New features

Read on for an overview of the key features and improvements in Moodle 5.0, or watch our YouTube playlist of 5.0 New features.

For role-specific information, see New for teachers, New for students and New for administrators.

The list of major features and improvements can be found in the release notes.

AI enhancements

Ollama AI provider

Ollama API provider can be added as an AI provider.

Provider instances for specific tasks

In AI providers you can create custom provider instances for specific tasks.

Per-model settings

New settings allow admins to adjust each model's behaviour.

New 'Explain' option

Course participants can request content explanations.

AI acceptance policy

An AI policy acceptance report enables admins to see who has accepted the AI policy.

AI usage policy

An AI usage report enables admins to monitor AI usage.

New activities overview

Teacher view

Teachers can keep track of course content in the new Activities overview.

Student view

Students can keep track of course content in the new Activities overview.

Question banks and filters

Course question banks

Course Question banks make question sharing easier.

New question filters

Six new filters in Question banks are available.

Accessiblity and TinyMCE

Longer image descriptions

Image descriptions can be up to 750 characters.

MP3 option

Admins can specify MP3 as the audio format in the RecordRTC settings.

Media drag and drop

Media can be dragged and dropped into TinyMCE.

Improved media editing

TinyMCE media editing is more intuitive.

Grade penalties

Late submission penalties

Grade penalties for late submissions can be set by the admin.

Gradebook view

Penalties are visible in the gradebook.

Assignment notifications

SMS notifications

Admins can enable SMS notifications for assignments.

Files listed in notifications

Assignment notifications show the files learners submitted.

Grading improvements

New 'Graded' filter

Teachers can filter assignment submissions with status 'Graded'.

BigBlueButton manual grading

Teachers can give students a grade for a BigBlueButton activity.

And more!

Quiz performance

Performance may be improved by pre-creating quiz attempts.

Custom reports

Custom reports can be duplicated.

User tours

Courses and categories may be excluded from User tours.

H5P in mobile

Embedded H5P activities now auto play in the app.