Allow teacher role to see analytics after a course has concluded

[amy_sampson]

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Currently once a course has concluded the teacher is unable to see analytics for that course. I would like a feature that allows the course analytics page to be viewable after the course has ended. At the moment this is something the admin role can have access to post course conclusion and the suggestion is to have this feature applied to the teacher role. This would allow teachers to improve their courses based on analytical information, presently the information isn't available after course end unless you're an administrator.

A teacher would not be able to change the analytics merely view what's already available. This information is currently available to view at an administrator level but no other roles. It would just be nice if the analytics for this time can also be placed in a read only viewable state rather than hidden.

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[kathy_scott]

This may be related - we have had problems with markers not being able to mark or comment on papers when the course has concluded or the student is marked as concluded. We have had to override this to allow them to grade the paper.

[jolaine]

I am an administrator and this is something very much needed for our institution.  I have never quite understood why Canvas thinks the instructor should no longer have access to some information after the course is closed.  The instructor should be able to see, but not edit, EVERYTHING that happened in her/his course, in order to make continuous improvement in the content and delivery for future semesters. Leaving the course "open" to instructors is not a good plan.  Not only do they complain about the unwieldy list of courses, but they have the power to edit, which means the course is not preserved as an archive of what happened in the semester.

[Renee_Carney]

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[Renee_Carney]

  This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas

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[Renee_Carney]

Thank you to  @amy_sampson  for submitting this idea, as well as,  @kmeeusen ​, snugent​,  @straussi ​,  @kathy_scott ​, &  @jolaine  for your contributions. Your investment in this idea helped refine a feature which is now part of Canvas!

[kmeeusen]

Ooooooo, shiney!

Thanks Renee!

[amy_sampson]

Thanks  @Renee_Carney ​! So pleased to see this implemented!