Talk:New features

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 some 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 all users

Atto autosave

The Atto HTML editor will automatically save your text as you type, keeping your content secure before you publish it. Learn more
New user menu

A new user menu gives quick access to your My home and profile settings. Find out more

'Like' button

This popular feature can now be implemented as a single item scale, bringing the functionality of social media right into Moodle. Learn about scales here

For teachers

New Gradebook Single view

A new single view allows you to make quick edits to one item or one user. Learn more...
Improved Grader report

Many improvments have been made to the gradebook, with the grader report now functional across all devices with smooth scrolling. Cells can be quickly edited without reloading.

New Grade history report

Track the grade history of one or several students and specific markers in the new Grade history report.

Natural weighting

This new aggregation method combines grades simply and with a clearer interface for using weights.Extra credit, excluded grades and hidden grades are all supported.

For administrators and managers
- A long term support release
  
  Moodle 2.7 is a LTS release, meaning it will have an extended support of 3 years (until May 2017) for security and data-loss fixes, twice the time of other releases. This makes it an ideal, stable platform for long-term projects.
- Improved logging for better reporting
  
  A new logging subsystem with plugins allowing detailed and external logs provides opportunities for improved reporting as well as advancements in better learning analytics. Learn more
- More theme: Easily style and brand your Moodle site
  
  'More' is a new responsive theme designed for admins to easily make basic customisations to the look and feel of their Moodle site directly, without the need for advanced technical knowledge. Learn more
- Scheduled tasks management
  
  With an improved scheduling system, tasks can be scheduled precisely, even on complex clustered servers. See Scheduled tasks for details.
- Improved Events system
  
  Events have been improved all through Moodle, allowing you to better integrate your code with Moodle. A new dynamically-generated report listing all events and event details helps administrators, researchers and developers understand the system. Learn more
- 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.