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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.  
Moodle 3.4 focuses on improving usability of existing features.
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.
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 3.3 release notes|Moodle 3.3 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>Better Office integration</h4>
             <h4>Better calendar management</h4>
             <p>Log in, easily access documents from Microsoft Office and the Google G-Suite and [[Linked Logins|link your accounts.]].</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>Improved dashboard</h4>
             <h4>Drag and drop calendar events</h4>
             <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>
             <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>Font Awesome</h4>
             <h4>Private files storage display</h4>
             <p>This popular, responsive set of icons is now available in core for the benefit of everyone.</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>Emoji support</h4>
             <h4>Improved Global search</h4>
             <p>Brighen up communication with fun emoji characters anywhere that text can be entered</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>Set a 'Grade by' reminder</h4>
             <h4>Easier activity navigation</h4>
             <p> Set a reminder to alert you in the course overview </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>Specify assignment file types</h4>
             <h4>Moodle from your Mobile!</h4>
             <p> Choose which file types students can upload to their assignments during the [[Assignment settings|assignment set up.]]</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>Collapse comments in assignments</h4>
             <h4>More efficient user management</h4>
             <p>Collapse assignment feedback comments for greater readability. [[Assignment settings|Read more...]]</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>Better activity completion management</h4>
             <h4>Mark activities as complete</h4>
             <p>Bulk edit and update [[Activity completion|activity completion settings]] in your courses.</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>Drag and drop media</h4>
            <h4>Helpful file type selector</h4>
             <p>Drag and drop media directly onto the course page.</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>'Stealth' activities - available but not shown</h4>
            <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>More tag areas</h4>
             <h4>Tag database entries</h4>
             <p>Glossary entries, forum posts and book chapters may now be tagged for easier searching.</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> OAuth2 authentication</h4>
             <h4>Inspire Analytics in core</h4>
             <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>
             <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> Document file converters</h4>
             <h4> New filters for user tours</h4>
             <p>Add plugins for document file conversion, such as from Google Drive. [[Document converters|Read more...]]</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>Improved MySQL support</h4>
             <h4>HTTPS conversion</h4>
             <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>
             <p>For sites converting to HTTPS, the [[HTTPS conversion tool]] converts your embedded HTTP content to HTTPS.</p>
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             <h4> New "Stealth" mode setting</h4>
             <h4>OAuth2 services trusted email</h4>
             <p> A new admin setting extends the functionality to link to activities without showing them on the course page. See [[Stealth activities]].</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> Learning analytics plugin</h4>
             <h4>Manage all Tokens</h4>
             <p>Be a part of Project inspire by installing the [https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-local_anonymise anonymise local  plugin.]
             <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]]


  [[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
  [[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
  [[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.3]]
  [[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.4]]
  [[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.3]]
  [[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

  • Docs PrivateFilesSpace.png

    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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