Moodle Workplace new features

This feature is part of Moodle Workplace™, which is available through Moodle Certified Partners and Service Providers only.

4.5

Read on for Moodle Workplace 4.5 highlights. Full details of the release with technical information can be found in the Moodle Workplace 4.5 release notes.

Better course discovery with Learning Catalogue improvements

Course highlighting

Spotlight specific courses in the Catalogue, calling visual attention to those courses and ensuring that they always appear at the top of the list on the Catalogue landing page

Featured Courses section

The new, customisable Featured Courses section, which appears at the top of the Catalogue landing page, allows you to direct learners to key courses

Automatic price synchronisation

Automatically display course prices in the Catalogue by linking the new “Number” custom course field to course enrolment plugins.

Filter and search field improvements

Range filters

Allow users to filter courses by numerical values that draw from the new Number course custom field. This could be used to allow filtering by price, difficulty level, time commitment, or anything else assigned a numerical value

Checkbox filters

A new Catalogue filter tied to the Checkbox custom course field

Highlight active filters

When using Catalogue filters, active filters are now highlighted with a visual cue, improving search functionality

Customise labels for fields and filters

Improved options for hiding or customising labels for Catalogue display fields and filters means the Catalogue can be more fully adapted to meet an organisation’s course discovery needs

More personalised multi-tenancy

Custom Tenant domains

No longer an experimental feature, tenants can now each be associated with a custom domain

User Tour Tenant selector

A new tenant selector option for User Tours allows you to create tenant-specific User Tours

New options for site customisation

New Start page options

You can now choose the Learning Catalogue or Custom Pages as the default Start page for your site

Custom Start Pages

A new type of Custom Pages that allow you to fully customise the default start page for your site

Unlisted Custom Pages

Create Custom Pages that do not appear in the main navigation, but can be linked to throughout the site

Easily copy URL for Custom Pages

New action that allows you to copy the URL for a specific Custom Page right from the list of Custom Pages

Simplified people management

Allocate users to Programs and Certifications from the Team Overview block

Users can now be allocated to Programs and Certifications directly from the Team Overview block

Add a new user in the “People” tab

New users can now be created directly from within the “People” tab of the Organisation Structure

New “User is manager” Dynamic Rules condition

A new "User is Manager" Dynamic Rules condition allows admins to create automations for managers of any type

More accurate Organisation Structure Dynamic Rules conditions

Conditions and actions for positions and departments in Dynamic Rules are only available if there are corresponding positions or departments in your organisation

Improvements for large sites

Better interface for moving users between Tenants

Effortlessly bulk-transfer users with an intuitive new modal interface

Adding tags to Dynamic Rules

Dynamic Rules can now be organised with tags, making management and categorization easier for Admins

Improve Department and Position selectors

By adding search functionality and displaying the hierarchical path from the Organisation Structure, improves navigation and use for Positions and Departments anywhere in the site where you need to make selections for automations

Improvements for learners

Simplified access to learning reports

The “Learning” section in a user’s profile now provides a clear, visual warning indicator for overdue Programs and Certifications

Session availability filter for Appointments

Appointment activity sessions can now be filtered by “Session availability,” a feature that helps optimise scheduling for both learners and instructors

Improvements for site management

Create courses within Program content editing

Create new courses directly while editing a Program

Include date when manually certifying a user

You can now input a certification date when manually marking a Certification as complete for a user, an improvement that helps organisations update historical completion data

New “username” placeholder for notifications with Dynamic Rules

Enhance site communication by using the new “username” placeholder in Dynamic Rules notifications

Use Textarea user profile field for Dynamic Rules conditions

A new option to select Textarea user profile fields as a Dynamic Rules condition

New “Workplace” plugins filter in Plugins Overview

Moodle Workplace plugins are now distinctly categorised as “Workplace” plugins on the plugins overview page rather than "Additional"