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{{About Moodle}}
Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 3.11, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdtb97nUrrn0khkIEiLfHFJ YouTube playlist of 3.11 New features].
Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 4.0, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDcI0BezfCOW8QRfJw6FblRn YouTube playlist of 4.0 New features].


For role-specific information, see [[New for teachers]], [[New for students]] and [[New for administrators]].
For role-specific information, see [[New for teachers]], [[New for students]] and [[New for administrators]].


The list of major features and improvements can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.11 release notes|Moodle 3.11 release notes]].
The list of major features and improvements can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 4.0 release notes|Moodle 4.0 release notes]].
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===Student activity completion (MUA)===
===New navigation===
<div class="contentblock">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
  <div class="row-fluid">
<div class="card">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
<div class="card-body">
      <li class="span6">
[[File:StudentMyCourses2.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
<h4 class="card-title">
[[File:ActivityCompletion311.png|600px]]
My courses
          <div class="caption">
</h4>
            <h4>Improved learner experience</h4>
<p class="card-text">
            <p>Activity dates and [[Activity completion]] conditions may be shown on the course page.</p>
Access your courses easily from a My courses tab at the top of the site.
          </div>
</p>
        </div>
</div>
      </li>
</div>
      <li class="span6">
<div class="card">
        <div class="thumbnail">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:311CompletionWithinActivity.png|600px]]
[[File:StudentDashboard.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
          <div class="caption">
<h4 class="card-title">
            <h4>Dates and completion conditions within activities</h4>
Dashboard and Timeline
            <p>Activity dates and [[Activity completion]] conditions are shown at the top of the activity page.</p>
</h4>
       
<p class="card-text">
          </div>
Stay on target with deadlines with an improved Timeline on the Dashboard.
        </div>
</p>
      </li>
</div>
    </ul>
</div>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="contentblock">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
  <div class="row-fluid">
<div class="card">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
<div class="card-body">
      <li class="span6">
[[File:ActivityNavigation.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
<h4 class="card-title">
[[File:StudentManualCompletion.png|600px]]
Course index
          <div class="caption">
</h4>
            <h4>Manual completion</h4>
<p class="card-text">
            <p>Students can mark an activity as complete from within the activity itself.</p>
Move smoothly between course sections.
          </div>
</p>
        </div>
</div>
      </li>
</div>
      <li class="span6">
<div class="card">
        <div class="thumbnail">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:TeacherCompletionSettings.png|600px]]
[[File:CompletionCircles.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
          <div class="caption">
<h4 class="card-title">
            <h4>New display settings</h4>
Activity completion
            <p>New settings allow teachers to hide or show activity dates and completion conditions on the course page.</p>
</h4>
       
<p class="card-text">
          </div>
View complete and incomplete activities easily from the course index.
        </div>
</p>
      </li>
</div>
    </ul>
</div>
  </div>
</div>


===Accessibility toolkit===
===Course editing===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:EditModeAndBlock.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Edit mode
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Toggle edit mode and access the new block drawer to add or view blocks.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:TeacherAddActivity.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Easily add content
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Add activities and resources with a simple click.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:ContextualNavigation.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Contextual navigation
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Find your way around the course and activities with clear tab menus.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:DragDrop.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Drag and drop to move
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Move items from the course index or the central area.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>


  <div class="row-fluid">
===Question bank improvements===
    <ul class="thumbnails">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
      <li class="span6">
<div class="card">
        <div class="thumbnail">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:BrickfieldAdmin1.png|600px]]
[[File:QBPlugins.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
          <div class="caption">
<h4 class="card-title">
            <h4>Free starter toolkit</h4>
Question bank plugins
            <p>An [[Accessibility toolkit]] (from Brickfield Education Labs) identifies course accessibility issues.</p>
</h4>
          </div>
<p class="card-text">
        </div>
Show or hide options such as comments and usage.
      </li>
</p>
      <li class="span6">
</div>
        <div class="thumbnail">
</div>
[[File:AccessiblityBlock.png|600px]]
<div class="card">
          <div class="caption">
<div class="card-body">
            <h4>Course accessibility review</h4>
[[File:DrafReadyQB.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
            <p>Course content is analysed so teachers can identify and fix accessibility errors.</p>
<h4 class="card-title">
          </div>
Improved question management
        </div>
</h4>
      </li>
<p class="card-text">
    </ul>
Save as draft or make ready; see version history and use custom fields when working with colleagues..
  </div>
</p>
<div class="row-fluid">
</div>
    <ul class="thumbnails">
</div>
      <li class="span6">
</div>
        <div class="thumbnail">
===New in courses===
[[File:BrickfieldTeacher.png|600px]]
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
          <div class="caption">
<div class="card">
            <h4>Heatmap of errors</h4>
<div class="card-body">
            <p>A heatmap offers a coloured and contextual view of the areas of concern.</p>
[[File:Attomua2.png|class=img-fluid]]
          </div>
<h4 class="card-title">
        </div>
Atto accessibility
      </li>
</h4>
      <li class="span6">
<p class="card-text">
        <div class="thumbnail">
The [[Atto editor]] has improved accessiblity thanks to an [https://moodleassociation.org/ MUA] funded project.
[[File:SummaryReport.png|600px]]
</p>
          <div class="caption">
</div>
            <h4>Range of reports and graphs</h4>
</div>
            <p>Errors can be viewed in graphic form, or as a list with a downloadable report.</p>
<div class="card">
          </div>
<div class="card-body">
        </div>
[[File:PassingGradeCompletion.png|class=img-fluid]]
      </li>
<h4 class="card-title">
    </ul>
Grade to pass completion
  </div>
</h4>
 
