diff --git a/course/user.php b/course/user.php
index cd37afc1101..0cc1a80f85d 100644
--- a/course/user.php
+++ b/course/user.php
@@ -105,7 +105,14 @@ if (!in_array($mode, $modes)) {
     $mode = reset($modes);
 }
 
-add_to_log($course->id, "course", "user report", "user.php?id=$course->id&user=$user->id&mode=$mode", "$user->id");
+$eventdata = array();
+$eventdata['courseid'] = $id;
+$eventdata['context'] = $coursecontext;
+$eventdata['userid'] = $user->id;
+$eventdata['other'] = array();
+$eventdata['other']['mode'] = $mode;
+$event = \core\event\course_user_report_viewed::create($eventdata);
+$event->trigger();
 
 $stractivityreport = get_string("activityreport");
 
diff --git a/course/view.php b/course/view.php
index c5ec9d0216f..66cd91b09ab 100644
--- a/course/view.php
+++ b/course/view.php
@@ -94,11 +94,7 @@
 
     require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/calendar/lib.php');    /// This is after login because it needs $USER
 
-    $logparam = 'id='. $course->id;
-    $loglabel = 'view';
-    $infoid = $course->id;
     if ($section and $section > 0) {
-        $loglabel = 'view section';
 
         // Get section details and check it exists.
         $modinfo = get_fast_modinfo($course);
@@ -111,10 +107,7 @@
             // correct error message shown.
             require_capability('moodle/course:viewhiddensections', $context);
         }
-        $infoid = $coursesections->id;
-        $logparam .= '&sectionid='. $infoid;
     }
-    add_to_log($course->id, 'course', $loglabel, "view.php?". $logparam, $infoid);
 
     // Fix course format if it is no longer installed
     $course->format = course_get_format($course)->get_format();
@@ -288,6 +281,18 @@
 
     echo html_writer::end_tag('div');
 
+    // Trigger course viewed event.
+    $eventparams = array();
+    $eventparams['context'] = $context;
+    $eventparams['courseid'] = $course->id;
+    $eventparams['userid'] = $USER->id;
+    if (!empty($section)) {
+        $eventparams['other'] = array();
+        $eventparams['other']['coursesectionid'] = $section;
+    }
+    $event = \core\event\course_viewed::create($eventparams);
+    $event->trigger();
+
     // Include course AJAX
     include_course_ajax($course, $modnamesused);
 
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 5c5f659e856..83e24198a05 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@
     }
 
     if (isloggedin()) {
-        add_to_log(SITEID, 'course', 'view', 'view.php?id='.SITEID, SITEID);
+        $eventparams = array('courseid' => SITEID, 'context' => context_course::instance(SITEID));
+        $event = \core\event\course_viewed::create($eventparams);
+        $event->trigger();
     }
 
