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===Quiz and question types===
===New in courses===


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View overrides and pass grades
Big Blue Button
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Teachers can view overrides and students can view pass grades directly on the Quiz page.
Use a free trial of Big Blue Button for live web conference.
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Preferred question settings retained
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Notify learners when course content is added or updated.
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Essay question word limits
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A minimum and maximum word limit can be specified for [[Essay question type|Essay questions]].
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Revision as of 13:28, 1 February 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

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My courses

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

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Timeline

Stay on target with deadlines with an improved Timeline.

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Course index

Move smoothly between course sections.

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Activity completion

View complete and incomplete activities easily from the course index.

Course editing

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Edit mode

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

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Easily add content

Add activities and resources with a simple click.

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Contextual navigation

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

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Drag and drop to move

Move items from the course index or the central area.

New for admins

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Admin presets

Define what's available to teachers and students by using or personalising site presets.

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Report builder

Create custom reports and share with specific users or roles.

New in courses

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Big Blue Button

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

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Content updates

Notify learners when course content is added or updated.

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Timed assignments

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

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Badges

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Better backpack management

Admins can set the order in which backpacks are listed for users.

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Open Badges v 2.1 compliant

Moodle 3.11 is Open Badges v 2.1 compliant and a new OAuth 2 Open Badges service enables users to connect to their OB v 2.1 compliant backpack without having to enter their credentials into Moodle.

User profile fields

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New Social profile field

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


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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

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Control audio / video playback rates

Students can control the speed at which Audio and Video files will play.

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Improved activity completion report

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

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Search language packs

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

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New PDF to PNG converter

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

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Section links block

Titles may now be displayed in the Section links block.

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Restore/import role permissions

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