Export Course Logs

Learn how to export course logs for further analysis and review.

Last Updated: July 24th, 2023

Moodle Course Logs include documentation of all user-submitted comments, documents, responses, grades, etc. User Logs will also contain the most recent 90 days of student activity in the course. 

Course Logs are optionally included during a backup and restore and are typically included when courses are archived offline. Course logs cannot be transferred during an import. 

Exporting Course Logs

1) Go to Course Reuse in the More dropdown.

The image shows the dropdown labeled "more"

2) Using the dropdown in the top left corner, select Backup.

3) When backing up the old course, make sure Include enrolled users and Include course logs are both checked:
Back up options during the backup process has the Include Enrolled user and Include Course logs checked along with the rest of the course options.3) Continue with the backup and restore process as usual.

Export Course Logs as their own separate file: 

  1. To access student activity logs go to Reports and then click Logs.
  2. On the next screen, choose which logs you would like to download:On this screen you can choose an individual student, group, specific days or specific activities to download information for. Downloading the files in Excel is recommended. 

  3. Click Get these logs.


ATC Support & Hours of Operation

Weekday Support, Monday - Friday

The ATC is open to in-person assistance. Support is available through the above remote options and on campus at CEN 208

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