diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tasks.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tasks.py
index fd7c9b9652fe..e9942ce3cfa1 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tasks.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/tasks.py
@@ -385,7 +385,9 @@ def export_olx(self, user_id, course_key_string, language):
 
     try:
         self.status.set_state('Exporting')
+        set_custom_attribute("exporting_started", str(courselike_key))
         tarball = create_export_tarball(courselike_block, courselike_key, {}, self.status)
+        set_custom_attribute("exporting_completed", str(courselike_key))
         artifact = UserTaskArtifact(status=self.status, name='Output')
         artifact.file.save(name=os.path.basename(tarball.name), content=File(tarball))
         artifact.save()
@@ -412,10 +414,13 @@ def create_export_tarball(course_block, course_key, context, status=None):
         if isinstance(course_key, LibraryLocator):
             export_library_to_xml(modulestore(), contentstore(), course_key, root_dir, name)
         else:
+            set_custom_attribute("exporting_course_to_xml_started", str(course_key))
             export_course_to_xml(modulestore(), contentstore(), course_block.id, root_dir, name)
 
+            set_custom_attribute("exporting_course_to_xml_completed", str(course_key))
         if status:
             status.set_state('Compressing')
+            set_custom_attribute("compressing_started", str(course_key))
             status.increment_completed_steps()
         LOGGER.debug('tar file being generated at %s', export_file.name)
         with tarfile.open(name=export_file.name, mode='w:gz') as tar_file:
@@ -456,6 +461,7 @@ def create_export_tarball(course_block, course_key, context, status=None):
         if os.path.exists(root_dir / name):
             shutil.rmtree(root_dir / name)
 
+    set_custom_attribute("compressing_completed", str(course_key))
     return export_file
 
 
diff --git a/xmodule/modulestore/xml_exporter.py b/xmodule/modulestore/xml_exporter.py
index 84986e2c1530..eb6341defad0 100644
--- a/xmodule/modulestore/xml_exporter.py
+++ b/xmodule/modulestore/xml_exporter.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from json import dumps
 
 import lxml.etree
+from edx_django_utils.monitoring import set_custom_attribute
 from fs.osfs import OSFS
 from opaque_keys.edx.locator import CourseLocator, LibraryLocator
 from xblock.fields import Reference, ReferenceList, ReferenceValueDict, Scope
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ def process_root(self, root, export_fs):
 
     def process_extra(self, root, courselike, root_courselike_dir, xml_centric_courselike_key, export_fs):
         # Export the modulestore's asset metadata.
+        set_custom_attribute("export_asset_started", str(courselike))
         asset_dir = root_courselike_dir + '/' + AssetMetadata.EXPORTED_ASSET_DIR + '/'
         if not os.path.isdir(asset_dir):
             os.makedirs(asset_dir)
@@ -220,6 +222,7 @@ def process_extra(self, root, courselike, root_courselike_dir, xml_centric_cours
             lxml.etree.ElementTree(asset_root).write(asset_xml_file, encoding='utf-8')
 
         # export the static assets
+        set_custom_attribute("export_static_assets_started", str(courselike))
         policies_dir = export_fs.makedir('policies', recreate=True)
         if self.contentstore:
             self.contentstore.export_all_for_course(
@@ -248,24 +251,28 @@ def process_extra(self, root, courselike, root_courselike_dir, xml_centric_cours
                         course_image_file.write(course_image.data)
 
         # export the static tabs
+        set_custom_attribute("export_tabs_started", str(courselike))
         export_extra_content(
             export_fs, self.modulestore, self.courselike_key, xml_centric_courselike_key,
             'static_tab', 'tabs', '.html'
         )
 
         # export the custom tags
+        set_custom_attribute("export_custom_tags_started", str(courselike))
         export_extra_content(
             export_fs, self.modulestore, self.courselike_key, xml_centric_courselike_key,
             'custom_tag_template', 'custom_tags'
         )
 
         # export the course updates
+        set_custom_attribute("export_course_updates_started", str(courselike))
         export_extra_content(
             export_fs, self.modulestore, self.courselike_key, xml_centric_courselike_key,
             'course_info', 'info', '.html'
         )
 
         # export the 'about' data (e.g. overview, etc.)
+        set_custom_attribute("export_about_started", str(courselike))
         export_extra_content(
             export_fs, self.modulestore, self.courselike_key, xml_centric_courselike_key,
             'about', 'about', '.html'
@@ -280,10 +287,12 @@ def process_extra(self, root, courselike, root_courselike_dir, xml_centric_cours
                                        sort_keys=True, indent=4).encode('utf-8'))
 
         # export all of the course metadata in policy.json
+        set_custom_attribute("export_policy_started", str(courselike))
         with course_run_policy_dir.open('policy.json', 'wb') as course_policy:
             policy = {'course/' + courselike.location.run: own_metadata(courselike)}
             course_policy.write(dumps(policy, cls=EdxJSONEncoder, sort_keys=True, indent=4).encode('utf-8'))
 
+        set_custom_attribute("export_drafts_started", str(courselike))
         _export_drafts(self.modulestore, self.courselike_key, export_fs, xml_centric_courselike_key)
 
         courselike_key_str = str(self.courselike_key)