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Moodle 2.9 brings together features and enhancements developed by our core team and community contributors. These include: streamlined navigation, useful improvements to activities such as Lesson and Quiz, along with  new admin settings which  refine the course management process.
Moodle 3.4 focuses on improving usability of existing features.
Read on for Moodle 3.4 highlights or watch the [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdleYBLeesoCwVecPTolQtJ Moodle 3.4 highlights screencasts on our YouTube page].


Read on for Moodle 2.9 highlights, or watch the screencasts on the official [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMXvtFPmd0o&list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdJmqW4tD5qXJ6pPXWTP7GL Moodle HQ YouTube page]
Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.4 release notes|Moodle 3.4 release notes]].
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Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 2.9 release notes|Moodle 2.9 release notes]].
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             <h4>Better calendar management</h4>
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             <p>Thanks to this [https://moodleassociation.org/ Moodle Users Association (MUA)] project, you can easily manage [[Calendar|calendar events]] - including new category events- in a handy popup window..</p>
             <h4>My home is now Dashboard</h4>
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             <p>My home has been renamed to Dashboard, while retaining its full functionality as before. Learn more about the [[Dashboard|Dashboard here]]. Where courses have assignments, these are only now displayed when they need attention from the teacher (grading) or the student (submitting/resubmitting). For more details, see [[Course overview block]].</p>
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             <h4>Drag and drop calendar events</h4>
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             <p>This MUA-funded improvement allows you to easily [[Calendar|change events in the calendar]] by dragging and dropping them to new dates.</p>
            <h4>New Grades page</h4>
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            <p>The user menu now  includes a new Grades page which display grades from all courses users are students in, with links to the relevant user reports. Courses users are teaching in are also displayed, with links to the relevant course gradebook. [[Overview report|Find out more...]] </p>
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            <h4>New Profile page</h4>
            <p>Accessed from the user menu, the new Profile page provides quick links to blog entries, forum post, badges and, depending on the user’s privileges,  a variety of reports including a new browser sessions page.The page replaces the settings formerly in the Administration block.</p>
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            <h4>Browser sessions page</h4>
            <p>A new page displays your current browser sessions allowing you to check if you forgot to log off on a different computer (and log off now)  and reassure yourself nobody is using your account.  [[Browser sessions| Read more...]].</p>
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             <h4>New Preferences page</h4>
            <p>AlI your preferences can easily be reviewed and altered from one page, accessed from the user menu. Easily change your choice of editor, update your forum notifications, change your password and more. Read about the [[Preferences|Preferences page...]] </p>
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            <h4>Improved messaging</h4>
             <p>A pop up box will appear when messaging users, meaning you can send messages without being sent away from the page you are currently viewing. [[Messaging|Read  more...]]</p>
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            <h4>Drag and drop into Atto</h4>
            <p>It's now possible to drag and drop images directly into the Atto editor, for example when editing a course summary or when posting in a forum. Find out about the [[Text editor|Atto editor here.]]</p>
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            <h4>Search Server files</h4>
            <p>Users with permissions to access Server files can now use a search facility, allowing for easy location of files in other courses they have access to. Read more about [[Server files]]</p>
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             <p>When uploading files to your [[Private files]], you now see how much space you have used, helping you to better manage your storage limit.</p>
             <h4>Lesson</h4>
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             <p> Along with enhancements such as group support, user and group overrides better logging and  improved essay grading interface, the Lesson activity now boasts a new completion condition “Require time spent”. Read about [[Activity completion settings|Activity completion here]] and learn more about the [[Lesson| Lesson here.]]</p>
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             <h4>Improved Global search</h4>
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             <p>If [[Global search]] is enabled, it's now possible to search blocks and courses you are not enrolled in (but are allowed to view.)</p>
             <h4> Quiz</h4>
       
