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Moodle 3.3 ...
Moodle 3.6 focuses on privacy, usability and communication
Read on for Moodle 3.3 highlights or watch the Moodle 3.3 highlights screencasts on our YouTube page.
Read on for Moodle 3.6 highlights, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdfalbX8DlMbr7xG6CPhzum Youtube playlist of 3.6 New features.]


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 3.6 release notes|Moodle 3.6 release notes]].
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             <h4>Better Office integration</h4>
             <h4>Improved course overview</h4>
             <p>Log in, easily access documents from Microsoft Office and the Google G-Suite and [[Linked Logins|link your accounts.]].</p>
             <p>Sort, star, hide and display courses more efficiently thanks to the welcome [[Course overview]] improvements on your [[Dashboard|dashboard]].</p>
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             <h4>Improved dashboard</h4>
             <h4>Useful new dashboard blocks</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>Keep up to date with the [[Timeline block]], the [[Starred courses block]], the [[Recently accessed courses block]] and the [[Recently accessed items block]], all available for the dashboard.</p>
       
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             <h4>Font Awesome</h4>
             <h4>New messaging interface</h4>
             <p>This popular, responsive set of icons is now available in core for the benefit of everyone.</p>
             <p>[[Messaging]] enhancements bring greater control over who can message you along with the ability to star messages and engage in group messaging.</p>
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             <h4>Emoji support</h4>
             <h4>Nextcloud integration</h4>
             <p>Brighen up communication with fun emoji characters anywhere that text can be entered</p>
             <p>If enabled by the administrator,a [[Nextcloud repository]] may be searched for uploading files to your courses, both as copies or access controlled links</p>
        
        
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             <h4>Set a 'Grade by' reminder</h4>
             <h4>Clearer privacy links in your profile</h4>
             <p> Set a reminder to alert you in the course overview </p>
             <p>Easily see how to contact the PO, request data or account deletion and view a data retention summary page from your [[User profiles |profile page]].</p>
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             <h4>Specify assignment file types</h4>
             <h4>Hide yourself in the online users block</h4>
             <p> Choose which file types students can upload to their assignments during the [[Assignment settings|assignment set up.]]</p>
             <p>Monitor courses without being seen by clicking the 'eye' against your name in the [[Online users block]].</p>
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             <h4>Collapse comments in assignments</h4>
             <h4>Message your groups</h4>
             <p>Collapse assignment feedback comments for greater readability. [[Assignment settings|Read more...]]</p>
             <p>Enable group [[Messaging|messaging]] when setting up groups and from the [[Messaging|new messaging interface]], start group conversations.</p>
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             <h4>Better activity completion management</h4>
             <h4>More information on your badges</h4>
             <p>Bulk edit and update [[Activity completion|activity completion settings]] in your courses.</p>
             <p>Support for Open Badges v2.0 spec allows you to add more details when [[Managing badges|awarding badges]].</p>
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<h4>Drag and drop media</h4>
            <h4>Record assignment feedback</h4>
             <p>Drag and drop media directly onto the course page.</p>
             <p>Media and other file uploads are now permitted when [[Assignment settings|grading assignments]], meaning teachers can record their feedback and/or include supporting images or other files. </p>
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             <h4>'Stealth' activities - available but not shown</h4>
             <h4>Quiz improvements</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>
             <p>The [[Drag and drop markers question type]] is easier to edit, and thanks to the [https://moodleassociation.org MUA], the [[Quiz statistics report]] has improved usability.</p>
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            <h4>Easily find duplicated items</h4>
            <p>As with courses, duplicated resources are now appended with 'copy' so you can easily distinguish between the original and copy. </p>
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             <h4>More tag areas</h4>
             <h4>Hide page last modifed dates</h4>
             <p>Glossary entries, forum posts and book chapters may now be tagged for easier searching.</p>
             <p>A new option in the [[Page]] resource allows you to choose to display or hide the date it was last updated..</p>
         
