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Why you need to upgrade your Moodle version and how KENET can assist
- Posted on: 31 August 2021
- By: admin
Moodle is one of the worldwide used open-source learning management platforms and is currently being used by various learning institutions in Kenya. The currently available release for Moodle is 3.11 with Moodle 4 being expected
in December 2021. It is important to ensure that you are running the latest version of Moodle due to the following reasons:
Security: Moodle upgrades include patches for potential security vulnerabilities and bugs. Older versions of Moodle put the institution content and the learner's information at risk and can be easily compromised.
Features: There are more features being developed with the latest Moodle version. If you are running an old version of Moodle, this may limit the features you can have and you may not be able to make the most of the Moodle experience for the
faculty and students.
Support: As new features come up with the latest version, moodle developers focus more on newer bug fixes and patch releases rather than handling older version queries. Moodle no longer offers support for older versions of moodle. This
means no more security reviews or other bug fixes by the core developers. Kindly reference the table below on the support available.
Version
Release
status
Initial
release
General
support
ends
Security
support
ends
3.9 (LTS)
Current
security
15-Jun-20
10-May-21
08-May-23
3.10
Current
stable
09-Nov-20
08-Nov-21
09-May-22
3.11
Current
stable
17-May-21
09-May-22
14-Nov-22
4
Future
stable
13-Dec-21
14-Nov-22
08-May-23
How can KENET assist?
1. KENET Cloud: KENET operates three data centres that offer community cloud to the member institutions. KENET guarantees availability and uptime for services hosted on the KENET community cloud. We take the headache of operating
a data centre when you move your services to the KENET cloud by providing the leased infrastructure, cooling, power, air conditioning and connectivity.