Setting up Google Analytics for Moodle There is no plugin as such to install Google Analytics on Moodle 2. As explained in this blog post, Moodle URL’s are not Google Analytics friendly and you need to apply a simple tweak to your server for it to work well. It is fairly simple to get it going following the instructions put together by Bas Brand. You can read more about Google Analytics and Moodle here....
You can re-use these queries directly in PHPMyAdmin, command line, or using the excellent configurable reports plugin. Moodle URLs Most queries will need information that is found in Moodle web page addresses (URL, or Unique Resource Locator) so it’s important that you understand what to look for. Each page has a unique identifier (or URL), which can be found by either hovering your mouse over the resource/activity you’re interested in (URL should show up at the bottom of your window), or by simply visiting the page and checking the address in your web browser address bar....
Activity completion I started gamifying my course in a bid to increase engagement with Moodle, as my course is full of really useful organisational tools (or at least I think they’re useful…). There are a few ways to measure engagement with a VLE/LMS, and this week I decided to have a look at activity completion rates. Here is a visual representation of the activity completed/not completed by both groups of students....
Students’ activity in the first 4 weeks of using their Moodle courses Click here for full size First impressions I was rather surprised to see that students enrolled in the non-gamified course have interacted with activities & resources more than the students enrolled in the gamified course (3,634 clicks vs 3,423), as it contradicts figures gathered in week 1 of the experiment. However, the figures above only show clicks to resources & activities, and do notinclude visits to the course homepage, to check if badges have been unlocked, for example....
