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If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about major changes affecting you in Moodle 4.4.
If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about major changes affecting you in Moodle 4.4.
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===Course page improvements===
===Activity cards redesign===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:43StreamlinedCards.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:refinedcourselook.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Streamlined cards
Refined look
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
Narrower activity cards with smaller icons.
Activies and sections clearly defined.
</p>
</p>
</div>
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<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:ActivityCardsDropDown.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:sectiondisplay.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Drop down menus
Single section page
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
Access completion conditions from a dropdown menu.
Focus on one section only in its own page.
</p>
</p>
</div>
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<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">


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


<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Show more/less
New 'View' option
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
Neater display of Show more/less links for restrictions
With edit mode enabled, teachers click to 'view' a single section.
</p>
</p>
</div>
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<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:EditConditions.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:courseformatdisplay.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Edit links for direct access to settings
Custom sections
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
Teachers have Edit links taking them directly to the relevant completion or restriction settings.
Topics format is now Custom sections.
</p>
</p>
</div>
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<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:GroupsHover.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:activityicons.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Group icons for teachers
Activity icons
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
A group icon displays on hover for activities allowing groups.
Updated activity icons use an accessible colour palette.
</p>
</p>
</div>
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<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:GroupIconModal.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:filemimetypes.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
File (MIME) type icons
<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Group mode
File (MIME) type icons
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
A modal window gives teachers quick access to group mode settings.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:AvailabilityMore.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
New Availability setting
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
From 'More' a new setting allows easy editing of availabilty options.
Available also in 4.1/2/3, file types can be easily identified.
</p>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:EditAvailability.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Edit availability
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Teachers can quickly edit availability settings from the relevant item.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
===New 'Ordering' question type (MUA-sponsored project)===
</div>
 
===Course communication===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:TeacherSetUpRoom.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:orderingquestion2.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Add a messaging room
Rearrange words or phrases
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
If enabled, teachers can add a Matrix or other room for class messaging.
Now standard Moodle, the Ordering question type allows teachers to create questions with single words or sentences.
</p>
</p>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:MessageRoomIcon.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:orderingquestion1.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Quick link to rooms
Reorder images
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
A quick link to new or existing rooms enhances [[Communication|course communication.]]
Images can also be rearranged if using the HTML format option.
</p>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
 
===Quiz improvements===
===MoodleNet sharing improvements===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:MoodleNetShareCourse.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:quizlastsaved.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Share courses
Display 'last saved'
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
Teachers can [[Share to MoodleNet |share courses or parts of courses to MoodleNet]].
Students can see from Quiz navigation when their responses were last saved.
</p>
</p>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:MoodleNetShareProgress.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:quizgradeitems.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
MoodleNet share progress page
Section grading
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
A new page shows the progress of course and activity uploads.
Teachers can allocate grades to groups of questions in a quiz.
</p>
</p>
</div>
</div>
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</div>
</div>


===LTI External tools===
===And more...===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:LTIExternalToolsMore.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:manualcoursewelcome.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Add tools more easily in courses
New notifications
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
Significant refactoring to LTI External tools simplify their use for course teachers.
Enabled by default in new sites, notifications now include welcome messages for manual enrolments and warnings of unenrolment due to inactivity.
</p>
</p>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:LTIShowHide.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:matrixgroups.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Control display in Activity chooser
Matrix group support
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
Teachers can specify which tools will display for selection in the Activity chooser.
Matrix rooms for groups are now created in courses using groups.
</p>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
===Gradebook enhancements===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:GradebookStickyFooter.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:copytoallgroups.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Sticky footers
Quicker 'Post to all groups'
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
Sticky footers give quick access to common action buttons and navigation links.
The 'Post to all groups' checkbox displays directly on the page when creating a post.
</p>
</p>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:GradeItemModal.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:managebadgesfilter.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Quickly add or edit grade items
Filter course badges
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
A modal window allows for more efficient adding and editing of grade items.
Teachers and students can filter course badges.
</p>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
===Question bank improvements===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:QuestionBankSearch.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
===TinyMCE===
Better search and filter
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
The Question bank now has improved searching and filtering similar to other areas of Moodle.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:DocsCustomiseQuestionBankDisplay.png|class=img-fluid]]
 
<h4 class="card-title">
Customise view of Question bank
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Teachers can hide, remove or resize columns in the Question bank.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
 
===And more...===
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:CourseIndexCollapseExpandAll.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:tinymcedefaultdocs.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Course index collapse/expand all
Default editor in all sites
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
Expand all/collapse all options for the course index on the course page.
TinyMCE is now the default editor in new and upgraded sites.
</p>
</p>
</div>
</div>
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<div class="card-body">
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[[File:TextMediaName.png|class=img-fluid]]
[[File:tinyimageupload.png|class=img-fluid]]


<h4 class="card-title">
<h4 class="card-title">
Text and Media area name
Improved image handling
</h4>
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
<p class="card-text">
Text and media areas can now have names which display in the Course index.
Image handling is more streamlined, giving a better user experience.
</p>
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div><div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:BookNavigationImprovements.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Book navigation improvement
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Floating buttons enhance navigation of the Book resource.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:TinyMCEFullScreen.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
TinyMCE Full screen
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
Improvements to TinyMCE editor include a Full screen button.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:DatabaseFileExport.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Database activity file export
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
You can now include files when exporting database activity entries.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:GroupMessagingBulkEnableDisable.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Group messaging improvement
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
You can now bulk enable or disable group messaging.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card-deck mt-3">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:ProgressiveCompletion.png|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
Progressive display
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
[[Activity completion settings| Completion conditions]] display progressively depending on what you select.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card">
<div class="card-body">
[[File:CopyContentH5p.jpg|class=img-fluid]]
<h4 class="card-title">
H5P Copy content
</h4>
<p class="card-text">
You can now copy H5P content in the [[Content bank]]
</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

Latest revision as of 10:29, 15 April 2024

If you're a teacher in Moodle, then this page will tell you about major changes affecting you in Moodle 4.4.

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.

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 rooms for groups are now created in courses using groups.

copytoallgroups.png

Quicker 'Post to all groups'

The 'Post to all groups' checkbox displays directly on the page when creating a post.

managebadgesfilter.png

Filter course badges

Teachers and students can filter course badges.

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.

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