Welcome to the June 2025 edition of OpenLearning Product Updates—your monthly roundup of improvements designed to help you build better learning experiences, faster. This month, we’ve focused on giving you more control over assessments, enrolments, and how your institution presents itself on the platform.
Whether you’re coordinating hundreds of learners or designing reflective activities, these new features aim to save you time and boost clarity.
Flexible due date settings, now at the widget level
Educators have asked for greater flexibility around learner submissions—especially for discussions and reflection-based activities. You can now configure post deadlines at the widget level.
What’s new:
Widget-specific settings: Each post widget can now be set to accept or reject submissions after the page’s due date
Option to disable late submissions entirely—ideal for time-bound assessments
Clear visual messaging for learners when a due date has passed
Applies to the following widgets:
Post Text
Post Image
Post File
Post Link
Post Page
Why it matters:
Design more structured, time-sensitive activities while keeping learners informed and aligned.
Improvements to visibility, naming, and filtering
Managing large course catalogs just got easier with a set of updates focused on reducing friction for administrators.
Key changes:
New filtering, search, and sort tools under Institution Settings > Manage Courses
The “Course Archive” option has been renamed to “Delete” for clarity around course status
Why it matters:
Less time spent navigating admin tools, and more confidence in how courses are organised and presented to your community.
More control over how pricing appears to learners
Whether you're still finalising pricing, offering custom quotes, or keeping internal programs private—you can now hide qualification pricing from your institution’s landing page.
Recommended when:
Pricing details are still in review
You offer tailored quotes to different learner groups
The qualification is part of an internal or invite-only offering
Why it matters:
Present cleaner course listings and manage pricing visibility without needing workarounds.
💡 To adjust, go to Institution Settings > Qualifications and toggle pricing visibility as needed.
Easily manage bulk enrolments at scale
The Enrolment Vouchers feature has been expanded to all educator users—enabling fast, flexible course access across your institution.
What you can do:
Generate single-use codes for free enrolment
Create vouchers in bulk with custom prefixes and expiry dates
Track usage by learner
Disable unused codes if needed
Ensure each code is used only once and cannot be reclaimed if dropped
Why it matters:
Simplifies access for group enrolments, marketing campaigns, returning learners, and more—no extra admin access required.
Support deeper, qualitative assessment methods
Now available to users with the Assessment Designer role, this new response type allows learners to submit written, free-text answers that can be manually reviewed and graded.
Key features:
Rich text input with optional word limits
Template prompts to guide responses
Fields for assessment guidelines and assessor feedback
Multi-assessor support
Option to enable or disable grammar and spell check
Why it matters:
Ideal for critical thinking tasks, written reflections, and exam scenarios requiring deeper analysis.
💡 Start using it by heading to Assessment > Question Banks in your course.
Practical tips for building structured, secure exams
In case you missed it, our latest webinar—Streamline Your Assessment Design with OpenLearning—is now available to watch on demand.
Highlights include:
How to use OpenLearning’s Exam Environment for structured assessments
Setting up gradebooks and question banks
A full demo of configuring and running an exam
Tips on managing visibility, timing, and integrity settings
💡 Watch the replay to start building stronger assessment flows with less manual setup.
Log in to your dashboard to try the latest features today, or reach out to the support team if you’d like help getting started. We’d love to hear how these updates are making a difference—join the conversation in the OpenLearning Community or send us your feedback directly.
Topics: Updates
