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= Introduction =
The Moodle Project is designed to have a positive effect on the world by supporting and empowering the educators who are teaching students in all sectors, in all countries.   
The Moodle Project is designed to have a positive effect on the world by supporting and empowering the educators who are teaching students in all sectors, in all countries.   


To do this, our team at Moodle HQ examines the problems around education and creates solutions in the forms of products that fit our values of education, openness, respect, integrity and innovation.  
To do this, our team at Moodle HQ looks to the world, talks with our community, and creates solutions in the forms of products that fit our values of education, openness, respect, integrity and innovation.
 
This document summarises, for a broad audience, the best current plans on the future technical development of the Moodle’s open source learning platform, consisting of Moodle LMS, Moodle Workplace LMS, MoodleCloud, MoodleNet, Moodle Apps, and Moodle Educator Certificates.


This page is your starting point for learning about our plans for upcoming releases of Moodle.  Below you will find information on the features that are currently in progress and those being planned for future releases.
We publish Roadmap updates such as this one every quarter.


==Inputs to the roadmap==
 
Proposals for improvements and new features are sourced from a variety of different inputs. Feedback from the community is very important and you can reach us by creating new issues on [http://tracker.moodle.org tracker], joining the [https://moodleassociation.org/ Moodle User Association] to vote on a new project for each release, discussing your ideas on the [https://moodle.org/forums forums], and meeting us in person at one of our [https://moodlemoot.org/ MoodleMoots]!
==Where this roadmap comes from==
 
Proposals for improvements and new features come from a variety of different places.
 
Feedback from the community is extremely important and you can reach us by
* creating new issues on [http://tracker.moodle.org tracker],  
* joining the [https://moodleassociation.org/ Moodle User Association] to vote on a new project for each release,  
* discussing your ideas on the [https://moodle.org/forums forums],  
* creating new solutions as a plugin in the [https://moodle.org/plugins Moodle Plugins directory],
* or meeting us in person at one of our [https://moodle.com/events/ MoodleMoots]!


Moodle also has an extensive network of [https://moodle.com/partners Moodle Partners]. Moodle Partners are service providers that are certified by Moodle HQ to provide high quality Moodle services for schools, institutions and organisations. We work closely with our partners to determine the needs of Moodle Users and improve the platform.
Moodle also has an extensive network of [https://moodle.com/partners Moodle Partners]. Moodle Partners are service providers that are certified by Moodle HQ to provide high quality Moodle services for schools, institutions and organisations. We work closely with our partners to determine the needs of Moodle Users and improve the platform.


==Moodle 3.8 (November 2019 release)==
Our Roadmap is built via our [http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Roadmap_process <span class="underline">Roadmap Process</span>]. This process is continuously evolving but it always seeks to involve all our key stakeholders - students, teachers, admins, institutions, and of course our partners and supporters.
The following main features and improvements will form part of Moodle 3.8.  
 
= The big picture =
 
Working on the Moodle learning platform involves millions of moving parts, and every release generally includes hundreds of improvements. However, there are '''four main goals''' that we are focussing on for the next two years:
 
=== User experience and flow ===
 
The entire user experience from onboarding, into daily teaching/learning and expert customisation of Moodle is the core value of what makes Moodle useful or not in the real world, in fully online and blended modes.<br />
<br />
While we’re working on hundreds of smaller, annoying issues, we are also doing some major re-thinking around what an LMS should be in the next decade and beyond as a tool to empower educators and learners.
 
=== Enabling all our developers ===
 
Our significant community of developers are an amazing group of over 1000 people - many of them make a living being part of the Moodle community.
 
We are of course working on ways to make Moodle programming easier and better, with better training and support as well as improved APIs, plugins, integrations and support for modern technologies.
 
However, a particularly exciting initiative is the new Moodle Plugins Service, due in 2021, which will provide an “app store” experience on which all developers can build financial sustainability for their work, while teachers will have easier access to use hundreds of new plugins in their courses via the web interface, without needing to convince their admins to install code. This will help the entire plugins ecosystem.
 