 /// If the hub plugin is installed then we let it take over the homepage here
diff --git a/lang/en/moodle.php b/lang/en/moodle.php
index d09245d653f..f508a19b37b 100644
--- a/lang/en/moodle.php
+++ b/lang/en/moodle.php
@@ -737,6 +737,8 @@ $string['eventcourserestored'] = 'Course restored';
 $string['eventcourseupdated'] = 'Course updated';
 $string['eventcoursesectionupdated'] = ' Course section updated';
 $string['eventcoursemoduleinstancelistviewed'] = 'Course module instance list viewed';
+$string['eventcourseuserreportviewed'] = 'Course user report viewed';
+$string['eventcourseviewed'] = 'Course viewed';
 $string['eventemailfailed'] = 'Email failed to send';
 $string['eventname'] = 'Event name';
 $string['eventunknownlogged'] = 'Unknown event';
diff --git a/lib/classes/event/course_user_report_viewed.php b/lib/classes/event/course_user_report_viewed.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec5cfb06344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/classes/event/course_user_report_viewed.php
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Course user report viewed event.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @copyright  2014 Adrian Greeve <adrian@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace core\event;
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+/**
+ * Course user report viewed event class.
+ *
+ * Class for event to be triggered when a course user report is viewed.
+ * @property-read array $other Extra information about the event.
+ *     -string mode: Mode is used to show the user different data.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @since      Moodle 2.7
+ * @copyright  2014 Adrian Greeve <adrian@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class course_user_report_viewed extends \core\event\base {
+
+    /**
+     * Init method.
+     *
+     * Please override this in extending class and specify objecttable.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function init() {
+        $this->data['crud'] = 'r';
+        $this->data['edulevel'] = self::LEVEL_PARTICIPATING;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns description of what happened.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_description() {
+        return "A user with the id '$this->userid' viewed the user report in the course  '$this->courseid'";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return localised event name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function get_name() {
+        return get_string('eventcourseuserreportviewed', 'core');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get URL related to the action.
+     *
+     * @return \moodle_url
+     */
+    public function get_url() {
+        return new \moodle_url("/course/user.php", array('id' => $this->courseid, 'user' => $this->userid,
+                'mode' => $this->other['mode']));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the legacy event log data.
+     *
+     * @return array|null
+     */
+    protected function get_legacy_logdata() {
+        return array($this->courseid, 'course', 'user report', 'user.php?id=' . $this->courseid . '&amp;user='
+                . $this->userid . '&amp;mode=' . $this->other['mode'], $this->userid);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Custom validation.
+     *
+     * @throws \coding_exception
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function validate_data() {
+        // Make sure this class is never used without proper object details.
+        if (!isset($this->other['mode'])) {
+            throw new \coding_exception('mode needs to be set in $other.');
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/classes/event/course_viewed.php b/lib/classes/event/course_viewed.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61dc771d7b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/classes/event/course_viewed.php
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+<?php
+// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
+//
+// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+/**
+ * Course viewed event.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @copyright  2014 Adrian Greeve <adrian@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace core\event;
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+/**
+ * Course viewed event class.
+ *
+ * Class for event to be triggered when a course is viewed.
+ * @property-read array $other Extra information about the event.
+ *     -int coursesectionid: The course section ID (Optional!).
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @since      Moodle 2.7
+ * @copyright  2014 Adrian Greeve <adrian@moodle.com>
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+class course_viewed extends \core\event\base {
+
+    /**
+     * Init method.
+     *
+     * Please override this in extending class and specify objecttable.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function init() {
+        $this->data['crud'] = 'r';
+        $this->data['edulevel'] = self::LEVEL_PARTICIPATING;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns description of what happened.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_description() {
+        return "A user with the id '$this->userid' viewed the course  '$this->courseid'";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return localised event name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function get_name() {
+        return get_string('eventcourseviewed', 'core');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get URL related to the action.
+     *
+     * @return \moodle_url
+     */
+    public function get_url() {
+        return \course_get_url($this->courseid, $this->other['coursesectionid']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the legacy event log data.
+     *
+     * @return array|null
+     */
+    protected function get_legacy_logdata() {
+        if (!empty($this->other['coursesectionid'])) {
+            return array($this->courseid, 'course', 'view section', 'view.php?id=' . $this->courseid . '&amp;sectionid='
+                    . $this->other['coursesectionid'], $this->other['coursesectionid']);
+        } else {
+            return array($this->courseid, 'course', 'view', 'view.php?id=' . $this->courseid, $this->courseid);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Custom validation.
+     *
+     * @throws \coding_exception
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function validate_data() {
+        if ($this->contextlevel != CONTEXT_COURSE) {
+            throw new \coding_exception('Context passed must be course context.');
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/tests/events_test.php b/lib/tests/events_test.php
index 130404d50b4..a98b82991bd 100644
--- a/lib/tests/events_test.php
+++ b/lib/tests/events_test.php
@@ -178,4 +178,87 @@ class core_events_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
         $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expected, $event);
         $this->assertEventContextNotUsed($event);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * There is no api involved so the best we can do is test legacy data by triggering event manually.
+     */
+    public function test_course_user_report_viewed() {
+
+        $user = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_user();
+        $course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course();
+        $context = context_course::instance($course->id);
+
+        $eventparams = array();
+        $eventparams['courseid'] = $course->id;
+        $eventparams['context'] = $context;
+        $eventparams['userid'] = $user->id;
+        $eventparams['other'] = array();
+        $eventparams['other']['mode'] = 'grade';
+        $event = \core\event\course_user_report_viewed::create($eventparams);
+
+        // Trigger and capture the event.
+        $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
+        $event->trigger();
+        $events = $sink->get_events();
+        $event = reset($events);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\core\event\course_user_report_viewed', $event);
+        $this->assertEquals(context_course::instance($course->id), $event->get_context());
+        $expected = array($course->id, 'course', 'user report', 'user.php?id=' . $course->id . '&amp;user='
+                . $user->id . '&amp;mode=grade', $user->id);
+        $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expected, $event);
+        $this->assertEventContextNotUsed($event);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * There is no api involved so the best we can do is test legacy data by triggering event manually.
+     */
+    public function test_course_viewed() {
+
+        $user = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_user();
+        $course = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course();
+        $context = context_course::instance($course->id);
+
+        // First try with no optional parameters.
+        $eventparams = array();
+        $eventparams['courseid'] = $course->id;
+        $eventparams['context'] = $context;
+        $eventparams['userid'] = $user->id;
+        $event = \core\event\course_viewed::create($eventparams);
+
+        // Trigger and capture the event.
+        $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
+        $event->trigger();
+        $events = $sink->get_events();
+        $event = reset($events);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\core\event\course_viewed', $event);
+        $this->assertEquals(context_course::instance($course->id), $event->get_context());
+        $expected = array($course->id, 'course', 'view', 'view.php?id=' . $course->id, $course->id);
+        $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expected, $event);
+        $this->assertEventContextNotUsed($event);
+
+        // Now try with optional parameters.
+        $eventparams = array();
+        $eventparams['courseid'] = $course->id;
+        $eventparams['context'] = $context;
+        $eventparams['userid'] = $user->id;
+        $eventparams['other'] = array();
+        $sectionid = 34;
+        $eventparams['other']['coursesectionid'] = $sectionid;
+        $event = \core\event\course_viewed::create($eventparams);
+
+        // Trigger and capture the event.
+        $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
+        $event->trigger();
+        $events = $sink->get_events();
+        $event = reset($events);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\core\event\course_viewed', $event);
+        $this->assertEquals(context_course::instance($course->id), $event->get_context());
+        $expected = array($course->id, 'course', 'view section', 'view.php?id=' . $course->id . '&amp;sectionid='
+                . $sectionid, $sectionid);
+        $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expected, $event);
+        $this->assertEventContextNotUsed($event);
+    }
 }