New in Intelligent Insights: Students in Need of Attention at the Course Level

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Identifying and reaching out to students who might be struggling, especially in large classes, can be a time-consuming and often reactive process for teachers. We're thrilled to announce a powerful new enhancement within Intelligent Insights designed to directly address this challenge: Students in Need of Attention at the course level.

What's New?

This new feature extends the capabilities of our existing Students in Need of Attention to directly empower teachers. Now, instructors can:

• Set customizable criteria: Define what "in need of attention" means for their specific course(s). This allows for tailored insights based on the unique demands and expectations of each course.
• Quickly view students who might need interventions: Easily see a list of students who meet the criteria they've set. Filter by course section. 
• Drill down to view more data: Get details on how each student is performing in the course by clicking on the student’s name. 
• Directly message students: Proactively reach out to these identified students with personalized communication.

Why It's a Game-Changer

This provides teachers with the tools they need to be proactive and efficient in supporting their students. It empowers teachers to directly identify and support students, based on criteria that truly matter for their courses. By streamlining the process of identifying and reaching out to those who need help, teachers can save time. This new capability can also reduce the burden on administrators or support staff who might otherwise be tasked with creating reports for teachers.

Where You Can Use It

For Intelligent Insights customers, this feature will be available for teachers as the first tab in New Course Analytics. It's designed to give teachers easy access – within an existing workflow – to a customizable list of students who aren't meeting performance or engagement requirements, making it simpler for them to focus their attention where it's most needed.

Admins can make this feature available for other teacher-based roles, like TAs, via the permission Intelligent Insights - Students in Need of Attention Course Level.

We're committed to continually innovating for the teaching and learning experience. With Students in Need of Attention at the course level, we're putting more power directly into the hands of teachers, enabling more timely and targeted support for every student.

Look for this feature to be generally available July 19, 2025. We're excited to highlight this at InstructureCon!