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Learning Analytics are any piece of information that can help an LMS user improve learning outcomes. Users include students, teachers, administrators and decision-makers.
Learning Analytics are any piece of information that can help an LMS user improve learning outcomes. Users include students, teachers, administrators and decision-makers.
== Moodle Plugins ==


There are a number of reports, blocks and other plugins for Moodle that provide learning analytics.
There are a number of reports, blocks and other plugins for Moodle that provide learning analytics.
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! Standard / Additional
! Standard / Additional
! Useful for
! Useful for
! Description
! Reported usage*
! Reported usage*
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| Standard
| Standard
| Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers
| Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers
| Filterable log of events
| style="text-align:center;" | 71.4%
| style="text-align:center;" | 71.4%
|-
|-
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| Standard
| Standard
| Teachers
| Teachers
| View count of activities in course
| style="text-align:center;" | 69.1%
| style="text-align:center;" | 69.1%
|-
|-
| [[:en:Using_Activity_completion|Activity completion]]
| [[:en:Using_Activity_completion|Activity completion]], see also [[:en:Using_Course_completion|Course completion]]
| Report
| Report
| Standard
| Standard
| Teachers
| Teachers
| Completion matrix of students and activities
| style="text-align:center;" | 66.3%
| style="text-align:center;" | 66.3%
|-
|-
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| Standard
| Standard
| Teachers, Admins
| Teachers, Admins
| Automatically refreshing log of events
| style="text-align:center;" | 55.2%  
| style="text-align:center;" | 55.2%  
|-
| [[:en:Feedback_activity|Feedback]]
| Activity
| Standard
| Teachers, Researchers
| Configurable survey tool
| style="text-align:center;" | 59.5%
|-
|-
| [[:en:Quiz_statistics_report|(Quiz) Statistics]]
| [[:en:Quiz_statistics_report|(Quiz) Statistics]]
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| Standard
| Standard
| Teachers
| Teachers
| Student quiz performance report
| style="text-align:center;" | 53.0%
| style="text-align:center;" | 53.0%
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|-
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| Standard
| Standard
| Teachers
| Teachers
| Single student's participation in course
| style="text-align:center;" | 49.9%
| style="text-align:center;" | 49.9%
|-
|-
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| Activity
| Activity
| Standard
| Standard
| Teachers
| Teachers, Researchers
| Set of standardised educational surveys
| style="text-align:center;" | 45.6%
| style="text-align:center;" | 45.6%
|-
| [http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=mod_questionnaire Questionnaire]
| Activity
| Additional
| Teachers, Researchers
| Configurable survey tool
| style="text-align:center;" | 45.3%
|-
|-
| [[:en:Course_overview_report|Course overview]]
| [[:en:Course_overview_report|Course overview]]
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| Standard
| Standard
| Admins, Decision-makers
| Admins, Decision-makers
| Comparison of participation across multiple courses
| style="text-align:center;" | 45.0%
| style="text-align:center;" | 45.0%
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|-
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| Standard
| Standard
| Students
| Students
| View of student's own completion of activities
| style="text-align:center;" | 41.4%
| style="text-align:center;" | 41.4%
|-
|-
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| Additional
| Additional
| Students, Teachers
| Students, Teachers
| Time management tool for students with overview for teachers
| style="text-align:center;" | 32.0%
| style="text-align:center;" | 32.0%
|-
|-
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| Standard
| Standard
| Teachers, Admins
| Teachers, Admins
| Events that can be monitored/searched in logs
| style="text-align:center;" | 28.6%
| style="text-align:center;" | 28.6%
|-
|-
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| Standard
| Standard
| Students
| Students
| Leader-board of results in single activity
| style="text-align:center;" | 26.1%
| style="text-align:center;" | 26.1%
|-
|-
| [http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?id=82 Configurable Reports]
| [http://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?id=82 Configurable Reports]  
| Block
([https://docs.moodle.org/29/en/ad-hoc_contributed_reports A list of contributed reports])
| Block ([https://github.com/nadavkav/moodle-report_configurablereports Report] [https://github.com/nadavkav/moodle-filter_crgraph Graphs filter])
| Additional
| Additional
| Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers
| Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers
| Report generation and viewing
| style="text-align:center;" | 22.7%
| style="text-align:center;" | 22.7%
|-
|-
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| Standard
| Standard
| Teachers, Students
| Teachers, Students
| View of student grades across activites
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|-
| [[Statistics]]
| Report
| Standard
| Admins, Decision-makers
| Daily activity across site
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|-
| [[:en:Event_monitoring|Event monitor]]
| Report
| Standard
| Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers
| Proactive, focussed monitor tool
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|-
|-
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| Additional
| Additional
| Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers
| Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers
| SQL-based report generation and viewing
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|-
|-
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| Additional
| Additional
| Teachers
| Teachers
| Configurable engagement measurement report and block
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|-
|-
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| Additional
| Additional
| Students, Teachers
| Students, Teachers
| Estimated time online for students
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|-
|-
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| Additional
| Additional
| Teachers, Admins
| Teachers, Admins
| Daily visits to site or course
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|-
| [http://moodle.org/plugins/view/block_gismo GISMO]
| Block
| Additional
| Teachers
| Numerous charts of student activity participation
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|-
| [http://moodle.org/plugins/view/block_xp Level Up!]
| Block
| Additional
| Students, Teachers
| Incentive-drive participation meter
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|-
| [http://moodle.org/plugins/report_forumgraph Forum Graph]
| Report
| Additional
| Teachers
| Graph of forum interactions
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|-
| [https://moodle.org/plugins/block_analytics_graphs Analytics Graphs]
| Block
| Additional
| Teachers
| Visualisation of student participation
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|-
| [https://moodle.org/plugins/block_heatmap Heatmap]
| Block
| Additional
| Teachers
| Colour-coded indication of activity views on course page
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|-
| [https://moodle.org/plugins/local_analytics Analytics]
| Local
| Additional
| Admins, Decision-makers
| Enriched feed to Google Analytics and Pywick
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|-
| [https://moodle.org/plugins/logstore_xapi Logstore xAPI]
| Logstore
| Additional
| Admins, Decision-makers, Researchers
| xAPI event stream output
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
| style="text-align:center;" | N/A
|}
|}


