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<p>As well as an updated question type selector, duplicating and moving questions is now easier, and there is an option to 'Save changes and continue editing'. Quiz reports have been improved and the Essay question now allows students simply to add an attachment with no accompanying text.[[Quiz module|Learn more]]</p> | <p>As well as an updated question type selector, duplicating and moving questions is now easier, and there is an option to 'Save changes and continue editing'. Quiz reports have been improved and the Essay question now allows students simply to add an attachment with no accompanying text. [[Quiz module|Learn more]]</p> | ||
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<p>With a focus on responsive design and usability, 'Clean' theme is now the default Moodle theme. For all other themes, please browse and download from the | <p>With a focus on responsive design and usability, 'Clean' theme is now the default Moodle theme. For all other themes, please browse and download from the [http://j.mp/MoodleThemes/ Moodle Plugins database].</p> | ||
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<h4>Easily customise and brand your Moodle site</h4> | <h4>Easily customise and brand your Moodle site</h4> | ||
<p>'More' is a new responsive theme designed for users to easily customise the look and feel of their Moodle site from the front-end (admin interface), without the need for advanced technical knowledge. | <p>'More' is a new responsive theme designed for users to easily customise the look and feel of their Moodle site from the front-end (admin interface), without the need for advanced technical knowledge. [https://docs.moodle.org/27/en/Standard_themes#Customising_the_.27More.27_theme/ Learn more]</p> | ||
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<p>Our new Moodle editor focuses on usability and accessibility. TinyMCE is still available, but Atto will be the default editor you'll want to use.[[Text editor|Learn more]]</p> | <p>Our new Moodle editor focuses on usability and accessibility. TinyMCE is still available, but Atto will be the default editor you'll want to use. [[Text editor|Learn more]]</p> | ||
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Revision as of 02:47, 12 May 2014
As usual Moodle HQ and our incredible community have brought together work from all corners of the globe to this release. Scalable, responsive and private, Moodle 2.7 is our best release yet. Here are the highlights of this release, and you can view screencasts of some of these highlights on the official MoodleHQ YouTube page: Moodle 2.7 Release Highlights Playlist.
Full details of the release, with technical information, can be found in the Moodle 2.7 Release notes.
For teachers
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Create better customised learning paths with enhanced Conditional Activities
Enhancements to this widely used teaching feature in Moodle include an improved, streamlined interface, as well as added support to enable restricted access with "or" conditions and use nested restrictions for complex access criteria. Learn more
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Improved Assignment feature to better facilitate learning
- Control when to notify students of feedback via a checkbox when grading individual students.
- Teachers can now be assigned permissions to edit or delete student submissions.
- Set a word limit, and comment and edit directly on students' online text assignments.
- Easily keep track of student submissions via filters in the Assignment grading table.
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Easily create and manage Quiz & Question bank
As well as an updated question type selector, duplicating and moving questions is now easier, and there is an option to 'Save changes and continue editing'. Quiz reports have been improved and the Essay question now allows students simply to add an attachment with no accompanying text. Learn more
For administrators and managers
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A long term support release
Moodle 2.7 is a LTS release, meaning it will have an extended support of 3 years (until June 2017) for security and data-loss fixes (1.5 years for bug fixes), twice the time of other releases. This makes it an ideal, stable platform for long-term projects.
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A modern, responsive default Theme
With a focus on responsive design and usability, 'Clean' theme is now the default Moodle theme. For all other themes, please browse and download from the Moodle Plugins database.
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Easily customise and brand your Moodle site
'More' is a new responsive theme designed for users to easily customise the look and feel of their Moodle site from the front-end (admin interface), without the need for advanced technical knowledge. Learn more
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Gain an insight into a Moodle site via events reporting
A new report listing all events and event details to help administrators, researchers and developers gather and analyse the events and available for use and related data found in Moodle site logs.
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Improved logging for better reporting
A new logging subsystem with plugins allowing detailed and external logs provides opportunities for custom reporting as well as advancements in better learning analytics and reporting standards.
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Scheduled tasks management
With an improved scheduling system, tasks can be scheduled precisely, even on complex clustered servers. See Scheduled tasks for details.
For all users
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Atto, a new, simple-to-use editor
Our new Moodle editor focuses on usability and accessibility. TinyMCE is still available, but Atto will be the default editor you'll want to use. Learn more
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MathJax filter
Displays mathematical equations across a Moodle site, on all devices. Learn more
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Log in with your email address
A new admin setting allows users to log in not only with their normal username but also with their email address.
See also
- Category:New features - list of pages documenting new features in Moodle 2.7
