Welcome Moodle 5.0 and Moodle Workplace 5.0

On April 14, 2025 Moodle 5.0 and on May 13, 2025 Moodle Workplace 5.0 were released. These new Moodle versions bring new features and improvements for managing courses, assessing learners and configuring AI tools.
This year we are again offering free information events. We will give you a compact overview of the innovations. This time for the first time also for Moodle Workplace 5.0.

For those who can't wait, the biggest Moodle 5.0 changes at a glance:

  • Additions and improvements to artificial intelligence (AI): "Explain" function, functions for managing AI, integration of Ollama
  • New activity overview
  • Revised question bank with filters and versioning (course question banks)
  • New task settings such as penalties (grade penalties)
  • Accessibility improvements across the entire platform
  • New functions for administrators

Dates of the information events "New in Moodle 5.0"

All of these features will also be available in Moodle Workplace 5.0, along with Moodle Workplace specific enhancements. It is therefore worthwhile for those interested in Moodle Workplace to attend our extra sessions on what's new in Moodle Workplace 5.0. Here's an overview of the new features in Moodle Workplace 5.0 that we think are most important:

  • Self-registration for programs
  • New methods of program allocation
  • Program categories
  • Visual reporting
  • Scheduling for dynamic rules
  • Course enrollment management for managers
  • Smart archiving of mandates
  • Improved client selector

Dates of the information events "New in Moodle Workplace 5.0"

If this brief overview of the respective new features is not enough for you, there are short descriptions of the respective new features in the official Moodle release notes:

Release Notes Moodle 5.0
Release Notes Moodle Workplace 5.0 (englisch)

Do you need more specific information events for your team? We are also happy to offer you exclusive information events for your eLearning team. Get in touch with us!

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