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{{About Moodle}}
{{About Moodle}}
Moodle 3.3 ...
 
Read on for Moodle 3.3 highlights or watch the Moodle 3.3 highlights screencasts on our 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 3.3 release notes|Moodle 3.3 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>Better Office integration</h4>
             <h4>Forum: Inline editing</h4>
             <p>Log in and easily access documents from Office 365 and the Google suite.</p>
             <p>MUA-[[Using Forum|funded improvements to the Forum activity]] include adding and replying to discussions online.</p>
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             <h4>Improved dashboard</h4>
             <h4>Forum: Star and sort</h4>
            <p>Thanks to this MUA project, you can now check course progress, upcoming activities and gradeable activities from the new Course overview block</p>
<p>Further [[Using Forum|Forum enhancements]] include the ability to star and sort discussions.</p>
       
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             <h4>Font Awesome</h4>
             <h4>Messaging: Improved interface</h4>
             <p>This popular, responsive set of icons is now available in core for the benefit of everyone.</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>Emoji support</h4>
             <h4>Messaging: Your own private space</h4>
             <p>Brighen up communication with fun emoji characters anywhere that text can be entered</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>Change your mind and remove your choice in a multiple choice quiz question.</p>
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             <h4>Assignment 'Controlled links'</h4>
             <h4>Lesson: Add media in an essay</h4>
            <p> Manage assignments from the Google suite and Office 365. </p>
<p>Attach files such as images or record sound/video when answering an essay question</p>
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             <h4>Specify assignment file types</h4>
             <h4>Book: Better printing</h4>
             <p> Choose which file types students can upload to their assignments</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>Collapse comments in assignments</h4>
             <h4>Messaging: Delete conversations in groups</h4>
             <p>Collapse assignment feedback comments for greater readability</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>Better activity completion management</h4>
             <h4>Forums: More control</h4>
             <p>Bulk edit and update activity completion settings in your courses</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>Drag and drop media</h4>
            <h4>Badges: Competencies as a criterion</h4>
             <p>Drag and drop media directly onto the course page.</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>Make activities available but not shown on the page</h4>
             <h4>Course custom fields</h4>
             <p>An improvement on  'orphaned sections', links may now be made to activities which are not shown on the course page</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>Activity tagging</h4>
             <h4>Book: View hidden chapters</h4>
             <p>Glossary, forums and book chapters may now be tagged for easier searching.</p>
             <p>Teachers can view hidden chapters in a book with the editing turned off . </p>
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             <h4>???????????</h4>
             <h4>Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs</h4>
             <p>??????????????.</p>
             <p>New icons allow you to change the orientation of submitted assignments for easier grading</p>
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             <h4>????????</h4>
             <h4>Competencies: Filter by activity</h4>
             <p>???????????</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> OAuth2 authentication</h4>
             <h4>New theme: Classic</h4>
             <p> Allow users to authenticate with Google suite or Office 365 accounts and manage files from associated drives</p>
             <p>Clean, More and the hidden Bootstrapbase are removed and replaced with the customisable [[Classic theme]].</p>
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             <h4> Document file converters</h4>
             <h4>Learning Analytics</h4>
             <p>Add plugins for document file conversion, such as from Google drive.</p>
             <p>Significant improvements to [[Analytics|Learning Analytics]] increase usability and efficiency.</p>
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             <h4>Admin setting for Stealth activities</h4>
             <h4>Hide course lists</h4>
             <p>A new admin setting extends the functionality to link to activities without showing them on the course page</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> Plugin for Learning analytics</h4>
             <h4>Messaging</h4>
             <p>Be a part of Project inspire by installing the anonymise plugin. </p>
             <p>Messaging settings are in a new site administration category.</p>
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             <h4> Improved MySQL support </h4>
             <h4>Improved support for Open Badges v 2.0</h4>
             <p>Improved support of multibyte ununicode characters on MySQL databases, means languages, such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean work more naturally -and emoji characters are supported throughout the site.
             <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>??????????</h4>
             <h4>LTI 1.3  and Advantage</h4>
             <p>????????.</p>
             <p>Moodle is one of the first platforms to implement this IMS Global standard.</p>
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            <h4>Asynchronous backups</h4>
            <p>Perform large backups in the background while doing other tasks.</p>
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            <h4>Test email</h4>
            <p>A new setting allows you to easily test outgoing mail configuration.</p>
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[[Category:New features]]
[[Category:New features]]


  [[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
  [[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
  [[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.2]]
  [[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.7]]
  [[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.2]]
  [[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

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    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

  • DocsClassicThemeAltered.png

    New theme: Classic

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

  • DocsAnalyticsModelCreateImportRestore.png

    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.