{"id":566,"date":"2024-08-01T10:05:47","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lu-digitaldigest\/?p=566"},"modified":"2024-08-01T10:05:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T10:05:47","slug":"moodle-4-3-whats-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lu-digitaldigest\/2024\/08\/01\/moodle-4-3-whats-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"Moodle 4.3 – What’s changed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As many of you will already know, we updated Moodle to version 4.3 on Tuesday 23rd July 2024. We used to be on version 4.1. so there has been a variety of changes that have occurred with this new update.<\/p>\n

Now we have all had a bit of time to get used to it, I thought I would run through just five of the changes that will make our lives as staff easier!<\/p>\n

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  1. You can now add activities anywhere in a section.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Before, we needed to go to the bottom of a section or topic and click the \u201cadd an activity or resource\u201d button. Once the activity had been created, we then moved it where we wanted it to go. No more! Hover between two cards and the plus icon as shown below will appear. You can use this to add an activity or resources anywhere you want to.<\/p>\n

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    The new ‘add an activity or resource’ button<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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    1. Bulk actions are now available<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      In edit mode, there is now a \u201cBulk actions\u201d button at the top on the right as shown below. This enables you to select as many activities as required and move, edit, duplicate or delete at once.<\/p>\n

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      The ‘bulk actions’ option at the top of a Moodle page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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      1. The text editor in Moodle has changed to TinyMCE<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        A future post will go into the details of the changes around this text editor but for now, click the three dots to get more options as shown below. Some of the key changes include being able to open the editor in full screen mode and add components for learning (C4L), which are text boxes of a variety of colours and styles.<\/p>\n

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        The TinyMCE text editor in Moodle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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        1. You can duplicate more easily<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          It is now possible to duplicate a whole course section and not just the individual activities within it. You can also bulk duplicate activities as mentioned above. This makes it much easier to keep to a similar look and feel for each topic\/section.<\/p>\n

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          Duplicating a section from the three dots menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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          1. Quizzes & the Question Bank<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            There have been quite a few changes to the quiz activity and to the question bank. Staff are now given more flexibility to customise the columns shown to them in the question bank and filtering\/searching for questions is easier. The quiz editing page is wider to improve usability and students can now hide the timer in a timed quiz.<\/p>\n

            Our developers in ISS, have also reintroduced the \u2018back to top\u2019 button which I know many of us are very grateful for! They have also created the brand new \u2018My Feedback Plugin\u2019 which you can find more information on in another post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

            A full list of the changes and developments in Moodle version 4.2. and 4.3 are available from the links below:<\/p>\n

            Moodle 4.2 changes<\/a><\/p>\n

            Moodle 4.3 changes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            As many of you will already know, we updated Moodle to version 4.3 on Tuesday 23rd July 2024. We used to be on version 4.1. so there has been a variety of changes that have occurred with this new update. Now we have all had a bit of time to get used to it, I … Continue reading Moodle 4.3 – What’s changed?<\/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":[14,5,6],"class_list":["post-566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moodle","tag-improved-ux","tag-moodle","tag-upgrade"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":723,"url":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/lu-digitaldigest\/2025\/07\/31\/moodle-update-2025-whats-new\/","url_meta":{"origin":566,"position":0},"title":"Moodle Update 2025: What’s New?","author":"Elizabeth Walkden","date":"July 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Lancaster University Moodle has been updated to version 4.5 today! 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