Is there a way to track if students have viewed my announcements?
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03-20-2020
02:14 PM
Is there a quick way to check how many/which kids have seen my announcements without having to check each individual student's analytics?
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03-21-2020
11:22 AM
Hi @angela_vanbrugg ,
There's not really a way to check this - and it's not for lack of functionality in Canvas, it's because it's impossible 😕
Basically the reason is this: Users can control their notification preferences. So you might have some users view it in your course, some get a DM in twitter, others get an email, and others get a push notification. Some people have suggested some interesting workarounds such as:
- In the announcement specify that students should "like" it to acknowledge they read it
- Use a discussion instead and set it at the top of the module as a prerequisite so they can't access anything else until they access it.