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Moodle is updated to version 3.5 on January 8, 2019

The University of Helsinki’s Moodle is updated twice a year to a new version. On January 8, 2019, from 8 AM to 5 PM, Moodle is updated to the version 3.5 and during this time you can not log in or access Moodle. With the new version, features have improved and we also bring a new plugin: Group choice.

New in version 3.5

Course images

Images or coloured patterns brighten up the course descriptions on the dashboard Course overview. The image can be set in the course settings under “Course summary files”.

More efficient user management

Search, filter and bulk edit or delete self-enrolled students from the Participants and Enrolments screen.

However, if you want to delete all participants in the course, use the familiar Reset function. Remember that it is advisable to set up a new Moodle area for each course – and not to empty the area from the previous students.

A new link “View all submissions”

An easy return path from the PDF grading view to back to the list of all submissions.

Quiz and choice activity improvements

 

Other novelties

New plugin – Group choice

With the activity Group choice, students can join the group they want in the course. The teacher can choose which groups the students can enroll and the maximum number of participants. This activity can be used, for example, to divide students into training groups.

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New Moodle published 27.6.2018

Moodle will be updated on June 27, 2018. The update process will take place from 8 AM until 5 PM. Moodle will be out of use during this service break.

Moodle will be updated to version 3.4., and a new theme called Boost is introduced.

New theme

Moodle will have a new outlook with a new theme, called Boost. The Boost is easier to use and improves the functionalities of the Moodle interface. Boost theme is more modern and also more mobile-friendly. Please note that even though the Moodle user interface now looks a bit different, all your existing courses and activities are still available within Moodle.

The two main elements of the new user interface include the Navigation menu on the left side of the page and the Actions menu on the right side. Once you understand how these work, you have pretty much grasped the most central aspects of using the new interface.

Navigation menu

The Navigation menu is displayed and hidden by clicking the “hamburger icon” at the top left corner of the page. This allows you to give more space in your display for the course contents. The Navigation menu includes:

  • Course front page
  • Participants
  • Grades
  • Direct links to the course sections
  • Dashboard, where you may view all your courses
  • Moodle Front page
  • Calendar

Actions menu

The actions menu, which you can access through the gear icon is a new feature in the new Moodle interface. The actions menu has many functions which in the old Moodle version were located within the Administration block on the left. The gear menu can also be found within activities and resources. Moreover, when you navigate to your course main page, you will find course settings in the gear menu. Another important function is the edit mode, which you can switch on in order to add and remove course activities.

Moodle Front page

On the front page you will find the same links as before: Moodle-News, maintenance window, instructions, and privacy policy. Within this front page, we will also provide important news and videos redarding the University of Helsinki Moodle.

You can find the courses and course categories at either the “Search for courses” button on the front page or at the “Course Categories” link at the top of the page.

New version 3.4

Some new improvements:

  • Easier activity navigation from page to page
  • More efficient user management
  • Improved calendar management
  • Course end date set to all new courses

Contact

  • You can ask questions and give feedback at the support address moodle@helsinki.fi. The Moodle team will be reading this email all summer.
  • Check the staff training calendar in Henkka for the autumn semester for Moodle trainings by the Educational Technology Services.

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Moodle 3.3 and the new Course overview

On 3rd January 2018 University of Helsinki’s Moodle was updated to the version 3.3. The course overview block in the previous versions of Moodle has been removed and replaced with a new course overview, which provides details of course progress and upcoming deadlines.

Unfortunately in the new course overview it is no longer possible to arrange courses as desired. This is a disadvantage for many teachers and students, especially if they are on multiple Moodle courses. We are currently investigating whether it would be possible to introduce a different “Course overview” block with previous features. We apologize for the situation and we will announce about the progress here.

What can I do?

1) Add Courses block on your Dashboard. (See video)

  • Go to your Dashboard
  • Click Customise this page (right corner)
  • Add block “Courses” (left column)
  • Move the “My courses” block to the middle.

2) Use My Teaching / My Studies pages. After the teacher has added the link to the Moodle course to the page, the Moodle area can be accessed also from there.

3) Search your Moodle course using Search tool on the frontpage and on Dashboard.

4) Add your Moodle courses as bookmarks to your browser. See Student’s digital skills: Bookmarks

What can I do as a teacher?

4) Teacher should define the start and end dates of the course, so that the courses will appear in the right tabs “In progress/Future/Past”.

If you have any questions, please contact moodle (at) helsinki.fi

Educational Technology Services
University of Helsinki IT services

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Moodle version update and service break 3th January 2018

The Moodle learning environment of the University of Helsinki will be updated to version 3.3 on 3th January during the time at 8-17 o’clock. During this time Moodle is not available for users.

If you have any questions about the new version of Moodle, please contact moodle@helsinki.fi

All features are not coming to UH’s Moodle, more information later.

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What’s new in Moodle after the latest version update

Moodle learning environment was updated to version 3.2 on 29th June, 2017. The update included some new features, as well as the following changes described below.

Grades

Grader report has been moved to Navigation block: My courses > choose your course > Grades.

Change user role

The Switch role to -function is now located within the user menu.

Completion progress

The Progress bar block has been changed to Completion progress block. To create a new Completion progress block, you need to first enable Completion tracking in course settings in order to use the Completion progress tool.

H5P

H5P is an easy-to-use and versatile tool to add information and questions to videos, create presentations and quizzes, and more. Become acquainted with the new H5P Interactive content activity.  If you would like to see a certain property in use within H5P (see the list) please just let us know, and we can adapt the tool. At the moment, H5P is in test use and we would like to hear your comments.

Give feedback!

Send feedback to the address moodle@helsinki.fi

Thank you very much!