Student Activity Overview
Use this function to see a student's activity in the course and grade progression or review their activity for when they have opened, started, or submitted a specific test or assignment as well as the overall class scores for an individual assessment.
Ways to Access Student Activity
Student activity can be viewed for overall in the course or by an individual assignment.
Student Activity overall in the course is found on the Student Overview page and can be accessed in the Gradebook on the Students tab. Click on the name of the desired student, then on Student Activity in the upper right corner.
The Student Details page opens and shows (2) activity reports: Course Activity Per Week (hours in Course) and Grade. There is a Scatter Plot and Table View for each of these reports. All report views provide a Download option.
Course Activity Per Week (Hours Spent in Course)
Scatter Plot View:
The grey line shows the average activity level by all students in the course. The purple line reflects the student's activity level in the course each week.
The line chart provides you with a graphical representation of a student’s hours in course per week in comparison to other students in the course. The selected student’s activity displays in purple and the average course activity is in gray.
- Select a dot to see the exact dates and hours in the course for a student or the course average.
- Zoom in or out by selecting the + and – icons at the top right. To focus on a specific region, select somewhere on the chart and drag to zoom in.
- Activity per week is counted from the time students select something within the course to when students select something outside the course. If a student is logged out from their course session, only the time before their last action within the course is counted.
Table View:
The table view of the Student Activity Details report has four columns: Date, Average hours in course, Range of average hours, and Activity hours. Data is presented in rows organized by week. Each week begins on Monday and the table is organized in descending order from the first to the most recent week.
- Average Hours in Course: The average hours in a course spent by all students per week.
- Range of Average Hours: The average hours in a course spent by all students per week, plus or minus the standard deviation. You can use the range of hours as additional information about whether the Average hours in the course column has a high or low standard deviation.
- Activity Hours: The hours in a course accumulated by a student per week. Hours in course are counted from the time students select something within the course to when students select something outside the course. If a student is logged out from their course session, only the time before their last action within the course is counted.
Grade Report
Scatter Plot View:
The grey line shows the average grade earned by all students in the course. The purple line reflects the student's grade in the course each week.
The line chart provides a graphical representation of a student’s overall grade over time in comparison to other students in the course.
- The selected student’s grade displays in purple and course average grade is in gray.
- Select a dot to see exact dates and grades for a student or the course average.
- Zoom in or out by selecting the + and – icons at the top right. To focus on a specific region, select somewhere on the chart and drag to zoom in.
Table View:
The table view has four columns: Date, Average grade in course, Range of average grade, and Overall Grade. Data is presented in rows organized by week. Each week begins on Monday.
- Average Grade in Course: The average overall grade for all students in a course per week.
- Range of Average Grade: The average overall grade for all students in a course per week, plus or minus the standard deviation. You can use the range of overall grades as additional information about whether the Average grade in course column has a high or low standard deviation.
- Overall Grade: The overall grade of a student in the course per week.
For example, the fourth row in the table provided above displays overall grades for the week of August 15, 2022 to August 22, 2022 in a Biology course. All students in the Biology course had an average overall grade of 55.57%. In comparison, Lucas White had an above average overall grade of 90.9%.
In the following week of August 22, 2022 to August 29, 2022, all students in the Biology course had an average overall grade of 34.46%. Lucas White’s overall grade is 47.61%. The table displays the course average and shows how Lucas's performance dropped in comparison to the class’s grade.
1. Select the three dots to the right of the desired assignment. From the menu, select Student Activity.
2. The window will display various statistics related to the assignment. These include submission time, time before the due date (if you are opening the assignment before said due date), scores, and submission activity.
3. Next to each student name in the Activity Timeline section is a set of lines. Each line displays information about when the student opened, started, saved, and submitted the assignment.
