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Moodle 2.6 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_2.6_release_notes Moodle 2.6 Release notes.]
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)===


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=== For teachers ===
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[[File:ActivityCompletion311.png|class=img-fluid]]
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Improved learner experience
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      <p class="card-text">
Activity dates and [[Activity completion]] conditions may be shown on the course page.
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        <div style="padding:0 0 0.17em; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility">Improved grading features</div>
        <ul>
          <li>Easily review and provide in-line feedback by annotating on PDF files directly within browser.</li>
          <li>Conveniently allocate student assignments to different markers, and control when marks are released to individual students.</li>
          <li>Certainty-based marking in Quizzes now provides improved feedback for learners.</li>
        </ul>


        <div style="padding:0 0 0.17em; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility">Dynamic, stream-lined, course management</div>
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        <ul>
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          <li>Quickly edit course activities and resources across all devices.</li>
[[File:311CompletionWithinActivity.png|class=img-fluid]]
          <li>Easily add a single activity course format.</li>
      <h4 class="card-title">
        </ul>
Dates and completion conditions within activities
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      </h4>
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Activity dates and [[Activity completion]] conditions are shown at the top of the activity page.
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    <ul class="thumbnails">
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        <div class="thumbnail">
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[[File:forteachers_1.jpg|600px]]
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          <div class="caption">
[[File:StudentManualCompletion.png|class=img-fluid]]
            <h4>1. Annotate uploaded PDF files in browser</h4>
      <h4 class="card-title">
            <p>Provide feedback directly within PDF file submissions by using a variety of annotating tools available, including stamps and phrases from a comment bank.</p>
Manual completion
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       <p class="card-text">
       </li>
Students can mark an activity as complete from within the activity itself.
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       </p>
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     </div>
[[File:forteachers_2.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>2. Enhanced marking workflow and allocation</h4>
            <p>Control when marks are released for viewing, for example, when they have been reviewed and moderated. Individual markers can also be allocated assignments and these allocations will show up clearly in the gradebook.</p>
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        </div>
       </li>
     </ul>
   </div>
   </div>


   <div class="row-fluid">
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     <ul class="thumbnails">
     <div class="card-body">
      <li class="span6">
[[File:TeacherCompletionSettings.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
      <h4 class="card-title">
[[File:forteachers_3.jpg|600px]]
New display settings
          <div class="caption">
       </h4>
            <h4>3. Enhanced feedback in Certainty-based marking</h4>
       <p class="card-text">
            <p>Quizzes using Certainty-based marking now provide better feedback for learners.</p>
New settings allow teachers to hide or show activity dates and completion conditions on the course page.
          </div>
       </p>
        </div>
     </div>
       </li>
       <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:forteachers_4.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>4. Easily edit course activities and resources</h4>
            <p>Editing tools have been grouped together to in a simple dropdown menu for easy accessibility across desktop and mobile devices.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
       </li>
     </ul>
   </div>
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</div>
    <ul class="thumbnails">
 
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===Accessibility toolkit===
[[File:forteachers_5.jpg|600px]]
 
          <div class="caption">
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            <h4>5. Add a single activity course format</h4>
 
            <p>Simply select and add any one activity as a standard course format which is displayed directed on the course page (This feature supersedes the old SCORM course format).</p>
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          </div>
    <div class="card-body">
        </div>
[[File:BrickfieldAdmin1.png|class=img-fluid]]
       </li>
      <h4 class="card-title">
     </ul>
Free starter toolkit
      </h4>
      <p class="card-text">
An [[Accessibility toolkit]] (from Brickfield Education Labs) identifies course accessibility issues.
       </p>
     </div>
   </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>


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<div class="card-deck mt-3">
  <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>
  <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===


=== For administrators and managers ===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
  <div class="row-fluid">
      <div class="span4">
        <div style="margin: 10px; display: block">
[[File:foradmin.png|link=|300px]]
        </div>
      </div>
        <div class="span8">
          <div style="color: #555;">
            <div style="padding:0 0 0.17em; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility">Enhanced platform management</div>
            <ul>
              <li>Create and manage bulk courses efficiently</li>
              <li>Simpler course and category management</li>
              <li>Create additional name fields </li>
              <li>Conveniently import and export role definition using XML file</li>
              <li>Plugin to manage embedded files in TinyMCE editor</li>
              <li>Restoring of very large courses possible</li>
            </ul>


          </div>
  <div class="card">
        </div>
    <div class="card-body">
[[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>
   </div>


   <div class="row-fluid">
   <div class="card">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
     <div class="card-body">
      <li class="span6">
[[File:MakeUnlisted.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
      <h4 class="card-title">
[[File:foradmin_1.jpg|600px]]
Mark content as unlisted
          <div class="caption">
       </h4>
            <h4>1. Bulk course creation tool</h4>
       <p class="card-text">
            <p>Create multiple courses efficiently using a single CSV file.  The functionality also extends to updating or deleting courses as well as importing content from another course.</p>
Teachers can hide content in the [[Content bank|content bank]] by marking it as unlisted.
          </div>
      </p>
        </div>
    </div>
       </li>
       <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:foradmin_2.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>2. User-friendly course and category management</h4>
            <p>Easily sort, create, and delete course categories in a more intuitive interface with drag and drop functionality.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
   </div>
   </div>


  <div class="row-fluid">
</div>
    <ul class="thumbnails">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
      <li class="span6">
 
