1. What is Moodle?

1.1. Moodle upgrade Summer 2025

TUNI Moodle will be updated from Moodle 4.1 version to Moodle 4.5 version on Tue 1.7.2025 at 8:00 - 16:00. During the upgrade, you will not able to use Moodle or create new Moodle courses from Peppi or Sisu. 

Key changes

Course page

  • Clearer design, new activity icons
  • Subsections
  • Easier content management for teachers
  • Bulk editing
  • The Topics course format is now called "Custom Sections"

Quiz and question bank

  • big version update for STACK qustion type, from version 4.4.6 to version 4.9.1
  • Quiz-specific customizable question numbers
  • Assessment targets within the exam
  • Question bank:
    • Easily rearrange question categories by dragging
    • New search and filter interface in the Questions view (word search will come later)

Assignment

  • replies on the Returns tab, replaces the "Show all returns" button
  • In the Submissions view, actions at the top of the page
  • Ability to send a message to selected students
  • The teacher can award additional credits to students automatically or until the student has received a passing grade.

Other activities

  • new Turnitin activity

Moodle 4.5 has an AI Subsystem and simple AI tools for generating text and images in Moodle's text editor, but they will not be activated in TUNI Moodle, at least for the time being.

Short videos about the new features (Youtube):

A more detailed list of changes can be found on Moodle's own New Features pages:
Moodle 4.2 | Moodle 4.3 | Moodle 4.4 | Moodle 4.5