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New Analytics allows you to track weekly online activity in your course using an interactive chart graph. Data is for viewing only and cannot directly be changed. You can view analytics in both active and concluded courses.

Weekly online activity is comprised of page views and participations. Average page views is the average approximation of student activity across the course and can be used to identify trends in the course. Participation analytics are defined by specific actions a student takes in the course. Page views and participation metrics include an aggregate across all devices, including Canvas mobile apps.

Only active and completed student enrollments are included in data for New Analytics. Deleted or inactive user enrollments will not generate data.

By default, the analytics page displays an interactive chart graph of all data. However, you can switch and view data within a table at any time.

Notes:

If you cannot view the New Analytics link in Course Navigation, you may have to make the link visible via the Navigation tab in Course Settings. If the New Analytics link is not available in the Navigation tab, your institution has disabled this feature.
Data is refreshed in New Analytics every 24 hours. Please confirm the time the data was last updated in the course, as content may be outdated compared to recent course activity and student submissions.

Open Course

In Global Navigation, click the Courses link [1], then click the name of the course [2].

Open New Analytics

To open New Analytics, click the New Analytics link in Course Navigation [1] or click the New Analytics button in the Course Home Page [2].

Note: If you cannot view the New Analytics link, you may have to make the link visible via the Navigation tab in Course Settings.

View Weekly Online Activity

Click the Weekly Online Activity tab.

View Data Status

For reporting accuracy, the page displays the last time analytics data was last updated. Data is refreshed in New Analytics every 24 hours.

Note: If the course has been concluded, the analytics page includes a Concluded label above the Data Last Updated date.

View Course Data

The analytics page is dynamic based on filtered content. By default, all sections are displayed and cannot be removed [1].

Filtered data is displayed as a chart with two rows: average page views [2] and average participations [3]. The following actions will generate participations:

Announcements: posts a new comment to an announcement
Assignments: submits an assignment
Collaborations: loads a collaboration to view/edit a document
Conferences: joins a web conference
Discussions: posts a new comment to a discussion
Pages: creates a page
Quizzes: submits a quiz
Quizzes: starts taking a quiz

Data for the week that is currently in progress is indicated by a dotted line [4].

Note: The definition of participation is based on federal guidelines related to student attendance as applicable to online courses. Please note that because communication between students and teachers often happens outside of the LMS, it is not included as a participation metric. However, as part of the Course Analytics offering, a history of inbox messages sent between students and instructors is included so that it can be viewed alongside participation metrics.

Compare Course Data

For analytical comparisons, you can compare graph data by filtering a section or student.

View Student Table

Below the chart, you can also view the specific students that are part of each filter.

For each student, the table displays the following data:

Students [1]: the list of students in the course sorted by last name
Page Views [2]: the student's total number of page views in the course
Participations [3]: the student's total number of participations in the course

To view analytics for an individual student, click the student's name [4].

View Additional Students

By default, the students table displays twenty students at a time. If your course includes additional students, you can view additional pages in the pagination bar at the bottom of the table.

Sort Student Data

By default, the table sorts by last name, first name. However, you can sort any column in ascending or descending order by clicking the heading name. The sorted column is indicated by the sort arrow.

View Resources Table

You can also view the amount of page views and participations for a specific resource in the course. Click the Resources tab [1].

On the Resources tab, you can view the resource name [2], the number of students who accessed the page [3], the number of views for the page [4], and the number of participations for the page [5].

Message Students Who

To send a message to students who did or did not view or participate with a specified resource, click the Message button.

Export Table CSV

To export analytics data as a CSV zip file, click the Download CSV button.

CSV data is exported according to the filtered data.

The downloaded zip file includes CSV files for chart data, student table data, and resources table data.

CSV files may display a student's full name, sortable name, week start, filters, average and total page views, average and total participations, and the resource.