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{{About Moodle}}
Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 4.4, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDchriQ0cWHR3ExiaJV8snhl YouTube playlist of 4.4 New features].


{{About Moodle}}
For role-specific information, see [[New for teachers]], [[New for students]] and [[New for administrators]].
Moodle 3.0 combines popularity with efficiency offering enhanced options for installing plugins, four new quiz question types, tagging and course editing improvements along with  a number of other welcome features.
Read on for Moodle 3.0 highlights or watch the screencasts on our official Youtube page (coming soon).
Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the [[:dev:Moodle 3.0 release notes|Moodle 3.0  release notes]].


===For teachers===
The list of major features and improvements can be found in the [https://moodledev.io/general/releases/4.4 Moodle 4.4 release notes].
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===Course page improvements===
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Refined look
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Activies and sections clearly defined.
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Single section page
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Focus on one section only in its own page.
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        <div class="thumbnail">
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          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Select missing words</h4>
            <p>The [[Select missing words question type]] is one of four new question types added to core in Moodle 3.0</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
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          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Drag and drop into text</h4>
            <p> The [[Drag and drop into text question type]] is one of four new question types added to core in Moodle 3.0</p>
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          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Drag and drop onto image</h4>
            <p>The [[Drag and drop onto image question type]] is one of four new question types added to core in Moodle 3.0. Students drag either text or small images onto a background picture uploaded by the teacher.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
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          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Drag and drop markers</h4>
            <p> The [[Drag and drop markers question type]]  is one of four new question types added to core in Moodle 3.0. Students drag text markers to a location predefined by the teacher on a background image.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:WorkshopAllParticipants.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Workshop submissions report</h4>
            <p>You can now view all participants and  filter to see who has and has not submitted to a workshop during the submission phase. [[Using Workshop|Read more...]]</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:TempUploaded.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Show the date a file was uploaded</h4>
            <p> A new [[File resource settings|File setting]] means teachers can now display the date a file resource was uploaded or changed, giving students a better user experience. </p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
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    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:betterfiltering.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Improved filtering options</h4>
            <p>On the Enrolled users screen, course participants may be filtered by last course access and not in any group. The no group option is also available from the Groups overview screen. </p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
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        <div class="thumbnail">
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          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Easier section editing</h4>
            <p> Options for editing highlighting hiding and deleting  sections are now combined into one action menu streamlining the course page and simplifying the editing process. [[Course homepage|Read more...]] </p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===For administrators===
<h4 class="card-title">
New 'View' option
  <div class="row-fluid">
</h4>
    <ul class="thumbnails">
<p class="card-text">
      <li class="span6">
With edit mode enabled, teachers click to 'view' a single section.
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          <div class="caption">
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            <h4>Reset Dashboard and profiles for all users</h4>
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            <p>A new 'Reset' button on the default [[Dashboard]] and [[Profile|profile]] pages means administrators can now specify blocks on these pages and apply the changes to everyone on the site.</p>
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      <li class="span6">
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[[File:TempPlugins.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Major improvements to plugins upgrading </h4>
            <p>The interface and functionality for  [[Installing plugins|installing and upgrading plugins]] has been greatly enhanced.</p>
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        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
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    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
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[[File:TempTags.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Better handling of tags</h4>
            <p>The Manage tags page interface has been brought up to date and teachers may now tag courses from the Edit settings page. [[Tags|Read more...]]</p>
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        <div class="thumbnail">
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          <div class="caption">
            <h4>A new key for safer upgrading</h4>
            <p>An upgrade key can now be defined which will prevent non-authenticated users accessing the upgrade screen. [[Upgrade key|Find our more...]]</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===For all users===
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Custom sections
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Topics format is now Custom sections.
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Activity icons
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Updated activity icons use an accessible colour palette.
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</div>
          <div class="caption">
</div>
            <h4>Atto editor improvements</h4>
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            <p>Now you can more easily add and configure tables when editing text and there are some new equations in the equation editor [[Atto editor|Read more...]]</p>
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File (MIME) type icons
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File (MIME) type icons
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            <h4>Delete messages</h4>
            <p>Unwanted messages may be deleted from your list (although they remain for the recipient) There is a new associated event message/delete [[Messaging|Read more...]] </p>
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        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===For Moodle mobile===
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(Note that you can get many of these features working even on older Moodle versions by installing the [[https://moodle.org/plugins/view/local_mobile Moodle Mobile additional features]] plugin for your Moodle site)
Available also in 4.1/2/3, file types can be easily identified.
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  <div class="row-fluid">
===New 'Ordering' question type (MUA-sponsored project)===
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            <h4>Choice</h4>
            <p>Students may now enter and change Choices from within the app</p>
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        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
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            <h4>Chat </h4>
            <p>It's possible to engage in Chat on the move, from the app</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
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    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
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[[File:MobileSurvey.png|600px]]
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            <h4>Survey</h4>
            <p>Surveys may now be taken using the app</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File: mobileplaceholder.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Search courses</h4>
            <p>App users can search courses and enrol themselves into them</p>
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        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


