Viewing Student Activity
How to View Student Activity in the Course Site
Canvas New Analytics shares information on the specific assignments in which a student was active on a specific week...
- Enter People (Also in Grades)
- Click on the student's name
- In the Details box, click on New Analytics
- Select the Weekly Online Activity tab
- Click on the three vertical dots to select Data Table from the Options menu
- In the data table identify a week and click on its hyperlinked date range.
This produces a list of all activities in which the student participated during the specified week. This includes participation in an assignment even though that assignment has a Due Date outside of the range of the specified weekly activity report. -
By viewing the weekly reports you can see when the student was active in specific assignments (e.g., posted a week in advance of a weekly discussion).
Alternatively...
You can arrive at this level of reporting by this path:
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On Home page select New Analytics
- Select the Weekly Online Activity tab
- Click on the three vertical dots to select Data Table from the Options menu
- Identify a week and click on the Participation hyperlinked percentage
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This produces the roster of students and the participation number for each. Click on a student's name and follow the path described above for the individual student's detailed report of activities.
These two paths help you determine if a student did not post in a specific week, but more importantly, to efficiently see exactly how a student was engaged (Participation) in each week.