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If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.1
If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.2
 
==Navigation changes==
*A new core theme, Boost, bring with it important navigation and course editing changes.
*New courses using the Boost theme will no longer display blocks, in line with mobile app usage, although you may still add blocks if you need to.
*A nav drawer on the left replaces the navigation block and may be opened and closed to free up space.
 
[[File:docsTeacherNavigation.png|thumb|center|600px|The nav drawer]]


==Course editing==
==Course editing==
'''Inline title editing:'''
*In the new Boost theme, a gear menu is present at the top of the course page.
Section titles can now be changed directly from the course page:
*Here you can turn on editing andlocate other important aspects of the course.
* A 'More' link leads to course administration settings.


[[File:NFedittopicname.png|thumb|center|600px|Extra buttons]]
[[File:docsTeacherCourseEditing.png|thumb|center|600px|Gear menu for course editing]]


*Existing activities and resources may be a gear menu within the activity.
[[File:Docs_ActivityEditing.png|thumb|center|600px|Activity editing]]
*Your favourite sound and video files will display more efficiently across browsers, with caption and subtitling options.
[[File:Docs_MediaPlayer.png|thumb|center|600px|Media file display]]
==Course management==
==Course management==
'''Easily retrieve deleted content'''
*Enrolments may be quickly handled by clicking the gear in the Participants link:
A new [[Recycle bin]] available in the course administration block once an item has been deleted allows you to quickly restore that resource or activity.(It will also restore deleted courses for those with relevant permissions.)


[[File:NFRecycleBin.png|thumb|center|600px|Restore deleted content]]
[[File:Docs_ParticipantsEnrolment.png|thumb|center|600px|Enrolment link in Participants screen]]


'''Activity tagging:''' A new setting when adding activities and resources lets you tag them  so they may be searched for by others in ''Site pages > Tags''.
*It's now possible to set an end date for your course as well as a start date, ''although this does not affect students being able to access your course.''


[[File:31Placeholder.png|thumb|center|600px|Tagging an activity]]
[[File:Docs_CourseEndDate.png|thumb|center|600px|Course end date]]


'''Search everywhere:''' If enabled by your administrator, the [[Global search]] feature lets you search courses you have access to, from a box next to the user menu or from the [[Global Search block]]
*Rubrics may have negative scores, for example to penalise students who submit late.


[[File:NFGlobalSearch.png|thumb|center|600px|Restore deleted content]]
[[File:DocsArbitraryScoring.png|thumb|center|600px|Rubric with negative score]]


==Activities==
==Activities==


===Database activity===
===Forum: Discussion locking===
 
Unapproved entries in newly created databases are now highlighted for both teacher and the user who added them, and it is also possible to prevent editing of entries once they have been approved.


[[File:databaseunapproved.png|thumb|center|600px|Unapproved entries highlighted]]
It's now possible to lock discussions after a specified time


===Quiz===
[[File:Docs_DiscussionLocking.png|thumb|center|600px|A locked forum discussion]]
'''Four new question types:'''


Four new question types are available for the quiz, focusing on selecting and locating items. Three of the four question types use drag and drop.
===Choice: Selection by teacher===
Teachers may now make selections on behalf of students.


<div class="row-fluid">
[[File:Docs_TeacherSelect.png|thumb|center|600px|Teacher choice selection]]
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:TEMPSMW.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
         
            <p>The [[Select missing words question type]] requires students to choose words or phrases from dropdown menus</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:TempDDText.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
           
            <p> The [[Drag and drop into text question type]] is similar in design, but students drag their chosen words into a box.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:TempDDImage.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
           
            <p>The [[Drag and drop onto image question type]] requires students to drag either text or small images onto a background picture uploaded by the teacher.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:TempDDM1.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
         
          <p> The [[Drag and drop markers question type]] requires students to  drag text markers to a location predefined by the teacher on a background image.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===Workshop: Portfolio export===
A new capability ''workshop:exportsubmissions'', given to teachers and students by default, means workshop submissions and assessments may be exported to external portfolios such as Mahara.


[[File:Docs_ExportPortfolio.png|thumb|center|600px|Submission export.]]


'''MCS, MCVS, MCHS Cloze subquestion types'''
===Assignment: Overrides===
The [[Embedded Answers (Cloze) question type]] now includes the possibility of using these subquestion types.
Deadlines for assignments may now be overridden for individual students and groups (in the same way as for quizzes) with this new feature.


===File resource===
[[File:Docs_AssignmentOverride.png|thumb|center|600px|Assignment override.]]
You can now include the date a file was uploaded or modified when displaying it:


[[File:TempUploaded.png|thumb|600px|center|Show uploaded date]]
===Lesson: Content page duplication===
===Wiki===
When creating several similar content pages within a lesson, a duplicate icon allows for easily copying.
Pages can be deleted when the course is reset.


===Workshop===
[[File:Docs_LessonPageDuplication.png|thumb|center|600px|Duplicate icon.]]
You can now filter participants in the submission phase to easily see who has submitted and who has not:
[[File:WorkshopAllParticipants.png|thumb|center|600px|Show all participants in a workshop activity.]]


[[Category:New features]]
[[Category:New features]]


[[es:Nuevo para profesores]]
[[es:32/Nuevo para profesores]]
[[de:Neu für Trainer/innen]]
[[de:Neu für Trainer/innen]]

Latest revision as of 02:03, 14 January 2018

If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.2

Navigation changes

  • A new core theme, Boost, bring with it important navigation and course editing changes.
  • New courses using the Boost theme will no longer display blocks, in line with mobile app usage, although you may still add blocks if you need to.
  • A nav drawer on the left replaces the navigation block and may be opened and closed to free up space.
The nav drawer

Course editing

  • In the new Boost theme, a gear menu is present at the top of the course page.
  • Here you can turn on editing andlocate other important aspects of the course.
  • A 'More' link leads to course administration settings.
Gear menu for course editing
  • Existing activities and resources may be a gear menu within the activity.
Activity editing
  • Your favourite sound and video files will display more efficiently across browsers, with caption and subtitling options.
Media file display

Course management

  • Enrolments may be quickly handled by clicking the gear in the Participants link:
Enrolment link in Participants screen
  • It's now possible to set an end date for your course as well as a start date, although this does not affect students being able to access your course.
Course end date
  • Rubrics may have negative scores, for example to penalise students who submit late.
Rubric with negative score

Activities

Forum: Discussion locking

It's now possible to lock discussions after a specified time

A locked forum discussion

Choice: Selection by teacher

Teachers may now make selections on behalf of students.

Teacher choice selection

Workshop: Portfolio export

A new capability workshop:exportsubmissions, given to teachers and students by default, means workshop submissions and assessments may be exported to external portfolios such as Mahara.

Submission export.

Assignment: Overrides

Deadlines for assignments may now be overridden for individual students and groups (in the same way as for quizzes) with this new feature.

Assignment override.

Lesson: Content page duplication

When creating several similar content pages within a lesson, a duplicate icon allows for easily copying.

Duplicate icon.
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