Moodle plugin of the month – course Dedication

Do you want to know how much time learners have spent in their 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.

Features

This block is intended to be used only by teachers, so students aren’t going to see it and their dedication time. However, block can be configured to show dedication time to students too.

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 choosed group members.
• Dedication of a student: detailed sessions for a student with start date & time, duration and ip.

The Dedication Block plugin is available in the Moodle plugins database:

https://moodle.org/plugins/block_dedication

You can also try the Dedication Block for real, for free, on the HRDNZ Moodle plugins site:

https://plugins.moodlebites.com

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Stuart is interested in all things e-learning, with specific interests in Moodle, e-learning strategy, and business development.His experience in education over 30 years, MBA in International Business, and knowledge of e-learning systems implementation, together with graphic design background, give him a unique skill set for e-learning projects.

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