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             <h4> OAuth2 authentication</h4>
             <h4>Privacy enhancements</h4>
             <p> Allow users to authenticate with Google G-Suite or Microsft Office accounts and manage files from associated drives. [[OAuth 2 services|Read more...]]</p>
             <p>New settings include optional agreements, bulk handling of data requests, a data summary page and clearer profile privacy links.</p>
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             <h4> Document file converters</h4>
             <h4>Message access control</h4>
             <p>Add plugins for document file conversion, such as from Google Drive. [[Document converter|Read more...]]</p>
             <p>A new setting in Advanced features lets the admin decide whether or not to enable site wide messaging.</p>
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             <h4>Improved MySQL support</h4>
             <h4>Nextcloud integration</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>Nextcloud is now available as an OAuth2 service. Users may access a Nextcloud repository and share files as copies or with controlled access.</p>
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             <h4> New "Stealth" mode setting</h4>
             <h4>Context freezing</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 new work-in-progress feature accessed from Development/Experimental settings means categories, blocks, courses and content may be set to 'read-only'.</p>
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             <h4> Learning analytics plugin</h4>
             <h4>Paypal support Rupees</h4>
             <p>Be a part of Project inspire by installing the [https://github.com/moodlehq/moodle-local_anonymise anonymise local  plugin.]
             <p>Indian rupees may now be displayed as an option for [[PayPal enrolment]].</p>
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            <h4>Control audio/video recording</h4>
            <p>A new capability specifying who can use the audio and video recording buttons in the [[Atto editor]] allows you to control such recordings.</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 3.6]]
  [[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.3]]
  [[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.6]]

Latest revision as of 08:01, 4 December 2018

Moodle 3.6 focuses on privacy, usability and communication

Read on for Moodle 3.6 highlights, or watch our Youtube playlist of 3.6 New features.

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.6 release notes.


For all users

  • 36docsnewmessaginginterface.png

    New messaging interface

    Messaging enhancements bring greater control over who can message you along with the ability to star messages and engage in group messaging.

  • 36DocsNextcloudv2.png

    Nextcloud integration

    If enabled by the administrator,a Nextcloud repository may be searched for uploading files to your courses, both as copies or access controlled links

  • 36ProfileLinks.png

    Clearer privacy links in your profile

    Easily see how to contact the PO, request data or account deletion and view a data retention summary page from your profile page.

  • 36Onlineusers.png

    Hide yourself in the online users block

    Monitor courses without being seen by clicking the 'eye' against your name in the Online users block.

For teachers

  • 36docsenablinggroupmessaging.png

    Message your groups

    Enable group messaging when setting up groups and from the new messaging interface, start group conversations.

  • 36docsnewbadgecriteria.png

    More information on your badges

    Support for Open Badges v2.0 spec allows you to add more details when awarding badges.

  • docsDuplicatedFileNames.png

    Easily find duplicated items

    As with courses, duplicated resources are now appended with 'copy' so you can easily distinguish between the original and copy.

  • docsPageLastModified.png

    Hide page last modifed dates

    A new option in the Page resource allows you to choose to display or hide the date it was last updated..

For administrators

  • docsOptionalAgreement.png

    Privacy enhancements

    New settings include optional agreements, bulk handling of data requests, a data summary page and clearer profile privacy links.

  • docsSiteWideMessaging.png

    Message access control

    A new setting in Advanced features lets the admin decide whether or not to enable site wide messaging.

  • docsNextCloud.png

    Nextcloud integration

    Nextcloud is now available as an OAuth2 service. Users may access a Nextcloud repository and share files as copies or with controlled access.

  • docsContextFreezing.png

    Context freezing

    A new work-in-progress feature accessed from Development/Experimental settings means categories, blocks, courses and content may be set to 'read-only'.

  • docsPayPalRupees.png

    Paypal support Rupees

    Indian rupees may now be displayed as an option for PayPal enrolment.

  • recordAttocapability.png

    Control audio/video recording

    A new capability specifying who can use the audio and video recording buttons in the Atto editor allows you to control such recordings.

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