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Moodle 3.1 is our latest Long Term Support release and  comes packed with user-requested features such as full support for Competency Based Education, smoother assignment grading, easy retrieval of deleted files (thanks to the Moodle Users Association), improved tagging and course editing, greater usability for students and enhancements to several activities such as forum, workshop and lesson.
 
Read on for Moodle 3.1 highlights or watch the  Moodle 3.1 highlights screencasts on our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDfWYsGAI-SXY7JW6T_3t0yM Youtube page].
Read on for Moodle 3.7 highlights, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDcsZhjYKz9JIwRRFRaW8hyk Youtube playlist of 3.7 New features.]


Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.1 release notes|Moodle 3.1 release notes]].
Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.7 release notes|Moodle 3.7 release notes]].
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             <h4>Competencies</h4>
             <h4>Forum: Inline editing</h4>
             <p> [[Competencies|Competency based education]] is now fully supported in Moodle 3.1</p>
             <p>MUA-[[Using Forum|funded improvements to the Forum activity]] include adding and replying to discussions online.</p>
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             <h4>Assignment grading</h4>
             <h4>Forum: Star and sort</h4>
            <p> Grading [[Assignment]] submissions has got smoother with all elements on one screen and the ability to annotate over student submissions of different file types..</p>
<p>Further [[Using Forum|Forum enhancements]] include the ability to star and sort discussions.</p>
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             <h4>Download selected assignments</h4>
             <h4>Messaging: Improved interface</h4>
             <p>Select which assignments you want to download for offline viewing from a new option in the menu</p>
             <p>[[Messaging]] enhancements include a link to a full page, 2 column view and the ability to mute conversations</p>
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             <h4>Easily restore deleted content</h4>
             <h4>Messaging: Your own private space</h4>
             <p>The new [[Recycle bin]], funded by the [https://moodleassociation.org/ Moodle Users Association], means you no longer need worry about losing accidentally deleted course items or courses, as it's now possible easily to restore them.</p>
             <p>You now have a personal space for notes, links and reminders as part of the Messaging drawer.</p>
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            <h4>Quiz: Clear my choice</h4>
             <p>Important forum posts can now be pinned to the top of your list, making them more visible to your students. [[Using Forum|Read more...]]</p>
             <p>Change your mind and remove your choice in a multiple choice quiz question.</p>
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             <h4>Workshop enhancements</h4>
             <h4>Lesson: Add media in an essay</h4>
            <p> When setting up a workshop, you can now specify the types of file you want students to submit or not. Students may also now deleted their own submissions. See [[Workshop settings]]</p>
<p>Attach files such as images or record sound/video when answering an essay question</p>
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             <h4>Share activities on your site</h4>
             <h4>Book: Better printing</h4>
             <p>The [[Publish as LTI tool]] allows remote users to access selected courses and activities on your site. Grades are sent back to the remote system.</p>
             <p>Print books or chapters in books with a more attractive output.</p>
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             <h4>Tag course activities</h4>
             <h4>Competencies and Learning plans</h4>
             <p>Course activities and resources may now be [[Tags|tagged]], making it simpler to find related content.</p>
             <p>Filter competencies by activities from the link in the navigation drawer and view related learning plans.</p>
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             <h4> Easier section editing</h4>
             <h4>Messaging: Delete conversations in groups</h4>
             <p>Change section titles without leaving the page, speeding up your course creation. [[Course homepage|Read more...]]</p>
             <p>Teachers may be given a capability to delete messages from users in group conversations. [[Messaging|See more]]</p>
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             <h4>Search metalinked courses</h4>
             <h4>Forums: More control</h4>
             <p>Search for meta linked courses and add them together in one step. See [[Course meta link]] </p>
             <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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             <h4>Competency frameworks</h4>
             <h4>Badges: Competencies as a criterion</h4>
             <p>Create [[Competency frameworks|competency frameworks]] for use throughout the site. (A plugin will also allow you to import from external sources.)</p>
             <p>Badges may now be awarded based on competencies, (and competencies may be graded when grading activities) [[Managing badges |See more]]</p>
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             <h4>Learning plan templates </h4>
             <h4>Course custom fields</h4>
             <p>Create [[Learning plans|learning plan templates]] and apply them to individuals or whole cohorts.</p>
             <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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             <h4>Global search</h4>
             <h4>Book: View hidden chapters</h4>
             <p>Let your your staff and students search the site by enabling [[Global search]] and installing Solr.</p>
             <p>Teachers can view hidden chapters in a book with the editing turned off . </p>
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             <h4>Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs</h4>
             <p>Teachers can annotate directly on uploaded submissions of different file types, not just PDF if unoconv 07 is installed. [[Assignment settings|Find out more]] </p>
             <p>New icons allow you to change the orientation of submitted assignments for easier grading</p>
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             <h4>Competencies: Filter by activity</h4>
             <p>If you’ve enabled a [[File system repository]] on your server for FTP uploading, your teachers can now search the folders in that repository.</p>
             <p>When rating competencies, filter them by their linked activity or resource.</p>
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             <h4>Lesson: Include media when grading essays</h4>
             <p>Make setting up a [[Lesson settings |Lesson]] simpler for teachers by reviewing the default and advanced settings.</p>
             <p>The Lesson activity now allows for teachers and students to include media in Essay type questions.</p>
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            <p>Tags may now be combined, grouped into collections and certain tag areas disabled. [[Manage tags|Read more...]]</p>
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            <p>Clean, More and the hidden Bootstrapbase are removed and replaced with the customisable [[Classic theme]].</p>
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             <h4>Learning Analytics</h4>
             <p>When a [[Folder resource]] contains many files, students can download them all in a zipped file.</p>
             <p>Significant improvements to [[Analytics|Learning Analytics]] increase usability and efficiency.</p>
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             <h4>Hide course lists</h4>
             <p>Search all courses you have access to and quickly find that important resource.Read more [[Global search]] </p>
             <p>New capabilities include  [[Capabilities/moodle/category:viewcourselist|moodle/category:viewcourselist]] which allows you to define who can see lists of courses in various categories. </p>
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            <p>Messaging settings are in a new site administration category.</p>
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             <h4>Message others more efficiently</h4>
             <h4>Improved support for Open Badges v 2.0</h4>
             <p>The Message button is now next to the user's picture, making it much easier to send important messages. [[Messaging settings|Find out more...]]</p>
             <p>You can now connect to other Open Badges v 2.0 platforms and exchange badges with the Badgr.io platform. [[Badges settings|See more]]</p>
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            <h4>LTI 1.3  and Advantage</h4>
            <p>Moodle is one of the first platforms to implement this IMS Global standard.</p>
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             <h4>Easily link to forum posts</h4>
             <h4>Asynchronous backups</h4>
             <p>The new permalink feature makes it easy to share useful forum posts. See [[Using Forum]].</p>
             <p>Perform large backups in the background while doing other tasks.</p>
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            <p>A new setting allows you to easily test outgoing mail configuration.</p>
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[[Category:New features]]
[[Category:New features]]