<nowiki>*</nowiki> Reported usage is drawn from the [http://research.moodle.net/71/1/Plugins%20Usage%20Survey%202015%20Report.pdf Plugins Usage Survey from 2015].
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Reported usage is drawn from the [http://research.moodle.net/71/1/Plugins%20Usage%20Survey%202015%20Report.pdf Plugins Usage Survey from 2015].
== Integrations with Moodle ==
A number of systems integrate with Moodle to provide learning analytics information externally.
* [http://damos.world/2013/08/30/the-moodle-activity-viewer-mav-heatmaps-of-student-activity/ Moodle Activity Viewer] (MAV) ([https://github.com/damoclark/mav-enterprise Git]), consider [https://moodle.org/plugins/block_heatmap Heatmap] as an alternative
* [http://www.intelliboard.net/ Intelliboard]
* [http://www.lambdasolutions.net/products/lmsreporting/ Analytika]
* [https://learninglocker.net/ Learning Locker], can be used with [https://moodle.org/plugins/logstore_xapi Logstore xAPI]
* [http://klassdata.com/smartklass-learning-analytics-plugin/learning-analytics-moodle-smartklass/ SmartKlass]
== Dimensions of Analytics ==
Learning analytics are a concept that has been emerging under a number of different names through the past decades. Its origins lie in research in data mining and intelligent tutoring systems. LA tools can be categorised in a number of ways. The diagram below describes such tools by how deeply they are integrated with other systems ([http://www.netdimensions.com/downloads-2015/others/lms-evolution-or-extinction.pdf?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRokuKjMZKXonjHpfsX56OQtW6CwlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4DTsdlI%2BSLDwEYGJlv6SgFS7fAMaFl3bgIWBY%3D source]).
[[File:Learning-analytics.png]]


