Course Analytics is a Canvas feature that provides information to instructors about how students are performing in your course. Analytics are available for both active and concluded courses. Types of data available for each student include course grades, weekly activity in Canvas, and course communications.
For instructors, the Course Analytics tool displays data about all students enrolled in the course. Student users who access Course Analytics can only view their own data.
Accessing Course Analytics
Instructors can access Course Analytics via the button on the right side of the course homepage. You may also choose to add or hide Course and User Analytics to the left side course navigation menu by modifying your course settings.
Data Types
The Course Analytics instructor dashboard includes five data tabs, each of which can be filtered to display more specific information:
- Course grade: displays student course grades in grade graph or grade table formats, both of which have multiple filtering options.
- Weekly online activity: provides information on Canvas page views and course participation in filterable activity graph or activity table formats.
- Students: displays grade, participation, and communication analytics for individual students.
- Reports: provides options to run and download reports of assignment completion rates, student contact information, or user interactions with course resources.
- Online attendance: tracks completion of online attendance criteria determined by the institution. This report must be enabled by a Canvas admin.
Online activity only includes a user’s activity within Canvas. This includes page views as well as course participation, defined as events where a user takes an action within a course.
Communication Tools
Course Analytics can also be used to communicate with students based on specific criteria. For example, you can:
- Send a message to all students who meet specified course grade or participation criteria.
- Send a message to an individual student based on their grade or course participation.
Other Tracked Data
Canvas includes timestamps for all content submissions to Canvas, including Discussions, Assignments, and Quizzes. Additionally, tools like Quizzes include information such as the average time the assessment took to complete and the time to completion for each user. Course Analytics tracks interactions across all devices, including the Canvas mobile app.
Getting Help
Please contact your Local Support Provider or submit a request to canvas@pobox.upenn.edu.