diff --git a/lang/en/moodle.php b/lang/en/moodle.php
index 2eaabc8dcd7..10c69f55b90 100644
--- a/lang/en/moodle.php
+++ b/lang/en/moodle.php
@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@ $string['chooselogs'] = 'Choose which logs you want to see';
 $string['choosereportfilter'] = 'Choose a filter for the report';
 $string['choosetheme'] = 'Choose theme';
 $string['chooseuser'] = 'Choose a user';
+$string['eventcontentviewed'] = 'Content viewed';
 $string['icqnumber'] = 'ICQ number';
 $string['icon'] = 'Icon';
 $string['idnumber'] = 'ID number';
diff --git a/lib/classes/event/content_viewed.php b/lib/classes/event/content_viewed.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb74e4ec936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/classes/event/content_viewed.php
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<?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/>.
+/**
+ * Abstract event for content viewing.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @copyright  2013 Ankit Agarwal
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+namespace core\event;
+
+/**
+ * Class content_viewed.
+ *
+ * Base class for a content view event. Each plugin must extend this to create their own content view event.
+ *
+ * An example usage:-
+ *  $event = \report_participation\event\content_viewed::create(array('courseid' => $course->id, 'other' => array('content' => 'participants'));
+ *  $event->set_page_detail();
+ *  $event->set_legacy_logdata(array($course->id, "course", "report participation", "report/participation/index.php?id=$course->id", $course->id));
+ *  $event->trigger();
+ * where \report_participation\event\content_viewed extends \core\event\content_viewed
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @copyright  2013 Ankit Agarwal
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+abstract class content_viewed extends base {
+
+    /** @var null|array $legacylogdata  Legacy log data */
+    protected $legacylogdata = null;
+
+    /**
+     * Set basic properties of the event.
+     */
+    protected function init() {
+        global $PAGE;
+
+        $this->data['crud'] = 'r';
+        $this->data['level'] = self::LEVEL_OTHER;
+        $this->context = $PAGE->context;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set basic page properties.
+     */
+    public function set_page_detail() {
+        global $PAGE;
+        if (!isset($this->data['other'])) {
+            $this->data['other'] = array();
+        }
+        $this->data['other'] = array_merge(array('url'     => $PAGE->url->out_as_local_url(false),
+                                             'heading'     => $PAGE->heading,
+                                             'title'       => $PAGE->title), $this->data['other']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns localised general event name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function get_name() {
+        return get_string('eventcontentviewed', 'moodle');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns non-localised description of what happened.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function get_description() {
+        return 'User with id ' . $this->userid . ' viewed content ' . $this->get_url();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set legacy logdata.
+     *
+     * @param array $legacydata legacy logdata.
+     */
+    public function set_legacy_logdata(array $legacydata) {
+        $this->legacylogdata = $legacydata;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get legacy logdata.
+     *
+     * @return null|array legacy log data.
+     */
+    protected function get_legacy_logdata() {
+        return $this->legacylogdata;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Custom validation.
+     *
+     * @throws \coding_exception when validation does not pass.
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function validate_data() {
+        if (debugging('', DEBUG_DEVELOPER)) {
+            // Make sure this class is never used without a content identifier.
+            if (empty($this->other['content'])) {
+                throw new \coding_exception('content_viewed event must define content identifier.');
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/tests/event_content_viewed_test.php b/lib/tests/event_content_viewed_test.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..25b74627d22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tests/event_content_viewed_test.php
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<?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/>.
+
+/**
+ * Tests for base content viewed event.
+ *
+ * @package    core
+ * @category   phpunit
+ * @copyright  2013 Ankit Agarwal
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
+ */
+
+defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
+require_once(__DIR__.'/fixtures/event_fixtures.php');
+
+/**
+ * Class core_event_page_viewed_testcase
+ *
+ * Tests for event \core\event\page_viewed
+ */
+class core_event_content_viewed_testcase extends advanced_testcase {
+
+    /**
+     * Set basic page properties.
+     */
+    public function setUp() {
+        global $PAGE;
+        // Set page details.
+        $PAGE->set_url('/someurl.php');
+        $PAGE->set_pagelayout('somelayout');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test event properties and methods.
+     */
+    public function test_event_attributes() {
+        global $PAGE;
+
+        $this->resetAfterTest();
+
+        // Trigger the page view event.
+        $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
+        $pageevent = \core_tests\event\content_viewed::create(array('other' => array('content' => 'tests')));
+        $pageevent->set_page_detail(); // Set page details.
+        $legacydata = array(SITEID, 'site', 'view', 'view.php?id='.SITEID, SITEID);
+        $pageevent->set_legacy_logdata($legacydata); // Set legacy data.
+        $pageevent->trigger();
+        $result = $sink->get_events();
+        $event = reset($result);
+
+        // Test page details.
+        $data = array( 'url'         => $PAGE->url->out_as_local_url(false),
+                       'heading'     => $PAGE->heading,
+                       'title'       => $PAGE->title,
+                       'content'     => 'tests');
+        $this->assertEquals($data, $event->other);
+
+        // Test legacy stuff.
+        $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($legacydata, $event);
+        $pageevent = \core_tests\event\content_viewed::create(array('other' => array('content' => 'tests')));
+        $pageevent->trigger();
+        $result = $sink->get_events();
+        $event = $result[1];
+        $this->assertEventLegacyLogData(null, $event);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test custom validations.
+     */
+    public function test_event_context_exception() {
+
+        $this->resetAfterTest();
+
+        // Make sure content identifier is always set.
+        $this->setExpectedException('coding_exception');
+        $pageevent = \core_tests\event\content_viewed::create();
+        $pageevent->set_page_detail();
+        $pageevent->trigger();
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/tests/fixtures/event_fixtures.php b/lib/tests/fixtures/event_fixtures.php
index 1d775d967ed..01275ca9143 100644
--- a/lib/tests/fixtures/event_fixtures.php
+++ b/lib/tests/fixtures/event_fixtures.php
@@ -211,3 +211,12 @@ class noname_event extends \core\event\base {
         $this->context = \context_system::instance();
     }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Class content_viewed.
+ *
+ * Wrapper for testing \core\event\content_viewed .
+ */
+class content_viewed extends \core\event\content_viewed {
+}
+