The Forum summary report provides an
overview of participation within a specific
Forum activity.
To view a Forum summary
report
- Browse to a Moodle module for which
you with to obtain a Forum summary
report.
- Locate and open the specific Forum on
which you wish to report.
- At the top right of the Forum page locate the Actions menu (Settings cog icon) and click on this to expand the options.
- From the presented options select Forum summary
report
- The Forum summary page will then open and will present similar to the image below:
Interpreting the Forum
summary report
- It is possible to change between
various Forums on a module page using
the Forum selected dropdown,
or, as in the displayed image above,
to see all contributions to all Forums
for the module by choosing All
forums in
course.
- Reports can be sorted by any of
the column headers; in the example
above, the sort is descending based on
the Number of replies posted.
- The activity of each participant can be reviewed under the various headings:
- Number of discussions posted - the number started by the
participant.
- Number of replies posted -
or responses to other's
posts.
- Number of attachments -
where file attachments my be
appended to posts.
- Number of views - how many
posts has the participant
viewed.
- Word count - number of
words contributed to posts by the
participant.
- Character count - sum of
all characters added to posts by
the participant.
- Earliest and Most recent
posts - the date range of
the participant's activity.
Additional report
settings
- There are three additional page options provided at the bottom of each Forum summary report page:
Messaging
- Messages may be sent to specific module participants by either:
- selecting those to
be messaged using the checkbox for
intended recipients in the
left-hand most column, or
- checking the top
most checkbox in the left hand
column.
- Once the intended participants have
been selected, at With selected
users ... choose Send a
message from the
dropdown.
- A message window will appear which
allows you to type a short message.
The message window will confirm the
number of participants that will
receive your message.
- When the message is composed, it may
be sent by clicking the button Send message to #
person(s).
Records to display per
page
- Using the Per page dropdown,
the number of report records to
display per page can be set at 50, 100 or 200 per page.
Download the report
- Forum summary reports can be
downloaded if necessary.
- Please refer to Downloading a Report or Log
before proceeding to review
recommended practice and
formats.