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As usual Moodle HQ and our incredible community have brought together work from all corners of the globe to this release. Scalable, responsive and private, Moodle 2.7 is our best release yet. Here are the highlights of this release, and you can view screencasts of some of these highlights on the official MoodleHQ YouTube page: [http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDe8RRnGjoUDqbcm9PSlIoWn Moodle 2.7 Release Highlights Playlist].
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_2.7_release_notes Moodle 2.7 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 ===
  <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">
    <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">
 
  <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="row-fluid">
   <div class="card">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
     <div class="card-body">
      <li class="span6">
[[File:LinkedContent.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
      <h4 class="card-title">
[[File:ConditionalActivities.jpg|600px]]
See which content is linked
          <div class="caption">
       </h4>
            <h4>Create better customised learning paths with enhanced Conditional Activities</h4>
       <p class="card-text">
            <p>Enhancements to this widely used teaching feature in Moodle include an improved, streamlined interface, as well as added support to enable restricted access with "or" conditions and use nested restrictions for complex access criteria. [[Using Conditional activities|Learn more]]</p>
A new column in the [[Content bank|content bank]] displays the number of times an item is linked.
          </div>
      </p>
        </div>
    </div>
       </li>
       <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:Assignment.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Improved Assignment feature to better facilitate learning</h4>
            <p>
#Control when to notify students of feedback via a checkbox when grading individual students.
#Teachers can now be assigned permissions to edit or delete student submissions.
#Set a word limit, and comment and edit directly on students' online text assignments.
#Easily keep track of student submissions via filters in the Assignment grading table.
[[Using Assignment|Learn more]]
</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:DeleteAlert.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
      <h4 class="card-title">
[[File:Quiz_27.jpg|600px]]
Alert when deleting linked content
          <div class="caption">
      </h4>
            <h4>Easily create and manage Quiz & Question bank</h4>
      <p class="card-text">
            <p>As well as an updated question type selector, duplicating and moving questions is now easier, and there is an option to 'Save changes and continue editing'. Quiz reports have been improved and the Essay question now allows students simply to add an attachment with no accompanying text. [[Quiz module|Learn more]]</p>
An alert is displayed when linked content is about to be deleted, explaining what will happen
          </div>
       </p>
        </div>
     </div>
       </li>
     </ul>
   </div>
   </div>
</div>


=== For administrators and managers ===
===Quiz and question types===


  <div class="row-fluid">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
 
      <li class="span6">
  <div class="card">
        <div class="thumbnail">
    <div class="card-body">
[[File:LTS-graph.jpg|600px]]
[[File:QuizOverridePassGrade.png|class=img-fluid]]
          <div class="caption">
      <h4 class="card-title">
            <h4>A long term support release</h4>
View overrides and pass grades
            <p>Moodle 2.7 is a LTS release, meaning it will have an extended support of 3 years (until June 2017) for security and data-loss fixes (1.5 years for bug fixes), twice the time of other releases. This makes it an ideal, stable platform for long-term projects.</p>
      </h4>
          </div>
      <p class="card-text">
        </div>
Teachers can view overrides and students can view pass grades directly on the Quiz page.
       </li>
       </p>
     </ul>
     </div>
   </div>
   </div>


   <div class="row-fluid">
   <div class="card">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
     <div class="card-body">
      <li class="span6">
[[File:RetainedQuestionSettings.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
      <h4 class="card-title">
[[File:more-theme.jpg|600px]]
Preferred question settings retained
          <div class="caption">
       </h4>
            <h4>Easily customise and brand your Moodle site</h4>
       <p class="card-text">
            <p>'More' is a new responsive theme designed for users to easily customise the look and feel of their Moodle site from the front-end (admin interface), without the need for advanced technical knowledge. [https://docs.moodle.org/311/en/Standard_themes#Customising_the_.27More.27_theme/ Learn more]</p>
Changes from the default settings of a question type are retained for the next time a teacher creates a question.
          </div>
       </p>
        </div>
     </div>
       </li>
       <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:listreports.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Gain an insight into a Moodle site via events reporting</h4>
            <p>A new report listing all events and event details to help administrators, researchers and developers gather and analyse the events and available for use and related data found in Moodle site logs.</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:Logging.jpg|600px]]
    <div class="card-body">
          <div class="caption">
[[File:QuizMinMaxStudent.png|class=img-fluid]]
            <h4>Improved logging for better reporting</h4>
      <h4 class="card-title">
            <p>A new logging subsystem with plugins allowing detailed and external logs provides opportunities for custom reporting as well as advancements in better learning analytics and reporting standards.</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:Scheduled tasks.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Scheduled tasks management</h4>
            <p>With an improved scheduling system, tasks can be scheduled precisely, even on complex clustered servers. See [[Scheduled tasks]] for details.</p>
            </div>
        </div>
       </li>
     </ul>
   </div>
   </div>


=== For all users ===
  <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===
 
<div class="card-deck mt-3">


   <div class="row-fluid">
   <div class="card">
     <ul class="thumbnails">
     <div class="card-body">
      <li class="span6">
[[File:ManageBackPacks.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
      <h4 class="card-title">
[[File:Atto_27.jpg|600px]]
Better backpack management
          <div class="caption">
       </h4>
            <h4>Atto, a new, simple-to-use editor</h4>
       <p class="card-text">
            <p>Our new Moodle editor focuses on usability and accessibility. TinyMCE is still available, but Atto will be the best editor for most people. [[Text editor|Learn more]]</p>
Admins can set the order in which [[Backpacks|backpacks]] are listed for users.
          </div>
       </p>
        </div>
     </div>
       </li>
       <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:Clean27.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Modern appearance with improved responsiveness</h4>
            <p>Moodle now uses Bootstrap themes by default for improved responsive design and usability. Many small improvements have been made all through the interface. You can find more themes in the [https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=category&id=3 Moodle Plugins database].</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:BadgesAPI.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
      <h4 class="card-title">
[[File:MathJax.jpg|600px]]
Open Badges v 2.1 compliant
          <div class="caption">
       </h4>
            <h4>Mathematics improvements</h4>
       <p class="card-text">
            <p>Atto features a new mathematical equation editor, producing TeX with a WYSIWIYG interface without needing Java.  This means it works everywhere, even tablets and phones.  We've also added a new MathJax filter for displaying mathematical equations beautifully, without needing any special server setup. [[MathJax filter|Learn more]]</p>
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.
          </div>
       </p>
        </div>
     </div>
       </li>
       <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:emailogin.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Log in with your email address</h4>
            <p>A new admin setting allows users to log in not only with their normal username but also with their email address.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
       </li>
     </ul>
   </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>
  <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>
</div>


==See also==
===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 2.7
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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.

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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