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'''What's the difference between a View and a Post?'''  Views are, as the name suggests, instances of a user accessing a Moodle resource or activity to "read" or download it. "Posts" are more active responses such as: submit a quiz, submit an assignment, respond to a discussion forum etc.  Posts are not just discussion forum posts!
'''What's the difference between a View and a Post?'''  Views are, as the name suggests, instances of a user accessing a Moodle resource or activity to "read" or download it. "Posts" are more active responses such as: submit a quiz, submit an assignment, respond to a discussion forum etc.  Posts are not just discussion forum posts!


When a users accesses a resource or activity module, these actions are ''usually'' captured in the database, ready for counting when a Course Overview Report is run.  Howver, some 3rd-party modules do not have the code necessary to register a View or Post action, and so such activities are not counted.
When a user accesses a resource or activity, these actions are ''usually'' captured in the database, ready for counting when a Course Overview Report is run.  However, some 3rd-party modules do not have the code necessary to register a View or Post action, and so such activities are not captured.


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Here's a list of View and Post actions for core and some contrib modules:
Here's a list of View and Post actions for core and some contrib modules:



Revision as of 07:53, 19 August 2009

Most participatory courses
Most active courses
Most active courses (weighted)

Location: Administration > Reports > Course overview


To obtain course overview reports you must first enable statistics in Administration > Server > Statistics.

You can choose to view reports of the most active courses or the most participatory courses over a certain time period. Results are displayed in a bar chart and in a table.

These reports refer to the concepts of Activity, Views and Posts.

What is Activity? Activity = number of Views + number of Posts from users in the course, over the period of interest.

What's the difference between a View and a Post? Views are, as the name suggests, instances of a user accessing a Moodle resource or activity to "read" or download it. "Posts" are more active responses such as: submit a quiz, submit an assignment, respond to a discussion forum etc. Posts are not just discussion forum posts!

When a user accesses a resource or activity, these actions are usually captured in the database, ready for counting when a Course Overview Report is run. However, some 3rd-party modules do not have the code necessary to register a View or Post action, and so such activities are not captured.



Here's a list of View and Post actions for core and some contrib modules:

Assignment Views: view ; Posts: upload

Book << can't determine Views & Posts: "Module book is missing the code needed to perform this function"

Chat Views: view, view all, report; Posts: talk

Choice Views: view, view all, report; Posts: choose, choose again

Database Views: view; Posts: add, update, record delete

Dialogue << can't determine Views & Posts: "Module dialogue is missing the code needed to perform this function")

Feedback << can't determine Views & Posts: "Module feedback is missing the code needed to perform this function"

Forum Views: view discussion, search, forum, forums, subscribers; Posts: add discussion, add post, delete discussion, delete post, move discussion, prune post, update post

Glossary Views: view, view all, view entry; Posts: add category, add comment, add entry, approve entry, delete category, delete comment, delete entry, edit category, update comment, update entry

Hot Potatoes Quiz Views: view, view all, report; Posts: attempt, review, submit

Journal Views: view, view all, view responses; Posts: add entry, update entry, update feedback

Lesson Views: view, view all; Posts: end, start, update grade attempt

Lightbox Gallery Views: view, view all, search; Posts: comment, addimage, editimage

Quiz Views: view, view all, report; Posts: attempt, editquestions, review, submit

Resource Views: view, view all; Posts:

SCORM/AICC Views: pre-view, view, view all, report; Posts:

Survey Views: download, view all, view form, view graph, view report; Posts: submit

OU Wiki << can't determine Views & Posts: "Module wiki is missing the code needed to perform this function"


See also