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{{About Moodle}}
Moodle 3.1 comes packed with user-requested features such as full support for Competency Based Education, smoother assignment grading, easy retrieval of deleted files (thanks to the Moodle Users Association), improved tagging and course editing, greater usability for students and enhancements to several activities such as forum, workshop and lesson.
 
Read on for Moodle 3.1 highlights or watch the  Moodle 3.1 highlights screencasts on our YouTube page. (coming soon)
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.]


Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.1 release notes|Moodle 31 release notes]].
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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===For teachers===


===For all users===
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             <h4>Competencies</h4>
             <h4>H5P interactive content</h4>
             <p> [[Competency based education]] is now fully supported in Moodle 3.1</p>
             <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>Assignment grading</h4>
             <h4>Course overview</h4>
             <p> Grading [[Assignment]] submissions has got smoother with all elements on one screen and the ability to annotate over student submissions of different file types..</p>
             <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>Download selected assignments</h4>
             <h4>Calendar filters</h4>
             <p>Select which assignments you want to download for offline viewing from a new option in the menu</p>
             <p>Filter your calendar by month, day or upcoming event.</p>
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             <h4>Easily restore deleted content</h4>
             <h4>Emojis</h4>
            <p>The new [[Recycle bin]], funded by the MUA, means you no longer need worry about losing accidentally deleted course items or courses, as it's now possible easily to restore them.</p>
<p>Add emojis  into [[Messages]] or from a button in the [[Atto editor]]</p>
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<h4>Pinned forum discussions</h4>
            <h4>Clearer reminders</h4>
             <p>Important forum posts can now be pinned to the top of your list, making them more visible to your students. [[Using Forum|Read more...]]</p>
             <p>Receive and rate reminders about your activities.</p>
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             <h4>Easily link to forum posts</h4>
             <h4>Session timeout</h4>
            <p> The new permalink feature makes it easy to share useful forum posts. See [[Using Forum]].</p>
<p>Stay on target with a Session timeout alert</p>
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             <h4>Share activities between sites</h4>
             <h4>Forum grading </h4>
             <p>The [[External tool]] activity now allows you to share course activities and related grading between two Moodle sites.</p>
             <p>Assess forum discussions with [[Using Forum|Whole forum grading]], using direct or advanced grading</p>
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             <h4>Tag course activities</h4>
             <h4>Forum export and summary report</h4>
             <p>Course activities and resources may now be tagged, making it simpler to find related content. </p>
             <p>Export forum discussions and view a detailed summary report of student activity</p>
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             <h4> Easier section editing</h4>
             <h4>Embed H5P content</h4>
             <p>Change section titles without leaving the page, speeding up your course creation. [[Course homepage|Read more...]]</p>
             <p>Link to or upload existing [[H5P]] interactive content</p>
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             <h4>Search metalinked courses</h4>
             <h4>Analytics bulk actions</h4>
             <p>Search for meta linked courses and add them together in one step. See [[Course meta link]] </p>
             <p>Bulk select and send messages to students from the Insights report</p>
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             <h4>Workshop enhancements</h4>
             <h4>Question bank</h4>
             <p>When setting up a workshop, you can now specify the types of file you want students to submit or not. Students may also now deleted their own submissions. See [[Workshop settings]] </p>
             <p>View question ID numbers and tags and benefit from a new Edit menu </p>
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             <h4>Another feature</h4>
             <h4>Badges and groups</h4>
             <p> Another feature </p>
             <p>Filter  by group when manually awarding badges</p>
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             <h4>Competency frameworks</h4>
             <h4>Analytics insights</h4>
             <p>Create competency frameworks for use throughout the site. (A plugin will also allow you to import from external sources.)</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>Learning plan templates </h4>
             <h4>Analytics Insights report</h4>
             <p>Create learning plan templates and apply them to individuals or whole cohorts.</p>
             <p> View a graphical [[Analytics|Learning Analytics]] improvements a graphical Insights report.</p>
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             <h4>Global search</h4>
             <h4>H5P management</h4>
             <p>Let your your staff and students search the site by enabling [[Global search]] and installing Solr.</p>
             <p>Monitor and configure H5P content with a new [[Display H5P filter]] and Manage H5P content page  </p>
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             <h4>Assignment file conversion</h4>
             <h4> Emoji settings</h4>
             <p>Teachers can annotate directly on uploaded submissions of different file types, not just PDF if unoconv 07 is installed [[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>Search the file system repository</h4>
             <h4>User management</h4>
             <p>If you’ve enabled a [[File system repository]] on your server for FTP uploading, your teachers can now search the folders in that repository</p>
             <p>Configure the default user filter from a new admin page</p>
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             <h4>Lesson default settings </h4>
             <h4>Upload users improvements</h4>
             <p>Make setting up a [[Lesson]] simpler for teachers by choosing the default and advanced settings.</p>
             <p>View an example csv file and specify the enrol start date</p>
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             <h4>Bulk download files in  a zipped folder</h4>
             <h4>Course backup</h4>
             <p>When a [[Folder resource]] contains many files, students can download them all in a zipped file.</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>Search everywhere!</h4>
             <h4>Course overview</h4>
             <p>Search all courses you have access to and quickly find that important resource.Read more [[Global search]] </p>
             <p>Configure [[Course overview]] layouts and filters and specify default course card colours</p>
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             <h4>Message others more efficiently</h4>
             <h4>Duplicate user tours</h4>
             <p>The Message button is now next to the user's picture, making it much easier to send important messages. [[Messaging settings|Find out more...]]</p>
             <p>Easily copy and adapt user tours with a new 'duplicate' button.</p>
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             <h4>Another feature!</h4>
             <h4>Experimental course relative dates</h4>
             <p>Another feature information </p>
             <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]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.7]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.8]]

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

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    H5P interactive content

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

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    Forum grading

    Submit forum posts for assessment and view your grades

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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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    Emojis

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

  • StudentNotificationsDocs.png

    Clearer reminders

    Receive and rate reminders about your activities.

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    Session timeout

    Stay on target with a Session timeout alert

For teachers

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    Forum grading

    Assess 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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    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 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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