Analytics plugins
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 | Reported usage* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logs | Report | Standard | Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers | 71.4% |
| Activity | Report | Standard | Teachers | 69.1% |
| Activity completion, see also Course completion | Report | Standard | Teachers | 66.3% |
| Live logs | Report | Standard | Teachers, Admins | 55.2% |
| Feedback | Activity | Standard | Teachers, Researchers | 59.5% |
| (Quiz) Statistics | Report | Standard | Teachers | 53.0% |
| (Course) Participation | Report | Standard | Teachers | 49.9% |
| Survey | Activity | Standard | Teachers, Researchers | 45.6% |
| Questionnaire | Activity | Additional | Teachers, Researchers | 45.3% |
| Course overview | Report | Standard | Admins, Decision-makers | 45.0% |
| Course completion status | Block | Standard | Students | 41.4% |
| Progress Bar | Block | Additional | Students, Teachers | 32.0% |
| Events list | Report | Standard | Teachers, Admins | 28.6% |
| Activity results block | Block | Standard | Students | 26.1% |
| Configurable Reports | Block (Report Graphs filter) | Additional | Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers | 22.7% |
| (Gradebook) Overview | Report | Standard | Teachers, Students | N/A |
| Statistics | Report | Standard | Admins, Decision-makers | N/A |
| Ad-hoc database queries | Report | Additional | Teachers, Admins, Decision-makers | N/A |
| Engagement Analytics | Block, Report, Activity module | Additional | Teachers | N/A |
| Course Dedication | Block | Additional | Students, Teachers | N/A |
| Graph Stats | Block | Additional | Teachers, Admins | N/A |
| GISMO | Block | Additional | Teachers | N/A |
| Level Up! | Block | Additional | Students, Teachers | N/A |
| Forum Graph | Report | Additional | Teachers | N/A |
| Analytics Graphs | Block | Additional | Teachers | N/A |
| Heatmap | Block | Additional | Teachers | 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.
- Moodle Activity Viewer (MAV) (Git)
- Intelliboard
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).
