Administrators track system usage through System Reports. Standard System Reports provide information on the number of courses, users, overall usage, and cumulative hits. Reports may also be exported and viewed as a text file or in a spreadsheet program.
The Enable Event Tracking option must be set to Yes on the Auto-Reporting Options page before Statistics will be recorded.
Note: When viewing reports that include hit statistics, a hit is tracked every time a request is sent to the Blackboard Learning System. For example, a Student logs in to Blackboard Learning System (1 hit), clicks the Courses tab (2 hits), clicks a course link (3 hits), accesses the Communication area (4 hits), clicks Discussion Boards (5 hits), clicks a forum (6 hits), and clicks a message to read (7 hits).
Basic users: The database only stores data for the previous 30 days to prevent system slowdowns. Therefore, activity that occurred more than 30 days before running the report will not be included in the report. To increase the number of days that data is stored, please contact Blackboard Product Support.
Follow these steps to open the Standard System Reports page.
Step 1 Click System Reports from the System Options section of the System Control Panel.
Step 2 Click Standard System Reports from the System Reports menu page.
The table below details the entry fields used to filter System Reports.
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Select Report Filter |
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Select Report: |
Select a type of data from the drop-down list to display a report. The options are:
· Overall Summary of Usage: Displays the average number of users, courses, and page views per month. · User Statistics: Displays the average number of total users, Students, and Instructors per month and per day. · Course Statistics: Displays the average number of active courses and organizations per month and per day. · Site Page Views: Displays the average number of page views and course page views per month and per day. |
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Time period: |
Pick a start date and an end date for the range from the drop-down lists. Dates can also be selected by clicking the icon to bring up the calendar interface. |
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