===Better integrations between Moodle products===
 
The current Moodle products already integrate with each other, of course, but there is much more to be done to make them work together more seamlessly, as part of one platform, so that our users have a better experience and also so that they become more aware of solutions to their problems.
 
=== Better integration with the world ===
 
Moodle is never used alone, and it is a part of many ecosystems at many levels. We must connect to all kinds of other systems, we must of course comply with new legislation such as the GDPR, Accessibility and much more.
 
In particular though, we are committed to helping to promote [https://openedtech.global/ <span class="underline">Open EdTech</span>] and to work closely with qualified Open EdTech products and major stakeholders to design and build an open architecture for a long-term future.
 
 
= Roadmap timeline =
 
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
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! '''2020'''
! '''Moodle<br />
LMS'''
! '''Moodle Workplace'''
! '''Moodle Apps'''
! '''Moodle<br />
Cloud'''
! '''Moodle<br />
Net'''
! '''Moodle Certificates'''
|-
| '''Q1'''
|
|
| '''Launch of new Moodle app plans'''
| '''Launch of Workplace hosting<br />
<br />
'''Free trials
|
|
|-
| '''Q2'''
|
'''Release 3.9'''
 
LLTS<ref>Long Long Term Support</ref>
 
'''New:'''<br />
<br />
Create H5P content<br />
<br />
MoodleNet
 
'''Improved:'''<br />
<br />
Activity chooser
 
Participants filters (MUA)
 
Accessibility
 
Safe Exam Browser
|
'''Release 3.9<br />
<br />
New:'''<br />
<br />
Appointments
 
Data Importers and exporters
|
'''Release 3.9<br />
<br />
New:'''<br />
<br />
Text editor draft autosave
 
'''Updates:'''<br />
<br />
Moodle LMS 3.9 compatibility
 
'''<br />
'''Moodle Workplace 3.9 compatibility
|
Improved connections with other Moodle products
 
'''<br />
'''Self-service for renames and restores
|
'''Release 1.0'''
 
'''New:'''<br />
<br />
Integrates to Moodle 3.9 and later
 
Moderation<br />
<br />
Federation<br />
<br />
HQ-run home instance
 
GDPR compliance<br />
<br />
Themeable
|
'''MEC 2020 launch<br />
<br />
'''6 courses covering all 22 competencies
 
Translated into multiple languages
|-
| '''Q3'''
| '''Release 3.9.1'''
|
'''Release 3.9.1<br />
'''
 
Tenant-shared learning
|
'''Release 3.9.1<br />
<br />
'''Notifications of new grades
 
Improved connections with other products
| '''Release 3.9.1<br />
<br />
New:'''<br />
<br />
New plans<br />
<br />
'''Updates:'''<br />
<br />
Simplified signup and upgrades
|
|
|-
| '''Q4'''
| '''Release 3.9.2'''
|
'''Release 3.9.2'''
 
Report Builder improvements
|
'''Release 3.9.2<br />
<br />
'''Functionality gaps for students
 
UX improvements
| Improvements based on customer needs
|
| '''MEC Direct Release<br />
<br />
'''MEC licensing for large institutions
|-
| '''2021'''
| '''Moodle<br />
LMS'''
| '''Moodle Workplace'''
| '''Moodle Apps'''
| '''Moodle<br />
Cloud'''
| '''Moodle<br />
Net'''
| '''Moodle Certificates'''
|-
| '''Q1'''
|
| '''Release 3.9.3<br />
<br />
'''Dashboards
|
|
|
|
|-
| '''Q2'''
| '''Moodle Plugins Service Soft Launch'''
|
|
|
|
| Other certifications
|-
| '''Q3'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| '''Q4'''
|
'''Release 4.0'''<br />
<br />
'''New:'''
 
Workplace features:<br />
- Certificates<br />
- Report Builder<br />
<br />
'''Improved:'''<br />
<br />
UX navigation
 
