With the new Analytics feature in Canvas learn to evaluate individual components of a course and evaluate student performance
There is a feature in Canvas that you may find really useful, New Analytics. You are able to evaluate individual components of a course and evaluate student performance. Analytics takes a three-pronged approach to creating substantive data for Canvas users.
- Justification focuses on system reports and how the system is being used.
- Intervention looks to predict at-risk students and how to meet their needs.
- Learning focuses on learning outcomes, the effectiveness of the teaching style, and the division of time between students achieving competence and those falling behind.
Instructors can see the analytics for a course to track and analyse what students, observers, and/or designers are doing within the course. Analytics work in conjunction with course statistics. Analytics or New Analytics are found in the main Menu list to the left of the Canvas page.
Note: Viewing course analytics is a course permission. If you cannot view course analytics, contact the Canvas Admin in your team or ICT.
What you can do with New Analytics:
- View average course grade analytics as an interactive chart graph or a data table
- Compare the course average with an individual assignment, course section, or student filter using the chart graph comparison or data table comparison.
- View and compare the course average weekly online participation analytics with an individual student (or section/group/individual) using the chart graph comparison or data table comparison using an interactive chart graph or a data table.
- Send a message to all students (or to an individual) based on specific course grade or participation criteria.
- View a report that displays if students have met online attendance criteria.
- View and download reports (as Excel Spreadsheets) on missing, late, or excused assignments, and course activity.
In course analytics, there are four main sections:
- Activity allows the instructor to see when students view a page or participate in the course.
- Submissions allows the instructor to view if students submit the assignment on-time, late, or not at all.
- Grades use a box and whisker plot to show the distribution of grades in the course.
- Student Analytics shows page view, participations, assignments, and current score for every student in the course.
Watch the Canvas New Analytics video to learn more.
Hints and Tips
Use course analytics to:
- Predict how students react to course activities.
- See which students are at-risk and need help.
- View how effective your teaching strategies are in allowing students to learn.
- See a quick view of what your students are achieving in your course.