Canvas: Analytics
What do they do?
You can view course analytics
Links to an external site. to show students' activity, assignment submissions, and grades. You can view analytics in both active and concluded courses.
Example:
How do I access analytics?
Once in your course, click the View Course Analytics button (requires Teacher/Instructor role).
From there, refer to the Canvas Instructor Guide on course analytics
Links to an external site. for the most current details.
Best Practices
- Use the course analytics data to inform yourself about how students are interacting with your course.
- You can export student access data to view, sort, etc. the course data as a spreadsheet.
- Use Quiz Statistics
Links to an external site. in Canvas quizzes to view aggregate statics and question breakdown.
Example Use Cases
- You created a quiz and want to see if your questions are reliable. Canvas allows you to examine the internal reliability of a set of questions. See the document on Canvas Quiz Item Analysis.
- One of your students is performing poorly in your course, so you look at the student's interactions with Canvas across the semester to better understand how they have been using the site. It appears they may be only logging into Canvas when they have to submit an assignment but are not interacting with their classmates or accessing all of the material you have made accessible. Knowing this allows you to tailor how you approach the student about his or her performance.
Further Reading/Information
- Exporting student access reports and anonymous course access reports
- What are course statistics? Links to an external site.
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