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{{About Moodle}}
{{About Moodle}}
If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.1
If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.5
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==Navigation changes==
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*A new core theme, Boost, bring with it important navigation and course editing changes.
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*New courses using the Boost theme will no longer display blocks, in line with mobile app usage, although you may still add blocks if you need to.
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*A nav drawer on the left replaces the navigation block and may be opened and closed to free up space.
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[[File:DashboardOverview.jpg|600px]]
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            <h4>Display course images on the dashboard</h4>
            <p>Images added to the course settings will now display on the [[Course overview]] on the [[Dashboard]] while courses with no images will display attractive patterns.</p>
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[[File:BulkEditSelfEnrolled.jpg|600px]]
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            <h4>More efficient user management </h4>
            <p>You can now bulk edit and delete self-enrolled users from the Participants page.</p>
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[[File: QuestionTags.jpg|600px]]
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            <h4>Filter quiz questions by tags</h4>
            <p>Thanks to this [https://moodleassociation.org/ Moodle Users Association (MUA)] improved tag functionality allows you to filter questions in the [[Question bank]] and when [[Building Quiz#Adding a random question|adding random questions]].</p>
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[[File:recordrtc.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Directly record sound and video</h4>
            <p>New buttons in the Atto editor allow you to record directly into Moodle.</p>
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[[File:EssayUpload.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Upload files when grading quiz essay questions</h4>
            <p>New buttons in the Atto editor allow you to upload files when entering comments during quiz essay questions grading. </p>
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[[File:QuizQuestionRestriction1.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Specify file types for quiz essay questions</h4>
            <p>Let your students see which file types may  be uploaded in the Quiz [[Essay question type]]</p>
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[[File:AwardedBadgesBadges.jpg|600px]]
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            <h4>More badge criteria</h4>
            <p>Award badges based on previously earned badges See [[Badges]] for more information.</p>
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[[File:Bootstrap4.jpg|600px]]
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            <h4>New and improved icons</h4>
            <p>Bootstrap 4 stable brings new icons and a clearly defined 'Switch role to' link.</p>
       
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[[File:docsTeacherNavigation.png|thumb|center|600px|The nav drawer]]


==Course editing==
*In the new Boost theme, a gear menu is present at the top of the course page.
*Here you can turn on editing andlocate other important aspects of the course.
* A 'More' link leads to course administration settings.
[[File:docsTeacherCourseEditing.png|thumb|center|600px|Gear menu for course editing]]
*Existing activities and resources may be a gear menu within the activity.
[[File:Docs_ActivityEditing.png|thumb|center|600px|Activity editing]]
*Your favourite sound and video files will display more efficiently across browsers, with caption and subtitling options.
[[File:Docs_MediaPlayer.png|thumb|center|600px|Media file display]]
==Course management==
*Enrolments may be quickly handled by clicking the gear in the Participants link:
[[File:Docs_ParticipantsEnrolment.png|thumb|center|600px|Enrolment link in Participants screen]]
*It's now possible to set an end date for your course as well as a start date, ''although this does not affect students being able to access your course.''
[[File:Docs_CourseEndDate.png|thumb|center|600px|Course end date]]
*Rubrics may have negative scores, for example to penalise students who submit late.
[[File:DocsArbitraryScoring.png|thumb|center|600px|Rubric with negative score]]
==Activities==
===Forum: Discussion locking===
It's now possible to lock discussions after a specified time
[[File:Docs_DiscussionLocking.png|thumb|center|600px|A locked forum discussion]]
===Choice: Selection by teacher===
Teachers may now make selections on behalf of students.
[[File:Docs_TeacherSelect.png|thumb|center|600px|Teacher choice selection]]
===Workshop: Portfolio export===
A new capability ''workshop:exportsubmissions'', given to teachers and students by default, means workshop submissions and assessments may be exported to external portfolios such as Mahara.
[[File:Docs_ExportPortfolio.png|thumb|center|600px|Submission export.]]
===Assignment: Overrides===
Deadlines for assignments may now be overridden for individual students and groups (in the same way as for quizzes) with this new feature.
[[File:Docs_AssignmentOverride.png|thumb|center|600px|Assignment override.]]
===Lesson: Content page duplication===
When creating several similar content pages within a lesson, a duplicate icon allows for easily copying.
[[File:Docs_LessonPageDuplication.png|thumb|center|600px|Duplicate icon.]]


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Latest revision as of 15:55, 8 April 2019

If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.5


  • DashboardOverview.jpg

    Display course images on the dashboard

    Images added to the course settings will now display on the Course overview on the Dashboard while courses with no images will display attractive patterns.

  • BulkEditSelfEnrolled.jpg

    More efficient user management

    You can now bulk edit and delete self-enrolled users from the Participants page.

  • EssayUpload.png

    Upload files when grading quiz essay questions

    New buttons in the Atto editor allow you to upload files when entering comments during quiz essay questions grading.

  • QuizQuestionRestriction1.png

    Specify file types for quiz essay questions

    Let your students see which file types may be uploaded in the Quiz Essay question type

  • AwardedBadgesBadges.jpg

    More badge criteria

    Award badges based on previously earned badges See Badges for more information.

  • Bootstrap4.jpg

    New and improved icons

    Bootstrap 4 stable brings new icons and a clearly defined 'Switch role to' link.