The UCSF Collaborative Learning Environment (CLE) was successfully updated to Moodle 4.3 on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. The update took place from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. PDT.

All UCSF users can now access the CLE, including all their courses and resources.

This was a minor update with no major visual or structural changes to existing courses and resources.

Below is an overview of the new and updated features and settings integrated into the UCSF CLE:

Activity cards redesign 

The activity/resource cards’ icons and text are now smaller and arranged to take up less space. 

Text and Media area name 

The text and media area activity/resource can now have a name/title, which displays in the Course index (left navigation bar). 

Dropdown menus 

Applicable activity/resource cards now have a dropdown menu to access activity completion conditions.     

Access restrictions streamlined 

Access restrictions for applicable activity/resource cards now show more/less dropdown. 

Streamlined course content creation 

Adding a new activity or resource anywhere in your course is now possible. Instead of scrolling down to add an activity or resource, you can now use the "+" button anywhere on the course page.  

Bulk editing in a course 

You can now bulk edit items in your course via the new "bulk edit" button. Once you click the bulk edit button, you can, for example, bulk delete, move, duplicate, hide or change visibility from the footer.  

Once you click the bulk edit button, you can, for example, bulk delete, move, duplicate, hide or change visibility from the footer. 

Gradebook enhancements 

You can now search and filter in the grade report itself.  

Sticky footers are also new in the grade report—giving you quick access to common action buttons and navigation links.   

Question bank improvements 

The Question bank now has better search and filter functionalities similar to other areas of Moodle.  

You can now also customize your view of the question bank by hiding, removing or resizing columns in the question bank.  

More improvements that were integrated into the CLE 

• Additional course section options: Course sections can now be duplicated and benefit from permalinks. 
• Activity/resource card names: The name of the activity/resource now only displays when edit mode is on. 
• Report builder new filters: New filter options include last, current and next hour. Additionally, reports can now be filtered on the context level.  
• Report builder new sources: Course categories are now an available report source.       
• Quiz question numbers: Instructors can now customize question numbers.  
• Quiz reopen attempts: Instructors can now reopen quiz attempts that were never submitted.  
• Assignment messaging: Instructors can now message their course participants from the assignment grading screen.   
• Group icons: A group icon displays on hover for activities allowing groups.  
  • Group mode: Click the group icon to quickly access group mode settings.  

Additional information 

For a complete list of new and updated features, please refer to the full Moodle 4.2 release notes and the full Moodle 4.3 release notes. Please note that not all new features and settings available in Moodle 4.3 were integrated into the UCSF CLE. The features and settings that were integrated were carefully selected to meet UCSF's specific needs and security standards.