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Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 3.11, or watch our [Youtube playlist of 3.11 New 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].


For role-specific information, see [[New for teachers]], [[New for students]] and [[New for administrators]]
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 3.11 release notes|Moodle 3.11 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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===Student activity completion (MUA)===
===Database UX improvements===
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            <h4>Improved learner experience</h4>
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            <p>Activity deadlines and completion criteria are clearly visible on the course page.</p>
A useful new start page makes it easier to set up your [[Database activity]]
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            <h4>Criteria and deadlines within activities</h4>
Choice of presets
            <p>Even if absent on the course page, deadlines and criteria will always be visible in the activity.</p>
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Three new Database presets are available.
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            <h4>Manual completion</h4>
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            <p>Mark an activity as complete from within the activity itself.</p>
Preview presets before using.
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            <h4>New display settings</h4>
Approval status
            <p>New settings allow teachers to hide or display the dates and criteria on the course page.</p>
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Approval status is clearly visible and easy to manage.
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===Brickfield accessiblity toolkit===
===Gradebook UX improvements===
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Single view report
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Search by user, group or grade item in a clearer [[Single view]] interface
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User report
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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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            <h4>Free starter toolkit</h4>
Inline editing
            <p>Registering with Brickfield Education Labs gives access to a course accessibily checker  </p>
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Edit a question title directly from the [[Question bank]].
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            <h4>Course accessiblity review</h4>
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            <p>Course content is analysed so teachers can identify and fix accessiblity errors </p>
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New columns
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New 'Modified by' and 'Last used' columns
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            <h4>Heatmap of errors</h4>
            <p>A heatmap offers a coloured and contextual view of the areas of concern </p>
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            <h4>Range of reports and graphs</h4>
            <p>Errors can be viewed in graphic form, or as a list with a downloadable report.</p>
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===H5P/content  bank===
===Custom reports enhancements===
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Additional report sources
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            <h4> Disable selected content types</h4>
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            <p> Admins can disable selected content types from the admin settings</p>
Several extra [[Custom reports]] sources are now available to improve reporting.
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            <h4> Mark content as unlisted</h4>
New Custom reports settings page
            <p>Teachers can restrict access to their H5P content by marking it as 'Unlisted'</p>
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Optimise performance by limiting settings in [[Custom report settings]].
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            <h4>See when content is linked</h4>
            <p>When viewing H5P content, a new colum displays the number of times it is linked.</p>
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            <h4> Alert when deleting linked content</h4>
            <p>An alert appears when linked content is about to be deleted, explaining what will happen.</p>
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===Quiz and Question types===
===New in integrations===
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            <h4> View overrides and pass grades</h4>
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            <p> Teachers can view overrides and students can view pass grades directly on the Quiz page.</p>
If enabled by admin, a new version of the [[TinyMCE editor]] is available.
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            <h4>Preferred question settings retained</h4>
Guest access to BigBlueButton
            <p>Changes from the default settings of a question type are retained for the next time a teacher creates a question.</p>
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If enabled by admin, teachers can invite external guests into the [[BigBlueButton]]room.
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            <h4>Essay question word limits</h4>
            <p>A minimum and maximum word limit can be specified for Essay questions</p>
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            <h4> Essay plagiarism support</h4>
            <p>If a plagiarism checker is installed, it now supports the Essay question type.</p>
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===Open Badges v 2.1 compliant===
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            <h4>Better badge management</h4>
            <p>The Badges admin screen is streamlined and users can more easily connect to their preferred backpack. </p>
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            <h4> Open Badges API</h4>
            <p>An Open Badges OAuth method is available.'</p>
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===User profile fields===
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            <h4>New 'social' field</h4>
            <p>A new 'social' profile field replaces the hard-coded fields in the user profile. </p>
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            <h4>Custom profile fields selectable in Show user identity</h4>
            <p>Custom profile fields may be selected from User polices > Show user identity so they display in participant lists.</p>
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===Other features and improvements===
 
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            <h4>Control audio / video playback rates</h4>
            <p>Control the speed at which audio and video files will play.  </p>
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            <h4>Improved activity completion report</h4>
            <p>The activity completion report has two new options for filtering </p>
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            <h4>Search language packs</h4>
            <p>The list of languages may be searched when installing new packs </p>
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            <h4>New PDF to PNG converter</h4>
            <p>For the Annotate PDF feedback type, a new converter, Poppler is available instead of Ghostscript.</p>
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            <h4>Section links block</h4>
            <p>Titles may now be displayed in the Section links block </p>
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            <h4>Restore/Import role permissions</h4>
            <p>Enable or disable role permission overrides when restoring or importing a course.</p>
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===New for all===
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Timezone in profile
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Easily view a user's timezone from their profile.
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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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[[Category:New features]]
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[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.11]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 4.1]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.11]]

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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