<p class="card-text">
===H5P and content  bank===
Activity completion can now include a passing grade.
</p>
  <div class="row-fluid">
</div>
    <ul class="thumbnails">
</div>
      <li class="span6">
</div>
        <div class="thumbnail">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
[[File:DisableH5Pcontent.png|600px]]
<div class="card">
          <div class="caption">
<div class="card-body">
            <h4>Disable selected H5P content types</h4>
[[File:NewActvityIcons.png|class=img-fluid]]
            <p>Admins can disable selected H5P content types from the admin settings.</p>
<h4 class="card-title">
          </div>
New activity icons
        </div>
</h4>
      </li>
<p class="card-text">
      <li class="span6">
Colour-coded icons help identify the function of each activity.
        <div class="thumbnail">
</p>
[[File:MakeUnlisted.png|600px]]
</div>
          <div class="caption">
</div>
            <h4> Mark content as unlisted</h4>
<div class="card">
            <p>Teachers can hide content in the [[Content bank|content bank]] by marking it as unlisted.</p>
<div class="card-body">
    </div>
[[File:ContentChangeNotif.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
        </div>
<h4 class="card-title">
      </li>
Content updates
    </ul>
</h4>
  </div>
<p class="card-text">
<div class="row-fluid">
Notify learners when course content is added or updated.
    <ul class="thumbnails">
</p>
      <li class="span6">
</div>
        <div class="thumbnail">
</div>
[[File:LinkedContent.png|600px]]
</div>
          <div class="caption">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
            <h4>See which content is linked</h4>
<div class="card">
            <p>A new column in the [[Content bank|content bank]] displays the number of times an item is linked.</p>
<div class="card-body">
          </div>
[[File:TimedAssignments.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
        </div>
<h4 class="card-title">
      </li>
Timed assignments
      <li class="span6">
</h4>
        <div class="thumbnail">
<p class="card-text">
[[File:DeleteAlert.png|600px]]
Specify a time on assignments to encourage learners to submit within the period.
          <div class="caption">
</p>
            <h4> Alert when deleting linked content</h4>
</div>
            <p>An alert is displayed when linked content is about to be deleted, explaining what will happen.</p>
</div>
          </div>
<div class="card">
</div>
<div class="card-body">
      </li>
[[File:BBB40.png|class=img-fluid]]
    </ul>
<h4 class="card-title">
  </div>
Big Blue Button
 
</h4>
===Quiz and question types===
<p class="card-text">
Use a free trial of Big Blue Button for live web conferencing.
  <div class="row-fluid">
</p>
    <ul class="thumbnails">
</div>
      <li class="span6">
</div>
        <div class="thumbnail">
</div>
[[File:QuizOverridePassGrade.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>View overrides and pass grades</h4>
            <p>Teachers can view overrides and students can view pass grades directly on the Quiz page.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:RetainedQuestionSettings.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Preferred question settings retained</h4>
            <p>Changes from the default settings of a question type are retained for the next time a teacher creates a question.</p>
    </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:QuizMinMaxStudent.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Essay question word limits</h4>
            <p>A minimum and maximum word limit can be specified for [[|Essay question type|Essay questions]].</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:PlagiarismSupport.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Essay plagiarism support</h4>
            <p>If a plagiarism checker is installed, it now supports the [[Essay question type]].</p>
          </div>
</div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
 
