The Students in Need of Attention report helps instructors identify students who may need extra support based on their engagement and performance in your Canvas course site.
The data displayed in the initial opening of this report is based off of the default criteria settings. The default criteria settings are just that the Minimum Course Score is below 60%.
This report, and all data in the Course Analytics tool, is not based on live data. The Students in Need of Attention report is updated to the latest data every 8 hours. Recent changes to student grades or performance activity in the Canvas course site will not be reflected immediately in the report.
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This article will address the following information:
Accessing Students in Need of Attention Report
The data displayed in the initial opening of this report is based off of the default criteria settings. The default criteria settings are just that the Minimum Course Score is below 60%.
This report, and all data in the Course Analytics tool, is not based on live data. The Students in Need of Attention report is updated to the latest data every 8 hours. Recent changes to student grades or performance activity in the Canvas course site will not be reflected immediately in the report.
- In your Canvas course site, click on the "Course Analytics" button in your Course Navigation menu.
- Navigate to the "Needs Attention" tab.
If you do not see the Course Analytics tool in your menu, check out our support article on customizing your Course Navigation menu to enable the tool.
Available Data
The Students in Need of Attention report provides a few top-level data aggregation figures to help the instructor understand the nature of the students who are in the report. The provided data includes:
- Number of Students Who Need Attention
- Average Course Grade
- Average current score of all students in need of attention.
- Late and Missing Submissions
- Sum total of all late and missing submissions by students in need of attention.
- Students with Zero Activity
- Students in need of attention with with 0 views or participations.
The report also includes a table which displays each individual student that meets the report criteria, as well as additional information about their grade / performance in the course. The table includes:
- Student name
- SIS ID
- Email Address
- Course Score
- Sections
- Missing Submissions
- Late Submissions
- Last Participation date
Finally, the instructor can drill down on any specific student in the report by clicking their name in the "Students" table. The student's detailed information page includes:
- Aggregate grade and performance data for the student.
- Current Grade
- Late Submissions
- Last Participation date
- Since last page view date
- Charts and graphs outlining student grade and performance, often against the class average.
- Student's Current Score Compared to Class chart
- The student's score is in red, while a sum total of the rest of the class is represented in the other bars of the chart.
- Student Submission chart
- Chart of just this student's submissions in the class, detailing what is Missing, Late, and On Time.
- Student's Interactions Over Time Compared to Class graph
- Graph outlining the trend of student engagement over time to the class average.
- Student's Current Score Compared to Class chart
Downloading Students in Need of Attention Data
- In the Students in Need of Attention report, click the three-dot icon in the top-right corner of the Students table.
- In the menu that opens, click the "Download Data" option to download a CSV copy of the table.
Any data block / table in the report can be downloaded using the same process of clicking the three-dot icon in the top-right corner. You may need to hover over the block or table to see this icon though.
Editing Report Criteria
If a student meets ALL of the criteria you select, that student will show up on the Students in Need of Attention dashboard.
At this time, there is not a way to set more complex boolean style criteria, nor is there a way to create and save different configurations of criteria for easier access. Additionally, setting criteria is on a single course by course basis. Setting criteria in one course site will not carry over or be saved to any other course site for that instructor.
- Navigate into the Students in Need of Attention report and click the "Edit Criteria" button in the top-right corner to change the parameters used to identify the students that will appear in this course report.
- A side-tray menu will open where the instructor can set criteria based on Student Engagement and Course Performance.
- Student Engagement criteria include:
- Last Page View - Minimum days since last page view
- Last Participation - Minimum days since last participation
- Fewer Discussion Posts - Compared to class average
- Course Performance criteria include:
- Minimum Course Score - Set the minimum course score
- Late Submissions* - More than this percentage of student's submissions are late
- Missing Submissions* - More than this number or percentage of student's submissions are missing
- Student Engagement criteria include:
- Once the criteria is set, click the "Save" button at the bottom.
* Using external tools, like Gradescope, that pass a grade back to a Canvas activity in the course site do NOT also pass back submission meta-data like if the work is Late or Missing.
If you utilize an external tool to collect / complete many assessments in your Canvas course site, you will need to manually mark students as Late or Missing in the Assignment's SpeedGrader or from the Gradebook to effectively leverage the "Late Submissions" or "Missing Submissions" criteria.
Filtering Students in Need of Attention Data
- Navigate into the Students in Need of Attention report and click the "Apply Filters" button below the aggregate data boxes.
- At this time, instructors can only filter against Course Sections.
- Additionally, use the "Search Students" box to type the name of a specific student you are looking to find.
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