Forum Graph

Reports ::: report_forumgraph
Maintained by Andy Chan
The Forum Graph Report analyse interactions in a single Forum activity and create a force-directed graph using the D3.js Javascript library.

Forum Graph Testesd on Moodle 2.6.1 (Build - 2014002400)

Moodle 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7
Released: Monday, 21 July 2014, 5:32 PM
Forum Graph Report for Moodle
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===ABOUT===
The Forum Graph Report analyse interactions in a single Forum activity and create a force-directed graph with the following features:
- Each node is a single user (node size depends on the no. of posts by the user).
- Each edge represent the interaction between 2 users (i.e. a user replied to another user post). Thickness indicating the no. of replies and arrow indicating who was repling.
- Force layout with draggable node.
- Two different node colours for teachers and students.
- Button to toggle the display of node label (user full name).
- Tooltip showing user full name, no. of discussions and no. of replies when rollovering node.
- Click on a node and a new window will popup showing the log (report_log in core Moodle) of the user posting/replying activities in the forum.
- A table summarising the total no. of discussions and replies in the forum, as well as the top three user who post the most.

===REMARKS===
The implementation of this report is in its early stage and it may have problems when it is installed in your Moodle. It was tested in Moodle 2.6 as of Feb 2014.

One known problem is that courses not in any course categories cannot be selected now. Also it may not work on large forum with lots of posts.

Export graph as image/document is not supported now.

===CREDITS===
Andy Chan , Programmer, CITE (http://www.cite.hku.hk)

=LINKS=
D3.js http://d3js.org/
Force Layout https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Force-Layout

Version information

Version build number
2014072100
Version release name
Testesd on Moodle 2.6.1 (Build - 2014002400)
Can be updated from
2013072900, 2.4.1 (Build - 2013091600) (2013091600), Testesd on Moodle 2.6.1 (Build - 2014002400) (2014022400), Testesd on Moodle 2.6.1 (Build - 2014002400) (2014042900)
Maturity
Alpha
MD5 Sum
8c64a8f81c59c507f9d6e41e8802fe33
Supported software
Moodle 2.4, Moodle 2.5, Moodle 2.6, Moodle 2.7
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.4
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.5
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.6
  • Latest release for Moodle 2.7

Version control information

Version control system (VCS)
GIT
VCS repository URL

Default installation instructions for plugins of the type Reports

  1. Make sure you have all the required versions.
  2. Download and unpack the module.
  3. Place the folder (eg "myreport") in the "report" subdirectory.
  4. Visit http://yoursite.com/admin to finish the installation