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Moodle 3.1 comes packed with user-requested features such as full support for Competency Based Education, smoother assignment grading, easy retrieval of deleted files (thanks to the Moodle Users Association), improved tagging and course editing, greater usability for students and enhancements to several activities such as forum, workshop and lesson.
Following on from Moodle 3.2’s focus on improving accessibility and users’ experience, Moodle 3.3 continues to enhance these objectives through a number of new features and improvements.  
Read on for Moodle 3.1 highlights or watch the  Moodle 3.1 highlights screencasts on our YouTube page. (coming soon)
Read on for Moodle 3.3 highlights or watch the [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDcKOIakLZwAhsoKSZXz9Cz9 Moodle 3.3 highlights screencasts] on our YouTube page.


Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.1 release notes|Moodle 31 release notes]].
Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.3 release notes|Moodle 3.3 release notes]].
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===For all users===
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             <h4>Competencies</h4>
             <h4>Better Office integration</h4>
             <p> [[Competency based education]] is now fully supported in Moodle 3.1</p>
             <p>Log in, easily access documents from Microsoft Office and the Google G-Suite and [[Linked Logins|link your accounts.]].</p>
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             <h4>Assignment grading</h4>
             <h4>Improved dashboard</h4>
             <p> Grading [[Assignment]] submissions has got smoother with all elements on one screen and the ability to annotate over student submissions of different file types..</p>
             <p>Thanks to this [https://moodleassociation.org/ Moodle Users Association (MUA)] project, you can now check course progress, upcoming activities and gradeable activities from the new [[Course overview|Course overview block]].</p>
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             <h4>Download selected assignments</h4>
             <h4>Font Awesome</h4>
             <p>Select which assignments you want to download for offline viewing from a new option in the menu</p>
             <p>This popular, responsive set of icons is now available in core for the benefit of everyone.</p>
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             <h4>Easily restore deleted content</h4>
             <h4>Emoji support</h4>
             <p>The new [[Recycle bin]], funded by the MUA, means you no longer need worry about losing accidentally deleted course items or courses, as it's now possible easily to restore them.</p>
             <p>Brighen up communication with fun emoji characters anywhere that text can be entered</p>
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<h4>Pinned forum discussions</h4>
            <h4>Set a 'Grade by' reminder</h4>
             <p>Important forum posts can now be pinned to the top of your list, making them more visible to your students. [[Using Forum|Read more...]]</p>
             <p> Set a reminder to alert you in the course overview </p>
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             <h4>Easily link to forum posts</h4>
             <h4>Specify assignment file types</h4>
             <p> The new permalink feature makes it easy to share useful forum posts. See [[Using Forum]].</p>
             <p> Choose which file types students can upload to their assignments during the [[Assignment settings|assignment set up.]]</p>
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             <h4>Share activities between sites</h4>
             <h4>Collapse comments in assignments</h4>
             <p>The [[External tool]] activity now allows you to share course activities and related grading between two Moodle sites.</p>
             <p>Collapse assignment feedback comments for greater readability. [[Assignment settings|Read more...]]</p>
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             <h4>Tag course activities</h4>
             <h4>Better activity completion management</h4>
             <p>Course activities and resources may now be tagged, making it simpler to find related content. </p>
             <p>Bulk edit and update [[Activity completion settings|activity completion settings]] in your courses.</p>
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            <h4> Easier section editing</h4>
<h4>Drag and drop media</h4>
             <p>Change section titles without leaving the page, speeding up your course creation. [[Course homepage|Read more...]]</p>
             <p>Drag and drop media directly onto the course page.</p>
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             <h4>Search metalinked courses</h4>
             <h4>'Stealth' activities - available but not shown</h4>
             <p>Search for meta linked courses and add them together in one step. See [[Course meta link]] </p>
             <p>An improvement on  'orphaned sections', links may now be made to activities which are not shown on the course page. See [[Stealth activities]].</p>
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            <h4>Workshop enhancements</h4>
            <p>When setting up a workshop, you can now specify the types of file you want students to submit or not. Students may also now deleted their own submissions. See [[Workshop settings]] </p>
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             <h4>Another feature</h4>
             <h4>More tag areas</h4>
             <p> Another feature </p>
             <p>Glossary entries, forum posts and book chapters may now be tagged for easier searching.</p>
         
