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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.
Moodle 3.4 focuses on improving usability of existing features.
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 3.4 highlights or watch the [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdleYBLeesoCwVecPTolQtJ Moodle 3.4 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 3.1 release notes]].
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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             <h4>Competencies</h4>
             <h4>Better calendar management</h4>
             <p> [[Competencies|Competency based education]] is now fully supported in Moodle 3.1</p>
             <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>
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             <h4>Assignment grading</h4>
             <h4>Drag and drop calendar events</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>This MUA-funded improvement allows you to easily [[Calendar|change events in the calendar]] by dragging and dropping them to new dates.</p>
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             <h4>Download selected assignments</h4>
             <h4>Private files storage display</h4>
             <p>Select which assignments you want to download for offline viewing from a new option in the menu</p>
             <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>
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             <h4>Easily restore deleted content</h4>
             <h4>Improved Global search</h4>
             <p>The new [[Recycle bin]], funded by the [https://moodleassociation.org/ Moodle Users Association], 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>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>
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<h4>Pinned forum discussions</h4>
            <h4>Easier activity navigation</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>'Previous' and 'Next' links, along with a jump-to menu make navigating around courses easier and more intuitive.</p>
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             <h4>Workshop enhancements</h4>
             <h4>Moodle from your Mobile!</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>
             <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>Share activities on your site</h4>
             <h4>More efficient user management</h4>
             <p>The [[Publish as LTI tool]] allows remote users to access selected courses and activities on your site. Grades are sent back to the remote system.</p>
             <p>Teachers can now enrol, search, filter and bulk edit or delete learners from a new single [[Participants|Participants and Enrolments screen]].</p>
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             <h4>Tag course activities</h4>
             <h4>Mark activities as complete</h4>
             <p>Course activities and resources may now be tagged, making it simpler to find related content. </p>
             <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>
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             <h4> Easier section editing</h4>
             <h4>Helpful file type selector</h4>
             <p>Change section titles without leaving the page, speeding up your course creation. [[Course homepage|Read more...]]</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>Search metalinked courses</h4>
             <h4>Tag database entries</h4>
             <p>Search for meta linked courses and add them together in one step. See [[Course meta link]] </p>
             <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>Competency frameworks</h4>
             <h4>Inspire Analytics in core</h4>
             <p>Create competency frameworks for use throughout the site. (A plugin will also allow you to import from external sources.)</p>
             <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>Learning plan templates </h4>
             <h4> New filters for user tours</h4>
             <p>Create learning plan templates and apply them to individuals or whole cohorts.</p>
             <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>Global search</h4>
             <h4>HTTPS conversion</h4>
             <p>Let your your staff and students search the site by enabling [[Global search]] and installing Solr.</p>
             <p>For sites converting to HTTPS, the [[HTTPS conversion tool]] converts your embedded HTTP content to HTTPS.</p>
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             <h4>Assignment file conversion</h4>
             <h4>OAuth2 services trusted email</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>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>Search the file system repository</h4>
             <h4>Manage all Tokens</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>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>Lesson default settings </h4>
             <h4>Site registration</h4>
             <p>Make setting up a [[Lesson settings |Lesson]] simpler for teachers by reviewing the default and advanced settings.</p>
             <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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            <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>Easily link to forum posts</h4>
            <p>The new permalink feature makes it easy to share useful forum posts. See [[Using Forum]].</p>
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[[Category:New features]]
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  [[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.1]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
  [[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.4]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.4]]

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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