Author: Charles Fulton

New Moodle LAE Releases for December 2025

There are four new Moodle: Liberal Arts Edition releases. There are no new LAE features; these are maintenance releases only. You can download the updates from the CLAMP code release archive. The new releases are for versions 4.1, 4.4, 4.5, and 5.0.

The next stable releases are scheduled for mid-February 2026. Moodle 5.1 has been released, and CLAMP will evaluate it at the Winter 2026 Hack/Doc Fest at Connecticut College. You may read CLAMP’s evaluation of Moodle 5.0, along with a special review of the changes to the question bank in this release.

New Moodle LAE Releases for October 2025

There are four new Moodle: Liberal Arts Edition releases. There are no new LAE features; these are maintenance releases only. You can download the updates from the CLAMP code release archive. The new releases are for versions 4.1, 4.4, 4.5, and 5.0.

The next stable releases are scheduled for mid-December 2025. Moodle 5.1 has been released, and CLAMP will evaluate it at the Winter 2026 Hack/Doc Fest at Connecticut College. You may read CLAMP’s evaluation of Moodle 5.0, along with a special review of the changes to the question bank in this release.

Registration open for Winter 2026 Moodle Hack/Doc Fest

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Shain Library at Connecticut College. Photo credit: Nancyhmarshall @ Wikimedia Commons

Registration is now open for the Winter 2026 Hack/Doc Fest, which will be held at Connecticut College from January 13 through January 15, 2026. CLAMP’s Hack/Doc Fests are twice-yearly unconference-style events dedicated to improving the Moodle experience for liberal arts colleges.

New Moodle LAE Releases for August 2025

There are four new Moodle: Liberal Arts Edition releases. There are no new LAE features; these are maintenance releases only. You can download the updates from the CLAMP code release archive. The new releases are for versions 4.1, 4.4, 4.5, and 5.0.

The next stable releases are scheduled for mid-October 2025. Moodle 5.0 has been released, and CLAMP evaluated it at the Summer 2025 Hack/Doc Fest at Swarthmore College. You may read CLAMP’s evaluation of Moodle 5.0, along with a special review of the changes to the question bank in this release. The consensus coming out of Hack/Doc is that schools planned to upgrade to Moodle 4.5 for the forthcoming school year.

Finally, save the date for the Winter 2026 Hack/Doc Fest. Location to be determined, but we’re aiming for the second full week of January (January 13-15).