Moodle plugin local_campaign

Description

This plugin is used to fill in a user profile field, named Campaign, based on a GET parameter.

This is used to find out which Campaign the user comes from.

Technical description

• Adds a user profile category Campaigns and a use profile field Campaigns at install.


• Configurable in Admin > Local plugins > Campaigns


• Store users campaign(s) via campaign URL query string (https://your.moodle.org?campaign=foo).


• Also works if the user is not logged in and then logs in.


• All Campaigns are converted to lower case letters.

Initial purpose

The initial purpose of this plugin is to respond to the need for a Moodle platform to identify via which campaign users arrived on the platform.