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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 3.11, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdtb97nUrrn0khkIEiLfHFJ YouTube playlist of 3.11 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]].


Full details of the release with technical information 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 3.11 release notes|Moodle 3.11 release notes]].
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===Student activity completion (MUA)===
===Student activity completion (MUA)===
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             <h4>Improved learner experience</h4>
             <h4>Improved learner experience</h4>
             <p>[[Activity completion |Activity deadlines and completion criteria]] are clearly visible on the course page.</p>
             <p>Activity dates and [[Activity completion]] conditions may be shown on the course page.</p>
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             <h4>Criteria and deadlines within activities</h4>
             <h4>Dates and completion conditions within activities</h4>
             <p>Deadlines and criteria always display within the activity. See [[Using Activity completion]]</p>
             <p>Activity dates and [[Activity completion]] conditions are shown at the top of the activity page.</p>
        
        
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             <h4>Manual completion</h4>
             <h4>Manual completion</h4>
             <p>Mark an activity as complete from within the activity itself.</p>
             <p>Students can mark an activity as complete from within the activity itself.</p>
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             <h4>New display settings</h4>
             <h4>New display settings</h4>
             <p>New [[Activity completion settings | completion settings]] allow teachers to hide or display the dates and criteria on the course page.</p>
             <p>New settings allow teachers to hide or show activity dates and completion conditions on the course page.</p>
        
        
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===Brickfield accessiblity toolkit===
===Accessibility toolkit===


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             <h4>Free starter toolkit</h4>
             <h4>Free starter toolkit</h4>
             <p>An [[Accessibility toolkit |accessibility toolkit.]] (via Brickfield Education Labs) identifies course accessibility issues. </p>
             <p>An [[Accessibility toolkit]] (from Brickfield Education Labs) identifies course accessibility issues.</p>
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             <h4>Course accessiblity review</h4>
             <h4>Course accessibility review</h4>
             <p>Course content is analysed so teachers can identify and fix accessiblity errors. </p>
             <p>Course content is analysed so teachers can identify and fix accessibility errors.</p>
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             <h4>Heatmap of errors</h4>
             <h4>Heatmap of errors</h4>
             <p>A heatmap offers a coloured and contextual view of the areas of concern </p>
             <p>A heatmap offers a coloured and contextual view of the areas of concern.</p>
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===H5P/content  bank===
===H5P and content  bank===
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             <h4> Disable selected content types</h4>
             <h4>Disable selected H5P content types</h4>
             <p> Admins can disable selected content types from the admin settings</p>
             <p>Admins can disable selected H5P content types from the admin settings.</p>
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             <h4> Mark content as unlisted</h4>
             <h4> Mark content as unlisted</h4>
             <p>Teachers can restrict access to their H5P content by marking it as 'Unlisted'</p>
             <p>Teachers can hide content in the [[Content bank|content bank]] by marking it as unlisted.</p>
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             <h4>See when content is linked</h4>
             <h4>See which content is linked</h4>
             <p>When viewing H5P content, a new colum displays the number of times it is linked.</p>
             <p>A new column in the [[Content bank|content bank]] displays the number of times an item is linked.</p>
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             <h4> Alert when deleting linked content</h4>
             <h4> Alert when deleting linked content</h4>
             <p>An alert appears when linked content is about to be deleted, explaining what will happen.</p>
             <p>An alert is displayed when linked content is about to be deleted, explaining what will happen.</p>
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===Quiz and Question types===
===Quiz and question types===
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             <h4> View overrides and pass grades</h4>
             <h4>View overrides and pass grades</h4>
             <p> Teachers can view overrides and students can view pass grades directly on the Quiz page.</p>
             <p>Teachers can view overrides and students can view pass grades directly on the Quiz page.</p>
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             <h4>Essay question word limits</h4>
             <h4>Essay question word limits</h4>
             <p>A minimum and maximum word limit can be specified for Essay questions</p>
             <p>A minimum and maximum word limit can be specified for [[|Essay question type|Essay questions]].</p>
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             <h4> Essay plagiarism support</h4>
             <h4>Essay plagiarism support</h4>
             <p>If a plagiarism checker is installed, it now supports the Essay question type.</p>
             <p>If a plagiarism checker is installed, it now supports the [[Essay question type]].</p>
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===Open Badges v 2.1 compliant===
===Badges===
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             <h4>Better badge management</h4>
             <h4>Better backpack management</h4>
             <p>The Badges admin screen is streamlined and users can more easily connect to their preferred backpack. </p>
             <p>The Manage backpacks page enables an admin to set the order in which backpacks are listed.</p>
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             <h4> Open Badges API</h4>
             <h4>Open Badges v 2.1 compliant</h4>
             <p>An Open Badges OAuth method is available.'</p>
             <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>
 
