Visvanath Ratnaweera

The view is different in Moodle 4.5 LTS. mysite/mod/hvp/library_list.php now shows:

 

In the example above Advent Calendar (beta) (0.2.5) can be safely deleted, right?

Not only sites of that scale, for any site it highly advisable to do a test upgrade before committing. So I assume you observe this disaster during a test upgrade. So postpone the production upgrade.

Maybe it is known only within Moodle insiders: An upgrade like 4.5.x to 5.x is more that a version change, it is a generation change. Take time, understand the (big) changes that happened and the pitfalls before you commit.

Also, as already noted, this sounds like an exercise from the future, Moodle 4.5.6 and 5.1 are yet to come!

Ken, I understand your wish to have stats on your special field (or the most special of the many fields), the hosting. But the answer is not as simple as adding answer boxes.

For one, they can not be derived from the HTTP request (not with reasonable effort). So have to go to the manual part:

where the information is less accurate (than the derived ones in the previous post).

 

Secondly, this "calling home" is not well received by the (Freedom loving) FOSS community. It goes against their principles. In the Linux landscape, I think Ubuntu was the first to introduce data collection at all and received a heavy backlash that time. That and a series of similar one-sided decisions are the reason why Ubuntu is disliked by many Linuxers. Don't misunderstand: I am not saying the Moodle registration is bad. There are many plus sides, the accuracy of the stats page is the most obvious. But how much is enough? I don't know.

 

But don't be surprised, if you find new fields tomorrow. I notice HQ shifting heavily towards marketing - more an observation than facts, not keen nor able to substantiate. So please understand if I don't continue in this sub-thread.

During (first?) registration Moodle shows what is being sent. Here is the list:

• Moodle release
• Number of courses
• Number of users
• Number of recently active users
• Number of role assignments
• Number of posts
• Number of questions
• Number of resources
• Number of badges
• Number of issued badges
• Average number of participants
• Average number of recently active participants
• Average number of course modules
• Mobile services enabled
• Mobile notifications enabled
• Number of users with registered mobile devices
• Number of active users with registered mobile devices which are receiving notifications
• Number of enabled prediction models
• Number of generated predictions
• Number of actions taken on generated predictions
• Number of actions marking a prediction as not useful
• Database type
• Number of courses without an end date set
• Site theme
• Primary authentication type
• Plugin usage data collected from: Plugins overview, Manage activities, and Manage blocks
• AI usage data (eg. none)

The relevant documentation:

• Site backup / Site restore
• Course backup / Course restore