Analytics in minutes – Which course resources were used?

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Note: As with all analytics, Canvas data can only reliably indicate that something happened (e.g., a user clicked to a page or opened a file). It cannot prove that something didn’t happen (e.g., that a student didn’t read that page).

1. Log in to a Canvas course.
2. Click on Reports and Dashboards in the left navigation. In the “New Analytics” card select Open Report.
3. Select Weekly Online Activity tab [a], and scroll down to the Resources table.
   
4. Click Resource [b] to sort and group by resource type (e.g., Assignments, Discussions, Files, etc.).
5. Scroll down the table to where files are listed, indicated by . Review the number of students and page views for the different resources. Consider whether files with few views are easy to find, necessary for completing assignments, or whether they’re supplemental.
   
   
6. (optional) Click the table headers – Resource, Students, Page Views, or Participations – to sort the data in ways that reveal usage trends.

• Students – The number of unique users who accessed the resource.
• Page Views – The number of times a link to a resource/page was clicked.
• Participations – User actions such as submitting an assignment, starting a quiz, or commenting on an announcement or discussion.