diff --git a/mod/data/classes/event/template_updated.php b/mod/data/classes/event/template_updated.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e89424d3a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mod/data/classes/event/template_updated.php
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?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/>.
+
+/**
+ * The mod_data template updated event.
+ *
+ * @property-read array $other {
+ *      Extra information about event.
+ *
+ *      @type int dataid the id of the data activity.
+ * }
+ *
+ * @package    mod_data
+ * @copyright  2014 Mark Nelson <markn@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace mod_data\event;
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+class template_updated extends \core\event\base {
+
+    /**
+     * Init method.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function init() {
+        $this->data['crud'] = 'u';
+        $this->data['edulevel'] = self::LEVEL_OTHER;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return localised event name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function get_name() {
+        return get_string('eventtemplateupdated', 'mod_data');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns description of what happened.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_description() {
+        return 'The template for the database activity ' . $this->other['dataid'] . ' was updated by the user ' . $this->userid;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the legacy event log data.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function get_legacy_logdata() {
+        return array($this->courseid, 'data', 'templates saved', 'templates.php?id=' . $this->contextinstanceid .
+            '&amp;d=' . $this->other['dataid'], $this->other['dataid'], $this->contextinstanceid);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Custom validation.
+     *
+     * @throws \coding_exception when validation does not pass.
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function validate_data() {
+        parent::validate_data();
+
+        if (!isset($this->other['dataid'])) {
+            throw new \coding_exception('The dataid must be set in $other.');
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/mod/data/lang/en/data.php b/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
index 46cdd3fe35b..d6dbfa78719 100644
--- a/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
+++ b/mod/data/lang/en/data.php
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ $string['eventfielddeleted'] = 'Field deleted';
 $string['eventfieldupdated'] = 'Field updated';
 $string['eventrecordcreated'] = 'Record created';
 $string['eventrecordupdated'] = 'Record updated';
+$string['eventtemplateupdated'] = 'Template updated';
 $string['eventtemplateviewed'] = 'Templates viewed';
 $string['fileencoding'] = 'Encoding';
 $string['entries'] = 'Entries';
diff --git a/mod/data/templates.php b/mod/data/templates.php
index c6b51f923dc..237ec212c06 100644
--- a/mod/data/templates.php
+++ b/mod/data/templates.php
@@ -144,7 +144,16 @@ if (($mytemplate = data_submitted()) && confirm_sesskey()) {
             if (empty($disableeditor) && empty($enableeditor)) {
                 $DB->update_record('data', $newtemplate);
                 echo $OUTPUT->notification(get_string('templatesaved', 'data'), 'notifysuccess');
-                add_to_log($course->id, 'data', 'templates saved', "templates.php?id=$cm->id&amp;d=$data->id", $data->id, $cm->id);
+
+                // Trigger an event for saving the templates.
+                $event = \mod_data\event\template_updated::create(array(
+                    'context' => $context,
+                    'courseid' => $course->id,
+                    'other' => array(
+                        'dataid' => $data->id,
+                    )
+                ));
+                $event->trigger();
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/mod/data/tests/events_test.php b/mod/data/tests/events_test.php
index 3a38be18e48..d4e4c033e2c 100644
--- a/mod/data/tests/events_test.php
+++ b/mod/data/tests/events_test.php
@@ -251,4 +251,43 @@ class mod_data_events_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
             $data->id, $data->id, $data->cmid);
         $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expected, $event);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test the template updated event.
+     *
+     * There is no external API for updating a template, so the unit test will simply create
+     * and trigger the event and ensure the legacy log data is returned as expected.
+     */
+    public function test_template_updated() {
+        // Create a course we are going to add a data module to.
+        $course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course();
+
+        // The generator used to create a data module.
+        $generator = $this->getDataGenerator()->get_plugin_generator('mod_data');
+
+        // Create a data module.
+        $data = $generator->create_instance(array('course' => $course->id));
+
+        // Trigger an event for updating this record.
+        $event = \mod_data\event\template_updated::create(array(
+            'context' => context_module::instance($data->cmid),
+            'courseid' => $course->id,
+            'other' => array(
+                'dataid' => $data->id,
+            )
+        ));
+
+        // Trigger and capture the event for updating the data record.
+        $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
+        $event->trigger();
+        $events = $sink->get_events();
+        $event = reset($events);
+
+        // Check that the event data is valid.
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\mod_data\event\template_updated', $event);
+        $this->assertEquals(context_module::instance($data->cmid), $event->get_context());
+        $expected = array($course->id, 'data', 'templates saved', 'templates.php?id=' . $data->cmid . '&amp;d=' .
+            $data->id, $data->id, $data->cmid);
+        $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expected, $event);
+    }
 }