        <div class="thumbnail">
  <div class="card">
[[File:foradmin_3.jpg|600px]]
    <div class="card-body">
          <div class="caption">
[[File:LinkedContent.png|class=img-fluid]]
            <h4>3. Create Additional name fields</h4>
      <h4 class="card-title">
            <p>Add and customise additional name fields to flexibly display user names in Chinese characters, local phonetic system or Romanization.</p>
See which content is linked
          </div>
       </h4>
        </div>
       <p class="card-text">
       </li>
A new column in the [[Content bank|content bank]] displays the number of times an item is linked.
       <li class="span6">
      </p>
        <div class="thumbnail">
    </div>
[[File:foradmin_4.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>4. Import and export role redefinitions</h4>
            <p>Export and import role definitions as XML files.</p>
            <p>New roles may be based on existing data:</p>
            <ul>
              <li>role archetype</li>
              <li>existing role</li>
              <li>role definition XML file</li>
            </ul>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
   </div>
   </div>


   <div class="row-fluid">
   <div class="card">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
     <div class="card-body">
      <li class="span6">
[[File:DeleteAlert.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
      <h4 class="card-title">
[[File:foradmin_5.jpg|600px]]
Alert when deleting linked content
          <div class="caption">
       </h4>
            <h4>5. Easily manage previously embedded files in TinyMCE text editor </h4>
       <p class="card-text">
            <p>Add previously embedded images or files to a page or a label in the TinyMCE text editor with the new ‘Embedded files’ repository.</p>
An alert is displayed when linked content is about to be deleted, explaining what will happen
          </div>
       </p>
        </div>
     </div>
       </li>
       <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:foradmin_6.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>6. Backup and restore large courses</h4>
            <p>Backup and restore large courses Improved performance allows users to quickly backup large courses safely and if needed, easily restore the courses for use.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
       </li>
     </ul>
   </div>
   </div>
</div>


===Quiz and question types===


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  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:QuizOverridePassGrade.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <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>


=== For all users ===
   <div class="card">
   <div class="row-fluid">
    <div class="card-body">
      <div class="span4">
[[File:RetainedQuestionSettings.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div style="margin: 10px; display: block">
       <h4 class="card-title">
[[File:forusers.png|link=|300px]]
Preferred question settings retained
        </div>
      </h4>
       </div>
      <p class="card-text">
      <div class="span8">
Changes from the default settings of a question type are retained for the next time a teacher creates a question.
        <div style="color: #555;">
      </p>
          <div style="padding:0 0 0.17em; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 10px 0; font-family: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; color: inherit; text-rendering: optimizelegibility">Experience a better learning platform</div>
    </div>
          <ul>
            <li>User-friendly TinyMCE editor</li>
            <li>Easily access files from Microsoft Skydrive.</li>
            <li>Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support</li>
            <li>Simplified username and password recovery</li>
          </ul>
        </div>
      </div>
   </div>
   </div>


  <div class="row-fluid">
</div>
    <ul class="thumbnails">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
      <li class="span6">
 
        <div class="thumbnail">
  <div class="card">
[[File:forusers_1.jpg|600px]]
    <div class="card-body">
          <div class="caption">
[[File:QuizMinMaxStudent.png|class=img-fluid]]
            <h4>1. User-friendly TinyMCE editor</h4>
      <h4 class="card-title">
            <p>The improved TinyMCE editor can be resized to suit various browser widths, and features user-friendly icons and a collapsible toolbar menu.</p>
Essay question word limits
          </div>
       </h4>
        </div>
       <p class="card-text">
       </li>
A minimum and maximum word limit can be specified for [[Essay question type|Essay questions]].
       <li class="span6">
      </p>
        <div class="thumbnail">
    </div>
[[File:forusers_2.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>2. Access files from Microsoft Skydrive</h4>
            <p>Users can now choose to retrieve files from their Skydrive account for use in their Moodle courses.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
   </div>
   </div>


   <div class="row-fluid">
   <div class="card">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
     <div class="card-body">
      <li class="span6">
[[File:PlagiarismSupport.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
      <h4 class="card-title">
[[File:forusers_3.jpg|600px]]
Essay plagiarism support
          <div class="caption">
       </h4>
            <h4>3. Improved calendar handling with multiple calendar support</h4>
       <p class="card-text">
            <p>Moodle 2.6 supports and displays the same date in multiple calendar system, including Gregorian, Hebrew, Islamic and more, so you can select a preferred calendar system.</p>
If a plagiarism checker is installed, it now supports the [[Essay question type]].
          </div>
      </p>
        </div>
    </div>
       </li>
       <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:forusers_4.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>4. Simplified username and password recovery</h4>
            <p>Quickly retrieve username or reset password in a simpler, more user-friendly process.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
   </div>
   </div>
</div>
===Badges===


<div class="card-deck mt-3">


  <div class="card">
    <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">
    <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>
</div>


===User profile fields===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">


==See also==
  <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>
 
 
  <div class="card">
    <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===
 
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
 
  <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>
 
  <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>
 
</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">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:Poppler.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <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>
 
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
 
  <div class="card">
    <div class="card-body">
[[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>
 
  <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>


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* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.6
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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View overrides and pass grades

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

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Preferred question settings retained

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

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Essay question word limits

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

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Essay plagiarism support

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

Badges

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Better backpack management

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

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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

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New Social profile field

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


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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

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Control audio / video playback rates

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

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Improved activity completion report

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

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Search language packs

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

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New PDF to PNG converter

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

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Section links block

Titles may now be displayed in the Section links block.

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Restore/import role permissions

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

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