Introduction and requirements

UBUMonitor is a desktop client application that allows you to connect to a Moodle server to monitor the particular activity of the students. It allows to extract the data from the logs, gradebook and activity completion of our subjects, visualizing these data in a more friendly way for the teacher.

Installation requirements

  • Windows, GNU/Linux or Mac operating system

  • Have an Internet connection.

  • Have a minimum of:

    • 250 MB free hard disk for the portable version, which includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
    • 26 MB free disk if you already have Java 8 installed.

Requirements in Moodle

  • Required

    • Have a teacher's account in the subjects or courses you want to access.
    • Access Moodle with basic web validation through http:// or https://. Currently NO support is included for Single Sign-on type systems.
    • Have activated in the Moodle server the mobile support (mobile apps). In case of an error when login from UBUMonitor, ask the Moodle server administrator for possible activation.

  • Optional (for a better experience)

    • Set correctly (in Edit settings of the course), in General, the Course start date and Course end date (enabled) in your subjects. Otherwise, the initial course selection (in the In Progress, Future and Past tabs) and the date filters for the log charts WILL NOT work correctly.
    • Activate show percentage of the subject in the Moodle gradebook. Otherwise NO data can be loaded from the gradebook.
    • Activate in Edit settings of the course, in the section Completion tracking the option Enable completion tracking. Once this change has been made, it is recommended that you adjust the Completion Tracking option for each activity and resource in Activity Completion, if you want to use the corresponding table.
    • Have defined groups in the subject if you want to use the filters and particular charts on groups.