Open LMS WORK 4.5 MP6 Release Notes

Saha Torres

Updated January 06, 2026 14:29

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The Open LMS Product team is pleased to announce the release of WORK 4.5 MP6:

Release Schedule

SaaS Sandbox upgrades December 9, 2025
SaaS Production upgrades January 6, 2026
MH Production upgrades can begin January 7, 2026

Upgrade to Core 4.5.8

As part of this minor release, the team in Open LMS upgraded the platforms and reviewed the code of version 4.5.8, adding the corresponding fixes, improvements, security patches, and important backports.

Release Notes

For the full releases notes from Moodle.org, please see:

4.5.8

Open LMS Highlights

New: “Recommend Content via AI (PLD Action)”

We’ve added a new PLD action called Recommend content via AI, available for Assignments and Quizzes.
This action automatically generates personalized learning recommendations for students based on the grade conditions set by the teacher.

Once the activity is graded, the system analyzes the Assignment instructions or Quiz questions, and—using either course content or external sources—produces tailored recommendations to help students improve.

How to Enable

Go to Site administration → AI Management.
Open the configuration page at:
local/olms_ai/admin/configure.php
Enable the operation “Generate recommended content based on grades from PLD.”

Please visit: https://support.openlms.net/hc/en-us/articles/16119707998108-End-User-Guide-AI-Assisted-Editor-for-Tiny-in-Open-LMS for more details on how to setup AI features in Open LMS

How to Use in a Course

Navigate to the course and open PLD (Personalized Learning Designer).
Create a new rule.
Select the event Activity graded, and choose the Assignment or Quiz you want to use.
Specify your grade-based conditions (e.g., grade less than, greater than, range, etc.).
Add the action Recommend content via AI (PLD).
Configure the action:
- Recommendation tone: Supportive, Formal, or Friendly
- Content source: Course material or External sources
- Maximum number of resources to display

After grading, students will see a Recommendation section directly below their normal activity feedback, containing links to internal course materials or external resources.

Notes

Using course material as the source may consume more AI tokens, especially in large courses.
Using external sources is currently recommended for lower token consumption.
Performance and token efficiency improvements are ongoing.

New Certification API Functions Available

We have released a set of new Certification-related functions as APIs to facilitate integrations between external systems and Open LMS. These additions provide greater flexibility for managing user assignments, periods, and certification updates programmatically.

Newly available API functions:

tool_certify_get_assignments
tool_certify_source_manual_assign_users
tool_certify_get_periods
tool_certify_add_period
tool_certify_update_user
tool_certify_unassign_user

You can review the full documentation of these services in your site at:
<Your site>admin/webservice/documentation.php

Upgraded plugins

Plugin name	Component
mod_attendance	Attendance
mod_choicegroup	Group choice
mod_coursecertificate	Course certificate
mod_customcert	Custom certificate
mod_groupselect	Group select
mod_livepoll	Live poll Moodle
mod_publication	Publication (Student folder)
mod_questionnaire	Questionnaire
tiny_fontfamily	Tiny FontFamily
tiny_fontsize	Tiny FontSize
local_intelliboard	Intelliboard legacy
local_intellidata	Intelliboard Pro

Additional fixes and Improvements

Fix Version

Description

4.5 MP6

Ecommerce - Price deep link for products does not allow checkout
block_erefundcoupon: Missing payment_intent parameter to complete refunds
RC preparation post sandbox release
Tool Certify Web Service - The functions add period and manual assignment using a cohort id fail to execute.
Time soon setting improvement for programs and commerce
Merge 4.5.8 into Work 4.5 PM6
PS - plugins
Add test coverage, AI provider validation and review optimization of prompt for AI action inmod_pld
PLD: Some strings aren't translated into Spanish.
Bulk plugin upgrades 4.5 MP6
mod_pld - Not possible to migrate rules from local_pld
PLD showing in Activities Block
intelliboard newtracking & ORE are not compatible
Implement - Recommend content based on quiz or assignment grading using AI in PLD
Research and expose APIs for tool_certificate to enable integration of certifications with external applications
Dynamic cohorts: Duplicate Enrollment in Dynamic Cohorts via Additional Users
Impossible to delete users that do not belong to a specific tenant by bulk file
Add time completion local time
Report Display Issue, Course Completion, Time to Complete
Certifications "tool_certify" - Certificate name is the template name
Implement config settings for time interval openlms notifications
UDP - Manage plans and Manage plan request tables are unresponsive after a search with no results
ORE - Course filter causes report on user enrollments source to error
Tags in certifications break Background processing for tags scheduled task
ORE: Unable to sort F2F session signups table by date

Removal of Atto Editor (Effective July 2026)

As part of the upgrade to Moodle 5.1, scheduled for July 2026, the Atto editor will be fully removed, as previously announced in earlier versions.

The Tiny editor has been set as the default editor for some time, and we have continued to enhance it by adding sub-plugins and capabilities to provide the best possible content creation and editing experience across the platform.

We recognize that some clients may still be using Atto, or allowing end users to choose between Atto and Tiny. For this reason, we strongly recommend planning ahead for this change by promoting and encouraging the use of the Tiny editor prior to the Moodle 5.1 upgrade.

Taking these steps in advance will help ensure a smooth transition and adoption for users who may not yet be fully familiar with the Tiny editor.