New features

Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 4.0, or watch our [....... YouTube playlist of 4.0 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 4.0 release notes.

New navigation

My courses

Access your courses easily from a My courses tab at the top of the site.

Timeline

Stay on target with deadlines with an improved Timeline.

Course index

Move smoothly between course sections.

Activity completion

View complete and incomplete activities easily from the course index.

Course editing

Edit mode

Toggle edit mode and toggle the new block drawer to add or view blocks/

Easily add content

Add activities and resources with a simple click.

Block display

Toggle the new blocks drawer to add and view blocks.

Drag and drop to move

Move items from the course index or the central area.

H5P and content bank

Disable selected H5P content types

Admins can disable selected H5P content types from the admin settings.

Mark content as unlisted

Teachers can hide content in the content bank by marking it as unlisted.

See which content is linked

A new column in the content bank displays the number of times an item is linked.

Alert when deleting linked content

An alert is displayed when linked content is about to be deleted, explaining what will happen

Quiz and question types

View overrides and pass grades

Teachers can view overrides and students can view pass grades directly on the Quiz page.

Preferred question settings retained

Changes from the default settings of a question type are retained for the next time a teacher creates a question.

Essay question word limits

A minimum and maximum word limit can be specified for Essay questions.

Essay plagiarism support

If a plagiarism checker is installed, it now supports the Essay question type.

Badges

Better backpack management

Admins can set the order in which backpacks are listed for users.

Open Badges v 2.1 compliant

Moodle 3.11 is Open Badges v 2.1 compliant and a new OAuth 2 Open Badges service enables users to connect to their OB v 2.1 compliant backpack without having to enter their credentials into Moodle.

User profile fields

New Social profile field

A new Social profile field replaces the hard-coded fields in the user profile.

Custom profile fields selectable in Show user identity

Custom profile fields may be selected in User polices > Show user identity so they display in participant lists.

Other features and improvements

Control audio / video playback rates

Students can control the speed at which Audio and Video files will play.

Improved activity completion report

The activity completion report may be filtered by activity and activity order.

Search language packs

The list of languages may be searched when installing new Language packs.

New PDF to PNG converter

For assignment submission annotations, a new converter, Poppler is available instead of Ghostscript.

Section links block

Titles may now be displayed in the Section links block.

Restore/import role permissions

Enable or disable role permission overrides when restoring or importing a course.