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             <h4>Forum: Inline editing</h4>
             <h4>H5P interactive content</h4>
             <p>MUA-[[Using Forum|funded improvements to the Forum activity]] include adding and replying to discussions online.</p>
             <p>Engage with interactive content in Pages, Labels, Books and more. See [[H5P]]</p>
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             <h4>Forum: Star and sort</h4>
             <h4>Emojis</h4>
<p>Further [[Using Forum|Forum enhancements]] include the ability to star and sort discussions.</p>
<p>Add emjois  into [[Messages]] or from a button in the [[Atto editor]]</p>
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             <h4>Messaging: Improved interface</h4>
             <h4>Course overview</h4>
             <p>[[Messaging]] enhancements include a link to a full page, 2 column view and the ability to mute conversations</p>
             <p>Filter by custom course fields in the [[Course overview]]</p>
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             <h4>Messaging: Your own private space</h4>
             <h4>New forum view</h4>
             <p>You now have a personal space for notes, links and reminders as part of the Messaging drawer.</p>
             <p>Select and test a new experimental nested discussion view from the forum preferences page</p>
        
        
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             <h4>Quiz: Clear my choice</h4>
             <h4>Calendar filters</h4>
             <p>Change your mind and remove your choice in a multiple choice quiz question.</p>
             <p>Filter your calendar by month, day or upcoming event.</p>
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             <h4>Lesson: Add media in an essay</h4>
             <h4>Session timeout</h4>
<p>Attach files such as images or record sound/video when answering an essay question</p>
<p>Stay on target with a Session timeout alert</p>
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            <h4>Book: Better printing</h4>
            <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>Messaging: Delete conversations in groups</h4>
             <h4>Forum grading </h4>
             <p>Teachers may be given a capability to delete messages from users in group conversations. [[Messaging|See more]]</p>
             <p>Asses forum discussions with Whole forum grading, using direct or advanced grading</p>
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            <h4>Forums: More control</h4>
            <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>
             <h4>Forum export and summary report</h4>
             <p>If enabled by admin, custom fields in the course settings may be added to provide extra information and improve searching.</p>
             <p>Export forum discussions and view a detailed summary report of student activity</p>
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             <h4>Book: View hidden chapters</h4>
             <h4>Embed H5P content</h4>
             <p>Teachers can view hidden chapters in a book with the editing turned off . </p>
             <p>Link to or upload existing H5P interactive content</p>
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             <h4>Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs</h4>
             <h4>Analytics bulk actions</h4>
             <p>New icons allow you to change the orientation of submitted assignments for easier grading</p>
             <p>Bulk select and send messages to students from the Insights report</p>
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             <h4>Competencies: Filter by activity</h4>
             <h4>Question bank</h4>
             <p>When rating competencies, filter them by their linked activity or resource.</p>
             <p>View question ID numbers and tags and benefit from a new Edit menu </p>
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             <h4>Lesson: Include media when grading essays</h4>
             <h4>Badges and groups</h4>
             <p>The Lesson activity now allows for teachers and students to include media in Essay type questions.</p>
             <p>Filter  by group when manually awarding badges</p>
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             <h4>New theme: Classic</h4>
             <h4>H5P admin settings</h4>
             <p>Clean, More and the hidden Bootstrapbase are removed and replaced with the customisable [[Classic theme]].</p>
             <p>Monitor and configure H5P content with a new [[Display H5P filter]] and Manage H5P content page .</p>
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             <h4>Learning Analytics</h4>
             <h4>Analytics</h4>
             <p>Significant improvements to [[Analytics|Learning Analytics]] increase usability and efficiency.</p>
             <p> [[Analytics|Learning Analytics]] improvements include two new models and a graphical insights report.</p>
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             <h4>Hide course lists</h4>
             <h4>Course overview</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>
             <p>Configure [[Course overview]] layouts and filters and specify default course card colours. </p>
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             <h4>Messaging</h4>
             <h4>Emoji support</h4>
             <p>Messaging settings are in a new site administration category.</p>
             <p>Add an emoji icon to the [[Atto editor]] (and disable emojis if not supported from [[Advanced features]]).</p>
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             <h4>Improved support for Open Badges v 2.0</h4>
             <h4>Course backup</h4>
             <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>
             <p>Choose to exclude course files from backup and benefit from a more logical automated backup ordering process. See [[Course backup]]</p>
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             <h4>LTI 1.3  and Advantage</h4>
             <h4>Course request in categories</h4>
             <p>Moodle is one of the first platforms to implement this IMS Global standard.</p>
             <p>Set up course request in categories only via a change in the course request capability</p>
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             <h4>Asynchronous backups</h4>
             <h4>Duplicate user tours</h4>
             <p>Perform large backups in the background while doing other tasks.</p>
             <p>Easily copy and adapt user tours with a new 'duplicate' button.</p>
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             <h4>Test email</h4>
             <h4>Experimental relative dates</h4>
             <p>A new setting allows you to easily test outgoing mail configuration.</p>
             <p>Enable and test a new Relative dates feature from [[Experimental settings]] .</p>
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Revision as of 13:08, 14 November 2019


Read on for Moodle 3.8 highlights, or watch our [ Youtube playlist of 3.8 New features.]

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.8 release notes.


For all users

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    H5P interactive content

    Engage with interactive content in Pages, Labels, Books and more. See H5P

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    Emojis

    Add emjois into Messages or from a button in the Atto editor

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    Course overview

    Filter by custom course fields in the Course overview

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    New forum view

    Select and test a new experimental nested discussion view from the forum preferences page

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    Calendar filters

    Filter your calendar by month, day or upcoming event.

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    Session timeout

    Stay on target with a Session timeout alert

For teachers

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    Forum grading

    Asses forum discussions with Whole forum grading, using direct or advanced grading

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    Forum export and summary report

    Export forum discussions and view a detailed summary report of student activity

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    Embed H5P content

    Link to or upload existing H5P interactive content

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    Analytics bulk actions

    Bulk select and send messages to students from the Insights report

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    Question bank

    View question ID numbers and tags and benefit from a new Edit menu

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    Badges and groups

    Filter by group when manually awarding badges

For administrators

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    H5P admin settings

    Monitor and configure H5P content with a new Display H5P filter and Manage H5P content page .

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    Analytics

    Learning Analytics improvements include two new models and a graphical insights report.

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    Course overview

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

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    Emoji support

    Add an emoji icon to the Atto editor (and disable emojis if not supported from Advanced features).

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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 request in categories

    Set up course request in categories only via a change in the course request capability

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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 .

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