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| {{About Moodle}} | | {{About Moodle}} |
| | 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]. |
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| | For role-specific information, see [[New for teachers]], [[New for students]] and [[New for administrators]]. |
| Read on for Moodle 3.7 highlights, or watch our Youtube playlist of 3.7 New features.
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| Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.7 release notes|Moodle 3.7 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]. |
| __NOTOC__ | | __NOTOC__ |
| | ===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> |
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| ===For all users=== | | ===Gradebook UX improvements=== |
| <div class="contentblock"> | | <div class="card-deck mt-3"> |
| <div class="row-fluid">
| | <div class="card"> |
| <ul class="thumbnails">
| | <div class="card-body"> |
| <li class="span6">
| | [[File:SearchSingleView.png|class=img-fluid]] |
| <div class="thumbnail">
| | <h4 class="card-title"> |
| [[File:DocsForumReplySamePage.png|600px]] | | Single view report |
| <div class="caption">
| | </h4> |
| <h4>Forum: Inline editing</h4>
| | <p class="card-text"> |
| <p>MUA-funded improvements to the Forum activity include adding and replying to discussions online.</p>
| | Search by user, group or grade item in a clearer [[Single view]] interface |
| </div>
| | </p> |
| </div>
| | </div> |
| </li>
| | </div> |
| <li class="span6">
| | <div class="card"> |
| <div class="thumbnail">
| | <div class="card-body"> |
| [[File:DocsForumStudentStarSort.png|600px]] | | [[File:CollapseUserReport.png|class=img-fluid]] |
| <div class="caption">
| | <h4 class="card-title"> |
| <h4>Forum: Star and sort</h4>
| | User report |
| <p>Further Forum enhancements include the ability to star and sort discussions.</p>
| | </h4> |
| </div>
| | <p class="card-text"> |
| </div>
| | Collapse categories for clearer viewing |
| </li>
| | </p> |
| </ul>
| | </div> |
| </div>
| | </div> |
| <div class="contentblock"> | | </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:DocsMuteMessages.png|600px]] | | <h4 class="card-title"> |
| <div class="caption">
| | New Grade summary report |
| <h4>Messaging: Improved interface</h4>
| | </h4> |
| <p>[[Messaging]] enhancements include a link to a full page, 2 column view and the ability to mute conversations</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:DocsPrivateMessagingSpace.png|600px]]
| | <div class="card-body"> |
| <div class="caption">
| | [[File:ExtraGradeLetters.png|class=img-fluid]] |
| <h4>Messaging: Your own private space</h4>
| | <h4 class="card-title"> |
| <p>You now have a personal space for notes, links and reminders as part of the Messaging drawer.</p>
| | Extra Grade letters |
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| | </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">
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| <ul class="thumbnails">
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| <li class="span6">
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| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsQuizClearChoice.png|600px]] | |
| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Quiz: Clear my choice</h4>
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| <p>Change your mind and remove your choice in a multiple choice quiz question.</p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| <li class="span6">
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| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsLessonMedia_File_Upload.png|600px]] | |
| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Lesson: Add media in an essay</h4>
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| <p>Attach files such as images or record sound/video when answering an essay question</p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| </div>
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| <div class="contentblock"> | |
| <div class="row-fluid">
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| <ul class="thumbnails">
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| <li class="span6">
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| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsBookPrint.png|600px]] | |
| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Book: Better printing</h4>
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| <p>Print books or chapters in books with a more attractive output.</p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| <li class="span6">
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| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsCompetenciesLearningPlansCourse.png|600px]]
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| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Competencies</h4>
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| <p>Filter competencies by activities from the link in the navigation drawer</p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| </div>
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| ===For teachers=== | | ===Question bank improvements=== |
| | <div class="card-deck mt-3"> |
| | <div class="card"> |
| | <div class="card-body"> |
| | [[File:InlineQuestionEdit.png|class=img-fluid]] |
| | <h4 class="card-title"> |
| | Inline editing |
| | </h4> |
| | <p class="card-text"> |
