1) Moodle 2.6 provides improved support for recent browsers like Chrome and Firefox while dropping support for older browsers like IE6 and IE7. 2) It features simpler password resetting, better mobile experience, and text editor improvements. 3) Additional improvements include easier course editing, ability to annotate PDFs, improved forums and quizzes, and faster backup/restore for large courses.

1. Some of the improvements since Moodle 2.5
Gavin Henrick
Learning Technology Services

2. Supports
» Google Chrome
» recent Mozilla Firefox,
» Safari 6
» Internet Explorer 9 (IE 10 required for drag and
drop of files from outside the browser into
Moodle)
IE8 and Safari 5 are no longer fully supported
IE6 and IE7 are not recommended for Moodle 2.6
at all

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Resetting password is simpler
Better Mobile device experience
Text Editor improvements
Microsoft Skydrive integration

4. » Simpler process for resetting your password

5. Default
Expanded

6. » Try http://moodle.org on your mobile / tablet
and then on PC

7. » Course editing is cleaner
» Annotate assignment PDFs
» Assignment marker allocation and grading
workflow
» New Single Activity Course Format
» Forum improvements
» Quiz improvements
» SCORM improvements

10. » Annotate the PDF without downloading

13. Read tracking
» Options now Off, Optional, and Forced
Per-forum digest settings

14. » Better feedback for students with CBM
(Confidence Based Marking)
» Option for what size user picture to show
during quiz attempts
» Backups no longer include unnecessary
questions from the Question Bank

15. Bulk Course Creation Tool
User interface for course management
Backup/Restore better on big courses
Backup and restore: Allow selection by activity
type
» Performance improvements
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16. » CSV Upload

18. » Progress bar whilst backing up
Backup Process Bar
» Faster activity import and duplications from
course to course due to file-less backup/restore

20. » Too many improvements to shortlist on one
page see
http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.6_relea
se_notes#Performance for details.

21. Gavin Henrick
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