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{{About Moodle}}
{{About Moodle}}
If you're a Moodle admin, this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.2.  If you'd like to see full details of the release with technical information, here are the [[:dev:Moodle 3.2 release notes|Moodle 3.release notes]].
If you're a Moodle admin, this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.7.  If you'd like to see full details of the release with technical information, here are the [[:dev:Moodle 3.7 release notes|Moodle 3.7 release notes]].


==Boost - a new core theme==
__NOTOC__
Boost is a bootstrap 4-based, responsive and customisable theme. Its settings page offers options for changing the brand colour, uploading presets and adding custom SCSS and CSS.
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            <h4>New theme: Classic</h4>
            <p>Clean, More and the hidden Bootstrapbase are removed and replaced with the customisable Classic theme.</p>
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[[File:DocsAnalyticsModelCreateImportRestore.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Learning Analytics</h4>
            <p>Significant improvements to Learning Analytics increase usability and efficiency.</p>
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            <h4>Hide course lists</h4>
            <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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[[File:DocsSiteMessagingArea.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Messaging</h4>
            <p>Messaging settings are in a new site administration category.</p>
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==Navigation changes==
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*It includes a new 'navigation drawer' combining links from the navigation and administration block (1). The drawer may be opened or closed to free up screenspace.
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*A gear menu (2) includes editing and administration settings.
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[[File:Docs_BoostNavChangesAdmin.png|thumb|600px|center]]
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[[File:DocsBadgesSettings.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Improved support for Open Badges v 2.0</h4>
            <p>You can now connect to other Open Badges v 2.0 platforms and exchange badges with the Badgr.io platform.</p>
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[[File:DocsLTI13.png|600px]]
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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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[[File:DocsAsynchronousBackups.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Asynchronous backups</h4>
            <p>Perform large backups in the background while doing other tasks.</p>
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[[File:DocsTestEmail.png|600px]]
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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]]


==User tours==
[[es:Nuevo para administradores]]
*Administrators can create walkthroughs to highlight key areas or new features of the site.
[[de:Neu für Administrator/innen]]
*Tours may be uploaded from and shared to the [https://moodle.net/mod/data/view.php?id=17 Moodle Tours repository].
[[File:Docs_Usertours.png|thumb|600px|center]]
 
==Competency framework import/export==
==New default media player==
==LTI==
==Capability changes==

Latest revision as of 15:49, 18 May 2019

If you're a Moodle admin, this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.7. If you'd like to see full details of the release with technical information, here are the Moodle 3.7 release notes.


  • 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.

  • DocsCapabilities.png

    Hide course lists

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

  • DocsSiteMessagingArea.png

    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.

  • 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.