Analytics on Course Announcements

[SDonn2020]

Is there a location where we can check statistics on students clicking into course announcements? I would like to be able to see an overview of the activity per posted announcement and the ability to drill down and see which students are checking the announcements. Does this exist?

[Jeff_F]

One probable challenge to such a report is that an announcement is one of the elements that is often received via an email notification.  So if there isn't an embedded item (Studio video, etc.) that first requires authentication, a student reading an announcement via email will not add to the count.

But we can currently go to New Analytics > Weekly Online Activity > scroll down to the Resources section > sort by Resources > then for me I then go to page 2 to see the stats for the Course Announcements page and page 3 to see the individual announcements.  There is no drill down here.

I'd like to see a different icon when the discussion type is 'Announcement'.  That would help me better differentiate a discussion from an announcement.

Another method is to view each individual student participations.  This is via New Analytics > Students > select a student name > select Weekly Online Activity > click a page views data point on the chart > view flyout > sort as needed. 

[SDonn2020]

Thanks, Jeff_F. I had overlooked the overall access stat and had only found it on the individual student pages. It is unfortunate that we cannot drill down from here:

Course Announcements

144

1.6k

It is nice to know that I only have eight students who have not signed into at least one announcement. To be able to see that and communicate with those eight would be an intervention opportunity. I would still love to see what students access which course announcements and if it wanes during the term or spikes. I guess I can keep hoping for additional updates.

Thanks again for taking the time to respond.

[SDonn2020]

OMG! Jeff_F, I just needed to keep scrolling! I can't see which students, but I can see overall stats for each announcement. Eyes wide open today! Thanks!!

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