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{{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 3.7


==Navigation changes==
__NOTOC__
*A new core theme, Boost, bring with it important navigation and course editing changes.
<div class="row-fluid">
*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:DocsTeacherDeletemessages.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Messaging: Delete conversations in groups</h4>
            <p>Teachers may be given a capability to delete messages from users in group conversations.</p>
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[[File:DocsForumPrivateReply.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Forums: More control</h4>
            <p>Teachers or others with permission can add a private reply in a forum and can manually lock discussions. See [[Using Forum]]</p>
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[[File:DocsBadgesCompetenciesCriterion.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Badges: Competencies as a criterion</h4>
            <p>Badges may now be awarded based on competencies, (and competencies may be graded when grading activities) </p>
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[[File:DocsCourseCustomFields_IndexView.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Course custom fields</h4>
            <p>If enabled by admin, custom fields in the course settings may be added to provide extra information and improve searching.</p>
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[[File:DocsTeacherHiddenBookPage.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Book: View hidden chapters</h4>
            <p>Teachers can view hidden chapters in a book with the editing turned off . </p>
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[[File:DocsAssignmentPDFRotate.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs</h4>
            <p>New icons allow you to change the orientation of submitted assignments for easier grading</p>
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[[File:DocsTeacherFilterCompetenciesbyActivity.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Competencies: Filter by activity</h4>
            <p>When rating competencies, filter them by their linked activity or resource.</p>
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[[File:DocsLessonGradingEssay.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Lesson: Include media when grading essays</h4>
            <p>The Lesson activity now allows for teachers and students to include media in Essay type questions.</p>
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[[File:Docs_TeacherNavigation.png|center|600px|Nav drawer in Boost]]
==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.
==Assignment grading==
Grade assignments more efficiently with everything on one screen and the ability (if enabled by admin) to annotate any uploaded file type.
[[File:NFAssignmentGrading2.png|thumb|center|600px|The new assignment grading screen]]
==Course editing==
Section titles can now be changed directly from the course page:
[[File:NFedittopicname.png|thumb|center|600px|Edit titles inline]]
==Course management==
'''Easily retrieve deleted content'''
A new [[Recycle bin]] available in the course administration block once an item has been deleted allows you to quickly restore that resource or activity.(It will also restore deleted courses for those with relevant permissions.)
[[File:NFRecycleBin.png|thumb|center|600px|Restore deleted content]]
'''Activity tagging:''' A new setting when adding activities and resources lets you tag them  so they may be searched for by others in ''Site pages > Tags''.
[[File:NFDTags.png|thumb|center|600px|Tagging an activity]]
'''Search everywhere:''' If enabled by your administrator, the [[Global search]] feature lets you search courses you have access to, from a box next to the user menu or from the [[Global search block]]
[[File:NFGlobalSearch2.png|thumb|center|600px|Search the site]]
'''Search for and add multiple meta linked courses:'''
If the  [[Course meta link]] enrolment method is enabled for you, you can search for the course or courses you need and add them in one single step.
[[File:NFCoursemetalink.png|thumb|center|600px|Search for and add meta linked courses]]
==Activities==
===Forum: Discussion locking===
It's now possible to lock discussions after a specified time
[[File:32placeholder.png|thumb|center|600px|A locked forum discussion]]
===Choice: Selection by teacher===
Teachers may now make selections on behalf of students.
[[File:32placeholder.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:32placeholder.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:32placeholder.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:32placeholder.png|thumb|center|600px|Duplicate icon.]]


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Latest revision as of 00:57, 16 November 2019

If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.7


  • DocsTeacherDeletemessages.png

    Messaging: Delete conversations in groups

    Teachers may be given a capability to delete messages from users in group conversations.

  • DocsForumPrivateReply.png

    Forums: More control

    Teachers or others with permission can add a private reply in a forum and can manually lock discussions. See Using Forum

  • DocsBadgesCompetenciesCriterion.png

    Badges: Competencies as a criterion

    Badges may now be awarded based on competencies, (and competencies may be graded when grading activities)

  • DocsCourseCustomFields IndexView.png

    Course custom fields

    If enabled by admin, custom fields in the course settings may be added to provide extra information and improve searching.

  • DocsTeacherHiddenBookPage.png

    Book: View hidden chapters

    Teachers can view hidden chapters in a book with the editing turned off .

  • DocsAssignmentPDFRotate.png

    Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs

    New icons allow you to change the orientation of submitted assignments for easier grading

  • DocsTeacherFilterCompetenciesbyActivity.png

    Competencies: Filter by activity

    When rating competencies, filter them by their linked activity or resource.

  • DocsLessonGradingEssay.png

    Lesson: Include media when grading essays

    The Lesson activity now allows for teachers and students to include media in Essay type questions.

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