How to Enable Statistics Tracking and View Statistics Reports

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Item statistics provide you detailed usage information about your content, such as how many times the item was viewed and when it was accessed. Statistics Tracking can be enabled at any time, and will begin collecting data from the moment it is enabled. If users access an item before Statistics Tracking is turned on, their access is not recorded.

Note:

1. Change Edit Mode to ON.

If users are unenrolled, their data will be deleted from all Course Statistics. To retain their statistics, change their availability to No rather than unenrolling them.

Statistics Tracking is a type of Course Report for individual content items. To obtain Course Reports on overall user activity as well as activity in Content Areas, forums, and groups, go to the Control Panel, expand Evaluation, and select Course Reports.

2. Access a Content Area, Learning Module, Lesson Plan, or folder containing the item.

3. Click the Action Link for the item to access the contextual menu.

4. Select Statistics Tracking.

5. Select On to enable Statistics Tracking for the item.

6. Click Submit. In the course area, Enabled: Statistics Tracking appears below the item name.

Viewing Statistics 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 deleted from the Course) is displayed under the Guest user. Observer access to content items is not tracked.

How to Enable Statistics Tracking and View Statistics Reports

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1. Change Edit Mode to ON.

2. Access a Content Area, Learning Module, Lesson Plan, or folder containing the item.

3. Click the Action Link for the item to access the contextual menu.

4. Select View Statistics Report. This link is not displayed if Statistics Tracking is not enabled for the content item.

5. On the Course Reports page, click the Action Link for Content Usage Statistics and select Run from the contextual menu.

6. On the Run Reports page, select a format for the generated report from the drop-down list.

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7. Type dates in the Select a Start Date and Select an End Date boxes or use the pop-up Date Selection Calendar to select dates.

8. If you do not select users, the report will automatically run the report with all users. Alternatively, you can specify users in the Select Users list. Press and hold CTRL to select more than one user from the list.

9. Click Submit to run the report.

10. On the Successful Run: Content Usage Statistics page, click Download Report to view the results. Depending on the format you selected, you may be prompted by your browser to open or save the file. Use your browser’s print function to print the report. Alternatively, click Run a New Report to change the parameters for the report and run it again.