File download report

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billhill
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Hello, A teacher in our school would like to collect data on how frequently a particular file in a Canvas course has been downloaded. The "User Access Report" found in Admin > Setting > Report seems to provide this, with columns for "Content Type", "Content" and "Times Viewed". The file in question appears in several rows in the report, with "Content Type = attachment", "Content = file title" and "Times Viewed = a number"

Just to confirm, are files downloads represented in this report, and would the number of downloads equal the total of numbers in "Times Viewed"? thanks

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igustafson
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Hello,

The User Access Report is for login related tracking in this case as explained here https://s3.amazonaws.com/tr-learncanvas/docs/CanvasDefaultAccountReports.pdf So that wouldn't be tracking files viewed in this case. if you want to track file views. the best way would be analytics https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Admin-Guide/How-do-I-view-account-analytics/ta-p/165

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