diff --git a/classes/conversation.php b/classes/conversation.php
index 5f9d172..40c8d70 100644
--- a/classes/conversation.php
+++ b/classes/conversation.php
@@ -168,6 +168,39 @@ public function close() {
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reopen
+     * @return bool
+     * @throws \coding_exception
+     * @throws \dml_exception
+     * @throws \moodle_exception
+     */
+    public function reopen() {
+        global $DB, $USER;
+
+        $context = $this->dialogue->context;
+
+        // Is this a draft.
+        if (is_null($this->_conversationid)) {
+            throw new \moodle_exception('cannotreopendraftconversation', 'dialogue');
+        }
+        // Permission check.
+        $canopen = (($this->_authorid == $USER->id) || has_capability('mod/dialogue:reopen', $context) ||
+            has_capability('mod/dialogue:reopenany', $context));
+        if (!$canopen) {
+            throw new \moodle_exception('nopermissiontoreopen', 'dialogue');
+        }
+
+        $openstate = dialogue::STATE_OPEN;
+        $closedstate = dialogue::STATE_CLOSED;
+        $params = array('conversationid' => $this->conversationid, 'state' => $closedstate);
+
+        // Reopen all messages in conversation that have a close state, we don't worry about drafts etc.
+        $DB->set_field('dialogue_messages', 'state', $openstate, $params);
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Delete
      * @return bool
diff --git a/classes/event/conversation_reopened.php b/classes/event/conversation_reopened.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a543b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/classes/event/conversation_reopened.php
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+namespace mod_dialogue\event;
+
+
+/**
+ * The mod_dialogue conversation reopened event.
+ *
+ * @package    mod_dialogue
+ * @copyright  Catalyst IT Ltd
+ * @author     Sumaiya Javed <<sumaiya.javed@catalyst.net.nz>>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class conversation_reopened extends \core\event\base {
+    /**
+     * Init method.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function init() {
+        $this->data['crud'] = 'u';
+        $this->data['edulevel'] = self::LEVEL_OTHER;
+        $this->data['objecttable'] = 'dialogue_conversations';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns description of what happened.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_description() {
+        return "The user with id '$this->userid' has reopened the conversation with " .
+               "id '$this->objectid' in the dialogue with the course module id '$this->contextinstanceid'.";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return localised event name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function get_name() {
+        return get_string('eventconversationreopened', 'mod_dialogue');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get URL related to the action
+     *
+     * @return \moodle_url
+     */
+    public function get_url() {
+
+        $url = new \moodle_url('/mod/dialogue/conversation.php', array('conversationid' => $this->objectid,
+                                                                       'id' => $this->contextinstanceid));
+
+        return $url;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/conversation.php b/conversation.php
index a540523..4d89ea0 100644
--- a/conversation.php
+++ b/conversation.php
@@ -105,6 +105,28 @@
     exit;
 }
 
+// Reopen conversation.
+if ($action == 'reopen') {
+    if (!empty($confirm) && confirm_sesskey()) {
+        $conversation->reopen();
+        // Trigger conversation closed event.
+        $eventparams = array(
+            'context' => $context,
+            'objectid' => $conversation->conversationid
+        );
+        $event = \mod_dialogue\event\conversation_reopened::create($eventparams);
+        $event->trigger();
+        redirect($returnurl, get_string('conversationreopen', 'dialogue',
+                                        $conversation->subject));
+    }
+    echo $OUTPUT->header($activityrecord->name);
+    $pageurl->param('confirm', $conversationid);
+    $message = get_string('conversationreopenconfirm', 'dialogue', $conversation->subject);
+    echo $OUTPUT->confirm($message, $pageurl, $returnurl);
+    echo $OUTPUT->footer();
+    exit;
+}
+
 // Close conversation.
 if ($action == 'close') {
     if (!empty($confirm) && confirm_sesskey()) {
diff --git a/db/access.php b/db/access.php
index bcef09f..141da80 100755
--- a/db/access.php
+++ b/db/access.php
@@ -127,6 +127,30 @@
         )
     ),
 
+    'mod/dialogue:reopen' => array(
+
+        'captype' => 'read',
+        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
+        'archetypes' => array(
+            'student' => CAP_PREVENT,
+            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
+            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
+            'manager' => CAP_PREVENT
+        )
+    ),
+
+    'mod/dialogue:reopenany' => array(
+
+        'captype' => 'read',
+        'contextlevel' => CONTEXT_MODULE,
+        'archetypes' => array(
+            'student' => CAP_PREVENT,
+            'teacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
+            'editingteacher' => CAP_ALLOW,
+            'manager' => CAP_PREVENT
+        )
+    ),
+
     'mod/dialogue:receive' => array(
 
