Upgrade 2025
Moodle, the University’s virtual learning environment, was upgraded to version 4.5 in July.
The upgrade took place on the dates below:
- Assessment Moodle – Thursday 10 July
- Main Moodle and Course History Moodle – Thursday 17 July
Upgrading to version 4.5 has introduced improvements and new features. Many of the changes in this upgrade were designed to make creating and editing courses more efficient and intuitive. The following videos, found in the 'Help for All Users' section in Moodle, give an overview:
A new course format:
- Custom sections is the new default format, replacing Topics format.
- Sections can now contain a single layer of subsections which creates additional ways to organise content.
Improved course editing:
- Activities or resources can be added anywhere within the course via the new add content + plus icon.
- Bulk editing provides the ability to delete, move, duplicate, hide or change visibility of multiple content items.
- Entire sections can be duplicated.
- New icons allow quick editing of settings for availability, restrictions and group mode.
- Permalinks to sections can be generated easily.
Rich text editor changes:
- TinyMCE is the new default rich text editor.
- The previous default editor, Atto, is still available but will be discontinued during the next upgrade.
- The Atto Chemistry editor has been discontinued.
- It is possible to select your preferred editor in your personal settings.
Panopto integration with Moodle:
- Improved integration with Panopto
- Ability to add a Panopto folder to be viewed within Moodle
- Easily add links to Panopto recordings within Moodle
- The Panopto video embed button in the text editors will be replaced by the Panopto LTI Linking tool via the Moodle activity chooser.
- Learn more about the Panopto LTI Linking tool on the IT Help and Support site.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email MoodleHelp@uis.cam.ac.uk or lecturecapturehelp@uis.cam.ac.uk for Panopto queries.