===Badges===
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:ManageBackPacks.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Better backpack management</h4>
            <p>The Manage backpacks page enables an admin to set the order in which backpacks are listed.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:BadgesAPI.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Open Badges v 2.1 compliant</h4>
            <p>Moodle is Open Badges v 2.1 compliant and a new Open Badges OAuth 2 service enables easier connection to OB v 2.1 compliant backpack providers.</p>
          </div>
</div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
 
===User profile fields===
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:SocialField.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>New social profile field</h4>
            <p>A new social profile field replaces the hard-coded fields in the user profile.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:UserProfileUserIdentity.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Custom profile fields selectable in Show user identity</h4>
            <p>Custom profile fields may be selected in User polices > Show user identity so they display in participant lists.</p>
          </div>
</div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
===Other features and improvements===
 
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:PlayRate.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Control audio / video playback rates</h4>
            <p>Students can control the speed at which audio and video files will play.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:ActivityCompletionreport.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Improved activity completion report</h4>
            <p>The activity completion report may be filtered by activity and activity order.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:SearchLangPacks.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Search language packs</h4>
            <p>The list of languages may be searched when installing new [[Language packs]].</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:Poppler.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>New PDF to PNG converter</h4>
            <p>For assignment submission annotations, a new converter, Poppler is available instead of Ghostscript.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:SectionNameLinks.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Section links block</h4>
            <p>Titles may now be displayed in the Section links block.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:OverridePermissions.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Restore/import role permissions</h4>
            <p>Enable or disable role permission overrides when restoring or importing a course.</p>
          </div>
</div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===New for admins===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:SiteAdminPresets.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Site admin presets
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Easily offer a streamlined or full set of features to users. See [[Site admin presets]].
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:Customreports.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Report builder
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Set up [[Custom reports]] and share with selected users, roles or cohorts.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:UserTours40.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
User tours
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Improved [[User tours]] can also include graphics.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:40Login.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Login page
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Define a background image for the improved login page.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:4LTI.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
LTI 1.3 Advantage
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Moodle 4.0 supports LTI 1.3 Advantage. See [[Publish as LTI tool]].
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:SiteSupport.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">Site support
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
A mandatory support email improves access to support.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
[[Category:New features]]
[[Category:New features]]
 
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[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.11]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 4.0]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.11]]

Latest revision as of 03:35, 19 April 2022

Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 4.0, or watch our YouTube playlist of 4.0 New features.

For role-specific information, see New for teachers, New for students and New for administrators.

The list of major features and improvements can be found in the Moodle 4.0 release notes.

New navigation

StudentMyCourses2.jpg

My courses

Access your courses easily from a My courses tab at the top of the site.

StudentDashboard.jpg

Dashboard and Timeline

Stay on target with deadlines with an improved Timeline on the Dashboard.

ActivityNavigation.jpg

Course index

Move smoothly between course sections.

CompletionCircles.jpg

Activity completion

View complete and incomplete activities easily from the course index.

Course editing

EditModeAndBlock.jpg

Edit mode

Toggle edit mode and access the new block drawer to add or view blocks.

TeacherAddActivity.jpg

Easily add content

Add activities and resources with a simple click.

ContextualNavigation.jpg

Contextual navigation

Find your way around the course and activities with clear tab menus.

DragDrop.jpg

Drag and drop to move

Move items from the course index or the central area.

Question bank improvements

QBPlugins.jpg

Question bank plugins

Show or hide options such as comments and usage.

DrafReadyQB.jpg

Improved question management

Save as draft or make ready; see version history and use custom fields when working with colleagues..

New in courses

Attomua2.png

Atto accessibility

The Atto editor has improved accessiblity thanks to an MUA funded project.

PassingGradeCompletion.png

Grade to pass completion

Activity completion can now include a passing grade.

NewActvityIcons.png

New activity icons

Colour-coded icons help identify the function of each activity.

ContentChangeNotif.jpg

Content updates

Notify learners when course content is added or updated.

TimedAssignments.jpg

Timed assignments

Specify a time on assignments to encourage learners to submit within the period.

BBB40.png

Big Blue Button

Use a free trial of Big Blue Button for live web conferencing.

New for admins

SiteAdminPresets.jpg

Site admin presets

Easily offer a streamlined or full set of features to users. See Site admin presets.

Customreports.jpg

Report builder

Set up Custom reports and share with selected users, roles or cohorts.

UserTours40.png

User tours

Improved User tours can also include graphics.

40Login.png

Login page

Define a background image for the improved login page.

4LTI.png

LTI 1.3 Advantage

Moodle 4.0 supports LTI 1.3 Advantage. See Publish as LTI tool.

SiteSupport.png

Site support

A mandatory support email improves access to support.

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