diff --git a/lang/en/moodle.php b/lang/en/moodle.php
index ccae4de1e4f..387d43961a2 100644
--- a/lang/en/moodle.php
+++ b/lang/en/moodle.php
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ $string['eventcoursedeleted'] = 'Course deleted';
 $string['eventcoursemodulecreated'] = 'Course module created';
 $string['eventcoursemoduledeleted'] = 'Course module deleted';
 $string['eventcoursemoduleupdated'] = 'Course module updated';
+$string['eventcoursemoduleviewed'] = 'Course module viewed';
 $string['eventcourseresetended'] = 'Course reset ended';
 $string['eventcourseresetstarted'] = 'Course reset started';
 $string['eventcourserestored'] = 'Course restored';
diff --git a/lib/classes/event/course_module_viewed.php b/lib/classes/event/course_module_viewed.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b45a259f1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/classes/event/course_module_viewed.php
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?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 module viewed event.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @copyright  2013 onwards Ankit Agarwal
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace core\event;
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+
+/**
+ * Abstract Course module viewed event class.
+ *
+ * Class for event to be triggered when a course module is viewed.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @copyright  2013 onwards Ankit Agarwal
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+abstract class course_module_viewed extends base {
+
+    /**
+     * Init method.
+     *
+     * Please override this in extending class and specify objecttable.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function init() {
+        $this->data['crud'] = 'r';
+        $this->data['level'] = self::LEVEL_PARTICIPATING;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns description of what happened.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_description() {
+        return "User with id '$this->userid' viewed course module '$this->objecttable' with instance id '$this->objectid'";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return localised event name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function get_name() {
+        return get_string('eventcoursemoduleviewed', 'core');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get URL related to the action.
+     *
+     * @return \moodle_url
+     */
+    public function get_url() {
+        return new \moodle_url("/mod/$this->objecttable/view.php", array('id' => $this->context->instanceid));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the legacy event log data.
+     *
+     * @return array|null
+     */
+    protected function get_legacy_logdata() {
+        return array($this->courseid, $this->objecttable, 'view', 'view.php?id=' . $this->context->instanceid, $this->objectid,
+                     $this->context->instanceid);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Custom validation.
+     *
+     * @throws \coding_exception
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function validate_data() {
+        // Make sure this class is never used without proper object details.
+        if (empty($this->objectid) || empty($this->objecttable)) {
+            throw new \coding_exception('course_module_viewed event must define objectid and object table.');
+        }
+    }
+
+}