The Course Activity log helps you understand how well your students are performing and how much they are interacting with your course. This log lists students with overall grade, missed due dates, the number of hours they spend in your course, and the number of days since their last access.
All roles with the privilege to view grades can access the Course Activity Log (such as Instructor, TA, or Grader).
You can also access individual student reports for students from the Course Activity log.
Access the Course Activity Log
Select Course Activity in your course's Analytics tab.
You can also access the log in the Grades section of the base navigation (main page of Blackboard). Select the pie chart button next to a course. From this area, students can access a "How Am I Doing" individual report.
The last way to access the Course Activity log is in the Student Performance section of the Gradebook settings. Open the settings panel by selecting the Settings button at the top of the Gradebook. Select View Course Activity.
Viewing Course Activity Logs
After students have interacted with the course and the report has data to display, you can use the table or grid view. When there are no students enrolled in the course, the table view is not available.
You might see the table differently depending on settings, student activity in the course, and the data gathered in the course.
- Student: Student's first and last name. Accommodations, if entered, are indicated by the purple pennant next to the student name.
- Overall Grade: A student's overall grade in the course. If the overall grade column is not turned on or if there is no graded material, this column won't display information. This column is updated every 24 hours in the early morning, so the overall grade in the report might not match what is currently in the Gradebook.
- Missed Due Dates: counts the number of activities a student has not completed before the established due date, including assessments, graded discussions, and graded journals.
- Hours in Course: Number of hours a student has been active in your course. Hours in course are counted from the time students select something within the course to when students select something outside the course. If a student is logged out from their course session, only the time before their last action within the course is counted. This column is updated every 24 hours in the early morning.
- Days Since Last Access: Counts the days since a student last accessed a course. Each time a student accesses the course, the count of days since last access changes to 0. If a student has never accessed the course, days since last access are null and is displayed as two dashes: --
Student Reports
Select a student on the table to bring up the Student Overview to check the students additional information, grades, progress, and more.
Within the Student Report, you can selecct the Notes option to enter notes for yourself and other instructors in the course.
Notes have many uses for informing your teaching and interaction with students:
- Track the evolution of a student over time and leave useful notes on their progress
- Write down agreements with a student, such as an extension on an assignment or a meeting
- Note students with behavioral issues or a history of academic dishonesty
- Record considerations for grading, such as a student having difficulties at home or who's taken medical leave
Notes are private and can only be accessed by instructors, administrators, and higher roles. They are not visible to the student.
