiz questions:
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:MakeUnlisted.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Mark content as unlisted
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Teachers can hide content in the [[Content bank|content bank]] by marking it as unlisted.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


{|
</div>
| [[File:quizform1.png|thumb|Without the editing tools]]
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
| [[File:quizform2.png|thumb|With the editing tools]]
|}


===Reports moved to the Administration block===
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:LinkedContent.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
See which content is linked
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
A new column in the [[Content bank|content bank]] displays the number of times an item is linked.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


Reports have moved and can now be seen in the newly named ''Administration'' block, (formerly ''Settings''.)
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:DeleteAlert.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Alert when deleting linked content
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
An alert is displayed when linked content is about to be deleted, explaining what will happen
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>


{|
===Quiz and question types===
|[[File:reportsinadmin.png|thumb|Administration block with Reports]]
|}
=== Quickly "Jump to.." another section===
If you're using the 'one section per page' setting, you can now move to other sections from a drop down menu:
{|
|[[File:jumpto25.png|thumb|The 'jump to' drop down menu returns]]
|}
===Drag and drop media and text onto the course page===
You can now drag an image or some text onto your course page and choose whether to display it embedded in a label or as a clickable resource. See the [[Label|Label documentation]] for more information.


{|
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
| [[File:dragdrop1.png|thumb|Drag an image onto your course page]]
|[[File:dragdrop2.png|thumb|Choose "add image.."]]
|[[File:dragdrop3.png|thumb|And here it is!]]
|}


{|
  <div class="card">
|[[File:textdragdrop1.png|thumb|Text selected from a Word document is dragged over]]
    <div class="card-body">
|[[File:textdragdrop2.png|thumb|Choose "add a label" (or page if you prefer)]]
[[File:QuizOverridePassGrade.png|class=img-fluid]]
|[[File:textdragdrop3.png|thumb|And here it is!]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
|}
View overrides and pass grades
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Teachers can view overrides and students can view pass grades directly on the Quiz page.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:RetainedQuestionSettings.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Preferred question settings retained
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Changes from the default settings of a question type are retained for the next time a teacher creates a question.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


===Folders can be displayed inline on a course page===
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">


You can now choose whether to have a [[Folder resource|folder]] show its contents in a separate screen, as previously, or to have it display them inline with any subfolders expanded:
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:QuizMinMaxStudent.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Essay question word limits
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
A minimum and maximum word limit can be specified for [[Essay question type|Essay questions]].
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


{|
  <div class="card">
| [[File:folder1.png|thumb|Typical folder display before 2.5]]
    <div class="card-body">
| [[File:folder2.png|thumb|Folder displayed inline]]
[[File:PlagiarismSupport.png|class=img-fluid]]
| [[File:folder3.png|thumb|Folder displayed inline with subfolders expanded]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
|}
Essay plagiarism support
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
If a plagiarism checker is installed, it now supports the [[Essay question type]].
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>


===Assignment enhancements===
===Badges===
Along with neater options for choosing submission and feedback types, resubmitting options are much improved. See [[Assignment settings]] for more information.


{|
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
| [[File:assignmentandfeedbackcondensed.png|thumb|Neater assignment set up screen]]
| [[File:attemptsreopened.png|thumb|New settings for resubmissions]]
|}


===Word count in forum posts===
  <div class="card">
A new setting in forums will display the number of words in a post:
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:ManageBackPacks.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Better backpack management
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Admins can set the order in which [[Backpacks|backpacks]] are listed for users.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


{|
  <div class="card">
| [[File:bonding.png|thumb|Note word count bottom left]]
    <div class="card-body">
|
[[File:BadgesAPI.png|class=img-fluid]]
|}
      <h4 class="card-title">
Open Badges v 2.1 compliant
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Moodle 3.11 is Open Badges v 2.1 compliant and a new [[OAuth 2 Open Badges service]] enables users to connect to their OB v 2.1 compliant backpack without having to enter their credentials into Moodle.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>


===Templates for Essay question types===
===User profile fields===
When using the Essay question type in a quiz, you can now set a template which appears in the students' text editor for scaffolding their response:


{|
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
| [[File:templatebox.png|thumb|Response template in question set up screen]]
| [[File:quiztemplate.png|thumb|What the student sees]]
|
|}


===Glossary block enhancements===
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:SocialField.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
New Social profile field
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
A new [[User profile fields#Overview| Social profile field]] replaces the hard-coded fields in the user profile.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


You can now use a global glossary in the random glossary block, and you can display the entries in alphabetical order:
{|
| [[File:glossaryalphabetical.png|thumb|Entries will display in alphabetical order]]
|}


===Search the list of enrolled users===
  <div class="card">
A new [[Enrolled users]] search box makes finding users in very large courses much easier:
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:UserProfileUserIdentity.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Custom profile fields selectable in Show user identity
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Custom profile fields may be selected in User polices > Show user identity so they display in participant lists.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>


{|
===Other features and improvements===
| [[File:Searchenrolledusers.png|thumb|A search facility allows teachers to search for specific users.]]
|}


==For administrators:==
<div class="card-deck mt-3">


===New themes suited to all screen sizes===
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:PlayRate.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Control audio / video playback rates
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Students can control the speed at which [[Audio]] and [[Video]] files will play.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


