New Analytics Weekly Online Activity

[CynthiaEdwards1]

In the New Analytics/Weekly Online Activity, under Resources several course individuals are listed. How can a course participant be listed as a Resource? This seems very odd to me. Thanks for any input you may have!

[paul_fynn]

Hi CynthiaEdwards1,

from recent experience I would suggest that students are clicking on the People view (Course Roster) or the avatars in discussions or announcements to view the profiles of peers or teachers. This isn't a bad thing as it does represent engagement and clickviews/page loads.

However this entry is more problematic, and looks from the description like a photoshop image UNTHSC STOCK .JPG

The reason that this is appearing is that it is loaded somewhere in your content as an image under a download link. Hence the number of pageviews/loads is being distorted, because analytics is counting the page load and the load of the individual images within it. 

We have noted that changing the image link to /preview still allows the image to show on the page, but avoids the image display being treated as a page load for analytics purposes.

[James · Accepted solution]

@CynthiaEdwards1 

The listing of a user happens when someone clicks on their name on the People page to view their profile.

[CynthiaEdwards1]

Since we have people removed from the student view, this means it would be an instructor or other staff clicking on these individuals. Correct?

[paul_fynn]

Student avatars and profiles can still be seen via discussion board posts, I believe, even if Course Roster (People) is hidden...