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If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.3.
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             <h4>Better Office integration</h4>
             <h4>More efficient user management</h4>
             <p>Log in, easily access documents from Microsoft Office and the [https://gsuite.google.com/ Google G-Suite] and [[Linked Logins|link your accounts]].</p>
             <p>Teachers can now enrol, search, filter and bulk edit or delete learners from a new single Participants and Enrolments screen.</p>
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             <h4>Improved dashboard</h4>
             <h4>Mark activities as complete</h4>
             <p>Thanks to this [https://moodleassociation.org/ MUA] project, you can now easily check progress and see activities needing grading from the new [[Course overview|Course overview block]].</p>
             <p>A new capability ''Override activity completion status'' means teachers can manually mark as complete (or incomplete) activities on behalf of learners.</p>
       
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             <h4>Font Awesome</h4>
             <h4>Helpful file type selector</h4>
             <p>This popular, responsive set of icons is now available in core for the benefit of everyone.</p>
             <p>When specifying required file types in workshops and assignments, and when uploading media files, a list of suggested file types makes the selection easier.</p>
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             <h4>Emoji support</h4>
             <h4>Tag database entries</h4>
             <p>Brighten up communication with fun emoji characters anywhere that text can be entered.</p>
             <p>Following the glossary, forum post and book chapter tagging in our last release, you can now allow learners to tag database entries..</p>
       
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             <h4>Set a 'Grade by' reminder</h4>
             <h4>Better calendar management</h4>
             <p> Set a reminder to alert you in the course overview.</p>
             <p>Thanks to this [https://moodleassociation.org/ Moodle Users Association (MUA)] project, you can easily manage calendar events- and view new category events- in a handy popup window..</p>
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             <h4>Specify assignment file types</h4>
             <h4>Drag and drop calendar events</h4>
             <p> During the [[Assignment settings|assignment setup]], choose which file types students can submit.</p>
             <p>This MUA-funded improvement allows you to easily change events in the calendar by dragging and dropping them to new dates.</p>
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             <h4>Collapse comments in assignments</h4>
             <h4>Private files storage display</h4>
             <p>Collapse assignment feedback comments for greater readability. [[Assignment settings|Read more...]]</p>
             <p>When uploading files to your Private files, you now see how much space you have used, helping you to better manage your storage limit.</p>
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             <h4>Securely grade Office assignment submissions</h4>
             <h4>Improved Global search</h4>
             <p>Use an access controlled link to grade assignments submitted from G-Suite or MS Office.</p>
             <p>If Global search is enabled, it's now possible to search blocks and courses you are not enrolled in.</p>
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<h4>Better activity completion management</h4>
            <p>Bulk edit and update [[Activity completion|activity completion settings]] in your courses.</p>
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             <h4>Drag and drop media</h4>
             <h4>Easier activity navigation</h4>
             <p>Drag and drop media directly onto the course page.</p>
             <p>'Previous' and 'Next' links, along with a jump-to menu make navigating around courses easier and more intuitive.</p>
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             <h4>Stealth activities: available but not shown</h4>
             <h4>Moodle from your Mobile!</h4>
             <p>An improvement on  'orphaned sections', links may now be made to activities which are not shown on the course page. See [[Stealth activities]].</p>
             <p>Links in the footer and user profiles now encourage you to download and use the Moodle Mobile app.</p>
         
       
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            <h4>More tag areas</h4>
            <p>Glossary entries, forum posts and book chapters may now be tagged for easier searching.</p>
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            <h4>Delete multiple quiz questions</h4>
            <p>Multiple quiz questions may be selected and deleted in one step. [[Building Quiz|Read more...]]</p>
       
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Revision as of 13:54, 2 November 2017

If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.4


  • DocsParticipantsEnrolmentsScreen.png

    More efficient user management

    Teachers can now enrol, search, filter and bulk edit or delete learners from a new single Participants and Enrolments screen.

  • Docs MarkActivitiesComplete.png

    Mark activities as complete

    A new capability Override activity completion status means teachers can manually mark as complete (or incomplete) activities on behalf of learners.

  • Docs FileTypeSelector.png

    Helpful file type selector

    When specifying required file types in workshops and assignments, and when uploading media files, a list of suggested file types makes the selection easier.

  • Docs DatabaseTagging.png

    Tag database entries

    Following the glossary, forum post and book chapter tagging in our last release, you can now allow learners to tag database entries..

  • Docs CalendarCategoryEvent.png

    Better calendar management

    Thanks to this Moodle Users Association (MUA) project, you can easily manage calendar events- and view new category events- in a handy popup window..

  • Docs CalendarDragDrop.png

    Drag and drop calendar events

    This MUA-funded improvement allows you to easily change events in the calendar by dragging and dropping them to new dates.

  • Docs PrivateFilesSpace.png

    Private files storage display

    When uploading files to your Private files, you now see how much space you have used, helping you to better manage your storage limit.

  • Docs GlobalSearch.png

    Improved Global search

    If Global search is enabled, it's now possible to search blocks and courses you are not enrolled in.

  • Docs ActivityNavigationLinks.png

    Easier activity navigation

    'Previous' and 'Next' links, along with a jump-to menu make navigating around courses easier and more intuitive.

  • DocsMobileLinks.png

    Moodle from your Mobile!

    Links in the footer and user profiles now encourage you to download and use the Moodle Mobile app.