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{{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].


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 [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDcsZhjYKz9JIwRRFRaW8hyk |Youtube playlist of 3.7 New features.]


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].
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===Database UX improvements===
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[[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>
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</div>
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<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>
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<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.
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</div>
</div>
</div>


===For all users===
===Gradebook UX improvements===
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[[File:SearchSingleView.png|class=img-fluid]]
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<h4 class="card-title">
[[File:DocsForumReplySamePage.png|600px]]
Single view report
          <div class="caption">
</h4>
            <h4>Forum: Inline editing</h4>
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            <p>MUA-[[Using Forum|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
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[[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 [[Using Forum|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>
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  </div>
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        <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>
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          </div>
Access a useful new [[Grade summary report]].
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[[File:DocsPrivateMessagingSpace.png|600px]]
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          <div class="caption">
[[File:ExtraGradeLetters.png|class=img-fluid]]
            <h4>Messaging: Your own private space</h4>
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            <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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<p class="card-text">
        </div>
Increase the number of elements in the grade scale
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    </ul>
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  </div>
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[[File:DocsQuizClearChoice.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Quiz: Clear my choice</h4>
            <p>Change your mind and remove your choice in a multiple choice quiz question.</p>
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        </div>
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[[File:DocsLessonMedia_File_Upload.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Lesson: Add media in an essay</h4>
<p>Attach files such as images or record sound/video when answering an essay question</p>
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        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
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    <ul class="thumbnails">
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[[File:DocsBookPrint.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Book: Better printing</h4>
            <p>Print books or chapters in books with a more attractive output.</p>
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        </div>
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[[File:DocsCompetenciesLearningPlansCourse.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Competencies and Learning plans</h4>
            <p>Filter competencies by activities from the link in the navigation drawer and view related learning plans.</p>
       
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===For teachers===
===Question bank improvements===
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[[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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===Custom reports enhancements===
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[[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. [[Messaging|See more]]</p>
</h4>
          </div>
<p class="card-text">
        </div>
Several extra [[Custom reports]] sources are now available to improve reporting.
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[[File:DocsForumPrivateReply.png|600px]]
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          <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
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</h4>
      </li>
<p class="card-text">
    </ul>
Optimise performance by limiting settings in [[Custom report settings]].
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    <ul class="thumbnails">
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      <li class="span6">
</div>
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:DocsBadgesCompetenciesCriterion.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Badges: Competencies as a criterion</h4>
            <p>Badges may now be awarded based on competencies, (and competencies may be graded when grading activities) [[Managing badges |See more]]</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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[[File:DocsCourseCustomFields_IndexView.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Course custom fields</h4>
            <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>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
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[[File:DocsTeacherHiddenBookPage.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Book: View hidden chapters</h4>
            <p>Teachers can view hidden chapters in a book with the editing turned off . </p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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[[File:DocsAssignmentPDFRotate.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Assignment: Rotate submitted PDFs</h4>
            <p>New icons allow you to change the orientation of submitted assignments for easier grading</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
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[[File:DocsTeacherFilterCompetenciesbyActivity.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Competencies: Filter by activity</h4>
            <p>When rating competencies, filter them by their linked activity or resource.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:DocsLessonGradingEssay.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Lesson: Include media when grading essays</h4>
            <p>The Lesson activity now allows for teachers and students to include media in Essay type questions.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===For administrators===
===New in integrations===
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[[File:UseTinyMCE.png|class=img-fluid]]
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<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.
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</p>
        </div>
</div>
      </li>
</div>
      <li class="span6">
<div class="card">
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<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 [[Analytics|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">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:DocsCapabilities.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Hide course lists</h4>
            <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>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:DocsSiteMessagingArea.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Messaging</h4>
            <p>Messaging settings are in a new site administration category.</p>
          </div>
</div>
</li>
    </ul>
  </div>


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===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. [[Badges settings|See more]]</p>
</h4>
          </div>
<p class="card-text">
        </div>
Easily view a user's timezone from their profile.
      </li>
</p>
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</div>
        <div class="thumbnail">
</div>
[[File:DocsLTI13.png|600px]]
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          <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>
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          </div>
Force a language in activities
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</h4>
</li>
<p class="card-text">
    </ul>
Teachers may force a language in an activity as well as in the course.
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[[File:DocsAsynchronousBackups.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Asynchronous backups</h4>
            <p>Perform large backups in the background while doing other tasks.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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[[File:DocsTestEmail.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Test email</h4>
            <p>A new setting allows you to easily test outgoing mail configuration.</p>
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[[Category:New features]]
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[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
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[[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]]

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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