This is a presentation on the key improvements available in Moodle 2.7 since Moodle 2.6

1. Some of the improvements since Moodle 2.6
Gavin Henrick, Learning Technology Services

2. Teacher
» Gradebook improvement
» Assignment Interface Improvements
» Assignment Grading changes
» Quiz improvements
» SCORM interface fixes
» Enhanced Conditional Release
» Badges can be deleted

3. » New Scrollbar at top of Gradebook

4. » Teachers can be given permissions to edit or
delete student submissions
» Disabled by Default

5. » Teacher can set a word limit for online text
assignments.

6. » Teacher can comment and edit directly on
students‘ online text assignment

7. » Better filters in Assignment Grading Table

8. » Control when to notify students of feedback via
a checkbox when grading individual students.

9. » Duplicate questions

10. » Essay questions can be answered by attaching
file(s) rather than typing

11. » SCORM new window now opens without
headers/footers as expected.

12. » New interface to manage restrictions

13. » Can make a set of restrictions

14. » Can apply logic must/must not & any/all

15. » Can be deleted where before they could not

16. Admin
» Long Term Support (3 years)
» Much Improved logging for detailed logging
» Management of scheduled tasks in Cron
» Configurable Responsive Theme “More”
» Password expiry option

17. » Normally releases get 18 months support
» 2.7 release will have an extra-long period of
support from Moodle HQ for 3 years

18. » Much improved logging for better reporting
» Ability to have external logs
» provides opportunities for improved reporting
as well as advancements in better learning
analytics.

19. » Can manage which tasks run and how often

20. » New core theme
» Can configure look and feel from Interface
˃ Text Colour,
˃ Link Colour,
˃ Background Colour, Background image, Background repeat,
Background position, Background fixed
˃ Main content background colour, Secondary background colour
˃ Invert navbar
˃ Logo
˃ Custom CSS
˃ Footnote

21. » Can force manual account passwords to expire

22. General
» New accessible editor – Atto
» New Equation editor in Atto
» Easy reset of My Home to default layout
» Responsive Themes
» Blocks can be docked on Responsive theme
» Can log in with email address

23. » New Accessible Editor – built by Moodle HQ

24. » New Equation editor works on tablets and
mobile devices.

25. » Users can reset the My Home page to default
layout

26. » Only 2 themes in core – both are responsive
˃ More
˃ Clean
» Other themes in Plugin Directory

27. » Can Dock
in core theme

28. » Users can now log in with their username +
account password or their email + account
password

29. Gavin Henrick
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