Moodle Updates

ITS recently upgraded Spaces and Moodle to 4.4 . This upgrade includes some minor changes to the look and feel of Moodle as well as new functionality and improvements to existing tools. The following highlights the most significant of the changes.  Moodle help documentation on the Help website has been updated to reflect the changes.

Features

TinyMCE Text Editor

TinyMCE is now the default editor which includes enhanced accessibility and improved image handling.

Activity Icons

The icons for adding Activities or Resources to your course now have a refined new look and feel (e.g. smaller icons, less verticle white space). Choose from a visual display of all available activities and resources or ‘star’ your favorite activities/resources by clicking the star on the activity/resource icon to create a tab of all your “Starred” activities/resources.

Course Format

While functionality has remained the same, the Topic format course format is now called Custom sections. Additionally, Topic Blocks are now called New sections.

Course Index Collapse/Expand All

Instructors can expand/collapse all options for the course index on the course page.

New ‘View’ option

With edit mode enabled, instructors can click “view” from the section title menu to view a single section.

Gradebook Export

When exporting grades in the Gradebook, the default is the Microsoft Excel file type.

learn more

To learn more about additional features available from this upgrade, read the new feature descriptions for the following Moodle versions:

• Moodle 4.3
• Moodle 4.4