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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
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Preface

Chapter 10. Moodle Reporting

Moodle collects usage data from all activities taking place from the time a user logs in until he or she logs out. This data can be utilized for a range of reporting activities that will be dealt with in this chapter. After an overview, you will learn about four reporting techniques:

  • Moodle's reporting facilities: This includes activity reporting and user tracking as well some basic statistics

  • Report generation: This covers some powerful add-ons to create user-defined reports

  • Data analysis: This includes web log analyzers and live data trackers such as Google Analytics

  • Miscellaneous reports: This covers a number of additional reports provided by Moodle