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             <h4>Competency frameworks</h4>
             <h4> OAuth2 authentication</h4>
             <p>Create competency frameworks for use throughout the site. (A plugin will also allow you to import from external sources.)</p>
             <p> Allow users to authenticate with Google G-Suite or Microsoft Office accounts and manage files from associated drives. [[OAuth 2 services|Read more...]]</p>
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             <h4>Learning plan templates </h4>
             <h4> Document file converters</h4>
             <p>Create learning plan templates and apply them to individuals or whole cohorts.</p>
             <p>Add plugins for document file conversion, such as from Google Drive. [[Document converters|Read more...]]</p>
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             <h4>Global search</h4>
             <h4>Improved MySQL support</h4>
             <p>Let your your staff and students search the site by enabling [[Global search]] and installing Solr.</p>
             <p>[[MySQL full unicode support|Improved support of multibyte unicode characters on MySQL databases]] means languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean work more naturally -and emoji characters are supported throughout the site .</p>
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             <h4>Assignment file conversion</h4>
             <h4> New "Stealth" mode setting</h4>
             <p>Teachers can annotate directly on uploaded submissions of different file types, not just PDF if unoconv 07 is installed [[Upgrade key|Find our more...]]</p>
             <p> A new admin setting extends the functionality to link to activities without showing them on the course page. See [[Stealth activities]].</p>
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             <h4>Search the file system repository</h4>
             <h4> Learning analytics plugin</h4>
             <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>Be a part of Project inspire by installing the [https://moodle.org/plugins/tool_inspire Inspire plugin.]
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            <h4>Lesson default settings </h4>
            <p>Make setting up a [[Lesson settings |Lesson]] simpler for teachers by reviewing the default and advanced settings.</p>
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            <h4>Bulk download files in  a zipped folder</h4>
            <p>When a [[Folder resource]] contains many files, students can download them all in a zipped file.</p>
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            <h4>Search everywhere!</h4>
            <p>Search all courses you have access to and quickly find that important resource.Read more [[Global search]] </p>
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            <h4>Message others more efficiently</h4>
            <p>The Message button is now next to the user's picture, making it much easier to send important messages. [[Messaging settings|Find out more...]]</p>
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            <h4>Another feature!</h4>
            <p>Another feature information </p>
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[[Category:New features]]
[[Category:New features]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.3]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.3]]

Latest revision as of 16:30, 16 May 2017

Following on from Moodle 3.2’s focus on improving accessibility and users’ experience, Moodle 3.3 continues to enhance these objectives through a number of new features and improvements.

Read on for Moodle 3.3 highlights or watch the Moodle 3.3 highlights screencasts on our YouTube page.

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.3 release notes.


For all users

  • 33FontAwesome.png

    Font Awesome

    This popular, responsive set of icons is now available in core for the benefit of everyone.

  • 33emojis2.png

    Emoji support

    Brighen up communication with fun emoji characters anywhere that text can be entered

For teachers

  • 33GradeReminder2.png

    Set a 'Grade by' reminder

    Set a reminder to alert you in the course overview

  • 33TeacherAssignmentRestrictions.png

    Specify assignment file types

    Choose which file types students can upload to their assignments during the assignment set up.

  • 33CollapsibleComments.png

    Collapse comments in assignments

    Collapse assignment feedback comments for greater readability. Read more...

  • 33BulkEditActivityCompletion.png

    Better activity completion management

    Bulk edit and update activity completion settings in your courses.

  • 33DragDropMedia.png

    Drag and drop media

    Drag and drop media directly onto the course page.

  • 33StealthActivities.png

    'Stealth' activities - available but not shown

    An improvement on 'orphaned sections', links may now be made to activities which are not shown on the course page. See Stealth activities.

  • 33Tagging.png

    More tag areas

    Glossary entries, forum posts and book chapters may now be tagged for easier searching.

For administrators

  • 33OAuth2.png

    OAuth2 authentication

    Allow users to authenticate with Google G-Suite or Microsoft Office accounts and manage files from associated drives. Read more...

  • 33DocumentConverter.png

    Document file converters

    Add plugins for document file conversion, such as from Google Drive. Read more...

  • ProjectInspire Infographic1 Feb14-2017.png

    Learning analytics plugin

    Be a part of Project inspire by installing the Inspire plugin.

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