  [[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.1]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
  [[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.1]]
  [[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.7]]
  [[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.7]]

Latest revision as of 10:17, 20 May 2019


Read on for Moodle 3.7 highlights, or watch our Youtube playlist of 3.7 New features.

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.7 release notes.


For all users

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    Messaging: Improved interface

    Messaging enhancements include a link to a full page, 2 column view and the ability to mute conversations

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    Messaging: Your own private space

    You now have a personal space for notes, links and reminders as part of the Messaging drawer.

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    Quiz: Clear my choice

    Change your mind and remove your choice in a multiple choice quiz question.

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    Lesson: Add media in an essay

    Attach files such as images or record sound/video when answering an essay question

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    Book: Better printing

    Print books or chapters in books with a more attractive output.

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    Competencies and Learning plans

    Filter competencies by activities from the link in the navigation drawer and view related learning plans.

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    Messaging: Delete conversations in groups

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

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    Forums: More control

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

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    Badges: Competencies as a criterion

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

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    Course custom fields

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

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    Book: View hidden chapters

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

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    Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs

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

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    Competencies: Filter by activity

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

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    Lesson: Include media when grading essays

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

For administrators

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    New theme: Classic

    Clean, More and the hidden Bootstrapbase are removed and replaced with the customisable Classic theme.

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    Learning Analytics

    Significant improvements to Learning Analytics increase usability and efficiency.

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    Hide course lists

    New capabilities include moodle/category:viewcourselist which allows you to define who can see lists of courses in various categories.

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    Messaging

    Messaging settings are in a new site administration category.

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    Improved support for Open Badges v 2.0

    You can now connect to other Open Badges v 2.0 platforms and exchange badges with the Badgr.io platform. See more

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    LTI 1.3 and Advantage

    Moodle is one of the first platforms to implement this IMS Global standard.

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    Asynchronous backups

    Perform large backups in the background while doing other tasks.

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    Test email

    A new setting allows you to easily test outgoing mail configuration.

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