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• View average course grade analytics in Canvas' New Analytics

Updated on Jul 02, 2024

New Analytics allows you to track average course grades for student submissions using an interactive chart graph. Data is for viewing only and cannot directly be changed. You can view analytics in both active and concluded courses.

1. Log into the myTC portal.

Access the myTC portal.

2. Click the Canvas icon in the top right corner.

3. Click Dashboard in the Global Navigation Menu.

4. Click on a course card to access that course.

1. Click the New Analytics button in the home page Sidebar.

Depending on the size of your screen or browser, the Sidebar can appear on the right or bottom of the page.

2. Click the Course Grade tab.

3. The analytics page is dynamic based on filtered content. By default, all results display the course average, which cannot be removed.

1. You can also view the average grade percentage for all students, which is not affected by any filter.

2. By default, the system selects analytics for all assignment types to display within the page.

3. Each assignment in the chart displays the appropriate icon for each visible assignment type.

4. On the Students tab, you can also view the specific students that are part of each filter.

For each student, the table displays the following data:

• 1. Students: the list of students in the course sorted by last name
• 2. Grade: current course grade
• 3. On Time: the percent of assignments submitted on or before a due date
• 4. Last Participation: the date the student last interacted with the course
• 5. Last Page View: the date the student last accessed the course
• 6. Page Views: the total page views for the student
• 7. Participations: the total participations for the student

5. To view the analytics in a data table:

5.1. click the options icon, and click data table..

5.2. To filter by assignment type, remove the checkbox next to the assignment type. The chart dynamically updates the results based on the assignment type selected or removed in the filter.

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Canvas: How to use New Analytics to view Course Statistics

• How do I view analytics for an individual student in New Analytics?
• How do I view average course grade analytics in an interactive chart graph in New Analytics?
• How do I view average course grade analytics in a data table in New Analytics?
• How do I compare the course average chart graph with an assignment, section, or student filter in New Analytics?
• How do I compare the course average data table with an assignment, section, or student filter in New Analytics?
• How do I send a message to all students based on specific course criteria in New Analytics?
• How do I send a message to an individual student in New Analytics?
• How do I view weekly online activity analytics in an interactive chart graph in New Analytics?
• How do I view weekly online activity analytics in a data table in New Analytics?
• How do I compare the weekly online activity chart graph with a section or student filter in New Analytics?
• How do I compare the weekly online activity data table with a section or student filter in New Analytics?
• How do I send a message to all students based on specific course participation criteria in New Analytics?
• How do I send a message to an individual student based on specific course participation criteria in New Analytics?
• How do I view and download reports in New Analytics?
• How do I view the Online Attendance report in New Analytics?

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Canvas course analytics and quiz statistics.

by Eli Collins-Brown | May 3, 2021 | Blog , Canvas , Student Engagement | 0 comments

Canvas offers instructors some incredibly powerful tools to view course analytics, individual student analytics and quiz statistics .

The wealth of information provides instructors with a comprehensive view of student engagement as well as insight into areas for improvement and redesign.

Course Analytics using New Analytics

Learning how to use Course Analytics in Canvas is essential to those Instructors primarily using Canvas to teach online. The information provided in New Analytics will guide instructors to better understand overall participation and engagement from their students. With New Anayltics, Canvas also offers the ability to recognize positive and negative trends to make improvements and adjustments to course quality; easily identifying those students who are struggling, problematic items or areas in your course that may need adjustment.

New Analytics provides:

• Analytics Graphs – Compare the course average with an individual assignment, course section, or student filter using the chart graph comparison  or  data table comparison
• Activity by Date – View average weekly online participation analytics as an interactive chart graph  or a  data table.  The course average weekly online participation analytics can also be compared with an individual student or section using the chart graph comparison  or  data table comparison
• Grade Insight – View average course grade analytics as an interactive chart graph  or a  data table.
• Send a message to all students based on specific course grade  or  participation criteria
• View and download reports   on missing, late, or excused assignments, class roster, and course activity.
• Student Analytics using New Analytics

In Canvas the analytics shown for each student can give instructors valuable insight about engagement, activity, and performance. Canvas’ ability to view individual student analytics allows instructors to disemminate

• View course grade and participation analytics for an  individual student
• Send a message to an individual student based on  specific course grade  or  participation criteria
• Compare the course average weekly online participation analytics with an individual student using the  chart graph comparison  or  data table comparison

For more detailed information review the Canvas guides for New Analytics and “How to view Course Analytics?”

Quiz Statistics

Another feature provided to instrucors using quizzing in Canvas are quiz statistics. The feature is available to instructors when a quiz has been published and at least one submission has been recieved for the quiz. The quiz summary will show all score percentages as well as the quiz average score, high score, low score, standard deviation (how far the values are spread across the entire score range), and average time of quiz completion. Instructors can view and download a CSV file to view a Student Analysis or Item Analysis for each question in the quiz. 

Available info from Quiz Statistics:

• Student/Item Analysis – Instructors caDownload CSV files to view Student Analysis or Item Analysis for each quiz question to count all student attempts in the statistics.
• Quiz Item Analysis – Item analysis may not generate results within specific quizzes. For more detailed information about item analysis limitations and calculations please refer to the Quiz Item Analysis PDF for detailed information about Reliability , Difficulty , and Item Discrimination Index .
• Question Summary  – Instructors can view an entire quiz summary that shows all score percentages. The quiz summary also shows the quiz average score, high score, low score, standard deviation (how far the values are spread across the entire score range), and average time of quiz completion.
• Question Summary Chart  – The quiz summary chart is interactive; users can focus on a specific segment of the chart by selecting a range with their cursor, such as viewing the number of students who scored between 0 and 50 percent. Scroll down the page to see data for each question in the quiz.
• Question Breakdown  – Quiz question shows the total percentage of students who answered the quiz question correctly. Each question includes a breakdown with each question answer choice.

