First Access in a Course - Canvas Data

[DougWalker]

Howdy,

A little while ago I asked how to determine the date a student first accesses a course without the use of Canvas Data.

I got the exact info I needed - using New Analytics - Course Activity Report.

In that report there is a column showing the students first viewed date for each content in a course.

I am now looking for the table/column field in Canvas Data that matches the new analytics course activity report.

Is the matching data available in Canvas Data, or is there another way to get the date a student first accesses a course in Canvas using Canvas Data?

Thanks for your help.

[mzimmerman]

Hi @DougWalker ,

I'm not seeing any (obvious) place that this specific value is available via Canvas Data.  The place that I am seeing it appear to be available is via the Analytics API: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/analytics.html#method.analytics_api.student_in_course_partici... 

[DougWalker]

Thanks @mzimmerman .

I need to become more familiar with the API. I'm not confident with its use yet.

In Canvas Data I did find the created_at field in the module_progression table. I think this might be what I am after. Just doing some testing.