(For Admins) Report generation, analytics and statistics

Account-level admins have access to Canvas reports that can be used to review account data. In order to access this data, you will need to run a report. 

 

Notes: 
  • The usefulness of such reports depends on how your course has been designed and built. The analytics offered by Canvas are based on activity with the VLE; therefore, if you are not using it extensively for online activities, the results give may not be an accurate reflection of teaching and learning in the course.
  • In particular, the University does not support summative assessment on Canvas. Thus, any data regarding grades will reflect only formative assessment, so while this will be of interest, it will not feed into students' final marks or degree classification.
  • Please contact a learning technologist if you need to discuss use of reports and analytics in Canvas in greater depth. 

Index

  1. Run a report for a sub-account
  2. Access Analytics for a sub-account
  3. Access Statistics for a sub-account

Run a report for a sub-account

1. Select the Admin tab and make sure that you see the relevant sub-account. If not, select View Sub-accounts:

 

2. Select Settings from the navigation menu.

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3.  From the top of the screen, click the Reports tab, which will show a list of available reports.

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4. To find out more about a specific report, click the question mark next to it.

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5. A box containing  information about the report will appear:

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6. When you have decided what report to run, click the Configure button on the right.

7. The Configure Report box will now appear. Select a term from the drop-down list.

8. Click Run report. You will see a message that states: "The report is running. You'll receive an email when it is done".

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9. Alternatively, to access the report, press F5 to refresh the page, click the Reports tab, then click the download icon on the right.

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10. If you choose to download the report, you can Open and/or Save it as an Excel file on your device.  

 

Access Analytics for a sub-account

1. Select the Admin tab and make sure that you see the relevant sub-account. If not, select View Sub-accounts:

 

2. Select Analytics from the navigation menu to access all analytics information available for your sub-account.

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3. Further information is available in the Canvas guide What are Analytics? Links to an external site.

 

Access Statistics for a sub-account

1. Select the Admin tab and make sure that you see the relevant sub-account. If not, select View Sub-accounts:

 

2. Select Statistics from the navigation menu to access all statistics available for your sub-account.

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3. Further information is available in the Canvas guide How do I view statistics for an account? Links to an external site.