Quality assurance testing for Moodle 4.3, the next major version of the Moodle LMS, started today. The new version is scheduled to be released in Early October 2023. It will include a lot of exciting new features which are covered here.

The Quality Assurance testing of Moodle LMS ensures that the new features are tested out by the real users before actually getting released. The Moodle community members contributes to test out different features to ensure that Moodle meets the highest standards of quality, reliability, and usability.

If you are also a Moodle enthusiast then you can contribute in the Moodle QA testing. You need to test out the new features on the Moodle QA site and share your feedback in the Moodle tracker.

For Moodle 4.3 QA testing, there are total 494 issues in the Moodle tracker here. You can go through the testing guidelines to contribute in the QA testing.

Here is a glimpse of new features coming in Moodle 4.3:

• New ‘In Course’ Communication options – The new integration with the Matrix Messaging system will provide access to a modern messaging interface directly in the heart of Moodle along with possibilities of adding Slack or Microsoft Teams. These new in-course communication options will help educators and learners stay better connected, engage more regularly and work more closely together
• New Activity Card Designs – New refreshed activity cards will be more streamlined and provide educators easier access to manage groups, access restrictions and activity completion conditions. These improvements will help reduce the time and effort it takes to manage activities in courses and help reduce the scroll length of courses, making them easier to navigate for students.
• Site-level settings for Activity Completion – The project funded by Moodle users Association which will allow the educators to get their jobs done faster. This new functionality will enable the management of completion criteria for a whole site, reducing the time and effort required to manage these settings.
• Improved LTI Tools at Course Level – New functionality will include the ability to add and manage pre-configured tools at a course level, providing educators the choice to show these tools in the activity chooser and making the creation of external tool activities easier with a simplified form.
• Gradebook Improvements – The new improvements in Moodle gradebook are centered around improving the gradebook experience for teachers and students.There are two main goals:
  • make it easier and more intuitive for teachers to view and manage the existing course grades.
  • make it easier and more intuitive for students to view their grades.
• Include Two Factor Authentication in Core
• further enhancements to Report Builder

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