How to Add Course Dedication Block and Generate Report v2

Note: You need a Teacher or Manager access before you can perform this action.

This block allows to see the estimated dedication time to a Moodle course by the participants of the course.

How dedication time is estimated?

Time is estimated based in the concepts of Session and Session duration applied to Moodle's log entries:

Click: every time that a user access to a page in Moodle a log entry is stored.
Session: set of two or more consecutive clicks in which the elapsed time between every pair of consecutive clicks does not overcome an established maximum time.
Session duration: elapsed time between the first and the last click of the session.

Teachers can use a tool to analyse dedication time within a course. The tool provides three views:

Dedication time of the course: calculates total dedication time, mean dedication time and connections per day for each student.
Dedication time of a group: the same but only for chosen group members.
Dedication of a student: detailed sessions for a student with start date & time, duration and IP.

Step 1: Log into Moodle and open the course where you would like to add course dedication block.

(Note: Ensure that editing is turned on.)

Step 2: On the course page, open block drawer at the right side.

Step 3. Once the block drawer is opened, click the option 'Add a block'. Click the drop-down menu and choose Course Dedication.

Now, you have your course dedication block.

Step 4: To generate report, click the 'Dedication tool' and configure by selecting the range of dates you prefer to be calculated. Once done, click Calculate.

Step 5: Below is the sample Course Dedication Report of a certain course unit. To generate an excel report, click the "Download an Excel Format" button.

To calculate Dedication time of a group click the group of users you preferred and repeat Step 3 and 4.
To calculate Dedication of a student click the name of user and repeat Step 3 and 4.