4.3
Read on for Moodle Workplace 4.3 highlights. Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle Workplace 4.3 release notes.
Organisation structure enhancements and new features
Manual Manager Assignment
The core value of this feature is the ability for HR reps to assign managers to their team members directly and independently to departments and positions.
The introduction of this new feature simplifies the management of reporting lines and creation of ad-hoc teams in Workplace for HR reps and at the same time it makes much easier to build custom integrations for developers.
It comes along with a new backend that will enhance performance, particularly in large Workplace instances.
People tab
The new people tab introduces a user-centred reporting lines management and simplifies the onboarding of new users for HR reps
Jobs and reporting lines
Streamlines the management of jobs and reporting lines by centralising all user's information in a single place: jobs, managers and direct reports
Manually assigned Managers
HR reps can now assign managers to their team member directly and independently to departments and positions.
Jobs and Reporting lines in the user profile
The information about jobs, managers and reporters is now available in the user profile.
All jobs report
HR reps can manage all job assignments in a single place using this report. This functionality was available in Workplace, but now it has been moved to the Reports tab in Organisation structure
Custom pages enhancements and new features
Now it’s possible to make Custom pages available to guests or non-authenticated users. In other words, make them Public.
Custom pages can include any blocks available in the dashboard, which makes them a great choice for public landing pages
Public Custom pages
Now it's possible to create public landing pages in Workplace natively
New audience for non-authenticated users
Admins just need to add the new audience for non-authenticated users to make Custom Pages public in a single step.
Copy URL action on Custom Pages
A new option to copy the URL of a page is available in Custom pages to make admins life easier when creating public custom pages
New "Audience" column
Audiences are now displayed on the list of pages to make it easier for admins to manage Custom Pages
Dynamic Rules enhancements and new features
Course grade
Now it’s possible to create automations based on user's course grade
Unassign from learning plan action
Now it's possible to unassign users from Learning Plans using Dynamic Rules. Admins can now fully define automations for Learning Plans with Dynamic Rules by combining this new action with the one that already existing to assign users to Learning Plans.
Audit trail
Added an audit trail to Dynamic Rules to log events related to rule creation, editing, and deletion
Migration and CSV upload enhancements
CSV export of departments, positions and jobs
A new CSV exporter is available in Migration feature to export departments, positions and jobs
Delete job assignments via CSV
Added support for job assignment deletion to user upload in Moodle Workplace.
Other interesting enhancements and new features
Program progress pop-up
Added course completion status to the Program Progress overview modal
Course information tab
"Information" tab is now in the second position on the course page to ensure it is always displayed right after the course content and is never hidden under the "More" submenu in small screens.