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=So what's new in Moodle 2.5?=
{{About Moodle}}
Moodle 2.5 brings a lot of exciting new features for teachers, students and administrators. This page highlights some of the most useful and coolest. Click any screenshot to see it enlarged. The full details with technical information can be found in the [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.5_release_notes  Moodle 2.5 Release notes]
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].


==For teachers and students:==
For role-specific information, see [[New for teachers]], [[New for students]] and [[New for administrators]].


===Forms are much shorter===
The list of major features and improvements can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.11 release notes|Moodle 3.11 release notes]].
__NOTOC__
===Student activity completion (MUA)===


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-deck mt-3">


We've made changes so that on-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: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">
| [[File:shorterforms.png|thumb|Note the "expand all" option and condensed links]]
    <div class="card-body">
| [[File:assignmentform.png|thumb|Assignment types are neatly summarised]]
[[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>


In a similar space-saver, you can choose whether or not to enable the rich text editor when creating quiz questions:
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">


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


===Folders can be displayed inline on a course page===
  <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>


You can now choose whether to have a folder show its contents in a separate screen, as previously, or to have it display them inline with any subfolders expanded:
</div>


{|
 
| [[File:folder1.png|thumb|Typical folder display before 2.5]]
===Accessibility toolkit===
| [[File:folder2.png|thumb|Folder displayed inline]]
 
| [[File:folder3.png|thumb|Folder displayed inline with subfolders expanded]]
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
|}
 
  <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>
 
</div>
<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===
 
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
 
  <div class="card">
    <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 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>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
 
  <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>
 
  <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===
 
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
 
  <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>
 
  <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>
 
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
 
  <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">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:PlagiarismSupport.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <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>


===Badges===
===Badges===
It's now possible for teachers to award course badges based on chosen criteria. These badges may also connect with [http://openbadges.org/ Mozilla Open Badges]


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


===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: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:bonding.png|thumb|Note word count bottom left]]
|
|}


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


===Glossary block enhancements===
  <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>


You can now use a global glossary in the random glossary block, and you can display the entries in alphabetical order:
</div>
{|
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
| [[File:glossaryalphabetical.png|thumb|Entries will display in alphabetical order]]
|}


==For administrators:==
  <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>


===New themes suited to all screen sizes===
  <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>


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 "bootstrap" that implements the basics, and a new usable theme called '''Simple''' which extends it with some simple configuration options and also functions as a good template example for developing your own Bootstrap-based themes. 
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">


Bootstrap 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 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">
| [[File:Bootrap2.png|thumb|Bootstrap theme on standard screen]]
    <div class="card-body">
| [[File:Bootstrap1.png|thumb|Bootstrap theme on smaller screen; note position of Navigation block]]
[[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>


===Install add-ons from inside Moodle===
[[Category:New features]]
It's now possible to 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 Moodle plugins directory:


{|
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
| [[File:Selection_011.png|thumb|Add-on install tool]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.11]]
| [[File:AddonValidation.png|thumb|Add-on passes validation; ready to go]]
[[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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