             <p> Quizzes can now have section headings and questions can be shuffled  on different pages. It is now possible to require that a particular question be answered before a subsequent one may be accessed, and quizzes along with responses and feedback will now display attractively when printed from the browser. Read more about [[Building Quiz|building quizzes here.]]</p>
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             <h4>Message all groups in a forum</h4>
             <h4>Easier activity navigation</h4>
             <p> If your forum has groups, you only need post once to all of them and Moodle will ensure members of each group can see and reply to the post. Read more about [[Using Forum|using forums in your teaching here...]]</p>
             <p>'Previous' and 'Next' links, along with a jump-to menu make navigating around courses easier and more intuitive.</p>
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             <h4> Extra options for Database and Glossary</h4>
             <h4>Moodle from your Mobile!</h4>
             <p> Along with displaying user pictures in the database, you can set certain fields as 'required', and when importing glossary entries now, embedded images and attached files will also be included. See [[Database]] and [[Glossary]] for more..</p>
             <p>Links in the footer and user profiles now encourage you to download and use the [[Moodle Mobile app]].</p>
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            <h4>Activity results</h4>
            <p> As well as displaying quiz results in competitive league table style, the scores from  any graded or rated activity in your course can now be publicised. Find out more about the [[Activity results block]].</p>
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            <h4> Grade to pass</h4>
            <p> If you are using graded activities it is now possible to set a passing grade during the activity set up process instead of having to edit the gradebook directly.</p>
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             <h4>More efficient user management</h4>
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             <p>Teachers can now enrol, search, filter and bulk edit or delete learners from a new single [[Participants|Participants and Enrolments screen]].</p>
             <h4>Delete course sections</h4>
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             <p>A new option in each course section allows you to completely remove that section and its content, regardless of where the section is located on your course page. Read more about the [[Course homepage]]...</p>
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             <p>A new capability '[[Capabilities/moodle/course:overridecompletion |Override activity completion status]]' means teachers can manually mark as complete (or incomplete) activities on behalf of learners.</p>
             <h4> Faster addition of cohorts and metalinked courses</h4>
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             <p> If you need to enrol a number of cohorts or multiple courses with the course metalink method, you can do this much more quickly now with a new "Add method and create another" button, meaning you can repeat the process without having to return to the enrolment screen and start again. Learn more about [[Cohort sync]] and [[Course meta link]].</p>
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             <h4>Keyholder</h4>
             <h4>Helpful file type selector</h4>
             <p> A new capability [[Capabilities/enrol/self:holdkey|enrol/self:holdkey]] will make it easy for certain members of your organisation -not necessarily teachers- to be the keyholder to self-enrolled courses. Read about the [[Keyholder|Keyholder role...]] </p>
             <p>When specifying required file types in workshops and assignments, and when uploading media files, a list of suggested file types makes the selection easier.</p>
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             <h4>Tag database entries</h4>
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             <p>Following the glossary, forum post and book chapter tagging in our last release, you can now allow learners to tag database entries.</p>
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             <h4>New template library for renderers</h4>
             <p>A new element library will make it easier to create and style the user interface, give Moodle a more consisent look and feel and improve site performance. [[dev:Render_library_specification|Learn more]] </p>
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            <h4>Add custom file types</h4>
            <p>A new admin tool lists all existing file types and allows you to add new ones specific to programs your organisation might be using. This will make the display of such file types clearer and downloading them less confusing. [[File types|Read more.]]</p>
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            <p>Formerly a plugin, [[Analytics]] is now available in core, providing detailed descriptive and prescriptive reports to support learners at risk. Feedback welcome.</p>
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            <h4> New filters for user tours</h4>
            <p>[[User tours]] may now be filtered by category, course and course format, making tours target more specific areas of your site.</p>
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            <h4>HTTPS conversion</h4>
            <p>For sites converting to HTTPS, the [[HTTPS conversion tool]] converts your embedded HTTP content to HTTPS.</p>
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            <h4>OAuth2 services trusted email</h4>
            <p>A useful checkbox gives the option of accepting [[OAuth 2 authentication|OAuth2 signups]] without a confirmation email, useful if your organisation uses Google for its domain.</p>
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            <h4>Manage all Tokens</h4>
            <p>Along with a new capability, ''Manage all tokens'', a new admin screen displays user tokens with information and the option to delete them.</p>
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            <h4>Site registration</h4>
            <p>A clearer site registration page encourages you to register your site, use the mobile app and receive useful updates. Registered sites can share courses via Moodle.net only.</p>
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* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.9
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Latest revision as of 16:03, 15 November 2017

Moodle 3.4 focuses on improving usability of existing features.

Read on for Moodle 3.4 highlights or watch the Moodle 3.4 highlights screencasts on our YouTube page.

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.4 release notes.


For all users

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    Private files storage display

    When uploading files to your Private files, you now see how much space you have used, helping you to better manage your storage limit.

  • Docs GlobalSearch.png

    Improved Global search

    If Global search is enabled, it's now possible to search blocks and courses you are not enrolled in (but are allowed to view.)

  • Docs ActivityNavigationLinks.png

    Easier activity navigation

    'Previous' and 'Next' links, along with a jump-to menu make navigating around courses easier and more intuitive.

  • DocsMobileLinks.png

    Moodle from your Mobile!

    Links in the footer and user profiles now encourage you to download and use the Moodle Mobile app.

For teachers

  • Docs FileTypeSelector.png

    Helpful file type selector

    When specifying required file types in workshops and assignments, and when uploading media files, a list of suggested file types makes the selection easier.

  • Docs DatabaseTagging.png

    Tag database entries

    Following the glossary, forum post and book chapter tagging in our last release, you can now allow learners to tag database entries.

For administrators

  • Docs Analytics.png

    Inspire Analytics in core

    Formerly a plugin, Analytics is now available in core, providing detailed descriptive and prescriptive reports to support learners at risk. Feedback welcome.

  • Docs UserTourFilters.png

    New filters for user tours

    User tours may now be filtered by category, course and course format, making tours target more specific areas of your site.

  • Docs HTTPS ConversionTool.png

    HTTPS conversion

    For sites converting to HTTPS, the HTTPS conversion tool converts your embedded HTTP content to HTTPS.

  • Docs TrustOAuthEmail.png

    OAuth2 services trusted email

    A useful checkbox gives the option of accepting OAuth2 signups without a confirmation email, useful if your organisation uses Google for its domain.

  • DocsManageTokens.png

    Manage all Tokens

    Along with a new capability, Manage all tokens, a new admin screen displays user tokens with information and the option to delete them.

  • DocsSiteReg.png

    Site registration

    A clearer site registration page encourages you to register your site, use the mobile app and receive useful updates. Registered sites can share courses via Moodle.net only.

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