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{{About Moodle}}
Moodle 3.0 combines popularity with efficiency offering enhanced options for installing plugins, four new quiz question types, tagging and course editing improvements along with  a number of other welcome features.
Read on for Moodle 3.8 highlights, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdJu-ct9wJQTTS3owR-lELq Youtube playlist of 3.8 New features.]
 
Read on for Moodle 3.0 highlights or watch the screencasts on our official Youtube page (coming soon).
Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.8 release notes|Moodle 3.8 release notes]].
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Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.0 release notes|Moodle 3.0  release notes]].
 
===For all users===
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            <h4>H5P interactive content</h4>
            <p>Engage with interactive content in Pages, Labels, Books and more. See [[H5P]]</p>
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            <h4>Forum grading</h4>
<p>Submit forum posts for assessment and view your grades</p>
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            <h4>Course overview</h4>
            <p>Filter by custom course fields in the [[Course overview]]</p>
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            <h4>New forum view</h4>
            <p>Select and test a new experimental nested discussion view from the forum preferences page</p>
       
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            <h4>Calendar filters</h4>
            <p>Filter your calendar by month, day or upcoming event.</p>
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            <h4>Emojis</h4>
<p>Add emojis  into [[Messages]] or from a button in the [[Atto editor]]</p>
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            <h4>Clearer reminders</h4>
            <p>Receive and rate reminders about your activities.</p>
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            <h4>Session timeout</h4>
<p>Stay on target with a Session timeout alert</p>
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             <h4>Select missing words</h4>
             <h4>Forum grading </h4>
             <p>The [[Select missing words question type]] is one of four new question types added to core in Moodle 3.0</p>
             <p>Assess forum discussions with [[Using Forum|Whole forum grading]], using direct or advanced grading</p>
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             <h4>Drag and drop into text</h4>
             <h4>Forum export and summary report</h4>
             <p> The [[Drag and drop into text question type]] is one of four new question types added to core in Moodle 3.0</p>
             <p>Export forum discussions and view a detailed summary report of student activity</p>
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             <h4>Drag and drop onto image</h4>
             <h4>Embed H5P content</h4>
             <p>The [[Drag and drop onto image question type]] is one of four new question types added to core in Moodle 3.0. Students drag either text or small images onto a background picture uploaded by the teacher.</p>
             <p>Link to or upload existing [[H5P]] interactive content</p>
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             <h4>Drag and drop markers</h4>
             <h4>Analytics bulk actions</h4>
             <p> The [[Drag and drop markers question type]]  is one of four new question types added to core in Moodle 3.0. Students drag text markers to a location predefined by the teacher on a background image.</p>
             <p>Bulk select and send messages to students from the Insights report</p>
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             <h4>Easier section editing</h4>
             <h4>Question bank</h4>
             <p>Options for editing highlighting hiding and deleting  sections are now combined into one action menu streamlining the course page and simplifying the editing process. [[Course homepage|Read more...]]</p>
             <p>View question ID numbers and tags and benefit from a new Edit menu </p>
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             <h4>Something else?</h4>
             <h4>Badges and groups</h4>
             <p> Something else?</p>
             <p>Filter  by group when manually awarding badges</p>
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             <h4>Major improvements to plugins upgrading</h4>
             <h4>Analytics insights</h4>
             <p>The interface and functionality for upgrading plugins within Moodle has been improved.  [[Installing plugins|Read more...]]</p>
             <p>Make use of two new models [[Analytics|Learning Analytics]] relating to course access and specify courses or categories for models.</p>
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             <h4> Reset Dashboard and profiles for all users</h4>
             <h4>Analytics Insights report</h4>
             <p>A new 'Reset' button the default dashboard and profile pages means administrators can now specify blocks on these pages and apply the changes to everyone on the site.Read more about [[Dashboard]] and [[Profile]]</p>
             <p> View a graphical [[Analytics|Learning Analytics]] improvements a graphical Insights report.</p>
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             <h4>Better handling of tags</h4>
             <h4>H5P management</h4>
             <p>The Manage tags page interface has been brought up to date and teachers may now tag courses from the Edit settings page. [[Tags|Read more...]]</p>
             <p>Monitor and configure H5P content with a new [[Display H5P filter]] and Manage H5P content page  </p>
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             <h4>A new key for safer upgrading</h4>
             <h4> Emoji settings</h4>
             <p>An upgrade key can now be defined which will prevent non-authenticated users accessing the upgrade screen. [[Upgrade key|Find our more...]]</p>
             <p>Add an emoji button to the [[Atto editor]] or disable emojis from [[Advanced features]] if unsupported</p>
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             <h4>Atto editor improvements</h4>
             <h4>User management</h4>
             <p>Now you can more easily add and configure tables when editiing text and there are some new equations in the equation editor [[Atto editor|Read more...]]</p>
             <p>Configure the default user filter from a new admin page</p>
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            <h4>Upload users improvements</h4>
            <p>View an example csv file and specify the enrol start date</p>
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             <h4>Delete messages</h4>
             <h4>Course backup</h4>
             <p>Unwanted messages may be deleted from your list (although they remain for the recipient) There is a new associated event message/delete [[Messaging|Read 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>Course overview</h4>
            <p>Configure [[Course overview]] layouts and filters and specify default course card colours</p>
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            <h4>Duplicate user tours</h4>
            <p>Easily copy and adapt user tours with a new 'duplicate' button.</p>
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            <h4>Experimental course relative dates</h4>
            <p>Have assignment due dates displayed relative to the user's start date in the course with [[Course relative dates]].</p>
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[[Category:New features]]


* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 3.0
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.7]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.0]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.8]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]

Latest revision as of 10:07, 6 October 2020


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

  • H5PStudentView.png

    H5P interactive content

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

  • StudentForumGrading.png

    Forum grading

    Submit forum posts for assessment and view your grades

  • courseCustomFieldFilter.png

    Course overview

    Filter by custom course fields in the Course overview

  • DocsForumExperimentalNestedView.png

    New forum view

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

  • CalendarFilter.png

    Calendar filters

    Filter your calendar by month, day or upcoming event.

  • MessagingEmoji.png

    Emojis

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

  • StudentNotificationsDocs.png

    Clearer reminders

    Receive and rate reminders about your activities.

  • Timeout.png

    Session timeout

    Stay on target with a Session timeout alert

For teachers

  • DocsForumGrading1.png

    Forum grading

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

  • ForumSummaryReport.png

    Forum export and summary report

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

  • H5PAttoButtonEn.png

    Embed H5P content

    Link to or upload existing H5P interactive content

  • InsightsBulkActions.png

    Analytics bulk actions

    Bulk select and send messages to students from the Insights report

  • QbankIDTags.png

    Question bank

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

  • GroupBadges.png

    Badges and groups

    Filter by group when manually awarding badges

For administrators

  • 38 newmodels.png

    Analytics insights

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

  • DocsInsightReport.png

    Analytics Insights report

    View a graphical Learning Analytics improvements a graphical Insights report.

  • User Management.png

    User management

    Configure the default user filter from a new admin page

  • 38 examplecsv.png

    Upload users improvements

    View an example csv file and specify the enrol start date

    • CourseBackupAdmin.png

      Course backup

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

    • CourseOverviewSettings.png

      Course overview

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


    • DuplicateUserTours.png

      Duplicate user tours

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

    • ExperimentalSettings.png

      Experimental course relative dates

      Have assignment due dates displayed relative to the user's start date in the course with Course relative dates.

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