More built in reports for Canvas Admin's

[kona]

I'd love to have more variety with the admin reports. Yes I know you can get pretty much everything through API calls, which we do a lot of, but for your average admin user (one one without a dedicated IT staff) it would be great to be able to define a few variables, click a button, and get the data! Poof. Magic. dream

The example included with this post is from Chris who shared that in his previous LMS he could create his own reports based on all kinds of different data.  He could pick and choose what data he wanted and create his own spreadsheets.

[kona]

Yay!! I can't wait!!

[m_veldhuijzen]

Will that ODBC-data also be available for the end users, like teachers? Or will it only be available by the school?

[scottdennis]

Hello  @m_veldhuijzen ​,

Canvas Data (aka Hosted Data) will be available to admins via the analytics tools only, letting institutions decide how to consume and disseminate their data.  Long term we may surface more data back into Canvas for teachers, students and admins to view and take action on but that will not happen in the short term.  Thank you for the good question.

[helenc]

Is Hosted Data a separate, add-on product that we would have to purchase? It should not be. We just want easy GUI access to our own data. 🙂

[scottdennis]

Hi Helen,

I believe the plan is that all Canvas using institutions will be able to download a snapshot of their data periodically (once weekly maybe?) at no additional cost.

[lfeng]

Hi Helen and Scott, yes, here is what we have planned for Canvas Data (formerly called Hosted Data):

Basic access to Canvas Data is available to all Canvas clients at no additional cost. Enhanced, premium services are available for an added subscription fee. 

Basic access:  Flat file download, Data refreshed monthly

Premium:  Data refreshed nightly; Available as a flat file download.

Premium Online: Data refreshed nightly; Available online in a hosted data environment.

[scottdennis]

Thanks, Linda.  That is very helpful.

[kona]

Deactivated user​, is there going to be an InstructureCon session on this?

[lfeng]

 @kona ​, yes!  here are the sessions where we will be presenting Canvas Data:

Canvas Product Roadmap

Thursday, Jun 18th, 1:15 pm - 2:00 pm General Session, Sundial Tent

Using Data for Insight: Case Studies with Canvas Data

Thursday, Jun 18th, 2015     3:15 - 3:45pm        Escala A

Defying Gravity with Data: Using Canvas Data with Partner Analytics Providers

Thursday, Jun 18th, 2015     4:15 - 4:45pm        Escala A

Hope to see you there!

Linda

[kona]

Here are the links if anyone else is interested:

• GENERAL SESSION: Canvas Roadmap (instcon15)
• Using Data for Insight: Case Studies with Canvas Data
• Defying Gravity with Data: Using Canvas Data with Partner Analytics Providers

[Renee_Carney]

The timeline and updates to the project can also be found at Canvas Studio: Canvas Data (Hosted data service)

[johnpj]

This may be obvious, but important not to miss: Reports need to be filtered by the course state; For instance we would want to be able to filter by all courses that are currently active and published.

At the University of Michigan we have built our own reporting tool using the APIs. It essentially provides details (course name, instructor name, course URL, Course ID, parent sub-accounts, instructor emails, etc.) for published courses for a given term. It would be grand to see a native report in Canvas to serve these functions.

The admin reports should also include information on LTI tools (course placements, # of placements, # launches, etc.). We have tried using the available APIs to glean this information, but have not been very successful.

[gschultz]

Hey Admins,

I trying to get votes for a notification report on SIS imports.  It is difficult for admin items to get votes, since there fewer of us than instructors.

Please help pass the word.  SIS Import Notifications

I would appreciate the help from other admins to get us some addition tools.

[dwillmore]

I gave it my vote and asked for my team here to do the same.

[gschultz]

Thanks David

[chriswhite]

 @lindsay_shawn ‌ FYI- this is in development.

[evan_weisenfeld]

I would really like to see an option when exporting a Grades report to include a "Group" for the student if they have been assigned to a group. Right now we have to export two different reports, one for grades and one for group membership, then in Excel do a VLOOKUP to match on SSID to return the Group name. It works but is more added effort every time we have to run a grade report. Seems like it shouldn't be hard to include Group in the grade report.

[ProductPanda]

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