Many of your favourite  sites around the web these days use Bootstrap as a base framework and now Moodle does too!   We have a new 'base' theme called "'''Bootstrapbase'''" that implements the basics, and a new usable theme called ''''''Clean'''''' which extends it with some simple configuration options and also functions as a good template example for developing your own Bootstrap-based themes. It also (along with ''Afterburner'') allows you to upload a logo directly from the file picker.
   <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:ActivityCompletionreport.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Improved activity completion report
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
The activity completion report may be filtered by activity and activity order.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


The Bootstrap framework allows us to responsively reformat the layout according to the screensize of the device used - on phone or tablet screens blocks move to the bottom, freeing up space for the main content at the top.  In the future we hope everyone will want to migrate their Moodle themes to be Bootstrap-based.
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">


  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:SearchLangPacks.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Search language packs
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
The list of languages may be searched when installing new [[Language packs]].
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


{|
  <div class="card">
| [[File:Bootrap2.png|thumb|Clean theme on standard screen]]
    <div class="card-body">
| [[File:Bootstrap1.png|thumb|Clean theme on smaller screen; note position of Navigation block]]
[[File:Poppler.png|class=img-fluid]]
| [[File:filepickerlogo.png|thumb|Add your logo from the file picker in Clean theme]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
|}
New PDF to PNG converter
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
For assignment submission annotations, a new converter, Poppler is available instead of Ghostscript.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


===Install add-ons from inside Moodle===
</div>
It's now possible to [[Installing add-ons|install add-ons]] from within Moodle, rather than accessing folders on the server; useful for those admins who do not have FTP access. Add-ons can be uploaded and installed from a zip file or located and installed from the [https://moodle.org/plugins Moodle plugins directory]:
<div class="card-deck mt-3">


{|
  <div class="card">
| [[File:Selection_011.png|thumb|Add-on install tool]]
    <div class="card-body">
| [[File:AddonValidation.png|thumb|Add-on passes validation; ready to go]]
[[File:SectionNameLinks.png|class=img-fluid]]
|}
      <h4 class="card-title">
Section links block
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Titles may now be displayed in the Section links block.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>


==See also==
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:OverridePermissions.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <h4 class="card-title">
Restore/import role permissions
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
Enable or disable role permission overrides when restoring or importing a course.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>


* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.5
[[Category:New features]]


[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.5]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.11]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.11]]

Latest revision as of 14:44, 14 July 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.

Student activity completion (MUA)

ActivityCompletion311.png

Improved learner experience

Activity dates and Activity completion conditions may be shown on the course page.

311CompletionWithinActivity.png

Dates and completion conditions within activities

Activity dates and Activity completion conditions are shown at the top of the activity page.

StudentManualCompletion.png

Manual completion

Students can mark an activity as complete from within the activity itself.

TeacherCompletionSettings.png

New display settings

New settings allow teachers to hide or show activity dates and completion conditions on the course page.


Accessibility toolkit

BrickfieldAdmin1.png

Free starter toolkit

An Accessibility toolkit (from Brickfield Education Labs) identifies course accessibility issues.

AccessiblityBlock.png

Course accessibility review

Course content is analysed so teachers can identify and fix accessibility errors.

BrickfieldTeacher.png

Heatmap of errors

A heatmap offers a coloured and contextual view of the areas of concern.

SummaryReport.png

Range of reports and graphs

Errors can be viewed in graphic form, or as a list with a downloadable report.

H5P and content bank

DisableH5Pcontent.png

Disable selected H5P content types

Admins can disable selected H5P content types from the admin settings.

MakeUnlisted.png

Mark content as unlisted

Teachers can hide content in the content bank by marking it as unlisted.

LinkedContent.png

See which content is linked

A new column in the content bank displays the number of times an item is linked.

DeleteAlert.png

Alert when deleting linked content

An alert is displayed when linked content is about to be deleted, explaining what will happen

Quiz and question types

QuizOverridePassGrade.png

View overrides and pass grades

Teachers can view overrides and students can view pass grades directly on the Quiz page.

RetainedQuestionSettings.png

Preferred question settings retained

Changes from the default settings of a question type are retained for the next time a teacher creates a question.

QuizMinMaxStudent.png

Essay question word limits

A minimum and maximum word limit can be specified for Essay questions.

PlagiarismSupport.png

Essay plagiarism support

If a plagiarism checker is installed, it now supports the Essay question type.

Badges

ManageBackPacks.png

Better backpack management

Admins can set the order in which backpacks are listed for users.

BadgesAPI.png

Open Badges v 2.1 compliant

Moodle 3.11 is Open Badges v 2.1 compliant and a new OAuth 2 Open Badges service enables users to connect to their OB v 2.1 compliant backpack without having to enter their credentials into Moodle.

User profile fields

SocialField.png

New Social profile field

A new Social profile field replaces the hard-coded fields in the user profile.


UserProfileUserIdentity.png

Custom profile fields selectable in Show user identity

Custom profile fields may be selected in User polices > Show user identity so they display in participant lists.

Other features and improvements

PlayRate.png

Control audio / video playback rates

Students can control the speed at which Audio and Video files will play.

ActivityCompletionreport.png

Improved activity completion report

The activity completion report may be filtered by activity and activity order.

SearchLangPacks.png

Search language packs

The list of languages may be searched when installing new Language packs.

Poppler.png

New PDF to PNG converter

For assignment submission annotations, a new converter, Poppler is available instead of Ghostscript.

SectionNameLinks.png

Section links block

Titles may now be displayed in the Section links block.

OverridePermissions.png

Restore/import role permissions

Enable or disable role permission overrides when restoring or importing a course.

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