Prior to observing changes to assignments in Moodle 4.5 complete the following:
  1. Ensure 'Edit mode' is toggled on in the top right corner of the course page.
  2. Press the Plus button between any assignment or resource or select the Add an Activity or Resource button at the bottom of a section.
    Edit mode toggled on
                                                                         Or
    Plus button to add an activity or resource
  3. In the Add an Activity or Resource menu, go to the Recommended tab and select Assignment.Add an activity or resource box
  4. Add any instructions required in the New Assignment window:
    Recommended tab with new assignment highlighted


Moodle 4.5 has introduced a range of changes to Assignments which include:
  • New additional attempts settings
    In the New Assignment menu, go to the settings tab and scroll down to Submission Settings. 
Description textbox in new assignment menu

Submission settings

Expand the Submission Settings tab and click on the Allowed Submissions option which is set to 1 as default.
Change the Allowed Attempts to your preferred number.

allowed attempts number
When more than 1 Allowed Attempts is selected additional Grant attempts settings will appear that include: Automatic, Manual and Automatically until pass options.
Additional attempts options

When satisfied select Save and display.
Save and display

  • New access point to submissions 
    When Save and display is selected, press the Submissions tab.
Submissions tab

This displays a new access point to student submissions.
  • Improved filters, including:
    Search field
    Filter by name
    Status
    Marking State
    Allocated marker

    New assignment filters

  • New action footer - Set marking flow state
    Select the checkbox in the submission tab beside a student submission (or beside multiple submissions) you want to change the marking flow state.
checkbox selected beside student submissions

Select the 3 ellipsis More button and select Change marking state.More ellipsis and change marking state


The tab Set marking workflow state pops up and select Change marking state.
Change marking state

It will pop up with the change marking workflow state for the selected student(s) tab.
Marking workflow state

Select the required marking workflow state and decide if you want the student(s) to be notified regarding this change. Press Save changes.Save changes for workflow state

When you have saved, select Advanced filter and select the corresponding marking state and click Apply, this will enable you to check that the changes have been applied to the student(s) Marking workflow state.
Advanced filter and apply
The following video displays these new assignment features within Moodle 4.5 from 4:40-7:14:Moodle 4.5 update