Moodle Updates

ITS will be upgrading Spaces and Moodle to version 5.1 on August 8, 2026. This significant update delivers a range of enhancements across various functionalities, including a new visual course format, improved activity organization, accessibility enhancements, and more. You can find detailed information on these new Moodle 5.1 features below. Please note that our Moodle help documentation on the Help website has been fully updated to reflect these changes.

Features

“LetStudy” Course Format

A new visual course format has been added. LetStudy allows instructors to customize each section with an interactive card including a customized image and icon.

a screenshot of a course utilizing the Let's Study course format that includes cards without images and one with an image based on each section's content.

Activities in Moodle

Activity Chooser Organization

The “Add Activity or Resource” menu has been redesigned and organized by educational purpose (such as assessment, collaboration, communication, or interactive content). This allows instructors to easily locate activities as they’re building out their course.

Activity chooser with the category Assessment selected, showing Assignment, H5P, Lesson, Quiz and Workshop.

Activities Overview Page

The newly expanded Activities Overview page consolidates all course activities into a unified view. Instructors can quickly monitor grading statuses and pending submissions, while students can clearly see their upcoming deadlines and completion progress all in one place.

Activities overview teacher view showing Forum information such as number of discussions and number of posts.

TinyMCE Editor Improvements

The editor update introduces drag-and-drop media uploads, better formatting controls, and the ability to provide longer, more descriptive image captions to support accessibility and inclusive learning.

Image details options when inserting an image.

Assignment Grading Enhancements

When grading a Moodle Assignment, instructors can now resize the grading panel to allow space for rubrics.

Assignment grader with grading panel resized to allow space for rubrics.

New Rubrics Report PlugIN Added

You can now view and download comprehensive class-wide rubric results! Visit the Grading with Rubrics in Moodle page to learn how to generate CSV/Excel reports of all student criteria scores and comments.

learn more

To learn more about additional features available from this upgrade, read the new feature descriptions for the following Moodle versions:

 

Tagged in: