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  1. Select Performance Dashboard under Evaluation in the Control Panel.
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  2. The Performance Dashboard window will open. An up-to-date report on the activity for all students will be shown.
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Tip

Tip
If you are concerned about the progress of a particular student, click the Adaptive Release icon to verify the visibility of content for the student or click the View Grades icon to see recorded grades.

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  1. Select Course Reports under Evaluation in the Control Panel.
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  2. Select the contextual menu beside Overall Summary of User Activity and from the drop-down menu choose Run.
  3. In the Report Specifications section choose the format of your report from the Select Format drop-down menu (PDF, HTML, Excel or Word) .
  4. Complete the Select a Start Date and Select an End Date fields. Note that these are required fields.
  5. Select individual Users (if required).
  6. Select Submit to run the report.
  7. Blackboard now confirms that the report has run and offers you a selection of actions:

    1. Save to Content Collection.
    2. Download Report.
    3. Run a new Report.
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  8. Select Download Report to view student Blackboard access

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  1. Login to Blackboard.
  2. Turn Edit mode ON.
  3. Select the learning program you want to work with from the course list.
  4. Go to the learning program's content area - usually found in the course menu and simply called Content. The Content window will open.
  5. Select a content item's contextual menu.
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  6. Select Statistics Tracking (ON/OFF). The Statistics Tracking window will open.
  7. Statistics Tracking can be turned off and on. Select the On radio button.
  8. Select Submit to enable statistics tracking for the content item.
Tip

Tip:
Enabled Statistics Tracking will appear under a content item's title once the tool is enabled as shown in the example below.

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Warning
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Make sure that your Blackboard Style is enabled to show Icon and Text. When Icon Only is enabled the Enabled: Statistics Tracking text is NOT visible to the Instructor.

  1. Select Customisation from Control Panel on the Course Management module.
  2. Select Style
  3. Scroll down to 5, Default Content View
  4. Select the radion button for Icon and Text
  5. Check the box for Apply this view to all existing content
  6. Select Submit
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Running Content Usage Reports

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  1. Select View Statistics Report from the contextual menu next to the content item.
  2. The Course Reports window will open.
  3. Select the Content Usage Statistics contextual menu and choose Run from the drop-down menu.
  4. In the Report Specifications section choose the format of your report from the Select Format drop-down menu (PDF, HTML, Excel or Word) .
  5. Complete the Select a Start Date and Select an End Date fields. Note that these are required fields.
  6. Select individual Users (if required).
  7. Select Submit to run the report.
  8. Blackboard now confirms that the report has run and offers you a selection of actions:
    1. Save to Content Collection.
    2. Download Report.
    3. Run a new Report.
  9. Select Download Report.

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    Students may assume they have entered a course, yet have only accessed the Announcement, Calendar, or Tasks areas. This does not show in Course Reports.

Other Tools to Monitor Student Progress

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