UX biggest pains


# Forum enhancements. This is a project run in collaboration with the [https://moodleassociation.org/ MUA].
UX consistency via component library
## Ability to grade forum activity (MDL-66074)
## Student activity reports (MDL-66076)
## Exporting of forum content (MDL-66075)
## A new nested forum discussion look and feel will be available to test as a forum user preference setting (MDL-64821)
# [[H5P|H5P integration]] (MDL-66382).
## Integration of the H5P player lib (MDL-66609)
## H5P filter (MDL-66397)
## H5P button for Atto editor (MDL-66388)
# Improvements and new features for Learning Analytics.
## Bulk actions for insights (MDL-62191)
## New insight: students who have not logged in recently (MDL-65588)
## Insights results report (MDL-65562)
## Allow the python ML backend to run from a separate server (MDL-66004)
# Messaging improvements:
## Add emojis to messaging (MDL-65896)


During the Moodle 3.8 development cycle the HQ team have also commenced work on the following projects:
Information flow and task management
* Activity dates relative to student enrolment dates.
| '''Release 4.0'''
** We have commenced with implementation of relative activity dates for the assignment activity (MDL-66044 and MDL-61209). This is an experimental feature at this point in time until implementation is completed for assignment and the other activities.
|
* [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Activity_chooser Activity Chooser improvements].
'''Release 4.0'''
** We have commenced user research, tested some initial prototypes and more information will be shared soon.
** Adding search, starring of activities and better organisation of the activities and resources.
* Accessibility review
** We are working towards an audit of Moodle's accessibility compliance.


==Moodle 3.9 (May 2020 release)==
'''Improved:'''<br />
The following main features and improvements are being considered and planned for the Moodle 3.9 release.
<br />
Note that this list is still subject to change depending on prioritisation of our activities and some of these may go into subsequent releases.
Moodle LMS 4.0 compatibility


# Further development of the [[H5P|H5P integration]].
'''<br />
## Integration of H5P content types with Moodle gradebook and activity completion.
'''Moodle Workplace 4.0 compatibility
## Improved integration of H5P content type selection in Moodle's activity chooser.
# [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Activity_chooser Activity chooser improvements].
## Adding search, starring of activities and better organisation of the activities and resources.
# MUA project. We are working with the MUA and reviewing their top two voted projects:
## Course Copy interface (MDL-64843)
## Participants page filters (MDL-64963)
# Accessibility improvements.
# [https://new.moodle.net/ MoodleNet integration].
# Assignment grading UX improvements.
# [https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-64934 Improved '''Safe Exam Browser''' integration].
# Further work on relative activity dates.  


Other projects that are under consideration are:
Classroom tools with friendly UX
* Simplifying course creation
| '''Release 4.0<br />
<br />
'''
|
|
|-
| '''2022'''
| '''Moodle<br />
LMS'''
| '''Moodle Workplace'''
| '''Moodle Apps'''
| '''Moodle<br />
Cloud'''
| '''Moodle<br />
Net'''
| '''Moodle Certificates'''
|-
| '''Q1'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| '''Q2'''
| '''Release 4.1'''
| '''Release 4.1'''
| '''Release 4.1'''
| '''Release 4.1'''
|
|
|-
| '''Q3'''
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| '''Q4'''
| '''Release 4.2'''
| '''Release 4.2'''
| '''Release 4.2'''
| '''Release 4.2'''
|
|
|}


==Moodle 3.8 Dates==
== Notes on some of these major release dates: ==
* Code freeze (no new features accepted): '''7th October 2019'''
 
* QA cycle (start of QA testing): '''14th October 2019'''
===Moodle 4.0 in November 2021 ===
* Scheduled release date (once QA passed): '''18th November 2019'''
 
Normally Moodle LMS major releases are every 6 months, in May and November.
 
However, for our very large new releases such as 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and now 4.0, we often take longer so that we can tackle more significant chunks of important core work, giving us the opportunity sometimes to make more serious changes to UX or architecture.
 
There are a lot of ideas around for 4.0 - we will be relying on our new UX team to organise and prioritise a lot of it during the next 6 months.
 
