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New for administrators

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If you're a Moodle admin, this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.8. If you'd like to see full details of the release with technical information, here are the Moodle 3.8 release notes.


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    Analytics insights

    Make use of two new models Learning Analytics relating to course access and specify courses or categories for models.

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    Analytics Insights report

    View a graphical Learning Analytics improvements a graphical Insights report.

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    User management

    Configure the default user filter from a new admin page.

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    Upload users improvements

    View an example csv file and specify the enrol start date.

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      Course backup

      Choose to exclude course files from backup and benefit from a more logical automated backup ordering process. See Course backup.

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      Course overview

      Configure Course overview layouts and filters and specify default course card colours.


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      Duplicate user tours

      Easily copy and adapt user tours with a new 'duplicate' button.

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      Experimental relative dates

      Enable and test a new Relative dates feature from Experimental settings.