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Moodle 2 Administration

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Moodle 2 Administration

Overview of this book

Moodle has evolved from an academic project to the world's most popular virtual learning environment. During this evolution, its complexity has risen dramatically and so have the skills that are required to administer the system.Moodle 2 Administration is a complete, practical guide to administering Moodle sites. It covers how to set up Moodle in any learning environment, configuration and day-to-day admin tasks, as well as advanced options for customizing and extending Moodle.The author, who has been administering systems for over 20 years, has adopted a problem-solution approach to bring the content in line with your day-to-day operations. The practical examples will help you to set up Moodle for large groups and small courses alike. This is a one-stop reference for any task you will ever come across when administering a Moodle site of any shape and size.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Moodle 2 Administration
Credits
About the Author
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Preface

Summary


In this chapter, you have learned how to report on user activities using Moodle's internal reporting facilities, to use report generation alternatives, as well as external web analytics tools. We have also dealt with a number of miscellaneous reports provided by Moodle.

Early on, we mentioned a student who insisted that he or she has submitted an assignment that cannot be located. The student will approach the teacher who will then use the course logs to identify the file. If this remains unsuccessful the teacher will contact you as the administrator to shed some more light on the issue. You can then use the sitewide logs for the user, in case the file has been uploaded in a different course. This escalation is typical in scenarios when problems arise that cannot be resolved at course level.

One concern about reporting on user activities is the preservation of the users' privacy and protection of associated data stored. The next chapter will cover these aspects.