In the new instance of Moodle  you will notice a significant change in where to locate participants and how to access the the filtering capabilities on the participants page of your course. 

To access the participants page on your course: 

  1. Navigate to the Participants tab from the course navigations tabs.
  2.  Course page with participants tab highlighted
  3. Under the Enrolled users heading you will notice the filtering panel as well as the First name, Last name and Page navigation filter feature and the list of participants. 
     
To apply a defined filter to search for participants in the list: 
  1. Click on the dropdown located in the filtering panel and select one of the options to match: 
  • Keyword 
  • Status 
  • Roles
  • Enrollment method
  • Inactive for more than
  • Enrolled users match filter options dropdown menu
    • If you choose to match for Keyword for example, a field will display for you to type in your keyword for your search
    Enrolled users match screen with Keyword filter
    • Choose whether to match for None, Any or All pertaining to the search
    Enrolled users match filter options dropdown menu - any or all
    • If you wish to apply more than one filter or condition to assist in narrowing your search even further, click on the + Add condition button.
    Add condition button highlighted on match section of the enrolled users screen
    • Once complete, click on the Apply filters button.
    Apply filters button highlighted on match section of the enrolled users screen

    Note: You can click on Clear filters and or the button to clear the filters or remove the filter conditions added.  
    To clear the filters and start your search again, choose the Clear filters option. 
    Clear filters button highlighted on match section of the enrolled users screen

    Alternatively, there is are options to filter participants by First name and / or Last name and Page number available for navigation.
    First name and last name alphabetical filter and page navigation options