Drupal offers several methods of tracking student work. The simplest method, and one that will work very well for sites with a small number of members, uses the core Tracker module. For sites with larger numbers of users, and more complex tracking needs, we can use the Views module. We will discuss various methods of using the Views module later in this chapter.
To start, make sure that the Tracker module is enabled. Click on the Administer | Site building | Modules link, or navigate to admin/build/modules. In the Core – optional section, make sure that the Tracker module is enabled.
The Tracker module tracks the posts of all users. To see a list of all content created on the site, click the Recent posts link—which is generated by the Tracker module—in the main navigation menu, or navigate to http://yoursite.org/tracker. While this is a useful way to see a quick list of recently created content, it isn't the most useful way of...