New features
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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Notifications
Receive and rate clearer notifications about upcoming activities.
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Session timeout
Stay on target with a Session timeout alert
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Book: Better printing
Print books or chapters in books with a more attractive output.
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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
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Forums: More control
Teachers or others with permission can add a private reply in a forum and can manually lock discussions. See Using Forum
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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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Teachers can view hidden chapters in a book with the editing turned off .
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Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs
New icons allow you to change the orientation of submitted assignments for easier grading
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Competencies: Filter by activity
When rating competencies, filter them by their linked activity or resource.
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Lesson: Include media when grading essays
The Lesson activity now allows for teachers and students to include media in Essay type questions.
For administrators
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New theme: Classic
Clean, More and the hidden Bootstrapbase are removed and replaced with the customisable Classic theme.
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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.
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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
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LTI 1.3 and Advantage
Moodle is one of the first platforms to implement this IMS Global standard.
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Asynchronous backups
Perform large backups in the background while doing other tasks.
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Test email
A new setting allows you to easily test outgoing mail configuration.
