Requirements Access to Moodle database.   Testing scenario Login as admin. Go to Site administration > Courses > Manage courses and categories. Create a couple of courses into the "Miscellaneous" category. Execute the following SQL and take note of their 'timemodified' value:  SELECT id, category, fullname, timecreated, timemodified FROM mdl_course ORDER BY id DESC Check the 'timemodified' is exactly the same as the 'timecreated'. Go to Site administration > Courses > Manage courses and categories. Create a course category. In the 'Miscellaneous' box on the right, mark as selected the courses you've checked in the database. Select a different category in 'Move selected courses to...' dropdown, and click Move. Go to Site administration > Reports > Live logs. Check a new 'Course updated' event has been created for each moved course. Execute the following SQL: SELECT id, category, fullname, timecreated, timemodified FROM mdl_course ORDER BY id DESC Check in the database 'timemodified' field for those courses has changed.