=== Moodle 3.9 release in June 2020 ===
 
In support of a longer release timeframe for Moodle 4.0, we have decided to release Moodle 3.9 in June.
 
The extra month will give us time to bring in a number of extra items in support of Moodle’s other products, which are in addition to the planned features for the 3.9 release.
 
It will also allow us to include as many community contributions as possible as we work towards the release date.


==Moodle 3.9 (LTS) Dates==
* Code freeze (no new features accepted): '''6th April 2020'''
* Code freeze (no new features accepted): '''6th April 2020'''
* QA cycle (start of QA testing): '''13th April 2020'''
* QA cycle (start of QA testing): '''13th April 2020'''
* Scheduled release date (once QA passed): '''11th May 2020'''
* Scheduled release date (once QA passed): '''11th May 2020'''


==Moodle releases==
=Past releases=
 
See our [[Releases]] page for information about past releases.
See our [[Releases]] page for information about past releases.
After Moodle 2.0 we switched to time-based releases rather than feature-based releases (see our [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Process development process]). Because of this, the details above on future releases are an indication of current priorities only, and are targeted to be released in the upcoming releases. Anything not ready by the next release date will generally be pushed to the following major release.
After Moodle 2.0 we switched to time-based releases rather than feature-based releases (see our [https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Process development process]). Because of this, the details above on future releases are an indication of current priorities only, and are targeted to be released in the upcoming releases. Anything not ready by the next release date will generally be pushed to the following major release.


Revision as of 07:45, 13 March 2020

Last Updated: 3 March 2020 Q1

Introduction

The Moodle Project is designed to have a positive effect on the world by supporting and empowering the educators who are teaching students in all sectors, in all countries.

To do this, our team at Moodle HQ looks to the world, talks with our community, and creates solutions in the forms of products that fit our values of education, openness, respect, integrity and innovation.

This document summarises, for a broad audience, the best current plans on the future technical development of the Moodle’s open source learning platform, consisting of Moodle LMS, Moodle Workplace LMS, MoodleCloud, MoodleNet, Moodle Apps, and Moodle Educator Certificates.

We publish Roadmap updates such as this one every quarter.


Where this roadmap comes from

Proposals for improvements and new features come from a variety of different places.

Feedback from the community is extremely important and you can reach us by

Moodle also has an extensive network of Moodle Partners. Moodle Partners are service providers that are certified by Moodle HQ to provide high quality Moodle services for schools, institutions and organisations. We work closely with our partners to determine the needs of Moodle Users and improve the platform.

Our Roadmap is built via our Roadmap Process. This process is continuously evolving but it always seeks to involve all our key stakeholders - students, teachers, admins, institutions, and of course our partners and supporters.

The big picture

Working on the Moodle learning platform involves millions of moving parts, and every release generally includes hundreds of improvements. However, there are four main goals that we are focussing on for the next two years:

User experience and flow

The entire user experience from onboarding, into daily teaching/learning and expert customisation of Moodle is the core value of what makes Moodle useful or not in the real world, in fully online and blended modes.

While we’re working on hundreds of smaller, annoying issues, we are also doing some major re-thinking around what an LMS should be in the next decade and beyond as a tool to empower educators and learners.

Enabling all our developers

Our significant community of developers are an amazing group of over 1000 people - many of them make a living being part of the Moodle community.

We are of course working on ways to make Moodle programming easier and better, with better training and support as well as improved APIs, plugins, integrations and support for modern technologies.

However, a particularly exciting initiative is the new Moodle Plugins Service, due in 2021, which will provide an “app store” experience on which all developers can build financial sustainability for their work, while teachers will have easier access to use hundreds of new plugins in their courses via the web interface, without needing to convince their admins to install code. This will help the entire plugins ecosystem.

Better integrations between Moodle products

The current Moodle products already integrate with each other, of course, but there is much more to be done to make them work together more seamlessly, as part of one platform, so that our users have a better experience and also so that they become more aware of solutions to their problems.

