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Moodle 2 Administration

You're reading from   Moodle 2 Administration Moodle is the world‚Äôs most popular virtual learning environment and this book will help systems administrators and technicians administer the system effectively. Based on real-world scenarios with plenty of screenshots, it‚Äôs an essential practical gui

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849516044
Length 420 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Moodle 2 Administration
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
1. www.PacktPub.com
2. PacktLib.PacktPub.com
3. Preface
1. Moodle Installation FREE CHAPTER 2. The Moodle System 3. Courses, Users, and Roles 4. Course Management 5. User Management 6. Managing Permissions: Roles and Capabilities 7. Moodle Look and Feel 8. Moodle Plugins 9. Moodle Configuration 10. Moodle Reporting 11. Moodle Security and Privacy 12. Moodle Performance and Optimization 13. Backup and Restore 14. Installing Third-party Add-ons 15. Moodle Integration via Web Services 16. Moodle Networking Configuration Settings

Reporting overview


Moodle records a detailed log of each action performed by a user. Each record (or hit) contains data about:

  • Who did (user)

  • What (action)

  • When (date and time)

  • Where (IP address)

Given this trail of information, it is possible to perform two reporting tasks using Moodle's on-board facilities; namely, reporting and statistics.

Reporting is mainly concerned with summary information of users' activities. For instance, the number of views of a learning resource in a particular course. Ideally, reports allow some interaction to drill down to more specific information, usually via filters. This is useful if you need to locate data about an individual, an activity, or a course. For example, a pupil insists that he or she has submitted an assignment, which cannot be located; the tracking log will be able to shed light on this.

Moodle offers a Statistics mode, which provides a graphical summary about the number of hits in courses and the entire site.

Bear in mind that most information...

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