Hello Canvas Community!
We will continue to iterate on improvements to course-level analytics. In the meantime, we've created a guide of the differences. Please let me know in the comments if we've missed anything and I'll be sure to add it to the list!
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New Analytics |
Old Analytics |
Aggregate Period |
Weekly—per student, per section, per course* |
Daily—per student and course |
Hourly Aggregate |
No* |
Yes—per student |
Category Aggregates |
No* |
Yes |
Account Aggregates |
No* |
Yes—across multiple courses in a sub-account |
Data Display |
Table view In development: Submission Date column in Student View data |
Graphic Illustration view |
Data Comparisons |
Course, Section, Student |
N/A |
Data Customization |
Filter by assignments, quizzes, and graded discussions and enable shape representations |
N/A |
Activity View |
- View specific students who viewed, didn't view, participate, or didn't participate
- View specific students with missing or late assignments
- Message students regarding status
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- View number of students with page views or participations
- View number of students with missing or late assignments
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Assignment Grade Statistics |
Mean score for the class, sections, and students In development: median, high, and low scores per assignment grade |
Median, high, and low scores per assignment grade |
Rollup Resource Data |
View number of resources viewed with list of resources |
View number of resources viewed |
Rollup for Student Assignment Status |
Status per assignment In development: number of missing, late, on time per student |
Missing, late, on time |
Mobile Page View Data |
Included |
N/A |
Student Messaging in Score Ranges |
Yes—via group message sent to students individually |
No |
Student Messaging for Missing/Late Assignments |
Yes—via group message sent to students individually |
No |
CSV Data Download |
Yes |
No |
*improves overall performance; this functionality will continue to be improved
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Best, Katrina
Update 1-30-2020: New analytics provides a better representation on user activity than the old analytics. We removed extraneous requests to better align the data with student behavior.