* [[:Category:New features|Category:New features]] - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 3.0
<h4 class="card-title">
Rearrange words or phrases
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.0]]
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Now standard Moodle, the [[Ordering question type]] allows teachers to create questions with single words or sentences.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:orderingquestion1.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Reorder images
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Images can also be rearranged if using the HTML format option.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
 
===TinyMCE===
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[[File:tinymcedefaultdocs.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Default editor in all sites
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
[[TinyMCE]] is now the default editor in new and upgraded sites.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:tinyimageupload.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Improved image handling
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Image handling is more streamlined, giving a better user experience.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
 
===Custom reports===
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<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:customreportroles.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
New "Role" report source
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
[[Custom reports]] can now be generated based on assigned roles.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:filesizefilter.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
More filters
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Filter by cohort, file size, type and more.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
 
===Other reporting improvements===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:browselistofusers.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Browse list of users
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
The [[Browse list of users]] page contains filters and a bulk actions option.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:themeusage.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Theme usage report
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Admins can identify the location of user/course/category/cohort themes with an new [[Theme usage report]].
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
 
===Forum enhancements===
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<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:defaultannouncementsettings.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Default Announcements Forum settings
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Admins can now define defaults such as subscription mode for Announcements forums.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:copytoallgroups.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Easily post to all groups
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
The Post a copy to all groups is now available directly on the screen when adding a forum post.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
 
===Badge filtering improvements===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:adminbadgesfilters.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
New filter for site badges
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Filter site badges by version and expiry date.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:managebadgesfilter.png |class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Course badges filters
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Teachers and learners can now filter course badges.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
 
===Authentication===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:SMSMFAdocs.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Authenticate via SMS
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
[[Multi-factor authentication]] now includes the option to authenticate via an SMS code.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:plaintextpassword.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Show/hide password
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Admins can toggle log in password visibility from the [[Manage authentication]] screen.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
 
===Quiz improvements===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:quizlastsaved.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Display 'last saved'
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Students can see from Quiz navigation when their responses were last saved.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:quizgradeitems.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Section grading
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Teachers can allocate [https://docs.moodle.org/en/Building_Quiz#Quiz_section_grades| grades to groups of questions] in a quiz.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
 
===And more...===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:manualcoursewelcome.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
New notifications
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Enabled by default in new sites, notifications now include welcome messages for manual enrolments and warnings of unenrolment due to inactivity.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:matrixgroups.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Matrix group support
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
[[Communication|Matrix communication]] rooms for groups are now created in courses using groups.
</p>
</div>
</div>
 
[[Category:New features]]
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[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 4.3]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 4.4]]

Latest revision as of 08:55, 22 April 2024

Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 4.4, or watch our YouTube playlist of 4.4 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 4.4 release notes.

Course page improvements

Refined look

Activies and sections clearly defined.

Single section page

Focus on one section only in its own page.

New 'View' option

With edit mode enabled, teachers click to 'view' a single section.

Custom sections

Topics format is now Custom sections.

Activity icons

Updated activity icons use an accessible colour palette.

File (MIME) type icons

File (MIME) type icons

Available also in 4.1/2/3, file types can be easily identified.

New 'Ordering' question type (MUA-sponsored project)

Rearrange words or phrases

Now standard Moodle, the Ordering question type allows teachers to create questions with single words or sentences.

Reorder images

Images can also be rearranged if using the HTML format option.

TinyMCE

Default editor in all sites

TinyMCE is now the default editor in new and upgraded sites.

Improved image handling

Image handling is more streamlined, giving a better user experience.

Custom reports

New "Role" report source

Custom reports can now be generated based on assigned roles.

More filters

Filter by cohort, file size, type and more.

Other reporting improvements

Browse list of users

The Browse list of users page contains filters and a bulk actions option.

Theme usage report

Admins can identify the location of user/course/category/cohort themes with an new Theme usage report.

Forum enhancements

Default Announcements Forum settings

Admins can now define defaults such as subscription mode for Announcements forums.

Easily post to all groups

The Post a copy to all groups is now available directly on the screen when adding a forum post.

Badge filtering improvements

New filter for site badges

Filter site badges by version and expiry date.

Course badges filters

Teachers and learners can now filter course badges.

Authentication

Authenticate via SMS

Multi-factor authentication now includes the option to authenticate via an SMS code.

Show/hide password

Admins can toggle log in password visibility from the Manage authentication screen.

Quiz improvements

Display 'last saved'

Students can see from Quiz navigation when their responses were last saved.

Section grading

Teachers can allocate grades to groups of questions in a quiz.

And more...

New notifications

Enabled by default in new sites, notifications now include welcome messages for manual enrolments and warnings of unenrolment due to inactivity.

Matrix group support

Matrix communication rooms for groups are now created in courses using groups.

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