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\"Moodle<\/span>On 24th July 2023, we will be updating Moodle here at Lancaster University to version 4.1.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This upgrade will hopefully make your modules easier to navigate and give you a better user experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

Watch the video below to find out more…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/estream.lancaster.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=66545~5n~GQQbHenNm5<\/a><\/p>\n

If your department has not yet had a demo of the new Moodle 4 features, please do get in touch with a Digital Learning Facilitator to arrange this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 24th July 2023, we will be updating Moodle here at Lancaster University to version 4.1. This upgrade will hopefully make your modules easier to navigate and give you a better user experience. Watch the video below to find out more… https:\/\/estream.lancaster.ac.uk\/View.aspx?id=66545~5n~GQQbHenNm5 If your department has not yet had a demo of the new Moodle … Continue reading Moodle 4.1 – The Upgrade is Coming!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[5,6],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moodle","tag-moodle","tag-upgrade"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":108,"url":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lu-digitaldigest\/2023\/06\/19\/new-features-in-moodle\/","url_meta":{"origin":1,"position":0},"title":"New Features in Moodle","author":"Elizabeth Walkden","date":"June 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Moodle upgrade is fast approaching and I thought now would be a good time to highlight a few of the new features that you can expect. 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