Step-By-Step
Viewing Course Statistics
(Text version)

1.Blackboard keep statistics on course site usage. You can view these statistics by:

• Log into the Blackboard course site as usual.
• Go to Control Panel / Course Statistics. This will display the Course Statistics form.

2. Use the dropdown box under section #1 to choose the type of report you would like to see.

• Selecting the "Overall Summary of Usage" report will display the number and percentage of page hits for each item button or area, the number of page hits for each area by each student selected, a graph showing the number of page hits for the period selected, the page hits for each selected student covering the time period selected, and graphs showing date, time and day of the week usage.
• Selecting the "Accesses by Content Areas" report will display the number and percentage of page hits for each button or area, the number of page hits for each area by each student selected, a graph showing the number of page hits for the period selected and a listing of the number of page hits for each selected student and each area covering the time period selected.
• Selecting the "Accesses by Groups" will give details of each group's course site usage.
• Selecting the "Accesses by Forum" will give details on the Discussion forum usage.

3. To view the statistics:

• Select the type of report from the dropdown list under section #1
• Checkmark the "start" and "end" date checkboxes and use the dropdown boxes to select the period of time the report should cover.
• If you want the report to reflect the usage of all users leave the default "All Users" radio button selected. If you want to track the usage of a sub-set of all users, select the "Selected Users" button and use the list to select the student or students you want to track. You can select more than one student by holding down the "Control" key and clicking on additional names. You can select all of the students by selecting the first student name in the list, holding the "Shift" key select the last name in the list.
• Click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page. This will display the report.
  
• You can change the report type by clicking on the "Change Filter" button on the top of the page. This displays the Course Statistics form.
• You can print the report by clicking on the "Print" button at the top of the page. This will display your computer's print dialogue box.
• You can download the report by clicking on the " Export Data" button at the top of the page. A warning will be displayed concerning using .csv format. Click "OK". A file download dialogue box will be displayed. Click on "Save", choose a location on your hard drive for the file, rename the file if you want and click "OK". The file will be in .csv format and can be opened in Microsoft Excel or any other application that can open .csv files.

If you have any questions or comments regarding this Step-By-Step procedure contact the Tufts Blackboard Administrator at: nhirsig@tufts.edu