 
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[[File:SocialField.png|600px]]
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             <h4>New 'social' field</h4>
             <h4>New social profile field</h4>
             <p>A new 'social' profile field replaces the hard-coded fields in the user profile. </p>
             <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>
             <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>
             <p>Custom profile fields may be selected in User polices > Show user identity so they display in participant lists.</p>
 
 
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             <h4>Control audio / video playback rates</h4>
             <h4>Control audio / video playback rates</h4>
             <p>Control the speed at which audio and video files will play. </p>
             <p>Students can control the speed at which audio and video files will play.</p>
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             <h4>Improved activity completion report</h4>
             <h4>Improved activity completion report</h4>
             <p>The activity completion report has two new options for filtering </p>
             <p>The activity completion report may be filtered by activity and activity order.</p>
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             <h4>Search language packs</h4>
             <h4>Search language packs</h4>
             <p>The list of languages may be searched when installing new packs </p>
             <p>The list of languages may be searched when installing new [[Language packs]].</p>
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             <h4>New PDF to PNG converter</h4>
             <h4>New PDF to PNG converter</h4>
             <p>For the Annotate PDF feedback type, a new converter, Poppler is available instead of Ghostscript.</p>
             <p>For assignment submission annotations, a new converter, Poppler is available instead of Ghostscript.</p>
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             <h4>Section links block</h4>
             <h4>Section links block</h4>
             <p>Titles may now be displayed in the Section links block </p>
             <p>Titles may now be displayed in the Section links block.</p>
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             <h4>Restore/Import role permissions</h4>
             <h4>Restore/import role permissions</h4>
             <p>Enable or disable role permission overrides when restoring or importing a course.</p>
             <p>Enable or disable role permission overrides when restoring or importing a course.</p>
 
 

Revision as of 13:22, 18 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.

The list of major features and improvements can be found in the Moodle 3.11 release notes.

Student activity completion (MUA)

  • ActivityCompletion311.png

    Improved learner experience

    Activity dates and Activity completion conditions may be shown on the course page.

  • 311CompletionWithinActivity.png

    Dates and completion conditions within activities

    Activity dates and Activity completion conditions are shown at the top of the activity page.

  • StudentManualCompletion.png

    Manual completion

    Students can mark an activity as complete from within the activity itself.

  • TeacherCompletionSettings.png

    New display settings

    New settings allow teachers to hide or show activity dates and completion conditions on the course page.

Accessibility toolkit

  • BrickfieldAdmin1.png

    Free starter toolkit

    An Accessibility toolkit (from Brickfield Education Labs) identifies course accessibility issues.

  • AccessiblityBlock.png

    Course accessibility review

    Course content is analysed so teachers can identify and fix accessibility errors.

  • BrickfieldTeacher.png

    Heatmap of errors

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

  • SummaryReport.png

    Range of reports and graphs

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

H5P and content bank

  • DisableH5Pcontent.png

    Disable selected H5P content types

    Admins can disable selected H5P content types from the admin settings.

  • MakeUnlisted.png

    Mark content as unlisted

    Teachers can hide content in the content bank by marking it as unlisted.

  • LinkedContent.png

    See which content is linked

    A new column in the content bank displays the number of times an item is linked.

  • DeleteAlert.png

    Alert when deleting linked content

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

Quiz and question types

  • QuizOverridePassGrade.png

    View overrides and pass grades

    Teachers can view overrides and students can view pass grades directly on the Quiz page.

  • RetainedQuestionSettings.png

    Preferred question settings retained

    Changes from the default settings of a question type are retained for the next time a teacher creates a question.

  • QuizMinMaxStudent.png

    Essay question word limits

    A minimum and maximum word limit can be specified for [[|Essay question type|Essay questions]].

  • PlagiarismSupport.png

    Essay plagiarism support

    If a plagiarism checker is installed, it now supports the Essay question type.

Badges

  • ManageBackPacks.png

    Better backpack management

    The Manage backpacks page enables an admin to set the order in which backpacks are listed.

  • BadgesAPI.png

    Open Badges v 2.1 compliant

    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.

User profile fields

  • SocialField.png

    New social profile field

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

  • UserProfileUserIdentity.png

    Custom profile fields selectable in Show user identity

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

Other features and improvements

  • PlayRate.png

    Control audio / video playback rates

    Students can control the speed at which audio and video files will play.

  • ActivityCompletionreport.png

    Improved activity completion report

    The activity completion report may be filtered by activity and activity order.

  • SearchLangPacks.png

    Search language packs

    The list of languages may be searched when installing new Language packs.

  • Poppler.png

    New PDF to PNG converter

    For assignment submission annotations, a new converter, Poppler is available instead of Ghostscript.

  • SectionNameLinks.png

    Section links block

    Titles may now be displayed in the Section links block.

  • OverridePermissions.png

    Restore/import role permissions

    Enable or disable role permission overrides when restoring or importing a course.

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