New for teachers

This page lists new features and improvements for teachers.

Activity chooser enhancements

Purpose categories

Activities in the Activity chooser are grouped by purpose: assessment, collaboration, communication, resources, and interactive content.

Activity chooser with the category Assessment selected, showing Assignment, H5P, Lesson, Quiz and Workshop.

Activity information

Activity information includes purpose categories and whether the activity is gradable.

Forum information showing purpose categories Collaboration and Communication, and Gradable Yes.

Activity selection

When selecting an activity, an Add button improves clarity and control. To go straight to the Add activity page, double-click the activity.

Selecting a forum in the activity chooser.

Activities overview improvements

The Activities overview shows dates and other information for for all core activities, including Choice, Forum, Glossary, H5P, Lesson, SCORM and Quiz.

Activities overview teacher view showing Forum information such as number of discussions and number of posts.

AI access controls at course and activity level

You can turn AI tools on or off in courses and in activities.

Assignment improvements

Grader panel resizing

Assignment grader panels can be resized by dragging the dividing border, allowing more space for advanced grading methods.

Assignment grader with grading panel resized to allow space for rubrics.

Logging of downloaded feedback files

Feedback file downloading is logged, so teachers can check how many students downloaded the files.

Logs for an assignment showing that a student downloaded the feedback file.

Short URLs in assignment SMS notifications

Assignment due and overdue notifications sent via SMS have short URLs.

Assignment due SMS notification with short URL.

Additional activities in a Single activity course

You can include additional activities in a Single activity course using the Additional activities block.

Additional activities block with editing mode on.

Activity completion report groups filter

You can show only students in a selected group in the Activity completion report, even for courses with group mode set to no groups.

Selecting a group in the Activity completion report.

Permalink in activity menu

As for course sections, activity menus include a Permalink - a permanent link to the activity.

With edit mode on, the activity menu has a Permalink.

Clearer 'Hidden sections' course setting

The course setting 'Hidden sections' shows descriptions with each option.

Documentation