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Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 3.11, or watch our [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDdtb97nUrrn0khkIEiLfHFJ YouTube playlist of 3.11 New features].
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].


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]].


The list of major features and improvements 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/4.4 Moodle 4.4 release notes].
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===Student activity completion (MUA)===
===Course page improvements===
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<div class="card-deck mt-3">
  <div class="row-fluid">
<div class="card">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
<div class="card-body">
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[[File:refinedcourselook.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
<h4 class="card-title">
[[File:ActivityCompletion311.png|600px]]
Refined look
          <div class="caption">
</h4>
            <h4>Improved learner experience</h4>
<p class="card-text">
            <p>Activity dates and [[Activity completion]] conditions may be shown on the course page.</p>
Activies and sections clearly defined.
          </div>
</p>
        </div>
</div>
      </li>
</div>
      <li class="span6">
<div class="card">
        <div class="thumbnail">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:311CompletionWithinActivity.png|600px]]
[[File:sectiondisplay.png|class=img-fluid]]
          <div class="caption">
<h4 class="card-title">
            <h4>Dates and completion conditions within activities</h4>
Single section page
            <p>Activity dates and [[Activity completion]] conditions are shown at the top of the activity page.</p>
</h4>
       
<p class="card-text">
          </div>
Focus on one section only in its own page.
        </div>
</p>
      </li>
</div>
    </ul>
</div>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="contentblock">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
  <div class="row-fluid">
<div class="card">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
<div class="card-body">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:StudentManualCompletion.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Manual completion</h4>
            <p>Students can mark an activity as complete from within the activity itself.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:TeacherCompletionSettings.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>New display settings</h4>
            <p>New settings allow teachers to hide or show activity dates and completion conditions on the course page.</p>
       
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===Accessibility toolkit===
[[File:newviewoption.png|class=img-fluid]]


  <div class="row-fluid">
<h4 class="card-title">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
New 'View' option
      <li class="span6">
</h4>
        <div class="thumbnail">
<p class="card-text">
[[File:BrickfieldAdmin1.png|600px]]
With edit mode enabled, teachers click to 'view' a single section.
          <div class="caption">
</p>
            <h4>Free starter toolkit</h4>
</div>
            <p>An [[Accessibility toolkit]] (from Brickfield Education Labs) identifies course accessibility issues.</p>
</div>
          </div>
<div class="card">
        </div>
<div class="card-body">
      </li>
[[File:courseformatdisplay.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:AccessiblityBlock.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Course accessibility review</h4>
            <p>Course content is analysed so teachers can identify and fix accessibility errors.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:BrickfieldTeacher.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Heatmap of errors</h4>
            <p>A heatmap offers a coloured and contextual view of the areas of concern.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:SummaryReport.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Range of reports and graphs</h4>
            <p>Errors can be viewed in graphic form, or as a list with a downloadable report.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===H5P and content  bank===
<h4 class="card-title">
Custom sections
  <div class="row-fluid">
</h4>
    <ul class="thumbnails">
<p class="card-text">
      <li class="span6">
Topics format is now Custom sections.
        <div class="thumbnail">
</p>
[[File:DisableH5Pcontent.png|600px]]
</div>
          <div class="caption">
</div>
            <h4>Disable selected H5P content types</h4>
</div>
            <p>Admins can disable selected H5P content types from the admin settings.</p>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
          </div>
<div class="card">
        </div>
<div class="card-body">
      </li>
[[File:activityicons.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:MakeUnlisted.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4> Mark content as unlisted</h4>
            <p>Teachers can hide content in the [[Content bank|content bank]] by marking it as unlisted.</p>
    </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:LinkedContent.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>See which content is linked</h4>
            <p>A new column in the [[Content bank|content bank]] displays the number of times an item is linked.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:DeleteAlert.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4> Alert when deleting linked content</h4>
            <p>An alert is displayed when linked content is about to be deleted, explaining what will happen.</p>
          </div>
</div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===Quiz and question types===
<h4 class="card-title">
Activity icons
  <div class="row-fluid">
</h4>
    <ul class="thumbnails">
<p class="card-text">
      <li class="span6">
Updated activity icons use an accessible colour palette.
        <div class="thumbnail">
</p>
[[File:QuizOverridePassGrade.png|600px]]
</div>
          <div class="caption">
</div>
            <h4>View overrides and pass grades</h4>
<div class="card">
            <p>Teachers can view overrides and students can view pass grades directly on the Quiz page.</p>
<div class="card-body">
          </div>
[[File:filemimetypes.png|class=img-fluid]]
        </div>
File (MIME) type icons
      </li>
<h4 class="card-title">
      <li class="span6">
File (MIME) type icons
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:RetainedQuestionSettings.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Preferred question settings retained</h4>
            <p>Changes from the default settings of a question type are retained for the next time a teacher creates a question.</p>
    </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
<div class="row-fluid">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:QuizMinMaxStudent.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Essay question word limits</h4>
            <p>A minimum and maximum word limit can be specified for [[Essay question type|Essay questions]].</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:PlagiarismSupport.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Essay plagiarism support</h4>
            <p>If a plagiarism checker is installed, it now supports the [[Essay question type]].</p>
          </div>
</div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===Badges===
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
  <div class="row-fluid">
Available also in 4.1/2/3, file types can be easily identified.
    <ul class="thumbnails">
</p>
      <li class="span6">
</div>
        <div class="thumbnail">
</div>
[[File:ManageBackPacks.png|600px]]
</div>
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Better backpack management</h4>
            <p>Admins can set the order in which [[Backpacks|backpacks]] are listed for users.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:BadgesAPI.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Open Badges v 2.1 compliant</h4>
            <p>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.</p>
          </div>
</div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===User profile fields===
===New 'Ordering' question type (MUA-sponsored project)===
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  <div class="row-fluid">
<div class="card">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
<div class="card-body">
      <li class="span6">
[[File:orderingquestion2.png|class=img-fluid]]
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:SocialField.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>New Social profile field</h4>
            <p>A new [[User profile fields#Overview| Social profile field]] replaces the hard-coded fields in the user profile.</p>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
      <li class="span6">
        <div class="thumbnail">
[[File:UserProfileUserIdentity.png|600px]]
          <div class="caption">
            <h4>Custom profile fields selectable in Show user identity</h4>
            <p>Custom profile fields may be selected in User polices > Show user identity so they display in participant lists.</p>
          </div>
</div>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>