== See also... ==
== See also... ==
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=8044 Analytics and reporting forum]
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=8205 Moodle Research forum]
* [[:dev:Moodle_research|Moodle research page]]
* [[Logging]]
* [[Logging]]
* [[:en:Events_list_report|Events list]]
* [[:dev:Learning_Analytics_Specification|Learning Analytics API specification]]
* [[:dev:Learning_Analytics_Specification|Learning Analytics API specification]]
* [[:dev:Events_2|Events specification]]
* [[:dev:Working_Groups#Assessment_Analytics|Assessment Analytics working group details and issues]]
* [[:dev:Event_2|Events specification]]
* [[:dev:Logging_2|Logging specification]]
* [[:dev:Logging_2|Logging specification]]
* [[:dev:reportbuilder/API|Report Builder API specification]]
* [[:dev:reportbuilder/API|Report Builder API specification]]
* Use [https://moodle.org/plugins/filter_generico Generico filter] to display custom DB reports with graphs [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=324771#p1334032 Demo / Forums]
* [https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/solving-the-ethical-and-legal-issues-around-learning-analytics-a-series-of-podcasts-11-mar-2016 Solving the ethical and legal issues around learning analytics: a series of podcasts]


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Revision as of 07:26, 17 April 2016

Learning Analytics are any piece of information that can help an LMS user improve learning outcomes. Users include students, teachers, administrators and decision-makers.

Moodle Plugins

There are a number of reports, blocks and other plugins for Moodle that provide learning analytics.

Plugin Plugin type Standard / Additional Useful for Description Reported usage*
Logs Report Standard Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers Filterable log of events 71.4%
Activity Report Standard Teachers View count of activities in course 69.1%
Activity completion, see also Course completion Report Standard Teachers Completion matrix of students and activities 66.3%
Live logs Report Standard Teachers, Admins Automatically refreshing log of events 55.2%
Feedback Activity Standard Teachers, Researchers Configurable survey tool 59.5%
(Quiz) Statistics Report Standard Teachers Student quiz performance report 53.0%
(Course) Participation Report Standard Teachers Single student's participation in course 49.9%
Survey Activity Standard Teachers, Researchers Set of standardised educational surveys 45.6%
Questionnaire Activity Additional Teachers, Researchers Configurable survey tool 45.3%
Course overview Report Standard Admins, Decision-makers Comparison of participation across multiple courses 45.0%
Course completion status Block Standard Students View of student's own completion of activities 41.4%
Progress Bar Block Additional Students, Teachers Time management tool for students with overview for teachers 32.0%
Events list Report Standard Teachers, Admins Events that can be monitored/searched in logs 28.6%
Activity results block Block Standard Students Leader-board of results in single activity 26.1%
Configurable Reports

(A list of contributed reports)

Block (Report Graphs filter) Additional Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers Report generation and viewing 22.7%
(Gradebook) Overview Report Standard Teachers, Students View of student grades across activites N/A
Statistics Report Standard Admins, Decision-makers Daily activity across site N/A
Event monitor Report Standard Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers Proactive, focussed monitor tool N/A
Ad-hoc database queries Report Additional Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers SQL-based report generation and viewing N/A
Engagement Analytics Block, Report, Activity module Additional Teachers Configurable engagement measurement report and block N/A
Course Dedication Block Additional Students, Teachers Estimated time online for students N/A
Graph Stats Block Additional Teachers, Admins Daily visits to site or course N/A
GISMO Block Additional Teachers Numerous charts of student activity participation N/A
Level Up! Block Additional Students, Teachers Incentive-drive participation meter N/A
Forum Graph Report Additional Teachers Graph of forum interactions N/A
Analytics Graphs Block Additional Teachers Visualisation of student participation N/A
Heatmap Block Additional Teachers Colour-coded indication of activity views on course page N/A
Analytics Local Additional Admins, Decision-makers Enriched feed to Google Analytics and Pywick N/A
Logstore xAPI Logstore Additional Admins, Decision-makers, Researchers xAPI event stream output N/A

* Reported usage is drawn from the Plugins Usage Survey from 2015.

Integrations with Moodle

A number of systems integrate with Moodle to provide learning analytics information externally.

Dimensions of Analytics

Learning analytics are a concept that has been emerging under a number of different names through the past decades. Its origins lie in research in data mining and intelligent tutoring systems. LA tools can be categorised in a number of ways. The diagram below describes such tools by how deeply they are integrated with other systems (source).

Learning-analytics.png

See also...

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