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GISMO is a graphical interactive student monitoring and tracking system tool that extracts tracking data from the Moodle  Course Management System, and generates graphical representations that can be explored by course instructors to examine various aspects of distance students.

GISMO uses the students' tracking data from a Moodle, and generates graphical representations that can be explored and manipulated by course instructors to examine social, cognitive, and behavioural aspects of distance students. It enables instructors to identify tendencies in their classes, or to quickly discover individuals who need special attention.

SUPPORTED VERSION: The current version works with versions 1.4.x and 1.5.x of Moodle.

GISMO  installation is quite similar to any other standard Moodle block. The only requirement is on the client side: you need a Browser capable of running  Java applets (v. 1.4.x) to see the visualizations. Latest version of common browsers are supported.

To download the software, see the SourceForge main mage on the project 

Once you have downloaded the file, decompress it, and follow the instructions that you may find in the README.txt file.

We have prepared an user manual that can be downloaded from here.

We have prepared an technical manual that can be downloaded from here. Javadoc API documentation can be downloaded here

There there are some screenshots that may give you a basic idea about the visualizations that can be created by GISMO. Consult the user manual for further information.

The authors of this project are Christian Milani (milanic _AT_ lu.unisi.ch) and Riccardo Mazza (mazzar _AT_ lu.unisi.ch).
Further info can be found in the sourceforge main web page.