| | Edit a question title directly from the [[Question bank]]. |
| | </p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div class="card"> |
| | <div class="card-body"> |
| | [[File:LastUsedModified.png|class=img-fluid]] |
| | <h4 class="card-title"> |
| | New columns |
| | </h4> |
| | <p class="card-text"> |
| | New 'Modified by' and 'Last used' columns |
| | </p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
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| <div class="row-fluid">
| | ===Custom reports enhancements=== |
| <ul class="thumbnails">
| | <div class="card-deck mt-3"> |
| <li class="span6">
| | <div class="card"> |
| <div class="thumbnail">
| | <div class="card-body"> |
| [[File:DocsTeacherDeletemessages.png|600px]]
| | [[File:ReportSources.png|class=img-fluid]] |
| <div class="caption">
| | <h4 class="card-title"> |
| <h4>Messaging: Delete conversations in groups</h4>
| | Additional report sources |
| <p>Teachers may be given a capability to delete messages from users in group conversations.</p>
| | </h4> |
| </div>
| | <p class="card-text"> |
| </div>
| | Several extra [[Custom reports]] sources are now available to improve reporting. |
| </li>
| | </p> |
| <li class="span6">
| | </div> |
| <div class="thumbnail">
| | </div> |
| [[File:DocsForumPrivateReply.png|600px]] | | <div class="card"> |
| <div class="caption">
| | <div class="card-body"> |
| <h4>Forums: More control</h4>
| | [[File:Custom report settings.png|class=img-fluid]] |
| <p>Teachers or others with permission can add a private reply in a forum and can manually lock discussions. See [[Using Forum]]</p>
| | <h4 class="card-title"> |
| </div>
| | New Custom reports settings page |
| </div>
| | </h4> |
| </li>
| | <p class="card-text"> |
| </ul>
| | Optimise performance by limiting settings in [[Custom report settings]]. |
| </div>
| | </p> |
| <div class="row-fluid">
| | </div> |
| <ul class="thumbnails">
| | </div> |
| <li class="span6">
| | </div> |
| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsBadgesCompetenciesCriterion.png|600px]]
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| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Badges: Competencies as a criterion</h4>
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| <p>Badges may now be awarded based on competencies, (and competencies may be graded when grading activities) </p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| <li class="span6">
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| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsCourseCustomFields_IndexView.png|600px]] | |
| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Course custom fields</h4>
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| <p>If enabled by admin, custom fields in the course settings may be added to provide extra information and improve searching.</p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| </div>
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| <div class="row-fluid"> | |
| <ul class="thumbnails">
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| <li class="span6">
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| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsHiddenBookChapter.png|600px]] | |
| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Book: View hidden chapters</h4>
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| <p>Teachers can view hidden chapters in a book with the editing turned off . </p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| <li class="span6">
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| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsAssignmentPDFRotate.png|600px]]
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| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs</h4>
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| <p>New icons allow you to change the orientation of submitted assignments for easier grading</p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| </div>
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| <div class="row-fluid">
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| <ul class="thumbnails">
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| <li class="span6">
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| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsTeacherFilterCompetenciesbyActivity.png|600px]]
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| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Competencies: Filter by activity</h4>
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| <p>When rating competencies, filter them by their linked activity or resource.</p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| <li class="span6">
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| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsLessonGradingEssay.png|600px]] | |
| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Lesson: Include media when grading essays</h4>
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| <p>The Lesson activity now allows for teachers and students to include media in Essay type questions.</p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| </div>
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| ===For administrators=== | | ===New in integrations=== |
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| | <div class="card-deck mt-3"> |
| <div class="row-fluid">
| | <div class="card"> |
| <ul class="thumbnails">
| | <div class="card-body"> |
| <li class="span6">
