Canvas (myCourses): New Analytics - Instructor

Summary

New Analytics allows instructors to evaluate individual components of a course and evaluate student performance. Data is displayed to the instructor through an interactive chart graph or table.

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Task: New Analytics allows instructors to evaluate individual components of a course and evaluate student performance. Data is displayed to the instructor through an interactive chart graph or table.

Instructions:

 

myCourses Canvas New Analytics is an enhanced course analytics tool.  The new analytics tool is organized into two main areas, Course Grades and Weekly Online Activity, along with details of students’ grades, percent on-time for assignments, and last participation. Instructors can view their course data through an interactive chart or in a table format.

 

Course Grades enables the instructor to view:

  • All assignments
  • Due dates
  • Average grades for all course data
  • Ability to filter results and compare averages with a particular student or section

How to View Course Grades in Interactive Chart

How to View Course Grades in Data Table

 

Weekly Online Activity enables instructors to view:

  • Average number of page views and participation by week
  • Expanded weekly views to show what pages were viewed and student participation.
  • View which course resources the student view or not viewed.  Send a message to students based on filter results.

How to View Weekly Online Activity in an Interactive Chart

How to View Weekly Online Activity in Data Table

How to View specific course participation by filtering using the "Message Students Who".

 

Important note: in the New Analytics tool, all participation and page views are aggregated across all devices and the data is refreshed every 24 hrs at 12:01AM.   Student submissions after that time will not be included in the analytics. 

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Viewing Individual student analytics:

How do I view analytics for an individual student in New Analytics?
 

Communicating to students based on criteria:

How do I send a message to all students based on specific course criteria in New Analytics?

How do I send a message to an individual student in New Analytics?

How do I send a message to all students based on specific course participation criteria in New Analytics?

How do I send a message to an individual student based on specific course participation criteria in New Analytics?

 

Outcome:

Helps to allows instructors to evaluate components of a the course and how to evaluate student performance

 

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Article ID: 2343
Created
Mon 7/6/20 1:23 PM
Modified
Tue 6/4/24 4:49 PM
Applicable Institution(s):
Keene State College (KSC)
Plymouth State University (PSU)
University of New Hampshire (UNH)