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Moodle 3.11 features coming this week....
{{About Moodle}}
Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 3.11, or watch our [Youtube playlist of 3.11 New features].
 
For role-specific information, see [[New for teachers]], [[New for students]] and [[New for administrators]]
 
Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.11 release notes|Moodle 3.11 release notes]].
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===Student activity completion (MUA)===
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            <h4>Improved learner experience</h4>
            <p>Activity deadlines and completion criteria are clearly visible on the course page.]].</p>
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            <h4>Criteria and deadlines within activities</h4>
            <p>Even if absent on the course page, deadlines and criteria will always be visible in the activity.</p>
       
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            <h4>Manual completion</h4>
            <p>Mark an activity as complete from within the activity itself.</p>
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            <h4>New display settings</h4>
            <p>New settings allow teachers to hide or display the dates and criteria on the course page.</p>
       
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===Brickfield accessiblity toolkit===
 
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            <h4>Free starter toolkitr</h4>
            <p>Registering with Brickfield Education Labs gives access to a course accessibily checker  </p>
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            <h4>Course accessiblity review</h4>
            <p>Course content is analysed so teachers can identify and fix accessiblity errors </p>
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            <h4>Heatmap of errors</h4>
            <p>A heatmap offers a coloured and contextual view of the areas of concern </p>
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            <h4>Range of reports and graphs</h4>
            <p>Errors can be viewed in graphic form, or as a list with a downloadable report.</p>
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===H5P/content  bank===
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            <h4> Disable selected content types</h4>
            <p> Admins can disable selected content types from the admin settings</p>
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            <h4> Mark content as unlisted</h4>
            <p>Teachers can restrict access to their H5P content by marking it as 'Unlisted'</p>
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            <h4>See when content is linked</h4>
            <p>When viewing H5P content, a new colum displays the number of times it is linked.</p>
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            <h4> Alert when deleting linked content</h4>
            <p>An alert appears when linked content is about to be deleted, explaining what will happen.</p>
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===Open Badges v 2.1 compliant===
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            <h4>Better badge management</h4>
            <p>The Badges admin screen is streamlined and users can more easily connect to their preferred backpack. </p>
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            <h4> Open Badges API</h4>
            <p>An Open Badges OAuth method is available.'</p>
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===User profile fields===
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            <h4>New 'social' field</h4>
            <p>A new 'social' profile field replaces the hard-coded fields in the user profile. </p>
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            <h4>Custom profile fields selectable in Show user identity</h4>
            <p>Custom profile fields may be selected from User polices > Show user identity so they display in participant lists.</p>
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===Other features and improvements===
 
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            <h4>Control audio / video playback rates</h4>
            <p>Control the speed at which audio and video files will play.  </p>
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            <h4>Improved activity completion report</h4>
            <p>The activity completion report has two new options for filtering </p>
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            <h4>Search language packs</h4>
            <p>The list of languages may be searched when installing new packs </p>
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            <h4>New PDF to PNG converter</h4>
            <p>For the Annotate PDF feedback type, a new converter, Poppler is available instead of Ghostscript.</p>
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[[Category:New features]]
 
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.11]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.11]]

Revision as of 15:05, 11 May 2021

Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 3.11, or watch our [Youtube playlist of 3.11 New features].

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

Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle 3.11 release notes.

Student activity completion (MUA)

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    Improved learner experience

    Activity deadlines and completion criteria are clearly visible on the course page.]].

  • 311.png

    Criteria and deadlines within activities

    Even if absent on the course page, deadlines and criteria will always be visible in the activity.

  • 311.png

    Manual completion

    Mark an activity as complete from within the activity itself.

  • 311.png

    New display settings

    New settings allow teachers to hide or display the dates and criteria on the course page.

Brickfield accessiblity toolkit

  • 311.png

    Free starter toolkitr

    Registering with Brickfield Education Labs gives access to a course accessibily checker

  • 311.png

    Course accessiblity review

    Course content is analysed so teachers can identify and fix accessiblity errors

  • 311.png

    Heatmap of errors

    A heatmap offers a coloured and contextual view of the areas of concern

  • 311.png

    Range of reports and graphs

    Errors can be viewed in graphic form, or as a list with a downloadable report.


H5P/content bank

  • 311.png

    Disable selected content types

    Admins can disable selected content types from the admin settings

  • 311.png

    Mark content as unlisted

    Teachers can restrict access to their H5P content by marking it as 'Unlisted'

  • 311.png

    See when content is linked

    When viewing H5P content, a new colum displays the number of times it is linked.

  • 311.png

    Alert when deleting linked content

    An alert appears when linked content is about to be deleted, explaining what will happen.


Open Badges v 2.1 compliant

  • 311.png

    Better badge management

    The Badges admin screen is streamlined and users can more easily connect to their preferred backpack.

  • 311.png

    Open Badges API

    An Open Badges OAuth method is available.'

User profile fields

  • 311.png

    New 'social' field

    A new 'social' profile field replaces the hard-coded fields in the user profile.

  • 311.png

    Custom profile fields selectable in Show user identity

    Custom profile fields may be selected from User polices > Show user identity so they display in participant lists.

Other features and improvements

  • 311.png

    Control audio / video playback rates

    Control the speed at which audio and video files will play.

  • 311.png

    Improved activity completion report

    The activity completion report has two new options for filtering

  • 311.png

    Search language packs

    The list of languages may be searched when installing new packs

  • 311.png

    New PDF to PNG converter

    For the Annotate PDF feedback type, a new converter, Poppler is available instead of Ghostscript.