New for administrators

This page lists new features and improvements for administrators. For the full list of new features and improvements, see the Moodle 5.1 release notes - Moodle Developer Resources.

AI enhancements

DeepSeek provider

DeepSeek can be added as an AI provider.

Adding DeepSeek as an AI provider.

Improved AI tool error messages

AI tool error messages provide information on how to resolve the problem.

Generate text using AI - Too Many Requests error message.

AI provider action settings saved

AI provider action settings are saved when changing model, making it easier to try different models.

Extra parameters action settings for the custom AI model.

Site administration search results improved order

A site administration search returns results with the most relevant listed first.

Site administration search results with the most relevant listed first.

Forgotten password page reCAPTCHA

Improve security and protect against automated attacks by adding a reCAPTCHA to the forgotten password page.

The forgotten password page includes a reCAPTCHA checkbox 'I'm not a robot'.

More information in course request notification

A course request notification includes additional information about the course and the reason for the request.

An example course request notification containing information such as the user's name and request details (course full name, short name, category and reason for course request).

More manual enrolment options

When manually enrolling users you have two new options:

• Add to group
• Choose a starting from date

Manually enrolling a student with option to add to group and choose a starting from date.

See also

• New features
• New for teachers