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Moodle 3.4 focuses on improving usability of existing features.
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 3.4 highlights or watch the Moodle 3.4 highlights screencasts on our YouTube page.


Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.4 release notes|Moodle 3.4 release notes]].
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 [https://moodledev.io/general/releases/4.1 Moodle 4.1 release notes].
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===Database UX improvements===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:DatabaseSetupPreset.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Useful start page
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
A useful new start page makes it easier to set up your [[Database activity]]
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:DBPresets.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Choice of presets
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Three new Database presets are available.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:PresetPreview.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Preview presets
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Preview presets before using.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:ApprovalStatus.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Approval status
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Approval status is clearly visible and easy to manage.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>


===For all users===
===Gradebook UX improvements===
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  <div class="row-fluid">
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    <ul class="thumbnails">
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[[File:SearchSingleView.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
<h4 class="card-title">
[[File:Docs CalendarCategoryEvent.png|600px]]
Single view report
          <div class="caption">
</h4>
            <h4>Better calendar management</h4>
<p class="card-text">
            <p>Thanks to this [https://moodleassociation.org/ Moodle Users Association (MUA)] project, you can easily manage calendar events- including new category events- in a handy popup window..</p>
Search by user, group or grade item in a clearer [[Single view]] interface
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</p>
        </div>
</div>
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      <li class="span6">
<div class="card">
        <div class="thumbnail">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:Docs CalendarDragDrop.png|600px]]
[[File:CollapseUserReport.png|class=img-fluid]]
          <div class="caption">
<h4 class="card-title">
            <h4>Drag and drop calendar events</h4>
User report
            <p>This MUA-funded improvement allows you to easily change events in the calendar by dragging and dropping them to new dates.</p>
</h4>
          </div>
<p class="card-text">
        </div>
Collapse categories for clearer viewing
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</p>
    </ul>
</div>
  </div>
</div>
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</div>
  <div class="row-fluid">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
<div class="card">
      <li class="span6">
<div class="card-body">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:GradeSummary.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:Docs PrivateFilesSpace.png|600px]]
<h4 class="card-title">
          <div class="caption">
New Grade summary report
            <h4>Private files storage display</h4>
</h4>
            <p>When uploading files to your Private files, you now see how much space you have used, helping you to better manage your storage limit.</p>
<p class="card-text">
          </div>
Access a useful new [[Grade summary report]].
        </div>
</p>
      </li>
</div>
      <li class="span6">
</div>
        <div class="thumbnail">
<div class="card">
[[File:Docs GlobalSearch.png|600px]]
<div class="card-body">
          <div class="caption">
[[File:ExtraGradeLetters.png|class=img-fluid]]
            <h4>Improved Global search</h4>
<h4 class="card-title">
            <p>If Global search is enabled, it's now possible to search blocks and courses you are not enrolled in.</p>
Extra Grade letters
       
</h4>
          </div>
<p class="card-text">
        </div>
Increase the number of elements in the grade scale
      </li>
</p>
    </ul>
</div>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="contentblock">
</div>
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:Docs ActivityNavigationLinks.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Easier activity navigation</h4>
            <p>'Previous' and 'Next' links, along with a jump-to menu make navigating around courses easier and more intuitive.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:DocsMobileLinks.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Moodle from your Mobile!</h4>
            <p>Links in the footer and user profiles now encourage you to download and use the Moodle Mobile app.</p>
       
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
===For teachers===


  <div class="row-fluid">
===Question bank improvements===
    <ul class="thumbnails">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
      <li class="span6">
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        <div class="thumbnail">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:DocsParticipantsEnrolmentsScreen.png|600px]]
[[File:InlineQuestionEdit.png|class=img-fluid]]
          <div class="caption">
<h4 class="card-title">
            <h4>More efficient user management</h4>
Inline editing
            <p>Teachers can now enrol, search, filter and bulk edit or delete learners from a new single Participants and Enrolments screen.</p>
</h4>
          </div>
<p class="card-text">
        </div>
Edit a question title directly from the [[Question bank]].
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</p>
      <li class="span6">
</div>
        <div class="thumbnail">
</div>
[[File:Docs MarkActivitiesComplete.png|600px]]
<div class="card">
          <div class="caption">
<div class="card-body">
            <h4>Mark activities as complete</h4>
[[File:LastUsedModified.png|class=img-fluid]]
            <p>A new capability ''Override activity completion status'' means teachers can manually mark as complete (or incomplete) activities on behalf of learners.</p>
<h4 class="card-title">
          </div>
New columns
        </div>
</h4>
      </li>
<p class="card-text">
    </ul>
New 'Modified by' and 'Last used' columns
  </div>
</p>
<div class="row-fluid">
</div>
    <ul class="thumbnails">
</div>
      <li class="span6">
</div>
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File: Docs FileTypeSelector.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Helpful file type selector</h4>
            <p>When specifying required file types in workshops and assignments, and when uploading media files, a list of suggested file types makes the selection easier.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:33BulkEditActivityCompletion.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Better activity completion management</h4>
            <p>Bulk edit and update [[Activity completion settings|activity completion settings]] in your courses.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
 
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:33DragDropMedia.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
<h4>Drag and drop media</h4>
            <p>Drag and drop media directly onto the course page.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:33StealthActivities.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>'Stealth' activities - available but not shown</h4>
            <p>An improvement on  'orphaned sections', links may now be made to activities which are not shown on the course page. See [[Stealth activities]].</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
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[[File:33Tagging.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>More tag areas</h4>
            <p>Glossary entries, forum posts and book chapters may now be tagged for easier searching.</p>
         
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
 
===For administrators===
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:33OAuth2.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4> OAuth2 authentication</h4>
            <p> Allow users to authenticate with Google G-Suite or Microsoft Office accounts and manage files from associated drives. [[OAuth 2 services|Read more...]]</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File: 33DocumentConverter.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4> Document file converters</h4>
            <p>Add plugins for document file conversion, such as from Google Drive. [[Document converters|Read more...]]</p>
    </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:33unicode.jpg|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Improved MySQL support</h4>
            <p>[[MySQL full unicode support|Improved support of multibyte unicode characters on MySQL databases]] means languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean work more naturally -and emoji characters are supported throughout the site .</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:33AdminStealthSetting2.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4> New "Stealth" mode setting</h4>
            <p> A new admin setting extends the functionality to link to activities without showing them on the course page. See [[Stealth activities]].</p>
          </div>
</div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
 
  <div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:ProjectInspire_Infographic1_Feb14-2017.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4> Learning analytics plugin</h4>
            <p>Be a part of Project inspire by installing the [https://moodle.org/plugins/tool_inspire Inspire plugin.]
</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
   
   
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===Custom reports enhancements===
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<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:ReportSources.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Additional report sources
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Several extra [[Custom reports]] sources are now available to improve reporting.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:Custom report settings.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
New Custom reports settings page
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Optimise performance by limiting settings in [[Custom report settings]].
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>


===New in integrations===
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<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:UseTinyMCE.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Updated TinyMCE editor
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
If enabled by admin, a new version of the [[TinyMCE editor]] is available.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:BBBExternal1.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Guest access to BigBlueButton
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
If enabled by admin, teachers can invite external guests into the [[BigBlueButton]]room.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>


===New for all===
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<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:ProfileTimezone.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Timezone in profile
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Easily view a user's timezone from their profile.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:ActivityForceLanguage.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Force a language in activities
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Teachers may force a language in an activity as well as in the course.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
[[Category:New features]]
[[Category:New features]]
 
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 4.1]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.3]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 4.1]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.3]]

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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