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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].


For role-specific information, see [[New for teachers]], [[New for students]] and [[New for administrators]].
Read on for Moodle 3.8 highlights, or watch our [ Youtube playlist of 3.8 New features.]


Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.8 release notes|Moodle 3.8 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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<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">
<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:H5PStudentView.png|600px]]
Single view report
          <div class="caption">
</h4>
            <h4>H5P interactive content</h4>
<p class="card-text">
            <p>Engage with interactive content in Pages, Labels, Books and more. See [[H5P]]</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:MessagingEmoji.png|600px]]
[[File:CollapseUserReport.png|class=img-fluid]]
          <div class="caption">
<h4 class="card-title">
            <h4>Emojis</h4>
User report
<p>Add emjois  into [[Messages]] or from a button in the [[Atto editor]]</p>
</h4>
          </div>
<p class="card-text">
        </div>
Collapse categories for clearer viewing
      </li>
</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:courseCustomFieldFilter.png|600px]]
<h4 class="card-title">
          <div class="caption">
New Grade summary report
            <h4>Course overview</h4>
</h4>
            <p>Filter by custom course fields in the [[Course overview]]</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:DocsForumExperimentalNestedView.png|600px]]
<div class="card-body">
          <div class="caption">
[[File:ExtraGradeLetters.png|class=img-fluid]]
            <h4>New forum view</h4>
<h4 class="card-title">
            <p>Select and test a new experimental nested discussion view from the forum preferences page</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:CalendarFilter.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Calendar filters</h4>
            <p>Filter your calendar by month, day or upcoming event.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:Timeout.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Session timeout</h4>
<p>Stay on target with a Session timeout alert</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===For teachers===
===Question bank improvements===
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<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>


  <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:DocsForumGrading1.png|600px]]
[[File:ReportSources.png|class=img-fluid]]
          <div class="caption">
<h4 class="card-title">
            <h4>Forum grading </h4>
Additional report sources
            <p>Asses forum discussions with Whole forum grading, using direct or advanced grading</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:ForumSummaryReport.png|600px]]
<div class="card">
          <div class="caption">
<div class="card-body">
            <h4>Forum export and summary report</h4>
[[File:Custom report settings.png|class=img-fluid]]
            <p>Export forum discussions and view a detailed summary report of student activity</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">
[[File:H5PAttoButtonEn.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Embed H5P content</h4>
            <p>Link to or upload existing H5P interactive content</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:InsightsBulkActions.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Analytics bulk actions</h4>
            <p>Bulk select and send messages to students from the Insights report</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:QbankIDTags.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Question bank</h4>
            <p>View question ID numbers and tags and benefit from a new Edit menu </p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:GroupBadges.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Badges and groups</h4>
            <p>Filter  by group when manually awarding badges</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===For administrators===
===New in integrations===
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    <ul class="thumbnails">
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[[File:UseTinyMCE.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
<h4 class="card-title">
[[File:placeholder.png|600px]]
Updated TinyMCE editor
          <div class="caption">
</h4>
            <h4>H5P admin settings</h4>
<p class="card-text">
            <p>Monitor and configure H5P content with a new [[Display H5P filter]] and Manage H5P content page .</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:placeholder.png|600px]]
[[File:BBBExternal1.png|class=img-fluid]]
          <div class="caption">
<h4 class="card-title">
            <h4>Analytics</h4>
Guest access to BigBlueButton
            <p> [[Analytics|Learning Analytics]] improvements include two new models and a graphical insights report.</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:placeholder.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Course overview</h4>
            <p>Configure [[Course overview]] layouts and filters and specify default course card colours. </p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:placeholder.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Emoji support</h4>
            <p>Add an emoji icon to the [[Atto editor]] (and disable emojis if not supported from [[Advanced features]]).</p>
          </div>
</div>
</li>
    </ul>
  </div>


<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:placeholder.png|600px]]
[[File:ProfileTimezone.png|class=img-fluid]]
          <div class="caption">
<h4 class="card-title">
            <h4>Course backup</h4>
Timezone in profile
            <p>Choose to exclude course files from backup and benefit from a more logical automated backup ordering process. See [[Course backup]]</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">
</div>
[[File:placeholder.png|600px]]
<div class="card">
          <div class="caption">
<div class="card-body">
            <h4>Course request in categories</h4>
[[File:ActivityForceLanguage.png|class=img-fluid]]
            <p>Set up course request in categories only via a change in the course request capability</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>
</p>
 
</div>
<div class="row-fluid">
</div>
    <ul class="thumbnails">
</div>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:placeholder.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Duplicate user tours</h4>
            <p>Easily copy and adapt user tours with a new 'duplicate' button.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:placeholder.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Experimental relative dates</h4>
            <p>Enable and test a new Relative dates feature from [[Experimental settings]] .</p>
          </div>
</div>
</li>
    </ul>
  </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 3.7]]
[[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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