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Moodle 2.9 brings together features and enhancements developed by our core team and community contributors. These include: streamlined navigation, useful improvements to activities such as Lesson and Quiz, along with  new admin settings which  refine the course management process.
Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 4.1, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdg4BgkFRpDPL39GXrL_Bq3 YouTube playlist of 4.1 New features].


Read on for Moodle 2.9 highlights, or watch the screencasts on the official [https://youtu.be/JsUz1DMg-24?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDclJEctfdxCFeo8QuyR1Hw_ Moodle HQ YouTube page].
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 2.9 release notes|Moodle 2.9 release notes]].
The list of major features and improvements can be found in the [https://moodledev.io/general/releases/4.1 Moodle 4.1 release notes].
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===Database UX improvements===
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Useful start page
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A useful new start page makes it easier to set up your [[Database activity]]
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Choice of presets
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Three new Database presets are available.
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[[File:PresetPreview.png|class=img-fluid]]
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Preview presets
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Preview presets before using.
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Approval status
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Approval status is clearly visible and easy to manage.
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=== For all users ===
===Gradebook UX improvements===
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Single view report
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            <h4>My home is now Dashboard</h4>
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            <p>My home has been renamed to Dashboard, while retaining its full functionality as before. Where courses have assignments, these are only now displayed in the [[Course overview block]] when they need attention from the teacher (grading) or the student (submitting/resubmitting). [[Dashboard|Read more...]]</p>
Search by user, group or grade item in a clearer [[Single view]] interface
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            <h4>New Grades page</h4>
User report
            <p>The user menu now includes a new Grades page which display grades from all courses users are students in, with links to the relevant user reports. Courses users are teaching in are also displayed, with links to the relevant course gradebook. [[Overview report|Read more...]] </p>
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Collapse categories for clearer viewing
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New Grade summary report
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Access a useful new [[Grade summary report]].
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Extra Grade letters
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Increase the number of elements in the grade scale
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===Question bank improvements===
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Inline editing
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Edit a question title directly from the [[Question bank]].
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New columns
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New 'Modified by' and 'Last used' columns
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===Custom reports enhancements===
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Additional report sources
            <h4>New Profile page</h4>
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            <p>Accessed from the user menu, the new Profile page provides quick links to blog entries, forum post, badges and, depending on the user’s privileges,  a variety of reports including a new [[Browser sessions|browser sessions page.]] The page includes links formerly in the Navigation block. [[User profiles|Read more...]]</p>
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Several extra [[Custom reports]] sources are now available to improve reporting.
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            <h4>Browser sessions page</h4>
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            <p>A new page displays your current browser sessions allowing you to check if you forgot to log off on a different computer (and log off now)  and reassure yourself nobody is using your account.  [[Browser sessions| Read more...]]</p>
New Custom reports settings page
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Optimise performance by limiting settings in [[Custom report settings]].
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===New in integrations===
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Updated TinyMCE editor
            <h4>New Preferences page</h4>
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            <p>AlI your preferences can easily be reviewed and altered from one page, accessed from the user menu. Easily change your choice of editor, update your forum notifications, change your password and more. This page includes settings formerly in the Administration block. [[Preferences|Read more...]] </p>
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If enabled by admin, a new version of the [[TinyMCE editor]] is available.
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            <h4>Improved messaging</h4>
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            <p>A messages button on profile pages enables you to send messages via pop-up box without leaving the page you are on. [[Messaging|Read more...]]</p>
Guest access to BigBlueButton
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If enabled by admin, teachers can invite external guests into the [[BigBlueButton]]room.
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===New for all===
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Timezone in profile
            <h4>Drag and drop into Atto</h4>
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            <p>It's now possible to drag and drop images directly into the Atto editor, for example when editing a course summary or when posting in a forum. [[Text editor|Read more...]]</p>
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Easily view a user's timezone from their profile.
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            <h4>Search Server files</h4>
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            <p>Users with permissions to access Server files can now use a search facility, allowing for easy location of files in other courses they have access to. [[Server files|Read more...]]</p>
Force a language in activities
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Teachers may force a language in an activity as well as in the course.
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=== Activity enhancements ===
 
