Discussing Data with Faculty to Improve Student Learning

[sethgurell]

With the new quiz statistics page and analytics from a variety of sources, Canvas provides opportunities to make informed decisions about course design. Once you have the information, how do you talk to faculty about it? This presentation will discuss our experience at Utah Valley University.

Presenter: IDS ID2​ (Seth Gurell) - Utah Valley University

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[skowlaski]

Appreciated the presentation.  I realized I do carry certain expectations about how online students behave in an online course.  You also made a valid comment on tools used to identify at risk students.  Interested in any thoughts you may have about student online profiles.  For example, I routinely teach literature courses.  I know when my students are struggling. It would be great to build an online profile for clear check points in a course.  I find activity logs or missed assignments limited in terms of help.  What the students do in the course to complete a lesson is what is needed.

[sethgurell]

Thank you for your comment. Based on what you describe, it almost sounds like badges would be a good fit for you. There's definitely some set up required and it would require some time on your part., but it would give you flexibility in how you present course milestones to students.It would also be an option in motivating the students you already know are struggling.

Since you are teaching literature courses, you could also potentially use graded or ungraded surveys to signal to students where the check points are in the course. These surveys may also provide quick opportunities for reflection on the course itself.  They wouldn't have to be particularly long - just a question or two would be enough.

Those are just the thoughts off the top of my head.

[skowlaski]

I do use what I call unit Knowledge checks where students self survey the skills needed to complete the unit succesfully.  The survey provides feedback on where to go for assistance with academic skills (critical reading) or technical skills (format, word processing). 

Looking for data on online student behavior--when they log in what do they click on.  Is there a pattern that identifies a struggling student.

[kschneider25]

If you would like to see this video - Discussing Data with Faculty to Improve Student Performance - YouTube​.