** Attachment added: "stats.ods" https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1978425/+attachment/5596905/+files/stats.ods
** Description changed: It is difficult to know how many Mahara sites are there in the world. Since registration is opt-in, the majority of the sites are not sending basic data back to the project, which doesn't give us a good view of where Mahara is used and by how many people. It would be good to gather better data about the use of Mahara in an anonymised way to help shape and focus the product and know what features are heavily used and which ones aren't. The current statistics don't necessarily give a useful picture to help us with that. Therefore, we should revise the registration data to collect more meaningful data and make it an opt-out rather than an opt-in. We would still keep data anonymised and aggregated to prevent collecting personal information. We would exclude all sites that have the config variable 'productionmode = false' set so that we don't count sites twice or more when there is only one production site and several non-production sites. Whether the config variable can be read or whether that should be done differently, will need to be determined. On sites with 'productionmode = false', we'd state on the page that this site is not reporting and don't show the form. We will mention though what happens when productionmode is turned to 'true' an that they can then opt out. On mahara.org (customisation): We will keep the weekly reporting and need to devise a mechanism to track that weekly data, e.g. available as CSV download because currently we only have a current view at https://mahara.org/stats/ (site admins only). The data does not need to sit on the site. The stats page does load very slowly because it's trying to fetch the data in real time it seems and the graph doesn't display any more any way. It is nice to have a quick view, but improving that page could be phase 2. - Alternative for phase 1: Keep the current DB structure on mahara.org and - run a cron early Monday morning to send the CSV file to a specified + Apparently, we already keep historical data. + + Run a cron early Monday morning to send the CSV file to a specified email address Text on /admin/registersite.php: Your Mahara site is registered with the Mahara project automatically. Registration is free and helps us get a picture of the Mahara installations around the world and how they are used. The Mahara project does not collect personal, person-identifiable data. Most data is collected in aggregated form to allow the project to identify trends. Below you can see what data is collected and sent on a weekly basis. If you have any questions for the data collection, please get in touch. ['get in touch' linked to i...@mahara.org with the subject 'Site registration data collection') Data included (see spreadsheet) Opt-out from the data collection 'Yes/No' switch Help text below: You can opt out from sending anonymised data to the Mahara project for your site. We encourage you to keep your site registered to assist the project in the product development. Text on /admin/index.php: Anonymised data from your site helps the Mahara project get a picture of Mahara installations around the world. In the panel where it says 'Registration', change that to 'Data collection'. Move elsewhere: Move the plugin version numbers to their respective items in the 'Plugin administration'. The spreadsheet contains: - the fields to retain - the fields to add - the fields to move - ideally the page can be split up into categories to group the information more easily when viewed on screen. In the CSV export, the categories should come as their own column for filtering purposes - new column 'Enabled' where a 'Yes' or 'No' is placed depending on the setting in the configuration or for the artefact and block types if it is hidden or not. That way, we have context for any data for block types and artefacts when the values are '0'. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Contributors, which is subscribed to Mahara. Matching subscriptions: mahara-contributors https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1978425 Title: Change site registration to opt-out Status in Mahara: Confirmed Status in Mahara 21.04 series: Confirmed Status in Mahara 21.10 series: Confirmed Status in Mahara 22.04 series: Confirmed Status in Mahara 22.10 series: Confirmed Bug description: It is difficult to know how many Mahara sites are there in the world. Since registration is opt-in, the majority of the sites are not sending basic data back to the project, which doesn't give us a good view of where Mahara is used and by how many people. It would be good to gather better data about the use of Mahara in an anonymised way to help shape and focus the product and know what features are heavily used and which ones aren't. The current statistics don't necessarily give a useful picture to help us with that. Therefore, we should revise the registration data to collect more meaningful data and make it an opt-out rather than an opt-in. We would still keep data anonymised and aggregated to prevent collecting personal information. We would exclude all sites that have the config variable 'productionmode = false' set so that we don't count sites twice or more when there is only one production site and several non-production sites. Whether the config variable can be read or whether that should be done differently, will need to be determined. On sites with 'productionmode = false', we'd state on the page that this site is not reporting and don't show the form. We will mention though what happens when productionmode is turned to 'true' an that they can then opt out. On mahara.org (customisation): We will keep the weekly reporting and need to devise a mechanism to track that weekly data, e.g. available as CSV download because currently we only have a current view at https://mahara.org/stats/ (site admins only). The data does not need to sit on the site. The stats page does load very slowly because it's trying to fetch the data in real time it seems and the graph doesn't display any more any way. It is nice to have a quick view, but improving that page could be phase 2. Apparently, we already keep historical data. Run a cron early Monday morning to send the CSV file to a specified email address Text on /admin/registersite.php: Your Mahara site is registered with the Mahara project automatically. Registration is free and helps us get a picture of the Mahara installations around the world and how they are used. The Mahara project does not collect personal, person-identifiable data. Most data is collected in aggregated form to allow the project to identify trends. Below you can see what data is collected and sent on a weekly basis. If you have any questions for the data collection, please get in touch. ['get in touch' linked to i...@mahara.org with the subject 'Site registration data collection') Data included (see spreadsheet) Opt-out from the data collection 'Yes/No' switch Help text below: You can opt out from sending anonymised data to the Mahara project for your site. We encourage you to keep your site registered to assist the project in the product development. Text on /admin/index.php: Anonymised data from your site helps the Mahara project get a picture of Mahara installations around the world. In the panel where it says 'Registration', change that to 'Data collection'. Move elsewhere: Move the plugin version numbers to their respective items in the 'Plugin administration'. The spreadsheet contains: - the fields to retain - the fields to add - the fields to move - ideally the page can be split up into categories to group the information more easily when viewed on screen. In the CSV export, the categories should come as their own column for filtering purposes - new column 'Enabled' where a 'Yes' or 'No' is placed depending on the setting in the configuration or for the artefact and block types if it is hidden or not. That way, we have context for any data for block types and artefacts when the values are '0'. 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