{"id":10607,"date":"2026-01-13T16:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/digital-scholarship\/moodle\/whats-new-in-moodle-4-1\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:29:54","slug":"whats-new-in-moodle-4-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/lits\/digital-scholarship\/moodle\/whats-new-in-moodle-4-1\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New in Moodle 4.1"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>While there are many changes in this new version of Moodle, by far the most obvious is the navigation menus and icons.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you have issues or questions please let us know <a href=\"https:\/\/edtech.domains.trincoll.edu\/technologists\/\">https:\/\/edtech.domains.trincoll.edu\/technologists\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"#video\" data-type=\"URL\">Video Overview<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"#dash\" data-type=\"URL\">The New Dashboard<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"#course\">Course Pages<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"#more\">For More Information<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"video\"><strong>Video Overview of Changes<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dashboard\"><strong>The new Dashboard<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You will notice things have moved around on the Dashboard.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>The old dashboard is on the left below and the new on the right.<\/li>\r\n<li>The Course Overview Block now has been moved to its own tab.<\/li>\r\n<li>Blocks that were displayed on the right hand side of the page are still there but now collapsed by default in the block drawer.<\/li>\r\n<li>You will also see a button to turn editing on and off at the top right of every page.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2023\/01\/old-dashboard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1583\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2023\/01\/old-dashboard-1024x637.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a>\r\n<figcaption>Current Dashboard<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2023\/01\/4-dashboard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1584\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2023\/01\/4-dashboard.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a>\r\n<figcaption>New Dashboard<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"course\">Course site pages<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In your course site you will see a number of cosmetic changes:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>You can open and collapse the navigation menu on the left, and the block drawer on the right.<\/li>\r\n<li>The Kaltura Media Gallery is now in the block drawer on the right side of the page (used to be on the left)<\/li>\r\n<li>Click My Courses to go back to the list of your courses.<\/li>\r\n<li>The settings icon is replaced with the settings link<\/li>\r\n<li>Participants and grades can be found in this same navigation menu rather than in the left hand navigation menu.<\/li>\r\n<li>There are all new icons for files and activities.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2023\/08\/image-3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2197\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/moodle\/files\/2023\/08\/image-3-1024x703.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"more\">For more information<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To read more about the new features in the latest version of Moodle:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.moodle.org\/400\/en\/New_features\">https:\/\/docs.moodle.org\/400\/en\/New_features<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.com\/news\/moodle-4-is-here\/\">https:\/\/moodle.com\/news\/moodle-4-is-here\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While there are many changes in this new version of Moodle, by far the most obvious is the navigation menus and icons. 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