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    <title>Moodle Plugins directory: Course statistics: Comments</title>
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    <description>This plugin has been developed by WIDE Services and Universidad de Cantabria (Ruth Villalon &amp;amp; Diego Garcia) under the ORWELL project, thanks to an Erasmus+ grant. 

The plugin Course Statistics is designed to extract and analyze student usage statistics on the platform. It includes several key functions:

    Session and Time Tracking: Tracks the number of logins and time spent on learning activities, giving a comprehensive view of student participation.
    Aggregation by Tool Type: Aggregates data by tools (e.g., forums, quizzes), helping teachers evaluate the effectiveness of different tools.
    Disaggregation of Specific Content: Breaks down interactions with specific content like quiz results or forum responses, helping identify areas of interest or difficulty.
    Support in Decision-Making: Provides data to adapt teaching approaches, identify improvement areas, and personalize learning experiences.
    Evaluation of Compliance: Analyzes whether students follow teacher recommendations and uses this information to refine teaching strategies.

In essence, the plugin offers a detailed overview of student behavior on Moodle, aiding in enhancing learning quality and tailoring education to individual needs.</description>
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      <title>Friday, 14 March 2025, 2:09 AM - Vladimir Miranovic</title>
      <link>https://moodle.org/plugins/block_course_statistics#comment-86641</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 18:09:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>by Vladimir Miranovic. &amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;no-overflow&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text_to_html&quot;&gt;Thank you for creating this plugin, it is sorely needed. My only concern will be performance in our environment, but we will do some testing. It is a great idea to set it on a course level to avoid excessive resource consumption.&lt;br&gt;
I will let you know how it works in our environment and, of course, report any bugs. &lt;br&gt;
Now, one very important question: are you planning to develop this plugin further for version 4.5 and future, and when can we expect that?&lt;br&gt;
Thank you again for your work!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Friday, 1 November 2024, 3:12 PM - Panos Doris</title>
      <link>https://moodle.org/plugins/block_course_statistics#comment-85333</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 07:12:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>by Panos Doris. &amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;no-overflow&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text_to_html&quot;&gt;Thank you for checking out the Course Statistics block! 🎉&lt;br&gt;
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This plugin is newly published, and I’d love to hear your feedback to make it even better. If you have any suggestions, feature requests, or even find any bugs, please don’t hesitate to share! Your input will be invaluable in helping me improve the plugin to better meet the needs of the Moodle community.&lt;br&gt;
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Thank you for helping make this plugin better for everyone!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Thursday, 24 October 2024, 5:17 PM - Panos Doris</title>
      <link>https://moodle.org/plugins/block_course_statistics#comment-85230</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:17:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>by Panos Doris. &amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;no-overflow&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text_to_html&quot;&gt;The block_course_statistics plugin provides detailed insights into course activities and participant engagement. It helps administrators and educators analyze course data, allowing for better decision-making and understanding of course dynamics. While the plugin works efficiently with typical log sizes, performance may be affected on systems with extensive log data (over 20,000,000 rows).&lt;br&gt;
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SCORM Activity Note: For SCORM activities, the plugin extracts statistics from the entire activity, including both the SCORM player and the lobby area (the space users interact with before entering the SCORM). This is due to the way the plugin pulls data directly from logs, providing a comprehensive view of user interactions.&lt;br&gt;
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Best Practice: To ensure optimal performance, enable statistics measurement only for courses that specifically require it, rather than multiple courses simultaneously. After extracting the necessary data using the scheduled task, remember to close the measurement for those courses.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Friday, 19 July 2024, 2:50 PM - Plugins bot</title>
      <link>https://moodle.org/plugins/block_course_statistics#comment-84228</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 06:50:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <description>by Plugins bot. &amp;nbsp;&lt;p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;no-overflow&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;text_to_html&quot;&gt;Approval issue created: &lt;a title=&quot;Auto-link to Moodle Tracker&quot; href=&quot;https://moodle.atlassian.net/browse/CONTRIB-9630&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;CONTRIB-9630&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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