What s new in Moodle 3.1. Coming to a computer near YOU! December 12, 2016

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1 What s new in Moodle 3.1 Coming to a computer near YOU! December 12, 2016

2 Moodle 3.1 Moodle matures further Moodle 3.1 features many incremental improvements: Professional interface labelling and organisation Improving support for large classes Clearer, better navigation Greater consistency between modules

3 Moodle 3.1 highlights Changes you will see when Using the Moodle 3.1 interface Assessing Teaching Managing users and unit sites

4 The Moodle 3.1 user interface The Dashboard User Menu and Preference New look Profile Atto improvements File search

5 Dashboard and the User Menu Dashboard (replaces My Home ) NEW User Menu

6 The NEW User Menu See all your current units Access your Profile Update your Moodle preferences Appears on all pages (replaces links in Administration block)

7 The new look Profile page Accessed from User menu (previously in Administration block) Long scrolling Profile page replaced by menu tables Change the information about you visible to other Moodle users Manage your subscriptions to forums and individual forum discussions Make yourself invisible in the Online user block Track your open browser sessions from your current login

8 Atto editor update Drag and drop images in the Atto edit window Optionally update detected Image Properties Improved Atto autosave Text saved every 60 seconds Continue editing when you return Select Cancel to clear the window and edit new text

9 Search function in File picker Search Server files in the File picker when adding attachments Reuse files from any other Monash Moodle unit you are enrolled in including those from previous years and semesters Determine search breadth by selecting the Category or Unit Search box appears when you select Server files

10 Assessing Quizzes Assignments Grades

11 Quizzes improved layout management Manage sequencing and presentation in Edit quiz window (was in Settings) Group questions in sections with headers Control sequencing of questions in each section independently Opens the new Add menu

12 Quizzes conditional questions Questions may be conditional on completed attempts of prior questions Requires Quiz Settings: Question behaviour = Interactive with multiple tries or Immediate Feedback Navigation = Free Indicates possible conditional question Greyed out questions will become accessible when students have answered the questions before them Users given feedback on answers to the preceding question in these cases

13 Quizzes Settings option improvements Moodle 2.7 Moodle 3.1 Question order managed in Edit Quiz not Quiz settings Option to let students redo a question during quiz attempt

14 Quizzes new question types Moodle has four new quiz question types: Drag and drop to a marker Drag and drop on an image

15 Quizzes new question types Drag and drop text Select dropdown text

16 Assignments file attachments Attach files to assignments Provide detailed requirements, templates, samples and additional resources to students by attaching files to assignments NEW Assignment file attachment window for lecturers to provide additional information to students

17 Group assignments limit to group members No more default group! Option to restrict submission to students allocated to groups. Avoids mistaken individual submissions Reduces confusion for students and teachers Default group is gone

18 Assignments New grading interface Return to unit Return to submission page PDF annotation tools Advance between users Filter users: Submitted Not submitted Needs grading Grade and comment on the same page Select view option

19 Grades Natural weighting aggregation method New aggregation method Natural weighting Uses allocated grade to weight contribution to unit total of assessment items Easy to adjust weighting boxes Default for new Grades categories Percentage contributions to the category total based on original grade value Activity grades as set in the activity settings Replaces Sum of grades Other options available Click check boxes to edit specific items. Remaining items adjust accordingly.

20 Grades improvements the interface Sticky headers in Grader Report Convenient vertical scrolling in long student lists Student rows scroll under the header row NEW Setup menu Access to Categories and Items, Unit grade settings, Preferences

21 New Grade import method: Paste from spreadsheet Copy from a spreadsheet with matching headers and fields. Paste and preview before importing. Unique student identifier needs to match Student id, or username.

22 Grades improvements grading options Set or adjust a Grade to pass Set Pass grade in activities or update it in Grades Create a single point grading scale In Grades > Scales > Add new scale For more info see docs.moodle.org/31/en/scales OR In Grades > Categories and items > Grade item Edit menu ( show more selected)

23 Teaching Forums Choice

24 Forums subscribe to a single discussion In-line subscription to individual discussions, not entire forum In-discussion subscription updates Unsubscribed to discussion. Click to subscribe Subscribed to discussion. Click to unsubscribe

25 Forum post to all groups Single step post to multiple groups In Forum Settings > Common Module settings Groups = Separate OR Visible groups Grouping = selected In Discussion settings check Post to all groups Filter groups Creates a separate thread for each group to respond to

26 Forum Pinned posts and permalinks Teachers can now pin a post so that it will always appear at the top of a discussion forum. If you click permalink under a forum post (1), the post is highlighted (2) and you will have a unique web address (3) which you can then copy and paste to use elsewhere.

27 Forum navigation Navigation icons direct reader to next discussion Next discussion Posts in this discussion

28 Choice - choose more than one Option for users to respond with more than one selection Check boxes appear for multiple selections

29 Managing users and unit sites Groups Restrict access Single click section delete Recycle bin

30 Groups limit group membership with a group Use an existing group to limit group members in autocreate groups Restrict group membership to specific Allocate+ or Callista groups

31 Groups overview screen The Groups Overview tab now shows students who are not in any group.

32 Restrict access using groups Restrict access based on group membership not only a grouping. Specify if a specific group may or may not access activities and resources. Moodle 2.7 Moodle 3.1

33 Recycle Bin Deleted items are stored for 14 days in the Recycle Bin, and can be restored with a click.

34 Single click section delete Delete a section and all of its contents in a single step With no orphan items remaining NEW delete feature WARNING: This step cannot be undone. All activities and resources in the section are deleted

35 And many little improvements

36 Hundreds of small improvements Mail now actually mails NOW Select from one of three navigation styles in a Book Glossary searches more accurate Many incremental improvements to Lesson, Database

37 Find out more about your new Moodle When? Moodle will be upgraded over the weekend of 9-12 December 2016 Unavailable 11:00pm 9/12 to 8:00am 12/12 How will it impact on me? On December 12: Users will see interface differences. Files and inputs will be unaffected New features will be available. And if I need more information or help? New features and using Moodle 3.1 see: Moodle learning topics Technical problems: esolutions Service Desk