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            <h4>Lesson</h4>
            <p> Along with enhancements such as group support, user and group overrides better logging and improved essay grading interface, the [[Lesson|lesson]] activity now boasts a new completion condition “Require time spent”. [[Lesson settings|Read more...]]</p>
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            <h4> Quiz</h4>
            <p> [[Quiz|Quizzes]] can now have section headings and questions can be shuffled on different pages. It is now possible to require that a particular question be answered before a subsequent one may be accessed, and quizzes along with responses and feedback will now display attractively when printed from the browser. [[Building Quiz|Read more...]]</p>
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            <h4>Easily post to all groups in a forum</h4>
            <p> If your [[Forum|forum]] has groups, you only need to post once and your post is copied for each group.</p>
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            <h4> Extra options for Database and Glossary</h4>
            <p> Along with displaying user pictures in the [[Database activity module|database]], you can set certain fields as 'required'. When importing [[Glossary|glossary]] entries, embedded images and attached files will also be included.</p>
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            <h4>Activity results</h4>
            <p> As well as displaying quiz results in competitive league table style, a new Activity results block can show scores from any graded or rated activity in your course. [[Activity results block|Read more...]]</p>
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            <h4> Grade to pass</h4>
            <p> If you are using graded activities it is now possible to set a passing grade during the activity set up process instead of having to edit the gradebook directly.</p>
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=== Course management===
 
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            <h4>Delete course sections</h4>
            <p>A new option in each course section allows you to completely remove the section and its content, regardless of where the section is located on your course page. [[Course homepage|Read more...]]</p>
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            <h4> Faster addition of cohorts and meta linked courses</h4>
            <p> You can enrol many cohorts or multiple courses with the [[Cohort sync|cohort sync]] and [[Course meta link|course meta link]] methods much faster now with a new "Add method and create another" button. Users from linked courses can also be synced into a group; a much voted-for feature.</p>
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            <h4>Keyholder</h4>
            <p> A new capability [[Capabilities/enrol/self:holdkey|enrol/self:holdkey]] will make it easy for certain members of your organisation - not necessarily teachers- to be the keyholder to self-enrolled courses. [[Keyholder|Read more...]] </p>
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[[Category:New features]]
===New options for administrators and developers===
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            <h4>New template library for renderers</h4>
            <p>A new element library will make it easier to create and style the user interface, give Moodle a more consistent look and feel and improve site performance. [[dev:Render_library_specification|Read more...]] </p>
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            <h4>Add custom file types</h4>
            <p>A new admin tool lists all existing file types and allows you to add new ones specific to programs your organisation might be using. This will make the display of such file types clearer and downloading them less confusing. [[Working with files|Read more...]]</p>
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==See also==
 
* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.9
 
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 2.9]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 4.1]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 4.1]]

Latest revision as of 15:29, 3 December 2022

Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 4.1, or watch our YouTube playlist of 4.1 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 4.1 release notes.

Database UX improvements

DatabaseSetupPreset.png

Useful start page

A useful new start page makes it easier to set up your Database activity

DBPresets.png

Choice of presets

Three new Database presets are available.

PresetPreview.png

Preview presets

Preview presets before using.

ApprovalStatus.png

Approval status

Approval status is clearly visible and easy to manage.

Gradebook UX improvements

SearchSingleView.png

Single view report

Search by user, group or grade item in a clearer Single view interface

CollapseUserReport.png

User report

Collapse categories for clearer viewing

GradeSummary.png

New Grade summary report

Access a useful new Grade summary report.

ExtraGradeLetters.png

Extra Grade letters

Increase the number of elements in the grade scale

Question bank improvements

InlineQuestionEdit.png

Inline editing

Edit a question title directly from the Question bank.

LastUsedModified.png

New columns

New 'Modified by' and 'Last used' columns

Custom reports enhancements

ReportSources.png

Additional report sources

Several extra Custom reports sources are now available to improve reporting.

Custom report settings.png

New Custom reports settings page

Optimise performance by limiting settings in Custom report settings.

New in integrations

UseTinyMCE.png

Updated TinyMCE editor

If enabled by admin, a new version of the TinyMCE editor is available.

BBBExternal1.png

Guest access to BigBlueButton

If enabled by admin, teachers can invite external guests into the BigBlueButtonroom.

New for all

ProfileTimezone.png

Timezone in profile

Easily view a user's timezone from their profile.

ActivityForceLanguage.png

Force a language in activities

Teachers may force a language in an activity as well as in the course.

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