Moodle 3.9

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What’s this?

Moodle is the open source product of a global online community of developers. Regular upgrades are important for continued security and new and/or improved features.

On 15th and 16th September 2021 we will be upgrading current Moodle from 3.5 to version 3.9 alongside the annual refresh process. This is a big jump, and quite a few improvements will be available.

(This had been planned for last year if it hadn’t been for the you-know-what.)

What’s new (and improved)?

Links to Moodle.org New Features:

Highlights: Quick look table

General/ Dashboard	Improved course overview in the dashboard (https://moodle.lse.ac.uk/my) Timeline block: easy overview of what tasks are due/ overdue Course overview choices to improve search Improved activity adder Session timeout alert for students Easily filter participants using multiple conditions
Messaging and Forums	Group messaging Messaging and forum control improvements Forums can be graded (blogs for assessment) Users get a personal space for taking notes, links, reminders - part of their messaging drawer Students can star and sort forums (for easier retrieval) Notification centre now reminds of activities, not just messages.
Assignment, Quiz	Recording assignment feedback Session timeout alert for students (this will be useful for taking timed assignments in Moodle) Improved Quiz statistics report Quiz has a ‘clear my choice’ option Quiz Question bank improvement: View question ID numbers and tags and benefit from a new Edit menu
Learning Analytics	H5P content bank and H5P reporting: Enable grading and attempt tracking for H5P Detailed forum reports. Analytics bulk actions: Bulk select and send messages to students from the Insights report
H5P	Media can be put into essay type questions in the lesson H5P can be embedded into other activities H5P reporting and grading

Screenshots

Overview and Timeline blocks on dashboard

Notification and messages 'drawer' - available to everyone

New look activity and resources picker

Starred activites and resources tab to access your favourites more quickly

Moodle 3.9 Upgrade Features - User Video Guides

What training will there be?

We will shortly arrange for taster / Q&A sessions to introduce Moodle 3.9 new features and answer any questions. We will email dates to departments.

I would like access to the testing site

Please contact eden.digital@lse.ac.uk if you would like to be enrolled in our http://muddle.lse.ac.uk site - a copy of current (“production”) Moodle so you can have a look at how your own course(s) look like in the upgraded version.

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