The User Activity feature tracks the amount of time (in minutes) that individual students spend in the course and where in the course they spend their time. With the User Activity feature, you can see how much time a student spent in an individual unit or content item, as well as the dates on which the student accessed the course. You can also export the data in the User Activity feature to a spreadsheet.
There are three ways you can view User Activity:
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View by Unit. This option lets you look at a specific unit in your course (like a Readings unit, for example) and see how much time each individual student spent in that particular unit.
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View by Date. This option lets you specify a date range (perhaps the week before Thanksgiving, for example) and see how much time each individual student spent in the course during that time period.
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View by Student. Although this option is not available from the main View drop-down list, it is available from either the View by Unit view or the View by Date view. Viewing User Activity by Student shows you a bar chart graph of how much time one particular student spent in each unit and/or in a specific content item(s).
Note: It is important to remember that the User Activity time may not necessarily reflect the time students were actually working in the course. User Activity times merely provide information regarding how long a student spent in each area of the course--a short user activity time may be due to a student quickly entering a course area, printing the material, and then working offline. Similarly, if a student does not log out of their course or logs out infrequently, the User Activity time displayed may be higher than the student's actual time spent in a particular area of the course.
To view user activity by unit:
Step 1: Click the Gradebook tab in the Author mode.
Step 2: Click User Activity. By default, the User Activity Summary displays user activity by unit. You’ll see a matrix of student names (on the left) and course units (across the top). The amount of time each student spent in each unit displays (in minutes) in the matrix.
Step 3: If you click on a unit number (at the top of the screen), you’ll see all the content items and tools in that unit, as well as the amount of time each student spent in each content item or tool.
If you click on a specific student’s name (on the left), you’ll see the User Activity summary for that one user.
Step 4: Click Export User Activity to export the current view to a comma-separated value (.csv) file. If you select this option, you will save the file to your hard drive (or other location) as a .csv file, which you can then open using any spreadsheet application.
To view user activity by date:
Step 1: Click the Gradebook tab in the Author mode.
Step 2: Click the User Activity.
Step 3: Select View by Date in the Select User Activity View drop-down list and then click Go. A matrix of student names (along the left) and the current week’s dates (across the top) displays. Any user activity during the current week displays in the matrix (in minutes).
Step 4: To view user activity during a specific period of time, use the drop-down boxes to select From and To dates and then click Go. Any user activity during the dates you selected displays in the matrix.
If you click on a specific student’s name (on the left), you’ll see the User Activity summary for that one user.
Step 5: Click Export User Activity to export the current view to a comma-separated value (.csv) file. If you select this option, you will save the file to your hard drive (or other location) as a .csv file, which you can then open using any spreadsheet application.
To view user activity by student:
Step 1: Click the Gradebook tab in the Author mode.
Step 2: Click the User Activity.
Step 3: From the default view, simply click on a specific student’s name (on the left). The User Activity summary for that one user displays.
Step 4: Click the “expand” or “+” button to open each unit and view the student’s individual user activity time for each content item within the course.
Step 5: Click Export User Activity to export the current view to a comma-separated value (.csv) file. If you select this option, you will save the file to your hard drive (or other location) as a .csv file, which you can then open using any spreadsheet application.
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