Getting started with Canvas Analytics

On the right-hand side of your Canvas course homepage, you will find the Course Analytics button. Additionally, you can add it to the left-side course navigation menu through the Course Settings tab. Once inside Course Analytics, you will see four different tabs: Course Grade, Weekly Online Activity, Students, and Reports.

Course Grade

In this tab, you can see an interactive chart with individual grades per assignment and the average course grade per assignment. Using the bar at the top, you can filter to add or subtract things from the chart like individual students or sections. Clicking on the dots on the interactive chart will display even more helpful information, such as the low score, high score, missing, and late submissions. Additionally, here you can find the “Message Students Who” button. This will give you the ability to message students based on criteria you set. This message will be sent individually to student inboxes.

Weekly Online Activity

This tab displays trends in student engagement over time, week by week. It shows average page views and average participation numbers per week. These numbers are helpful to notice any trends of disengagement among students in your course. Much like the course grade tool, you can filter items on the chart using the bar at the top. Clicking on the dots on the display will show you the individual students who have viewed and participated in your course. Additionally, here you can access “Message Students Who” tab by clicking the large numbers under page views and participation. Again, this tool will allow you to message students based on different criteria like those who participated and viewed. Towards the bottom of the page, you can see all the resources in your course based on views and participation.

Students

This tab displays all the students in your course alongside key summary data. It shows each individual student’s course grade, on-time percentage, last participation date, last page view, total views, and total participation. Clicking on a student’s name will display additional detailed information. You will see an interactive chart showing that student’s assignment performance, similar to the Course Grade tool described above. Additionally, you can view their weekly activity and any previous communication with that student.

Reports

This tab allows you to generate and download CSV files for various types of reports. These reports include missing assignments, late assignments, excused assignments, the class roster, and overall course activity. You can filter the report by a specific student or by date range.

Want to learn more? Check out the recording of the training facilitated by John Dickinson, IT Services Specialist

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Introduction to Digital Accessibility: Monday, March 9th, 1-2 PM

This training will introduce you to digital accessibility and discuss the significance of ensuring all courses are accessible. 

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Canvas Accessibility Checkers: Tuesday, March 10th, 10-11 AM

This training will introduce you to utilizing Canvas’ built-in accessibility checkers.

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Introduction to PDF Accessibility: Wednesday, March 11th, 1-2 PM

This training will introduce you to checking your PDFs for accessible text and resolving common issues when it comes to PDF accessibility.

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