Blackboard Support - Course Reports (2024)

Please note:

• 1. Blackboard Course reports provide data covering course activity until the day before the report is run. They do not provide "real time" course activity data.

  2. Screenshots below provided supply a view of a single page of a much larger report.

  3. The option to download/print a report is only available once the report opens. The "Report Options" menu button is located in the upper right hand side of the report. Most report formats can be selected prior to opening the actual report.

Student Overview for a Single Course

This report is useful when checking a particular student's course activity.

This report displays an individual student's activity and it can be downloaded as an Excel file.

Information displayed will be as follows:

• • Student activity by day

  • Student time in course

  • Average time per user

  • Total items

  • Total logins

  • Last login date

Grade Center Test Access Log (Exams)

While not a "report" per se, the Test Information Access Log is very useful when troubleshooting student problems with the Blackboard Test tool.

To see this report go to Grade Center > Full Grade Center > Grade Attempts > Test Information > Access Log.

Student access logs can be accessed by instructors wantingto view/verify student activity during a test.

Note: The chevron direction displayed above beside "Test Information" is opposite normal usage: A downward pointing chevron (default) equates to the information; as being collapsed. The upward pointing chevron is showing the expanded view of student information. By default the chevron will be pointing downwards. We know, it's strange.

The Test Information Access Log displays the following information:

• • Date and time

  • Access type; test start time and individual question

  • Test time how long it took per question

  • Time spent on each question

All User Activity inside Content Areas

This report shows a summary of user activity in content areas for a course

• • Users can be selected

  • Format of the report can also be selected

  • Indicates activity inside Content Areas and shows the activity date

This report can be helpful to determine which students are active in your course and what content areas they are using.

Course Activity Overview

This report is useful if instructors are tryingto determine which days of the week a student is most active and how much time is spent overall by students in the course.

Course Activity Overview indicates overall activity within a single course sorted by student and date, Data displays the total and average time spent per user; as well as the total amount of activity the user had in the course.

• • Downloadable to Excel Only

  • Can select a Start and end date

  • User Activity by Day average hours for day over specified time period

Overall Summary Of User Activity

This reportis useful in showing how often course tools are used as well as student access

This report presents the overall activity of user in the course

• • Can select the format

  • Start and End date

  • Can select the users

  • Time of day and Days of the week

User Activity in Forums

This report is useful in providing a summary of activity in the Discussion tool.

• • Can select the format

  • Start and end date

  • Hits and percentage (number of hits compared to overall total in all forums)

  • Tables displayed by months ( Downloadable)

User Activity in Groups

This report is useful in providing a summary of overall student activity in Groups inyour course.

This is a summary of user activity in groups

• • Can select the format the report opens uses

  • Can select start and end date

Reports that are Not Useful in the MacEwan Teaching and Learning Context

Course Coverage Report

This report is based on Blackboard features that are not used in the Macewan University teaching and learning environment

Course Performance Report

This report is based on Blackboard features that are not used in the Macewan University teaching and learning environment