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If you are a student on Moodle, here's a quick overview of the changes you can expect to see when your Moodle site is using Moodle 3.1:
If you are a student on Moodle, here's a quick overview of the changes you can expect to see when your Moodle site is using Moodle 3.6:
 
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==Assessing and grading==
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'''Learning plans:'''
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*If your organisation uses learning plans with Competency based education, you can view your learning plans from your profile or a Learning plans block on your dashboard.
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*You can also upload evidence of prior learning
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[[File:36docsnewcourseoverview.png|600px]]
[[File:NFLPlist.png|thumb|600px|center|Learning plans and Evidence]]
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            <h4>Improved course overview</h4>
'''Check progress and request reviews:'''
            <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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Click a learning plan to view the competencies, check their status, request a review or find other courses with those competencies.
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[[File:NFStudentLP.png|thumb|600px|center|Checking progress]]
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'''Receive annotated assignment submissions:'''
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''If enabled by the administrator'', you can upload docx or odt files as assignment submissions and they will be converted to pdf files with the teacher's annotations ready for you to download and view.
            <h4>Useful new dashboard blocks</h4>
 
<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>
[[File:NFConvertedFiles.png|thumb|600px|center|Assignment feedback annotated]]
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==Usability==
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'''Bulk download files'''
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If your teacher has added folders to your course, you can now download all the files inside them as a zipped folder for easy offline access.
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[[File:NFDownloadFolder.png|600px|center|thumb|Downloading all files in a folder]]
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'''Search the site:'''
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*If your admin has enabled it, a search box to the left of your user menu will allow you to search for specific resources and activities everywhere you have access to (1).
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*You can also add a [[Global search block]] to your Dashboard to search from there as well (2).
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            <h4>New messaging interface</h4>
[[File:NFStudentGS.png|thumb|600px|center|Ways to search the site]]
            <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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'''Find tagged activities:'''
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Activities and resources can now be tagged by the teacher, making it easy for you to find related useful content:
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[[File:NFTaggedActivities.png|thumb|600px|center|Tagged activities search results]]
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==Communication==
            <h4>Nextcloud integration</h4>
'''Send messages more efficiently:'''
            <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>
 
       
*You can now find the Message button directly next to the user's picture, making it much easier to get in touch.
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[[File:NFMessagebuttonExample.png|thumb|600px|center|Sending a message]]
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'''Link directly to forum posts'''
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A new permalink feature allows you easily to copy and share direct links to important forum posts.
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[[File:NFPermalink.png|thumb|600px|center|Permalinks]]
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            <h4>Clearer privacy links in your profile</h4>
            <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>Hide yourself in the online users block</h4>
            <p>Monitor courses without being seen by clicking the 'eye' against your name in the [[Online users block]].</p>
       
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[[Category:New features]]
[[Category:New features]]

Latest revision as of 08:01, 4 December 2018

If you are a student on Moodle, here's a quick overview of the changes you can expect to see when your Moodle site is using Moodle 3.6:

  • 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.

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