Learning Analytics with xAPI in Moodle-Up2U
The central deployment of the Moodle LMS inside the Up2U ecosystem is equipped with an extension able to send xAPI statements to an xAPI Learning Record Store (LRS), The xAPI LRS currently used in Up2U is a deployment of Learning Locker (LL). Other help pages illustrate learning analytics support provided by CommonSpaces both natively and with the support of the LRS that is shared with Moodle and with other tools of the Up2U ecosystem.
Relationships between Moodle logs and xAPI statements
This section summarizes the connection established by the Moodle logstore-xAPI plugin between the internal log of user actions that Moodle keeps in its database (the logstore) and the xAPI statements that it sends to the LRS.
The following aliases for namespaces are used to shorten prefixes of verb and activity type identifiers in the Mapping table below.
| alias | namespace |
| activitystream | http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0 |
| adlnetverb | http://adlnet.gov/expapi/verbs |
| adlnetactivity | http://adlnet.gov/expapi/activities |
| brindlewaye | https://brindlewaye.com/xAPITerms/verbs |
| tincanapiverb | http://id.tincanapi.com/verb |
| tincanapiactivity | http://id.tincanapi.com/activitytype |
| tincanapilmsactivity | http://id.tincanapi.com/activitytype/l |
| w3idactivity | https://w3id.org/xapi/acrossx/activities/ |
Mapping of Moodle events to xAPI statements
| Module | Moodle event | xAPI verb id | xAPI activity type id |
| core | course_completed | tincanapiverb:completed | tincanapilmsactivity:course |
| course_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapilmsactivity:course | |
| user_created | adlnetverb:registered | tincanapiactivity:lms | |
| user_enrolment_created | adlnetverb:registered | tincanapilmsactivity:course | |
| user_loggedin | brindlewaye:loggedin | tincanapiactivity:lms | |
| user_loggedout | brindlewaye:loggedout | tincanapiactivity:lms | |
| course_module_completion_updated | tincanapiverb:completed | tincanapilmsactivity:module | |
| assign | assessable_submitted | activitystream:submit | adlnetactivity:assessment |
| submission_graded | adlnetverb:scored | adlnetactivity:assessment | |
| book | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapiactivity:book |
| chat | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapiactivity:chat-channel |
| choice | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapilmsactivity:module |
| data | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapilmsactivity:module |
| facetoface | cancel_booking | tincanapiverb:unregistered | tincanapilmsactivity:module |
| course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapilmsactivity:module | |
| signup_success | adlnetverb:registered | tincanapilmsactivity:module | |
| take_attendance | adlnetverb:attended | tincanapilmsactivity:module | |
| feedback | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapiactivity:survey |
| response_submitted | tincanapiverb:submitted | tincanapiactivity:survey | |
| folder | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapilmsactivity:module |
| forum | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapiactivity:forum-topic |
| discussion_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapiactivity:discussion | |
| user_report_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapiactivity:user-profile | |
| glossary | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapilmsactivity:module |
| imscp | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapilmsactivity:module |
| lesson | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | adlnetactivity:lesson |
| lti | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapilmsactivity:module |
| page | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | w3idactivity:page |
| quiz | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | adlnetactivity:assessment |
| attempt_abandoned | adlnetactivity:attempt | ||
| attempt_started | activitystream:start | adlnetactivity:attempt | |
| attempt_reviewed | activitystream:receive | activitystream:review | |
| attempt_submitted | adlnetverb:completed | adlnetactivity:assessment | |
| attempt_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | adlnetactivity:attempt | |
| resource | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapiactivity:resource |
| scorm | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapiactivity:legacy-learning-standard |
| sco_launched | adlnetverb:launched | tincanapiactivity:legacy-learning-standard | |
| scoreraw_submitted | adlnetverb:failed adlnetverb:passed adlnetverb:completed |
tincanapiactivity:legacy-learning-standard | |
| status_submitted | adlnetverb:failed adlnetverb:passed adlnetverb:completed |
tincanapiactivity:legacy-learning-standard | |
| survey | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapiactivity:survey |
| url | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | adlnetactivity:link |
| wiki | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapilmsactivity:module |
| workshop | course_module_viewed | tincanapiverb:viewed | tincanapilmsactivity:module |
Moodle modules sources of xAPI statements
The table below lists the Moodle modules whose names occur in the table above as sources of xAPI statements.
| name | description |
| core | Core Moodle functionality |
| assign | The assignment module allows teachers to collect work from students, review it and provide feedback including grades |
| book | The 'book' module enables a teacher to create a multi-page resource in a book-like format, with chapters and subchapters |
| chat | The Chat activity module participants to have a real-time synchronous discussion in a Moodle course |
| choice | The Choice activity allows you to ask a question and set up radio buttons which learners can click to make a selection from a number of ... |
| data | The database activity module allows the teacher and/or students to build, display and search a bank of record entries about any conceivable ... |
| facetoface | Face-to-face activities are used to keep track of in-person trainings which require advance booking |
| feedback | The Feedback activity allows you to create and conduct surveys to collect feedback |
| folder | Folders in Moodle work much like folders in other programs, as containers into which files (and other folders) are organised |
| forum | The forum module is an activity where students and teachers can exchange ideas by posting comments |
| glossary | The glossary activity module allows participants to create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary |
| imscp | IMS content package |
| lesson | The lesson module presents a series of HTML pages to the student who is usually asked to make some sort of choice underneath the content ... |
| lti | LTI - IMS Learning Tool Interoperability interface |
| page | A page resource creates a link to a screen that displays the content created by the teacher |
| quiz | The Quiz activity module allows the teacher to design and build quizzes consisting of a large variety of Question types |
| resource | A resource is an item that a teacher can use to support learning, such as a file or link. Moodle supports a range of resource types ... |
| scorm | The SCORM module enables you (the teacher) to upload any SCORM or AICC package to include in your course |
| survey | The Survey module is a course activity that provides a number of verified survey instruments |
| url | A URL (Uniform or Universal Resource Locator) is a link on the internet to a website or online file |
| wiki | A wiki is a collection of collaboratively authored web documents |
| workshop | Workshop is a powerful peer assessment activity |