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How do I generate reports in an Original Blackboard course?

How do I generate reports in an Original Blackboard course?

Dec 12, 2023

Overview

Blackboard course reports allow you to view your complete course roster and usage statistics for different areas of your course, by student.


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To generate a course report:

  1. On the Control Panel, expand the Evaluationsection and select Course Reports.



  2. On the Course Reports page, click the action link icon (down-facing chevron) for one of the report types listed to access the contextual menu.

  3. Select Run.



  4. On the Run Reports page, select the Report Specifications. Options vary depending on the type of report.

      • Select Format: Choose an output format from the drop-down list. Valid formats are PDF, HTML, Excel, or Word. Charts do not display in Excel format.
      • Select a Start Dateand Select an End Date: For reports covering a specific period of time, select to set beginning and ending dates for the report.
      • Select Students: For reports to be run on a single student, select the student name from the drop-down list.
      • Select Users: Select one or more users for the report. For Windows, to select multiple users in a list, press the SHIFT key and click the first and last users. To select users out of sequence, press the CTRL key and click each user needed. For Macs, press the COMMAND key instead of the CTRL key.

      • Average Range and Target Performance Level: This is required for course performance reports. These reports can also be set to Show Unavailable Students and/or Show Unaligned Students.


  5. Click Submit. If a course report includes a large number of users, it can take several minutes or longer for a report to be generated. PDF and HTML formats open directly in a new window. Excel and Word prompt you to save the file first. To print reports, use the print function in the application window that the report opened in.

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  6. After a report is successfully run, you can:

    • Save to Content Collection: If your school licenses content management, you can save the report to a folder in the Content Collection.
    • Download Report: Save the report to your computer
    • Run a New Report: Return to the Run Reports page to run the report again with different criteria.



  7. Click OK when finished.


Types of Course Reports

  • All User Activity inside Content Areas displays a summary of all user activity inside content areas for a course. Use this report to determine which students are active in your course and which content areas they use.
  • Course Activity Overview displays overall activity within a single course, sorted by student and date. Data includes the total and average time spent per active student and the total amount and type of activity each student had in the course. Optionally, you can filter the report by one or more groups. Only students who are members of the selected groups are included in report results.
  • Course Coverage Report displays data on course items that have been aligned to goals.
  • Course Performance displays how a single course performs against a selected set of goals.
  • Overall Summary of User Activity displays user activity for all areas of your course, as well as activity dates, times, and days of the week. Use this report to view student access as well as how often course tools are used.
  • Single Course User Participation Report displays the number of user submissions in your course for assignments, tests, discussions, blogs, and journals within the chosen time frame. You don't need to grade an item for data to be included in the report. The data is provided in a Microsoft Excelspreadsheet (XLS).
    • NOTE: If no activity exists for an item type, no column appears. If no students submitted an assignment in the chosen time frame, no assignment column appears in the spreadsheet.
  • Student Overview for Single Course displays an individual student's activity within your course, sorted by date. Data includes the total overall time a student spent in your course. You can view detailed information about a student's activity, such as which items and content areas a student accessed and the time spent on each. Use this report to check a certain student's course activity.
  • User Activity in Forums displays a summary of user activity in discussion forums in your course.
  • User Activity in Groups displays a summary of user activity in groups for your course.

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