===Other features and improvements===
<h4 class="card-title">
Rearrange words or phrases
</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]]


  <div class="row-fluid">
<h4 class="card-title">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
Reorder images
      <li class="span6">
</h4>
        <div class="thumbnail">
<p class="card-text">
[[File:PlayRate.png|600px]]
Images can also be rearranged if using the HTML format option.
          <div class="caption">
</p>
            <h4>Control audio / video playback rates</h4>
</div>
            <p>Students can control the speed at which audio and video files will play.</p>
</div>
          </div>
</div>
        </div>
 
      </li>
===TinyMCE===
      <li class="span6">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
        <div class="thumbnail">
<div class="card">
[[File:ActivityCompletionreport.png|600px]]
<div class="card-body">
          <div class="caption">
[[File:tinymcedefaultdocs.png|class=img-fluid]]
            <h4>Improved activity completion report</h4>
 
            <p>The activity completion report may be filtered by activity and activity order.</p>
<h4 class="card-title">
          </div>
Default editor in all sites
        </div>
</h4>
      </li>
<p class="card-text">
    </ul>
[[TinyMCE]] is now the default editor in new and upgraded sites.
  </div>
</p>
<div class="row-fluid">
</div>
    <ul class="thumbnails">
</div>
      <li class="span6">
<div class="card">
        <div class="thumbnail">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:SearchLangPacks.png|600px]]
[[File:tinyimageupload.png|class=img-fluid]]
          <div class="caption">
 
            <h4>Search language packs</h4>
<h4 class="card-title">
            <p>The list of languages may be searched when installing new [[Language packs]].</p>
Improved image handling
          </div>
</h4>
        </div>
<p class="card-text">
      </li>
Image handling is more streamlined, giving a better user experience.
      <li class="span6">
</p>
        <div class="thumbnail">
</div>
[[File:Poppler.png|600px]]
</div>
          <div class="caption">
</div>
            <h4>New PDF to PNG converter</h4>
 
            <p>For assignment submission annotations, a new converter, Poppler is available instead of Ghostscript.</p>
===Custom reports===
          </div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
        </div>
<div class="card">
      </li>
<div class="card-body">
    </ul>
[[File:customreportroles.png|class=img-fluid]]
  </div>
 
<div class="row-fluid">
<h4 class="card-title">
    <ul class="thumbnails">
New "Role" report source
      <li class="span6">
</h4>
        <div class="thumbnail">
<p class="card-text">
[[File:SectionNameLinks.png|600px]]
[[Custom reports]] can now be generated based on assigned roles.
          <div class="caption">
</p>
            <h4>Section links block</h4>
</div>
            <p>Titles may now be displayed in the Section links block.</p>
</div>
          </div>
<div class="card">
        </div>
<div class="card-body">
      </li>
[[File:filesizefilter.png|class=img-fluid]]
      <li class="span6">
 
        <div class="thumbnail">
<h4 class="card-title">
[[File:OverridePermissions.png|600px]]
More filters
          <div class="caption">
</h4>
            <h4>Restore/import role permissions</h4>
<p class="card-text">
            <p>Enable or disable role permission overrides when restoring or importing a course.</p>
Filter by cohort, file size, type and more.
</p>
          </div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
      </li>
</div>
    </ul>
 
  </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===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<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]]
[[Category:New features]]
 
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[[de:Neue Funktionalitäten]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 4.3]]
[[es:Nuevas características de Moodle 3.11]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 4.4]]
[[fr:Nouveautés de Moodle 3.11]]

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

refinedcourselook.png

Refined look

Activies and sections clearly defined.

sectiondisplay.png

Single section page

Focus on one section only in its own page.

newviewoption.png

New 'View' option

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

courseformatdisplay.png

Custom sections

Topics format is now Custom sections.

activityicons.png

Activity icons

Updated activity icons use an accessible colour palette.

filemimetypes.png 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)

orderingquestion2.png

Rearrange words or phrases

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

orderingquestion1.png

Reorder images

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

TinyMCE

tinymcedefaultdocs.png

Default editor in all sites

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

tinyimageupload.png

Improved image handling

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

Custom reports

customreportroles.png

New "Role" report source

Custom reports can now be generated based on assigned roles.

filesizefilter.png

More filters

Filter by cohort, file size, type and more.

Other reporting improvements

browselistofusers.png

Browse list of users

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

themeusage.png

Theme usage report

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

Forum enhancements

defaultannouncementsettings.png

Default Announcements Forum settings

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

copytoallgroups.png

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

adminbadgesfilters.png

New filter for site badges

Filter site badges by version and expiry date.

managebadgesfilter.png

Course badges filters

Teachers and learners can now filter course badges.

Authentication

SMSMFAdocs.png

Authenticate via SMS

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

plaintextpassword.png

Show/hide password

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

Quiz improvements

quizlastsaved.png

Display 'last saved'

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

quizgradeitems.png

Section grading

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

And more...

manualcoursewelcome.png

New notifications

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

matrixgroups.png

Matrix group support

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

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