Introduction
Instructor Insight™ uses data from the learning management system to provide an overview of an instructor’s
actions and performance in each course.
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Key Benefits of Instructor Insight
Key Benefits of Instructor Insight
- Gives you a real-time window into your online classrooms.
- Allows you to see and define “normal” instructor actions and activities.
- Raises immediate “red flags” for lack of activity or abnormal grade distribution.
- Ties instructor behaviors to the overall risk level of the students in that class.
Accessing Instructor Insight
To access Instructor Insight, log into your Canvas admin account. Select the Admin shield in the Global Navigation menu (1), and then select Instructor Insight. (2). The courses displayed in Instructor Insight are determined by which account or subaccount you are in. For example, if you are in a subaccount (for instance, Math Department) and you access Instructor Insight, only the course in that subaccount will be displayed.
Understanding the Main Page
When you access Instructor Insight, you will see a list of instructors and the courses that they are currently
teaching. There may be multiple pages of results. Instructors are listed alphabetically by first name. You may utilize the search functionality to find an instructor or search by course name. Or, you can view all of the courses in your subaccount at once. A color indicator is visible for the days since the last access, days since grades were posted, days since the last (discussion) post, and the percentage of high risk students.
The colors indicate numbers:
Green: Less than 3.
Yellow: Between 3-4.
Red: Five or more.
If an instructor is teaching multiple courses, the number and percentage displayed on the summary screen will be the highest of any course that they are currently teaching. In the screenshot below, Addison Murphy is teaching two courses. She last accessed her courses 2 days ago, last posted grades 2 days ago, has 75 ungraded submissions, last posted to a discussion one day ago, and 35.71 of her students are classified as high risk. This screen is intended to be a summary across multiple courses so that you may identify instructors who may need closer review. To view the 'days since' for each individual course, please click on the arrow next to the instructor's name.
Sort by Columns
If you're viewing all courses, you can click on a column header to sort by column.
Suggested next step: Sort all of your instructors in ascending order using one of the columns.
If you click the "Ungraded Submissions" column header, you'll be able to see the instructors with the highest number of ungraded submissions at the top. This enables you to research further, and reach out to the instructor.
If you click the "High-risk students" column header, you'll be able to see the instructors with the highest percentage of high-risk students in their courses. This enables you to research further and determine what actions can be taken by the instructor to support these students proactively.
Course Insights
Click on a hyperlink for a specific course to see the detailed insights for that course.
For each of the following sections, you can see the data for the instructor, and also for all instructors on average.
- Course Access Frequency
- Student to Course Radio
- Total Weekly Instructor Discussion Posts
- Discussion Participation (Days/Week)
- Discussion Participation (Percent)
- Average Student Discussion Posts
- Discussion Posts
- Discussion Topic Breakdown
- Submission Counts
- Ungraded Submission Ages
- Grade Distribution
- Grading Feedback
- Daily Student Risk
- Notes
You can view them all at once, or you can select one from the dropdown menu in the top righthand corner of the screen.
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