For more detailed information review the Canvas guide for “Once I publish a quiz, what kinds of quiz statistics are available?”

To access Quiz Statistics, Click the “Quizzes” link in your Course Navigation menu, then click the title of the quiz you would like to open. On the right sidebar click “Quiz Statistics”.  

Listen to how Dr. Viji Sathy and Dr. Kelly Hogan , instructors at UNC – Chapel Hill are using the insight provided by their LMS to redesign courses for inclusion, encouraging student success while reducing achievement gaps. We hope this inspires you to explore the possibilities with our LMS by using New Analytics in Canvas when redesigning your course while applying Universal Design for Learning and inclusion best practices for all student success.

Sources: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-view-Course-Analytics/ta-p/968 &   https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/Once-I-publish-a-quiz-what-kinds-of-quiz-statistics-are/ta-p/659

How does this align to Canvas training materials?

Additional Resources:

• New Analytics – Canvas Guides
• What is New Analytics?
• Once I publish a quiz, what kinds of quiz statistics are available?
• Canvas Quiz Item Analysis
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• Contact the 24/7 Canvas Help if you need help with issues as you are working in Canvas. (NOTE: 24/7 Canvas Help goes away on June 30 and Help will be taken over by the WCU Helpdesk which is not manned 24/7).  
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• Register for the last Tip training Zoom session which will be held on Friday at 11:00 A.M. after reviewing the Priming the Canvas Course .   This week there is only one session offered, we will cover Analytics and Quiz Statisics in Canvas.

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New Gradebook Features for Fall 2019

Canvas’ New Gradebook is available in all courses starting Fall 2019. This guide is intended to help orient you to some of the changes and new features provided by the New Gradebook.

• What are the new menu changes and shortcuts?

How do I import/export the gradebook?

How do I view assignment statistics?

How do I mute grades so they are not visible to students?

How do I hide student names while grading?

Where is the ‘treat ungraded as 0’ option?

• How do I update my late policies?

New Menu and Shortcuts

• The “Arrange By” option allows you to arrange the items in the Gradebook by Name, Due Date, Point Value, or what Module the assignments appear in.
• New: Add Filters - Filters allow you to add additional drop-down menus to  filter columns by type, such as by Assignment Group, what module the assignment appears in, course sections, and student groups. 

• New: Column Customization - The Columns field allows you to add or remove both the notes column and/or columns for unpublished assignments.
• Keyboard Shortcuts:  The keyboard icon will bring up a pop-up menu listing all of the keyboard shortcuts for the Gradebook. Press the escape key before using keyboard shortcuts when navigating the gradebook grid. s : Sort the grid on the current active column m : Open menu for the active column esc : Close the currently active menu g : Go to the current assignment's detail page c : Open the grade detail tray

Import and Export the Gradebook

The options to import/export your gradebook are now under the Actions menu. Expand the " Actions " menu to import or export a CSV file of your Gradebook.

Assignment Statistics

Assignment statistics (average/low/high score) are now available through the Analytics tool. To enable this tool in your course and view assignment statistics, follow the steps below. Please note: this tool is only visible to instructors and TAs. It is not visible to students even when enabled.

• Go to the Settings area of your course
• Click the Navigation tab
• Scroll down to the Analytics Beta box and click the three dots on the box
• Select Enable
• Save your changes on this page

Next, click the Analytics Beta link in the left menu of your course.

By default, you’ll be given analytics on the weekly activity in your course. To view assignment statistics:

Mute Grades

The option to “mute” grade columns (so that grades and comments for an assignment do not show to students) has been replaced by the Grade Posting Policy option. You can set the Grade Posting Policy on each column in your gradebook or set a default Grade Posting Policy that will apply to all grade columns in your course. The instructions for each option are outlined below.

  If you would like to change the Grade Posting Policy on an individual column:

• In the Grades area, hover over the column header and click the three dots that appear

If you would like all columns in your course to be muted/hidden to students by default:

• Click the Grade Posting Policy tab

A note about the Hide Grades option: After you have input grades for an assignment, you will notice that, for the corresponding grade column, you have the option to Hide Grades. This option does not appear until a grade has been entered for this assignment. Hide Grades is a way to hide grades after the fact. We strongly recommend that, instead of using the Hide Grades option, you set the Grade Posting Policy to Manual.

Hide Student Names 

This is now done through Anonymous grading and Moderated Grading features already in Canvas. You can also still hide student names in SpeedGrader.

 'Treat Ungraded as 0' option

Update late policies .

• Auto apply grade for missing assignment - allows you to automatically apply a grade percentage for submissions labeled as Missing. (A submission is labeled Missing when the due date has passed and the assignment has not been submitted.)
• Auto apply Grade for late assignments - allows you to automatically apply a penalty to submissions with a status of “Late”  (a submission is labeled Late when it is submitted past the due date).
• Set the late submission deduction  to percentage and the interval of deduction (per day/per hour).
• Set the lowest possible grade percentage , which defines a threshold under which a student will not be scored, regardless of how late the submission is when submitted.

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