Edit an event monitoring rule

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After creating an event monitoring rule you may wish to make changes to it. You can easily edit your rules at either the course (Trainers) or site level (Site Administrators). 

From the site

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

  1. Go to Quick-access menu > Server > Event monitoring rules.
  2. Click the cog icon () next to the rule you wish to edit.
  3. Make your desired changes to the settings
  4. Click Save changes

From a course

As a Trainer you can only edit monitoring rules created at the course level. 

  1. Go to the course in which you wish to edit a rule. 
  2. From the Administration block, go to Course administration > Reports > Event monitoring rules.
  3. Click the cog icon () next to the rule you wish to edit.
  4. Make your desired change to the settings. 
  5. Click Save changes

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