July 14, 2025, by Ben Atkinson

Moodle 4.5 Upgrade – July 2025

The proposed date for the Moodle upgrade this summer is Wednesday 30th July between 1.15pm and 5.15pm UK time.  China and Malaysia colleagues have been made aware of the upcoming upgrade.  This upgrade will take us to Moodle 4.5 and is not a huge update. The main improvements are listed below with some detail about each new feature:

Sub Topics and Clear Navigation

 In Moodle 4.5, subsections are a new feature that allow further organize of site content within a topic, creating a more structured and focused learning experience. They are essentially topics within a topic, which can be collapsed or expanded to manage content visibility and create clearer collections of content which improve the student experience.

• Focus: By collapsing or expanding subsections, learners can focus on the specific content they need, reducing scrolling and information overload.
• Placement: Subsections can be placed between activities within a section. When clicked, subsections display on their own page, similar to how sections function.

Improvements to Accessing Marking of Moodle Assignments

Moodle 4.5 introduces a cleaner layout when viewing assessment submissions, including improved search features and ‘sticky’ menu to access key features like the filters used when marking. In addition the spacing of the assessment list has been improved and where they exist profile images will be shown to the left of submissions.

Move to Tiny MCE Text Editor

In Moodle 4.5 we will be introducing the Tiny MCE Text Editor as the default editor for all content created or edited on Moodle sites. This new editor brings many improvements including a menu similar to the Microsoft suite of tools, additional formatting options and accessibility improvements including a range of accessible colours for text based on the UoN colour palette.

Other Improvements to Look Out For

• Digital badge images can be rolled over, and criteria imported.
• Improvements to the way questions are tagged and categorised in the question bank and how you search for them.
• Improved log reports when dealing with issues in Moodle
• More notifications for students including submission reminders or overdue submission notifications.

There will be a message on the Moodle login page and on the banner to notify staff and students about the upgrade. In addition to the Moodle upgrade please remember that Moodle Rollover is currently underway and we will contact schools when 25-26 modules are ready.

Moodle 4.5 Orientation video

If you would like a quick overview of the key features in the Moodle 4.5 upgrade, please watch Moodle 4.5: New Features.

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