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...