How Reports Work in Moodle:
Moodle is a powerful LMS, one of the key features is the
ability to run reports based on its usage. In a distance learning environment,
student interaction with resources is a key signal of their motivation,
participation and understanding of the course. We will discuss a strategy of
how this can be maximised. Furthermore the interaction with Moodle activities
enable educators to find the best tools available for certain course and users.
Logs:
These show you
information about either a student or an activity e.g. lessons, quizzes,
databases e.t.c this tool allows you to filter to specific tasks.
The uses of this tool are: The tool allows the educator to
see which activities are being used and who is using them, this then allows
them to analyse why these activities are being used and compare them with
others.
E.g.: Tutor has developed a database activity
which is seldom used by her Learners however her Scorm based activity is used a
lot.
This gives you both an insight into the student population
on the course as well as their activity. The key here is the tutor should analyse
the courses doing well and not so well and try and understand why. It could be
a motivational issue or it could be the way the activity is written, either way
logs allow you to see how the activity is used.
With regards to Student Logs, you can look at participation
time as well as which activities which are frequent and which are vague to the
user. This gives the educator an understanding on how the learner works, what
type of activities they prefer and how to best provide learning for the
student. For assessment Learners can be assessed on their participation in
discussions and forums to a granular level, see exactly how they contributed.
Activity Reports:
Similar to logs
however supports activities only within an unfiltered method, it shows you all
activity within a specified course.
This tool can be used to see the activity taking place
within a course, one of the advantages of this reporting is it allows
comparable options, this can be sorted within columns focussing on their
headings. As an instructor I would use this in order to support me in viewing
how the students interacted with the course resources. As discussed under logs.
Course
Participation:
This allows
instructors to view how a student participates within a course, exceptionally
useful for monitoring student activity, it also has the capability to e-mail
participation reports to student and instructors.
This tool gives an instructor complete information about
student usage, whether they accessed a course, viewed an activity or read a
document. All is tracked and left for instructors to analyse. I have used this
before when motivating students, I would discuss their participation and
encourage them to spend more time on certain resources, furthermore it also
allowed me to be able to find students who learn quickly and others who take
longer to study subjects.
In addition this tool also supports automating e-mails or
messages to students who aren’t participating, so for e.g., you set a database
task which requires users to fill in certain definitions, a message would be
sent out to all that haven’t yet completed this activity once you run the report,
it is a good and efficient way of providing gentle motivational reminders.
Events:
There are many
levels of events from teaching and participating. They allow Instructors to
implement a certain event based on an action e.g. assignment grading, course
updates or completion of a section.
The key to using events successfully requires tutors to
develop specific event triggers based on learner interaction. This includes
both positive and supportive triggers. When a Learner is doing well, the event
can be used to affirm their participation coupled with providing stretching
exercises. In situations where learners are struggling support alternatives can
be triggered. e.g include providing a link to additional support via a URL,
opening up a new course for a learner, getting in contact with the instructor
for individual support options.
References:
For a step by step guide on how to run reports please visit
the following website: https://www.oit.umass.edu/support/moodle/use-reports-track-student-activity-moodle
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