Better integration with the world

Moodle is never used alone, and it is a part of many ecosystems at many levels. We must connect to all kinds of other systems, we must of course comply with new legislation such as the GDPR, Accessibility and much more.

In particular though, we are committed to helping to promote Open EdTech and to work closely with qualified Open EdTech products and major stakeholders to design and build an open architecture for a long-term future.


Roadmap timeline

2020 Moodle

LMS

Moodle Workplace Moodle Apps Moodle

Cloud

Moodle

Net

Moodle Certificates
Q1 Launch of new Moodle app plans Launch of Workplace hosting


Free trials

Q2

Release 3.9

LLTS<ref>Long Long Term Support</ref>

New:

Create H5P content

MoodleNet

Improved:

Activity chooser

Participants filters (MUA)

Accessibility

Safe Exam Browser

Release 3.9
New:
Appointments

Data Importers and exporters

Release 3.9
New:
Text editor draft autosave

Updates:

Moodle LMS 3.9 compatibility


Moodle Workplace 3.9 compatibility

Improved connections with other Moodle products


Self-service for renames and restores

Release 1.0

New:

Integrates to Moodle 3.9 and later

Moderation

Federation

HQ-run home instance

GDPR compliance

Themeable

MEC 2020 launch
6 courses covering all 22 competencies

Translated into multiple languages

Q3 Release 3.9.1

Release 3.9.1

Tenant-shared learning

Release 3.9.1
Notifications of new grades

Improved connections with other products

Release 3.9.1


New:
New plans

Updates:

Simplified signup and upgrades

Q4 Release 3.9.2

Release 3.9.2

Report Builder improvements

Release 3.9.2
Functionality gaps for students

UX improvements

Improvements based on customer needs MEC Direct Release


MEC licensing for large institutions

2021 Moodle

LMS

Moodle Workplace Moodle Apps Moodle

Cloud

Moodle

Net

Moodle Certificates
Q1 Release 3.9.3


Dashboards

Q2 Moodle Plugins Service Soft Launch Other certifications
Q3
Q4

Release 4.0

New:

Workplace features:
- Certificates
- Report Builder

Improved:

UX navigation

UX biggest pains

UX consistency via component library

Information flow and task management

Release 4.0

Release 4.0

Improved:

Moodle LMS 4.0 compatibility


Moodle Workplace 4.0 compatibility

Classroom tools with friendly UX

Release 4.0


2022 Moodle

LMS

Moodle Workplace Moodle Apps Moodle

Cloud

Moodle

Net

Moodle Certificates
Q1
Q2 Release 4.1 Release 4.1 Release 4.1 Release 4.1
Q3
Q4 Release 4.2 Release 4.2 Release 4.2 Release 4.2

Notes on some of these major release dates:

Moodle 4.0 in November 2021

Normally Moodle LMS major releases are every 6 months, in May and November.

However, for our very large new releases such as 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and now 4.0, we often take longer so that we can tackle more significant chunks of important core work, giving us the opportunity sometimes to make more serious changes to UX or architecture.

There are a lot of ideas around for 4.0 - we will be relying on our new UX team to organise and prioritise a lot of it during the next 6 months.

Moodle 3.9 release in June 2020

In support of a longer release timeframe for Moodle 4.0, we have decided to release Moodle 3.9 in June.

The extra month will give us time to bring in a number of extra items in support of Moodle’s other products, which are in addition to the planned features for the 3.9 release.

It will also allow us to include as many community contributions as possible as we work towards the release date.

  • Code freeze (no new features accepted): 6th April 2020
  • QA cycle (start of QA testing): 13th April 2020
  • Scheduled release date (once QA passed): 11th May 2020

Past releases

See our Releases page for information about past releases.

After Moodle 2.0 we switched to time-based releases rather than feature-based releases (see our development process). Because of this, the details above on future releases are an indication of current priorities only, and are targeted to be released in the upcoming releases. Anything not ready by the next release date will generally be pushed to the following major release.

See also

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