         'captype' => 'read',
diff --git a/lang/en/dialogue.php b/lang/en/dialogue.php
index abb155d..26799e7 100644
--- a/lang/en/dialogue.php
+++ b/lang/en/dialogue.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 $string['cachedef_unreadcounts'] = 'Users unread message counts in conversations';
 $string['cachedef_userdetails'] = 'User brief details, all enrolled users';
 $string['cannotclosedraftconversation'] = 'You cannot close a conversation that hasn\'t started!';
+$string['cannotreopendraftconversation'] = 'You reopen a conversation that hasn\'t started!';
 $string['cannotdeleteopenconversation'] = 'You cannot delete a open conversation';
 $string['closeconversation'] = 'Close conversation';
 $string['closed'] = 'Closed';
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@
 $string['conversationclosed'] = 'Conversation {$a} has been closed';
 $string['conversationdeleteconfirm'] = 'Are you sure you want to delete conversation {$a}, this cannot be undone?';
 $string['conversationdeleted'] = 'Conversation {$a} has been deleted';
+$string['conversationreopenconfirm'] = 'Are you sure you want to reopen conversation {$a} ?';
+$string['conversationreopened'] = 'Conversation {$a} has been reopened';
 $string['conversationdiscarded'] = 'Conversation discarded';
 $string['conversationlistdisplayheader'] = 'Displaying {$a->show} {$a->state} conversations {$a->groupname}';
 $string['conversationopened'] = 'Conversation has been opened';
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@
 $string['deletealldrafts'] = 'Delete all drafts';
 $string['deleteallrules'] = 'Delete all opener rules';
 $string['deleteconversation'] = 'Delete conversation';
+$string['reopenconversation'] = 'Reopen conversation';
 $string['deletereply'] = 'Delete reply';
 $string['dialogue:addinstance'] = 'Add a Dialogue';
 $string['dialogue:bulkopenrulecreate'] = 'Create a bulk opener rule';
@@ -74,6 +78,8 @@
 $string['dialogue:delete'] = 'Delete own';
 $string['dialogue:deleteany'] = 'Delete any';
 $string['dialogue:open'] = 'Open a conversation';
+$string['dialogue:reopen'] = 'Reopen own';
+$string['dialogue:reopenany'] = 'Reopen any';
 $string['dialogue:receive'] = 'Receive, who can be the recipient when opening a conversation';
 $string['dialogue:reply'] = 'Reply';
 $string['dialogue:replyany'] = 'Reply any';
@@ -100,6 +106,7 @@
 $string['eventconversationcreated'] = 'Conversation created';
 $string['eventconversationdeleted'] = 'Conversation deleted';
 $string['eventconversationviewed'] = 'Conversation viewed';
+$string['conversationreopen'] = 'Conversation reopened';
 $string['eventreplycreated'] = 'Reply created';
 $string['everybody'] = 'Everybody (free for all)';
 $string['everyone'] = 'Everyone';
@@ -143,6 +150,7 @@
 $string['nodraftsfound'] = 'No drafts found!';
 $string['nomatchingpeople'] = 'No people match \'{$a}\'';
 $string['nopermissiontoclose'] = 'You do not have permission to close this conversation!';
+$string['nopermissiontoreopen'] = 'You do not have permission to reopen this conversation!';
 $string['nopermissiontodelete'] = 'You do not have permission to delete!';
 $string['nosubject'] = '[no subject]';
 $string['numberattachments'] = '{$a} attachments';
diff --git a/renderer.php b/renderer.php
index ee418cd..6864aa6 100644
--- a/renderer.php
+++ b/renderer.php
@@ -101,6 +101,22 @@ public function render_conversation(mod_dialogue\conversation $conversation) {
             }
         }
 
+        if ($conversation->state == \mod_dialogue\dialogue::STATE_CLOSED) {
+            $canreopen = ((has_capability('mod/dialogue:reopen', $context) && $USER->id == $conversation->author->id) ||
+            has_capability('mod/dialogue:reopenany', $context));
+
+            if ($canreopen) {
+                $html .= html_writer::start_tag('li');
+                $trashicon = html_writer::tag('i', '', array('class' => "fa fa-trash-o"));
+                $reopenurl = new moodle_url('/mod/dialogue/conversation.php');
+                $reopenurl->param('id', $cm->id);
+                $reopenurl->param('conversationid', $conversation->conversationid);
+                $reopenurl->param('action', 'reopen');
+                $html .= html_writer::link($reopenurl,  get_string('reopenconversation', 'dialogue') . $trashicon);
+                $html .= html_writer::end_tag('li');
+            }
+        }
+
         $candelete = ((has_capability('mod/dialogue:delete', $context) && $USER->id == $conversation->author->id) ||
                        has_capability('mod/dialogue:deleteany', $context));
 
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index d069e32..063cade 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
  */
 defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 
-$plugin->version   = 2024050200;
-$plugin->release   = 2024050200;
+$plugin->version   = 2024100901;
+$plugin->release   = 2024100901;
 $plugin->requires  = 2022112805;  // Requires 4.1 or higher.
 $plugin->component = 'mod_dialogue';    // Full name of the plugin (used for diagnostics).
 $plugin->maturity  = MATURITY_STABLE;    // This version's maturity level.