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{{About Moodle}}
{{About Moodle}}
If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.2
If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.8


==Navigation changes==
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*A new core theme, Boost, bring with it important navigation and course editing changes.
  <div class="row-fluid">
*New courses using the Boost theme will no longer display blocks, in line with mobile app usage, although you may still add blocks if you need to.
    <ul class="thumbnails">
*A nav drawer on the left replaces the navigation block and may be opened and closed to free up space.
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:DocsForumGrading1.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Forum grading </h4>
            <p>Asses forum discussions with Whole forum grading, using direct or advanced grading</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:ForumSummaryReport.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Forum export and summary report</h4>
            <p>Export forum discussions and view a detailed summary report of student activity</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:H5PAttoButtonEn.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Embed H5P content</h4>
            <p>Link to or upload existing H5P interactive content</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:InsightsBulkActions.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Analytics bulk actions</h4>
            <p>Bulk select and send messages to students from the Insights report</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:QbankIDTags.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Question bank</h4>
            <p>View question ID numbers and tags and benefit from a new Edit menu </p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:GroupBadges.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Badges and groups</h4>
            <p>Filter  by group when manually awarding badges</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


[[File:docsTeacherNavigation.png|thumb|center|600px|The nav drawer]]
==Course editing==
*In the new Boost theme, a gear menu is present at the top of the course page.
*Here you can turn on editing andlocate other important aspects of the course.
* A 'More' link leads to course administration settings.
[[File:docsTeacherCourseEditing.png|thumb|center|600px|Gear menu for course editing]]
*Existing activities and resources may be a gear menu within the activity.
[[File:Docs_ActivityEditing.png|thumb|center|600px|Activity editing]]
*Your favourite sound and video files will display more efficiently across browsers, with caption and subtitling options.
[[File:Docs_MediaPlayer.png|thumb|center|600px|Media file display]]
==Course management==
*Enrolments may be quickly handled by clicking the gear in the Participants link:
[[File:Docs_ParticipantsEnrolment.png|thumb|center|600px|Enrolment link in Participants screen]]
*It's now possible to set an end date for your course as well as a start date, ''although this does not affect students being able to access your course.''
[[File:Docs_CourseEndDate.png|thumb|center|600px|Course end date]]
*Rubrics may have negative scores, for example to penalise students who submit late.
[[File:DocsArbitraryScoring.png|thumb|center|600px|Rubric with negative score]]
==Activities==
===Forum: Discussion locking===
It's now possible to lock discussions after a specified time
[[File:Docs_DiscussionLocking.png|thumb|center|600px|A locked forum discussion]]
===Choice: Selection by teacher===
Teachers may now make selections on behalf of students.
[[File:Docs_TeacherSelect.png|thumb|center|600px|Teacher choice selection]]
===Workshop: Portfolio export===
A new capability ''workshop:exportsubmissions'', given to teachers and students by default, means workshop submissions and assessments may be exported to external portfolios such as Mahara.
[[File:Docs_ExportPortfolio.png|thumb|center|600px|Submission export.]]
===Assignment: Overrides===
Deadlines for assignments may now be overridden for individual students and groups (in the same way as for quizzes) with this new feature.
[[File:Docs_AssignmentOverride.png|thumb|center|600px|Assignment override.]]
===Lesson: Content page duplication===
When creating several similar content pages within a lesson, a duplicate icon allows for easily copying.
[[File:Docs_LessonPageDuplication.png|thumb|center|600px|Duplicate icon.]]


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[[de:Neu für Trainer/innen]]
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[[pt-br:Novo para professores]]

Revision as of 16:43, 26 November 2019

If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about the major changes affecting you in Moodle 3.8


  • DocsForumGrading1.png

    Forum grading

    Asses 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