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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
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
PacktLib.PacktPub.com
Preface

Data analysis


If these described reporting facilities do not satisfy your hunger for usage data, you might consider using external web analysis tools such as Web Log Analyzers. You can also utilize a live data tracking system, such as Google Analytics, that can be embedded in your Moodle site.

Web Log Analyzers

Web servers, such as Apache and Microsoft IIS, keep textual logfiles that keep track of every hit on a web site. The fields and their formats can be customized so each logfile will look potentially different. The following two lines are from our Moodle test site (IP addresses have been replaced and server directories shortened):

123.45.67.89 - - [26/Mar/2010:08:15:30 +0000] "GET .../synergy-learning/packt/httpdocs/course/view.php?id=3 HTTP/1.0" 404 1045 "-" "-"
123.45.67.89 - - [26/Mar/2010:08:15:30 +0000] "GET .../synergy-learning/packt/httpdocs/mod/quiz/view.php?id=12 HTTP/1.0" 404 2180 "-" "-"

As you can see, these files are not meant to be read by human beings. Instead, web log...