1. Canvas Analytics Find and interpret analytics reports within Canvas
Discuss practical uses for the reports
Examine strategies for identifying at-risk students
Gain access to resources for utilizing the Canvas Analytics reports
Last updated - 2/6/18

2. Visibility of Students in a Face-to-Face Course

3. Canvas Reports Course Analytics Student Analytics Quiz Statistics
Context Card
Access Report
Interactions Report
Arc Video Insights

4. Course Analytics Instructor View
The Analytics button displays once students have been enrolled, the course is published, and students have started to participate.

5. Course Analytics Dashboards
Toggle to display Graph View or Table View.

6. Course Analytics Overview
Aggregate Class Data
Activity = Page Views + Participations
Submissions: Assignments displayed in order of Due Date
Grades: Box and whisker plot showing grades distributions

7. Course Analytics – Activity by Date
See when students view a page or participate in the course.
Course “Participation” includes:
loading a Collaboration to view/edit a document
joining a Conference
posting to a Discussion
creating a wiki Page
starting/submitting a Quiz
submitting an Assignment
updating a Calendar event’s settings or description (instructor only)
updating an Assignment’s settings or description (instructor only)

8. Course Analytics - Submissions
Shows the status of each graded assignment based on due date.
Ordered by due date
Without due date, submissions are “On Time”
Assignments with Submission Type set for “Online Submission” are displayed
y-axis: % of students

9. Course Analytics - Grades
Shows the median, high, and low scores for an assignment
y-axis: assignment points (not percentage)
Ordered by due date
flat line – all students earned same score

10. Course Analytics - Student Analytics
Student Analytics are always shown in table format and display an overview of each student’s activity.
Student Analytics aggregate to Course Analytics
Sort students by ascending/descending page views, participations, or by grade
Click on student name for Student Analytics details

11. Student Analytics Overview
Click through individual Student Analytics using arrows
Message a student by clicking on mail icon
View as graphs or tables

12. Student Analytics - Activity by Date
Student “Participation” includes:
loading a Collaboration
joining a Conference
posting to a Discussion
creating a wiki Page
starting/submitting a Quiz
submitting an Assignment

13. Student Analytics – Communication
Communication displays messages sent/received via Canvas Inbox (does not include Announcements or grading feedback Comments).

14. Student Analytics – Submissions
x-axis reflects the due date.
line attached to the circle, triangle, or square symbol indicates the amount of time prior to or after the due date the student submitted the assignment

15. Student Analytics – Grades
Shows assignment high, median, and low scores and student score with class rank indicator relative to peers.

16. Quiz Statistics

17. Quiz Statistics - Question Breakdown
Discrimination Index: a measure of how well the question can tell the difference between students who did well on the exam and those who did not
low = or lower
good = or higher
all answered correctly/incorrectly = 0.00

18. People – Context Card course grade number of assignments missing/late
last ten assignment scores
activity compared to other students in the course

19. People - Access Report

20. People – Interactions Report
message to the student
grading feedback (Comment)

21. Course Statistics

22. Arc Video Insights

23. “At-Risk” Factors infrequent/declining number of logins
[increase in] late/missing assignments
low grades
high credit load
multiple/all online courses

24. Strategies for Intervention
Message students who ….
view Activity by Date
view Access Reports
view Interactions Report
view Communication
send personal message
schedule Conference

25. When to Monitor Analytics
Beginning
Have students accessed the course?
Have students participated in introductory assignments?
Middle
Are students accessing/participating in the course?
Are students missing assignments or deadlines?
How are students scoring on assessments?
Is the course meeting students’ expectations?
End
Continue to monitor participation and grades
Reflect on participation and grades

26. Thank you! Allison Archer, Instructional Designer, CIRT (904) 620-5476
Bldg 10, Rm 1202
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