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             <p>Create [[Competency frameworks|competency frameworks]] for use throughout the site. (A plugin will also allow you to import from external sources.)</p>
             <p>A new, customisable core theme with a fresh look enhances navigation and usability. and </p>
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             <p>Create [[Learning plans|learning plan templates]] and apply them to individuals or whole cohorts.</p>
             <p>Competency frameworks may now be imported, exported and easily shared between sites.</p>
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             <h4>User tours</h4>
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             <p>Let your your staff and students search the site by enabling [[Global search]] and installing Solr.</p>
             <p>This new feature lets you take your users step-by-step around Moodle. </p>
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             <h4>New media player plugins</h4>
             <p>Teachers can annotate directly on uploaded submissions of different file types, not just PDF if unoconv 07 is installed. [[Assignment settings|Find out more]] </p>
             <p>Video and audio are more accessible, usable and customisable with two new players and increased pluggable support. </p>
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             <p>If you’ve enabled a [[File system repository]] on your server for FTP uploading, your teachers can now search the folders in that repository.</p>
             <p>Cartridges, Content items and compliance with LTI2 providers make sharing content so much easier.</p>
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===For all users===
===For all users===

Revision as of 12:43, 13 November 2016

Moodle 3.2 focuses on improving the user experience and on accessibility. A new theme with better navigation, improved messaging, step-by-step user tours and the ability to import competency frameworks complement significant activity enhancements such as discussion locking, extra media player options and LTI 2 compliance.

Read on for Moodle 3.2 highlights or watch the Moodle 3.2 highlights screencasts on our Youtube page.

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.2 release notes.

For teachers

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    Better navigation with Boost

    A new responsive themeBoost improves navigation within and between courses.

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    Media player enhancements

    Your favourite video types display across devices and browsers with subtitle and caption support.

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    Discussion locking

    Easily close forum discussions after a certain period. Read more..

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    Interactive report charts

    Interactive and responsive charts now show reports dynamically to course participants.

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    Assignment overrides

    Easily change assignment deadlines for individuals or groups. Read more...

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    Workshop portfolio export

    Workshop submissions and assessments may be exported to an external portfolio by students and teachers. See Workshop settings

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    Lesson page duplication

    Quickly copy a lesson page to use as a template in your lesson activity.

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    Course end dates

    You can now set an end date as well as a start date for your course.

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    Rubrics calculation improvements

    Arbitrary scoring is now possible when grading with a rubric.

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    Easily share course content

    LTI compliance and a new Content item feature make sharing across sites and courses more user-friendly.

For administrators

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    New customisable Boost theme

    A new, customisable core theme with a fresh look enhances navigation and usability. and

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    Competency framework sharing

    Competency frameworks may now be imported, exported and easily shared between sites.

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    User tours

    This new feature lets you take your users step-by-step around Moodle.

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    New media player plugins

    Video and audio are more accessible, usable and customisable with two new players and increased pluggable support.

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    LTI2 Compliance

    Cartridges, Content items and compliance with LTI2 providers make sharing content so much easier.

For all users

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    Improved messaging

    When a Folder resource contains many files, students can download them all in a zipped file.

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    Mobile app out of the box

    Search all courses you have access to and quickly find that important resource using the Global search.