CIRT, University of North Florida

Overview

Statistics Tracking allows Instructors to view detailed statistics on content item usage for all course users. These detailed statistics can help Instructors determine how many times the particular content item was viewed and exactly when it was accessed. Select Manage next to an item in a Content area to enable, disable and view Statistics Tracking.

Statistics Tracking is separate from Course Statistics accessed from the Control Panel. Course Statistics provides information about Content Area access versus the item-by-item access displayed on the Statistics Tracking page for a content item.

Note: Statistics are only stored in the database when Statistics Tracking is enabled. If Statistics Tracking is turned on after some users have accessed the content item, the record of their access cannot be recovered. Data will only be displayed for those users who access the content item after Statistics Tracking was turned on.

Turning Statistics Tracking On and Off

Turn Statistics Tracking on from the Manage page of any content item:

Select Tracking (enabled/Disbaled) from the item menu.
Select Enable to turn tracking on. Click Submit.

Viewing Statistics

To view statistics for a content item:

Select View Statistics from the item menu.
Select Statistics Tracking. The Statistics Tracking page appears.
Select View Statistics on the Statistics Tracking page.

Reports

The report displays three sections of data: Access by Date, Access by Hour of the Day, and Access by Day of the Week. The Access by Date section displays information for all enrolled users. Access information for system guests and unenrolled users (previously enrolled users who were removed from the course) is displayed under the Guest user. Observer access to content items is not tracked.

Access by Date

Access by Hour

Access by Day

To change the report query (to add more users, remove users, or change the date range) select Change Filter. Modify the Time Period and/or Users selected as appropriate and select Submit to run the report.

To send the report to a printer in a printer-friendly format, select Print. The report will be printed exactly as it is displayed on the screen.

To export the report data for further, off-line data analysis, select Export Data. Save the data using the File Download pop-up windows that appears. The comma-separated values (CSV) file can now be opened in any statistical analysis program (such as Microsoft Excel).

Report Options