Description of the analytics features in Moodle from different perspectives: From developers and site administrators to teachers and students. The presentation will include a description of the new features in 3.7, an overview of what we are working on for Moodle 3.8 and an outline of the long term objectives for analytics in Moodle.
Moodle learning analytics from different perspectives (#moothr19)
1. Moodle Learning Analytics
from different perspectives
David Monllaó Olivé
Lead Data Scientist at HQ
#moothr19
@DavidMonllao
2. Analytics team in HQ
Chief Product Officer Lead Data ScientistMoodle Product Manager
Former Development Manager
Research Analyst
Analyst DeveloperSenior Analyst Developer
3. Analytics features overview
● Right now.
○ Moodle 3.7 (released in May 2019)
● In a few months’ to one year’s time
○ Moodle 3.8 (Nov 2019) or 3.9 (May 2020)
● Long-term vision
4. Analytics features overview
Available since Moodle 3.4, new improvements added in Moodle 3.7.
● Predictive models
○ Students at risk
● Insights
○ Notifications for users with suggested actions
5. Analytics features overview
In a few months’ to one year’s time (Moodle 3.8 or 3.9).
● AI Assistant
○ Conversational bot (E.g. search, navigation, how-to…)
● Extra reporting capabilities
○ Insights effectiveness
○ Custom course reports
6. Analytics long-term vision
● Make moodle more proactive
○ Improve students’ success by supporting teachers
in identifying students with difficulties.
○ Improve course contents by supporting teachers in
designing their courses.
○ Improve the way users interact with Moodle
■ AI Assistant
● Position Moodle as the de-facto educational
research platform
7. How analytics in Moodle helps
1. Students
2. Teachers
3. All Moodle users
4. Site administrators and researchers
5. Developers
14. Identification of students at risk
Available in Moodle 3.7
● At risk of not achieving the course competencies
● At risk of not meeting the course completion
conditions
● At risk of not achieving the
minimum grade to pass
● At risk of dropping out
15. Identification of students at risk
Scheduled for Moodle 3.8
● Students who have not accessed the course yet
● Students who have not accessed the course recently
19. AI assistant
In a few months’ to one year’s time (Moodle 3.8 or 3.9)
● Currently gathering requirements
○ Your help is important! What would you like it to do?
32. How analytics helps developers
● Moodle core provides a set of reusable elements
to create and extend predictive models.
● Documentation.
○ https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Analytics_API
● Analytics forums & resources.
○ https://moodle.org/analytics
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