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Moodle 3.2 focuses on improving the user experience and on accessibility. A new theme with better navigation, improved messaging, step-by-step user tours and the ability to import competency frameworks complement significant activity enhancements such as discussion locking, extra media player options and LTI 2 compliance.
 
Read on for Moodle 3.2 highlights or watch the  Moodle 3.2 highlights screencasts on our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDfrcwIG_jYHr7BrOLD-fPL4 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 3.2 release notes|Moodle 3.2 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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===For teachers===


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             <h4>Better navigation with Boost</h4>
             <h4>Forum: Inline editing</h4>
             <p> A new responsive theme[[Boost theme|Boost]] improves navigation within and between courses. </p>
             <p>MUA-[[Using Forum|funded improvements to the Forum activity]] include adding and replying to discussions online.</p>
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            <h4>Forum: Star and sort</h4>
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             <h4>Easier editing with Boost</h4>
             <h4>Messaging: Improved interface</h4>
             <p> Gear menus in the new Boost theme enhance the editing experience</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>Messaging: Your own private space</h4>
            <p>You now have a personal space for notes, links and reminders as part of the Messaging drawer.</p>
       
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             <h4>Media player improvements</h4>
             <h4>Quiz: Clear my choice</h4>
             <p>Your favourite video types display across devices and browsers with subtitle and caption support...</p>
             <p>Change your mind and remove your choice in a multiple choice quiz question.</p>
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            <h4>Lesson: Add media in an essay</h4>
<p>Attach files such as images or record sound/video when answering an essay question</p>
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             <h4>Interactive report charts</h4>
             <h4>Book: Better printing</h4>
             <p>Interactive and responsive charts now show reports dynamically to course participants.</p>
             <p>Print books or chapters in books with a more attractive output.</p>
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            <h4>Competencies and Learning plans</h4>
            <p>Filter competencies by activities from the link in the navigation drawer and view related learning plans.</p>
       
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<h4>Discussion locking</h4>
            <h4>Messaging: Delete conversations in groups</h4>
             <p>Easily close forum discussions after a period of inactivity.</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>Assignment overrides</h4>
             <h4>Forums: More control</h4>
             <p>Easily change assignment deadlines for individuals or groups. [[Using Assignment|Read more...]] </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>Badges: Competencies as a criterion</h4>
            <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>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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             <h4>Workshop portfolio export</h4>
             <h4>Book: View hidden chapters</h4>
             <p>Workshop submissions and assessments may be exported to an external portfolio by students and teachers. See [[Workshop settings]].</p>
             <p>Teachers can view hidden chapters in a book with the editing turned off . </p>
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             <h4>Select for students in Choice</h4>
             <h4>Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs</h4>
             <p>Make a selection on behalf of students in the Choice activity.</p>
             <p>New icons allow you to change the orientation of submitted assignments for easier grading</p>
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             <h4>Negative scores for rubrics</h4>
             <h4>Competencies: Filter by activity</h4>
             <p>The [[Rubrics]] grade calculation has been improved and now allows for negative scores.</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>The Lesson activity now allows for teachers and students to include media in Essay type questions.</p>
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             <h4> New customisable Boost theme</h4>
             <h4>New theme: Classic</h4>
             <p>A new, customisable core theme with a fresh look enhances navigation and usability. </p>
             <p>Clean, More and the hidden Bootstrapbase are removed and replaced with the customisable [[Classic theme]].</p>
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             <h4>User tours </h4>
             <h4>Learning Analytics</h4>
             <p>This new feature lets you take your users, step-by-step, around Moodle. [[User tours|Read more...]].</p>
             <p>Significant improvements to [[Analytics|Learning Analytics]] increase usability and efficiency.</p>
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             <h4>Competency frameworks import and export</h4>
             <h4>Hide course lists</h4>
             <p>[[Competency frameworks]] may now be imported, exported and easily shared between sites. </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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             <h4>New media player plugins</h4>
             <h4>Messaging</h4>
             <p>Video and audio are more accessible, usable and customisable with a new default player, [[VideoJS player]], and increased pluggable support. </p>
             <p>Messaging settings are in a new site administration category.</p>
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             <h4> LTI 2 compliance</h4>
             <h4>Improved support for Open Badges v 2.0</h4>
             <p>Cartridges, Content items and compliance with LTI 2 providers mean sharing between sites and courses is much easier.</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>Course end dates </h4>
             <h4>LTI 1.3  and Advantage</h4>
             <p>Set end dates as well as start dates for courses.</p>
             <p>Moodle is one of the first platforms to implement this IMS Global standard.</p>
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             <h4>User-friendly messaging and alerts</h4>
             <h4>Asynchronous backups</h4>
             <p>Quickly access [[Messaging|messages]] and [[Notifications|notifications]] wherever you are on the site .</p>
             <p>Perform large backups in the background while doing other tasks.</p>
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             <h4>Test email</h4>
             <p>More features than ever now work directly from the [[Moodle Mobile|Moodle Mobile app]].</p>
             <p>A new setting allows you to easily test outgoing mail configuration.</p>
       
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[[Category:New features]]
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  [[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.2]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
  [[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.2]]
  [[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

  • DocsPrivateMessagingSpace.png

    Messaging: Your own private space

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

  • DocsQuizClearChoice.png

    Quiz: Clear my choice

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

  • DocsLessonMedia File Upload.png

    Lesson: Add media in an essay

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

  • DocsBookPrint.png

    Book: Better printing

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

  • DocsCompetenciesLearningPlansCourse.png

    Competencies and Learning plans

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

For teachers

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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

  • 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) 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 .

  • 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.

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.

  • DocsBadgesSettings.png

    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

  • DocsLTI13.png

    LTI 1.3 and Advantage

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

  • DocsAsynchronousBackups.png

    Asynchronous backups

    Perform large backups in the background while doing other tasks.

  • DocsTestEmail.png

    Test email

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

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