Faculty - Blackboard Analytics: Course Access and Grade Scatter Plot
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Faculty - Blackboard Analytics: Access and Grade Scatter Plot
This document will review and explain one of the pre-set Blackboard Analytic reports available to the instructor within each course. It contains a brief description of the report, an explanation of how to run the report, and an explanation of each area within the report.
Access and Grade Scatter Plot
This report provides a way to help instructors see student’s course accesses along with the student’s grade in the course. The report plots students enrolled in a course against two variables: the Grade Center’s External Grade and Student Course Access. This report can help instructors analyze:
- If the amount of student accesses does (or doesn’t) relate to the grade recorded in the Grade Center.
After the report has been run, each blue square represents a student within the course. The linear regression line included in the report helps the instructor determine if there is a positive or negative correlation between the Grade Center’s External Grade and student course accesses.
Note: Instructor can reach out to the students who have a lot of accesses, but a lower grade and provide support either academically or with the technology to reduce any possible road blocks.
How to Access Activity and Grade Scatter Plot
1. | Under the Control Panel , click the Evaluation button. |
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2. | Under Evaluation , click Course Analytics . | |
3. | Click on Activity and Grade Scatter Plot text. |
Course Accesses:
The Course Accesses tracks each discrete user log in to a course.
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Each point on the resulting report is a student enrolled in the course. Moving the cursor over a square will reveal the respective student’s name and student ID. In addition, if you click on the students’ name, the following information will appear:
If you click on the point, the student view will appear. If you activate and allow students to view their reports this is the report they would see. For |
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Note: In the Compared to Course Average Report, the student view, any reference to You means the specific student. |