Release Notes
Every OpenOlat release brings new features, improvements and changes. This page lists the current release and all earlier releases documented on this site.
Current release: OpenOlat 21.0
Release date: 07/16/2026
- Learning and coaching are separated: learners stay under "Courses", everyone with a coaching function works in the "Coaching" area.
- The Course Planner gains room management, automation and to-dos.
- AI features grow: essay questions with AI grading, formative AI feedback for learners, and Word and Markdown import in the Content Editor.
All versions
| Version | Release date | What it brought |
|---|---|---|
| 21.0 | 07/16/2026 | Separation of learning and coaching, room management and automation in the Course Planner, essay questions with AI grading |
| 20.3 | 03/25/2026 | Configurable widgets, Markdown import for the Page course element, more AI providers, Master Import/Export in the Course Planner |
| 20.2 | 12/11/2025 | Certification program with recertification and credit points, central certificate overview, Bento dashboard layout |
| 20.1 | 07/16/2025 | Rebranding of the Course Planner, extended Coaching Tool, first version of the credit points module, surveys by QR code |
| 20.0 | 03/20/2025 | The new Course Planner with cockpit view, the offer type "Invoice" with cancellation, the new role Education manager |
| 19.1 | 11/27/2024 | New course element "Selection", extended peer review, OpenBadges from the completion criterion, security and accessibility |
| 19.0 | 07/10/2024 | Renewed Folder component and the new File Hub, SharePoint integration, peer review in the Task course element, new Topic broker |
| 18.2 | 01/31/2024 | To-dos in courses, Code block in the Content Editor, score weighting and assessment inspection in e-assessment |
| 18.1 | 10/25/2023 | Login with Passkey and multi-level authentication, project report and whiteboard, draw.io and audio recorder |
| 18.0 | 07/12/2023 | The new Projects area, the block-based course element "Page" with the Content Editor, the Media Center, OpenBadges |
| 17.2 | 02/10/2023 | New course element "Video task", the Video editor with timeline, targeted assignment of coaches in the Task course element |
| 17.1 | 10/14/2022 | Improvements to Catalog 2.0, redesigned Task course element with late submission, new layout component in the Content Editor |
| 17.0 | 07/22/2022 | New course element "Practice" with flashcard logic, question type "Gap with dropdown", Catalog 2.0 with search and filter |
| 16.2 | 04/01/2022 | Exam chat during online exams, transfer of points into grades and other assessment scales, redesigned assessment tool overview |
| 16.1 | 12/17/2021 | Automatic life cycle for groups, relative dates and exclusions in the learning path, PDF export for tests |
| 16.0 | 08/27/2021 | New design options for courses and the course preview, copy wizard for learning path courses, revised display of test durations |
| 15.5 | 05/07/2021 | LTI 1.3 integration (beta), the form learning resource with its course element, correction of tests on the course element |
| 15.4 | 01/22/2021 | Microsoft Teams online meetings, wizard for exam courses, clearer appointment scheduling, extended BigBlueButton integration |
| 15.3 | Contact Tracing module, the document course element, extended OnlyOffice integration, Microsoft Azure Directory login | |
| 15.2 | Extensions to the BigBlueButton course element, Opencast recording handler and Opencast course element, improved multi-window mode |
Older manual versions
Snapshots of the manual for earlier OpenOlat releases are kept in the manual archive.