This document summarizes the new features of Moodle 3.1 and Moodle Mobile 3.1, which were presented at a release party in Barcelona. Key new features in Moodle 3.1 include competency-based education, a recycle bin, assignment grading improvements, and global search. Moodle Mobile 3.1 allows quizzes to be attempted on mobile, supports competency-based environments, has improved remote add-ons, and fixes. The future roadmap includes improving assessment, synchronization, and additional activity support.

1. Moodle Mobile
Moodle 3.1 Release Party
Barcelona
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Juan Leyva @jleyvadelgado
Team Leader & Developer
Dani Palou
Developer
Pau Ferrer @crazyserver
Developer
#moodlebcn
@moodlemobileapp
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2. New features - Moodle 3.1
1. Competency based education
2. Recycle bin
3. Assignment grading
4. Global Search
5. Publish as LTI tool
6. Forum enhancements
7. Course meta link enrolments
8. Editing section titles
9. Tag course activities
10. In-page confirmations
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● https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_3.1_release_notes
● https://docs.moodle.org/31/en/New_features
● https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxcO_MFWQBDfWYsGAI-SXY7JW6T_3t0yM

3. Competencies for admins
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● Set up competency frameworks
● Create learning plan templates
● Create plans for students and
sync cohorts
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4. Competencies for students
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● View learning plans and check
progress
● Upload evidence of prior
learning
● Request reviews
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5. Competencies for teachers
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● Add competencies to courses
and activities
● View a competency breakdown
report
● Rate competencies
With extra capabilities:
● View evidence of prior learning
● Review competencies
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6. Recycle bin
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● Restore deleted course content
● Restore deleted courses
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7. Assignment grading
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● Grade submissions on a single
screen
● Annotate uploaded docx or odt
files
● Download selected student
submissions.
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8. Global Search
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● Advanced feature
● Set up by the administrator
● Search the whole site:
○ Selecting which areas to
search in
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9. Forum enhancements
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● News forums > Announcements
● Pin discussions to top
● Permalinks to posts
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10. Publish as LTI tool
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● Publish courses and activities
as LTI tools
● Include them on other Moodle
sites or platforms
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11. Course meta link enrolment
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● Search courses to link to
● Add several courses at once
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12. Editing section title
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● Speed up course editing
● Change section titles without
leaving the page
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13. Tagging
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● Course, activities and resources
● Organized into collections
● Can be combined
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14. In-page confirmations
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● Save on clicks
● See your actions confirmed on
the same page
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15. Moodle Mobile is the official mobile app for Moodle
https://download.moodle.org/mobile/
Moodle Mobile 3.1
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16. New features - Moodle Mobile 3.1
1. Quiz
2. Quiz Offline attempts
3. Competency Based Environment
4. Remote add-ons support
5. Improvements and fixes
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https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_Mobile_3.1.0_release_notes

17. Quiz on Moodle Mobile
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● Users can attempt a quiz on their mobile device using the Moodle Mobile app.
● All standard question types and question behaviours are supported except from essay questions
with attachments.
● Additional plugins won't work in the app unless the plugin include support for mobile remote add-
ons.
● Quizzes requiring safe browser are not supported.
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18. Quiz: Entry page
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19. Quiz: Attempting
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20. Quiz: Attempting
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21. Quiz: Review
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22. Quiz offline attempts
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● Allows users to download a quiz to
attempt later offline.
● A quiz may be attempted offline only if:
○ There is no time limit set.
○ The question behaviour is deferred
feedback (with or without CBM).
○ There is no network address
requirement.
● Valid responses are not downloaded.
● Requires 2.6+, MM additional features
and Quiz offline attempts plugin.
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23. Quiz offline attempts
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24. ● Learning plans and course competencies are supported in the app
Competency Based Environment
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25. Competency Based Environment
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26. Remote add-ons support
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● A MM remote add-on is the mobile app version of a Moodle
plugin that will be loaded when a user accesses the site on the
app.
● They are stored within a Moodle plugin and are downloaded and
lazy-loaded by the Mobile app.
● https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_Mobile_Remote_add-ons
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Improvements and fixes
● Empty topics are not displayed in the sections menu.
● Images in remote themes are downloaded so they are available offline.
● Large multimedia files are now served via streaming.
● Login via the browser can now be accessed via embedded browser instead of the device
default browser.
● Module activities are now moved to addons/mod.
● Push notifications plugin updated.
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28. Activities &
resources
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Resources Check Download
Book ✔ ✔
File ✔ ✔
Folder ✔ ✔
IMS content package ✔ ✔
Label ✔ ✔
Page ✔ ✔
URL ✔ ✔
Activities Check Submit Download Offline
Assignment ✔ 3.1.1
Chat ✔ ✔
Choice ✔ ✔
Database
External tool ✔
Feedback
Forum ✔ ✔ ✔
Glossary ✔
Lesson
Quiz ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
SCORM package ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔
Survey ✔ ✔
Wiki ✔ 3.1.1 ✔
Workshop

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Future roadmap
● Assessment: Allow the teacher to grade everything
● Improve synchronization of offline actions
● Assignment submission and submission review
● Wiki edition
● UX and performance improvements
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Contribute to Moodle
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Coming together to design the next Moodle.

31. Thank you
Community: moodle.org
Commercial: moodle.com
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