Faculty - Blackboard Analytics Course at a Glance Report

 

This document will review and explain one of the preset 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.

 

Video - Blackboard Analytics: Course At a Glance Report (Captioned) - Video Length: 00:05:35

 

Course At-a-Glance

This report provides summary information about a Blackboard course and relative information against a group of other Blackboard courses in the same academic department and type of course. 

Instructors can use these reports to analyze: 

• How many times students access the course and how long students are spending in the course,
• How the course compares to the average of other Courses in the same department, and
• How the students in the course are using and performing in the course compared to the average of all students enrolled in the Course.

After the report has been run, the course’s activity can be compared to the department average in several ways. The students enrolled in the course are also compared to the Course average. 

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How to Access Course At -a-Glance

1.	Under the Control Panel, click the  Evaluation  button.
2.	Under Evaluation, click  Course Analytics.
3.	Click on  Course At-a-Glance  to run the report.

 

 

Learn Course Information   

Several of the reports contain the Learn Course Information at the top. Located below is a description of each, how it is pulled, and what the identifiers mean. 

Instructor  :	The person teaching the course based on information pulled from Datatel (Colleague).
Course ID:	Pulled from Datatel (Colleague).
Term:	The year and semester.
Status:	The course active (currently running) or inactive (previous semesters).
Instruction Method:	Used to determine if the course is face-to-face, hybrid, or online. This is used to compare like courses within the department.
Students Enrolled:	The number of students enrolled in this particular course.
College:	Pulled based upon MCCC’s division.
Department:	Pulled based on MCCC’s discipline/department.
Section:	(red) The color of your section when looking at the graphs and grids on the reports.
Compared to Division (# Sections):	Identifies how many other courses the data is comparing to based on Delivery Method, College, Term, and Department.
Department Avg.:	Averages of the other courses in the same department during the same term.
	Course Accesses Avg. vs. Department Avg.:	The average number of times the enrolled students accessed the Course per week, compared to the department average for the same instruction method.
	Submission Avg. vs. Department Avg.:	The average number of submissions made by the enrolled students during the selected term, compared to the department average for the instructional method.
	Interaction Avg. vs. Department Avg.:	The average number of actions the enrolled students initiated in the context of the Course during the selected term, compared to the department average per course for the same term. Many types of student actions can lead to an interaction being logged, such as accessing a course item, clicking a link, clicking on folder, etc.
	Minutes Avg. vs. Department Avg.:	The average amount of time (in minutes) the enrolled students spent in the Course during the selected term, compared to the department average for the same term.
Course Item Count vs. Department Avg.	Displays course item measures for the selected Course compared to the department average.
	Assessment:	The count of assessments (e.g. items, files, etc.) in the selected Course compared to department average. When the report references Assessment and Submissions, Analytics is referring to the information located under the Assessment button.
	Content:	The count of content items (e.g. pages, documents, etc.) in the selected Course compared to the department average per course. When the report references Content it is referring to the type of materials located under the Build Content button.
	Tool:	The count of tools (e.g. discussion forums, blogs, journals, etc.) in the selected Course compared to the department average per course. When the report references Tools, Analytics is referring to the information located under the Tools button.
Avg. Activity per Student vs. Department Avg.	Displays activity measures for the selected course compared to the department average.
	Accesses:	The average course accesses per student for the entire term in the selected Course compared to the department average.
	Minutes:	The average amount of time per student for the entire term in the selected Course compared to the department average.
	Interactions:	The average interactions per student for the entire term in the selected Course compared to the department average. Many types of student actions can lead to an interaction being logged, such as clicking on folders, links, accessing a course item, etc.
	Submissions:	The average number of Assignment, Blog, Discussion, Journal, Safe Assignment, Survey, and Test submissions per student for the entire term in the selected Course compared to the department average.

 

Student Activity Summary  

The Student Activity Summary displays the enabled students enrolled in the selected Course along with several measures, comparing a given student against the average of other students enrolled in the same course.

• This portion of the report can help analyze student trends and averages of course accesses, minutes, interactions, and submissions for each individual student. 

Using this information, instructors can reach out to individual students who perform below the trend.

Student and Date of Last Access:	The student name includes the Student ID number. The Date of Last Access indicates the last time the student was in your Blackboard course site. These columns are sortable.
	Instructors can click on a student’s name to see the student view of Analytics. In the “Compared to Course Average Report”, any reference to ‘You’ means the specific student.
Note:
	The following colors are conditionally displayed for all measures.
Course Accesses:	The number of times the selected student accessed the course during the selected term, compared to the average number of course accesses for the other students enrolled in the same course. This column is sortable.
Minutes:	The total amount of time (in minutes) that a given student has spent in the Course compared to the average time spent by all of the other students enrolled in the same course. This column is sortable.
Interactions:	The total number of interactions for a given student in the Course compared to the average interactions by the other students enrolled in the same course.
Submissions:	The total number of submissions for a given student in the Course compared to the average submissions by the other students enrolled in the same course.
Grade Center Score:	Each student’s grade center grade (which uses the External Grade column), compared to the average of the other students enrolled in the same course.