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How do I view all groups in a course as a student?

If you have permission from your institution,instructor allows, you can view yourall owncourse analyticsgroups inby anclicking activethe course.People Analytics show your activity and communicationlink within the course. You can also access any groups where your instructor or another student has enrolled you as a member. You can join, leave, or switch to any available self sign-up groups in your course.

  • Viewing Analytics is a course permission. If you cannot view Analytics, your institution has restricted this feature.
  • If the analytics displayed in your course are different that what is displayed in this lesson, your course is using New Analytics. For more information on using New Analytics, please view the New Analytics Guide.
  • Students cannot view analytics in concluded courses.

Open People

Open People
Open People

In Course Navigation, click the People link.

Note: If your instructor has disabled the People link in Course Navigation, you can only view groups you are enrolled in.

Open User DetailsGroups

Open User Details
Open Groups

Locate and click your name in the course roster.

Open Analytics

Open Analytics

InClick the Groups tab [1].

Or, to open your groups from the sidebar,Options menu, click the Analytics Optionsbutton. icon [2] and then click the View User Groups link [3].

ViewAccess GradeCourse PercentageGroups

View Grade Percentage

In the analytics page, you can view your total grade percentage in the course.

View Analytics Graphs

View Analytics Graphs

By default, analytics are shown in a graph format. These are four types of graphs: Activity by Date, Communication, Submissions, and Grades.

View Activity by Date

View Activity by DateView Course Groups

TheView Activitythe bygroups Dateavailable graphin your course. Each group shows all your course activity. The x-axis represents the course dates, while the y-axis represents the number of page views. Dark blue bars represent participation in the course. If a date only includes page views, the bar only displays as light blue.

The graph changes the bar display according to the length of time. Activity that is less than six months old displays bars as daily activity, at six months bars are displayed as weekly activity, and at approximately a year bars are displayed as monthly activity. To view the detailsname of the bargroup graph,and hoverhow overmany members are part of that group.

If there are any self sign-up groups available to join, you can join the specificgroup by barclicking the Join button [1], or you wantcan switch togroups within view.a Thegroup weeklyset viewby showsclicking the Switch To button [2].

If you are already part of a self sign-up group, you can leave the firstgroup by andclicking lastthe Leave button date for the week; the monthly view shows the month and the year. Browser window size, zoom level, and screen resolution may also change how the bars display.[3].

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Access Student Leader Groups

  • Collaborations: loads a collaboration to view/edit the document
  • Conferences: joins a web conference
  • Discussions/Announcements: posts a new comment to a discussion or an announcement
  • Quizzes: submits a quiz
  • Quizzes: starts taking a quiz
  • Assignments: submits an assignment
  • Pages: creates a wiki page

View Communication

View CommunicationView Student Leader Groups

TheIf Communication graph shows the conversations thatyou have takenbeen placeinvited withto your instructor(s) through the Canvas Inbox. The x-axis represents the user type; orange message icons show when you sentbe a messagestudent toleader an instructor, and blue message icons show when an instructor sentand manage a messagegroup, tothe Manage link you. The y-axis represents the interaction date.displays.

To

Access viewVisit the details of the bar graph, hover over the specific bar you want to view. You can view the date of the communication and how many messages were sent. A message is an individual message passed from one user to the other; in message threads, each message is individually counted. In group conversations, interactions are counted as long as you were one of the recipients. Notifications are not included in analytics unless you acted on the notification and generated a new message that passes through the Canvas Inbox. Announcements are not included in communication analytics.

View Submissions

Group
View Submissions
View Visit Group

TheIf Submissionsyou graphare showsa current group member, the Visit link displays. To access the statusgroup's ofHome each of your assignment submissions. The x-axis represents each assignment, while the y-axis represents the submission date. A green circle indicates an assignment that was submitted on time. A yellow triangle indicates an assignment that was submitted late. A red square indicates an assignment that is missing (not submitted). The diamond indicates the due datepage and the barGroup extendsNavigation tomenu, visit the submission date. A white circle with a black outline indicates an assignment with a future due date.group.

If

Access aGroup submission includes a due date, the submission may include horizontal line. The line indicates when the assignment was submitted, while the shape indicates the actual due date. If a submission was submitted before the due date, the horizontal line is green; if it was submitted after the due date, the horizontal line is yellow. Submissions without a horizontal line either have no due date, or the assignment was submitted on the due date.

To view the details of the bar graph, hover over the specific bar you want to view. Current and past assignments include the assignment title, the due date (if any), the submission date, and the score. Future assignments include the assignment title, due date (if any), and the score.

Note: The Submissions chart does not include information about assignments that do not require a submission (e.g., not graded, on paper assignments) or excused assignments.

View Grades

Members
View Grades
View Group Members

TheTo Gradesview graphwhich showsstudents theare median, high, and low scores for each of your assignments. The x-axis represents each assignment, while the y-axis represents the number of points for an assignment. The vertical black line extends from the highest scoreassigned to the lowestgroup, scoreclick anywhere in the group [1]. The gray box extends from the 75th percentile to 25th percentile [2]. The horizontal black line shows the median score for the assignment [3].

Each assignment score is indicated by the same shapes found in the Submissions graph. A green circle indicates an assignment with a score at or above the course median. A yellow triangle indicates an assignment with a score slightly below the median. A red square indicates an assignment with a score below the median or at the bottomnames of the scorestudents range.display in an expanded list [2].

ToThe viewPerson assignmenticon namesdisplays and details, hover your cursor over the graph [4].

View Analytics Tables

View Analytics Tables

To view analytics without hovering over graph columns, you can view all data in a table format. To switchnext to thethe student tablegroup format, click the Analytics icon. The icon will switch from the left side to the right, indicating the current analytics view.

View Table Data

Tables apply to every graph in its respective page, and each column defines the data within its respective graph. Graphical data is displayed by column.

Each table is paginated to 30 entries per page; additional pages can be viewed by advancing to the next page. [3].

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