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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
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About the Author
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Preface

Report generation


Moodle comes with a number of pre-defined reports that are based on the log information stored. While this is sufficient for certain activities, there are two drawbacks to this approach:

  • It is not possible to create your own reports

  • Additional data stored in the database is not taken into account

The following two tools rectify this situation. Currently, neither is part of Moodle core, but it is expected that one of them, or a variation thereof, is likely to be added in the near future.

Configurable Reports

Configurable Reports is a third-party add-on for Moodle, which will appear as a block once it has been installed. It can be downloaded from the Modules and plugins section on the Download menu at moodle.org. We will deal with the installation of the Configurable Reports module in Chapter 14,Installing Third-party Add-ons.

Anyone who has been given permission can create new reports at site or course level. Configurable Reports supports five types of reports:

  • Courses report...