| | [[File:UseTinyMCE.png|class=img-fluid]] |
| <div class="thumbnail">
| | <h4 class="card-title"> |
| [[File:DocsClassicThemeAltered.png|600px]] | | Updated TinyMCE editor |
| <div class="caption">
| | </h4> |
| <h4>New theme: Classic</h4>
| | <p class="card-text"> |
| <p>Clean, More and the hidden Bootstrapbase are removed and replaced with the customisable Classic theme.</p>
| | If enabled by admin, a new version of the [[TinyMCE editor]] is available. |
| </div>
| | </p> |
| </div>
| | </div> |
| </li>
| | </div> |
| <li class="span6">
| | <div class="card"> |
| <div class="thumbnail">
| | <div class="card-body"> |
| [[File:DocsAnalyticsModelCreateImportRestore.png|600px]] | | [[File:BBBExternal1.png|class=img-fluid]] |
| <div class="caption">
| | <h4 class="card-title"> |
| <h4>Learning Analytics</h4>
| | Guest access to BigBlueButton |
| <p>Significant improvements to Learning Analytics increase usability and efficiency.</p>
| | </h4> |
| </div>
| | <p class="card-text"> |
| </div>
| | If enabled by admin, teachers can invite external guests into the [[BigBlueButton]]room. |
| </li>
| | </p> |
| </ul>
| | </div> |
| </div>
| | </div> |
| <div class="row-fluid"> | | </div> |
| <ul class="thumbnails">
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| <li class="span6">
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| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsCapabilities.png|600px]] | |
| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Hide course lists</h4>
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| <p>New capabilities include [[Capabilities/moodle/category:viewcourselist|moodle/category:viewcourselist]] which allows you to define who can see lists of courses in various categories. </p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| <li class="span6">
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| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsSiteMessagingArea.png|600px]] | |
| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Messaging</h4>
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| <p>Messaging settings are in a new site administration category.</p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| </div>
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| <div class="row-fluid">
| | ===New for all=== |
| <ul class="thumbnails">
| | <div class="card-deck mt-3"> |
| <li class="span6">
| | <div class="card"> |
| <div class="thumbnail">
| | <div class="card-body"> |
| [[File:DocsBadgesSettings.png|600px]] | | [[File:ProfileTimezone.png|class=img-fluid]] |
| <div class="caption">
| | <h4 class="card-title"> |
| <h4>Improved support for Open Badges v 2.0</h4>
| | Timezone in profile |
| <p>You can now connect to other Open Badges v 2.0 platforms and exchange badges with the Badgr.io platform.</p>
| | </h4> |
| </div>
| | <p class="card-text"> |
| </div>
| | Easily view a user's timezone from their profile. |
| </li>
| | </p> |
| <li class="span6">
| | </div> |
| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:37placeholder.png|600px]]
| | <div class="card"> |
| <div class="caption">
| | <div class="card-body"> |
| <h4>LTI 1.3 and Advantage</h4>
| | [[File:ActivityForceLanguage.png|class=img-fluid]] |
| <p>Moodle is one of the first platforms to implement this IMS Global standard.</p>
| | <h4 class="card-title"> |
| </div>
| | Force a language in activities |
| </div>
| | </h4> |
| </li>
| | <p class="card-text"> |
| </ul>
| | Teachers may force a language in an activity as well as in the course. |
| </div>
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| <div class="row-fluid">
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| <ul class="thumbnails">
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| <li class="span6">
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| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsAsynchronousBackups..png|600px]] | |
| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Asynchronous backups</h4>
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| <p>Perform large backups in the background while doing other tasks.</p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| <li class="span6">
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| <div class="thumbnail">
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| [[File:DocsTestEmail.png|600px]]
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| <div class="caption">
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| <h4>Test email</h4>
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| <p>A new setting allows you to easily test outgoing mail configuration.</p>
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| </div>
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| </div>
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| </li>
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| </ul>
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| </div>
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| [[Category:New features]] | | [[Category:New features]] |
| | | [[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]] |
| [[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
| | [[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 4.1]] |
| [[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.7]]
| | [[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 4.1]] |
| [[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.7]]
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