Create an event monitoring rule

Once event monitoring has been enabled by a Site Administrator you can add your own rules, either from a course or at the site level. Adding an event monitoring rule from a course requires the Trainer role and Totara Learn. Only Site Administrators can add event monitoring rules at site level. 

From the site

As a Site Administrator you can create event monitoring rules at the site level by following these steps:

1. Go to Quick-access menu > Server > Event monitoring rules.
2. Click Add a new rule.
3. Configure the settings. 
4. Click Save changes. 

From a course

As a Trainer you can create monitoring rules on any course you have editing access to. 

1. Go to the course for which you wish to create a rule. 
2. From the Administration block, go to Course administration > Reports > Event monitoring rules.
3. Click Create a new rule.
4. Configure the settings. 
5. Click Save changes.

Next steps

• Event monitoring rule settings
• Edit an event monitoring rule
• Duplicate an event monitoring rule
• Delete an event monitoring rule
• Subscribe to an event monitoring rule
• Event monitoring usage scenarios
• What is event monitoring?