The VLE was upgraded to Moodle 4.5.5 during the Summer Recess (2025). Building on the enhancements introduced in Moodle 4.1, this version further refines the user experience with a modern, simplified look and enhanced accessibility.
Your VLE areas now have a cleaner look with new activity and file type icons.
Tutors can now add subsections to any existing section, allowing for more streamlined and efficient content structuring.
Tutors can easily add content directly where needed within a VLE area.
The indentation of activities and resources has been reintroduced to help tutors better organise their areas.
Tutors may now duplicate entire sections to easily reuse content layouts.
Tutors may now use the new bulk editing feature to efficiently apply changes to multiple activities / resources.
Sections and subsections can now be opened on their own page, providing a focused view.
Tutors can now easily adjust settings like Availability, Restrict access, Completion conditions and Group mode for activities and resources, directly from the VLE area homepage.
Assignment
Tutors can now access the Assignment activity Submissions page directly from the tabs located just below the activity's name.
On the Assignment Submissions page, tutors will now find key actions and improved filtering at the top of the screen for easier management. Additionally, a fixed footer now provides convenient access to bulk actions.
Quiz
For students whose saved attempts were never formally submitted, tutors can now reopen and finalise these attempts, ensuring the work is recorded.
The Question bank now offers enhanced category management, allowing tutors to move, export, or delete entire categories instead of managing questions individually.
A new Ordering question type has been introduced where students can drag-and-drop items (e.g. phrases or images) from a random display into the correct sequence.
Deprecated activities
Reading lists can no longer be set up within the VLE using Leganto. Leganto will be used solely for the official reading lists. The Library will oversee the creation and maintenance of structured reading lists within Leganto. You can create a direct web link (URL) to the official reading list in Leganto within your VLE area. NB: Reading list activities within past VLE study-unit areas are no longer accessible.
Moodle has made the decision to phase out the Chat and Survey activities. These features have become redundant as newer, more effective tools are now available. If you utilised Chat and/or Survey, we encourage you to refer to the respective section within the Changes and new features in the VLE (Sep 2025) [PDF] guide to consider the recommended alternatives. NB: While you can still view existing Chat and Survey activities on past study-unit areas, it's no longer possible to create new ones.
Tutors can now create or duplicate badges even if a badge with the same name already exists in the system.
In addition to short audio and video clips, users can now instantly create a 2-minutes screen recording via the text editor, with no additional software installations.
