New features for Moodle 3.9

When is the upgrade?● 11PM,18th of December● Until Sunday 20th (officially)● Students will be notified

○ Mass email○ Banner in Moodle in the final week

Overview● H5P integration● Forum improvements● UX improvements● Admin features

H5P: Embed contentInsert H5P activities in any rich text box by adding an embed code or uploading a .h5p file.

These do no feed to the gradebook.

H5P: Content bank

Operates in a similar way to the Question Bank.

Available at Unit, Category, and Dashboard level.

H5P: Grading and attempt tracking

In the new H5P activity type.

(Availability dependent on content type)

Forum: new layout

Nested posts.

Forum: Grading

Whole forum grading.

Advanced grading available.

Forum: View grades

Students can view grades.

Forum: Export and report

Export forum discussions and view a detailed summary report of student activity.

UX: Question bank

View question ID numbers and tags.

Redesigned interface.

UX: Edit Button

The return of the “Turn editing on” button, as seen in earlier versions of Moodle.

UX: Activity chooser

New look and feel.

Star favourite options.

UX: Emoji support

Available in Messages and Atto editor.

UX: Filter calendar

Filter by month, day, or upcoming event

UX: Book layout

Improved navigation layout for Books.

UX: return to top

Does what it says on the tin.

Admin: Copy course

Available at category level or within unit.

What’s next?

● Moodle 4.0 will not be released until November 2021

● No 2021 upgrade is scheduled

● Monash requested Moodle enhancements will continue

mei@monash edu