Forum Summary Report

This article walks through how to view the Forum Summary Report, which summarizes student participation across forums, both individually and for a whole course. 

  • To access the Forum Summary Report, navigate to the forum where you would like to view the report.
  • Within the forum, click "Reports" on the navigation bar. 

  • You will then be taken to the forum summary report, which outlines student participation within the forum.
  • By default, the report will show participation information for the displayed forum. Other forums can be selected by using the "Forum selected" dropdown menu at the top of the window. 

A screenshot of the "Forum selected" menu with "Sample forum" checked. ​​​​​​​

  • Within the forum summary report, you will see a row for each student. The summary report outlines the following items:
    • Number of discussions posted
    • Number of replies posted
    • Number of attachments
    • Number of views
    • Word count
    • Character count
    • Earliest post
    • Most recent post

Image of summary report

  • If you wish to export the data out of Moodle, click the 'Export' button to the right of the student

Image of export button

  • If you wish to export all of the student data, click the check box to the left of each student and then click the 'Download' button at the bottom of the page.

Iamage of download data

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