Report generation

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

  • It is not possible to create user-defined reports
  • Additional data stored in the database or summary information is not taken into account

The following two tools rectify this situation.

Configurable reports

Configurable reports is a third-party plugin for Moodle, which will appear as a block once it has been installed. The installation of the add-ons has been described in detail in Chapter 8, Moodle Plugins.

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

  • Courses ...

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