Understanding how students interact with your course helps you improve content and measure success. This guide covers all analytics features available in Caring CourseForge.
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- Feature Availability:* Basic analytics available on all plans. Advanced analytics require Creator or Professional tier.
Analytics Dashboard
Accessing Analytics
Dashboard Overview
The analytics dashboard displays:
Enrollment Metrics
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Total enrolled students
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Active students (last 7 days)
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New enrollments this week
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Enrollment trend over time
Completion Metrics
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Course completion rate
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Average completion time
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Students in progress
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Dropped students
Engagement Metrics
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Average time spent per lesson
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Most/least viewed lessons
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Quiz attempt rates
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Discussion participation
Performance Metrics
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Average quiz scores
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Pass/fail rates
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Question difficulty analysis
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Learning objective achievement
Student Progress Tracking
Individual Student View
Track each student's journey through your course:
What You Can See:
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Completion Status: Which lessons completed, which in progress
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Time Spent: Total and per-lesson time investment
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Quiz Scores: All attempts with timestamps
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Last Activity: When they last accessed the course
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Progress Percentage: Overall course completion
Filtering and Sorting
Find students who need attention:
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Filter by completion status (completed, in progress, not started, dropped)
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Sort by last activity date
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Filter by quiz score ranges
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Search by student name or email
Content Performance
Lesson Analytics
Understand how students engage with each lesson:
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View Count:* How many students accessed this lesson
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Average Time:* Typical time students spend on the lesson
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Completion Rate:* Percentage who finished the lesson
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Drop-off Point:* Where students tend to leave the lesson
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- Using Lesson Data:* If a lesson has high drop-off or low completion, it may be too long, too difficult, or unclear. Review and revise accordingly.
Quiz Performance Analysis
Detailed insights into quiz effectiveness:
Overall Quiz Stats
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Average score across all students
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Pass rate percentage
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Average number of attempts
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Time to complete
Per-Question Analysis
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Correct answer percentage
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Most common wrong answers
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Question difficulty rating
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Time spent on question
Improving Low-Performing Questions
When a question has low success rates:
Privacy and Compliance
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- Data Privacy:* - All analytics data is anonymized for aggregate reports
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Individual student data only visible to course instructors
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GDPR and FERPA compliant
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Students can request their data be deleted
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No data shared with third parties
Using Analytics to Improve
Regular Review Schedule
Weekly
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Check active user count
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Review new enrollments
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Look at recent quiz scores
Monthly
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Analyze completion rates
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Identify underperforming content
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Review student feedback
Quarterly
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Deep dive into all metrics
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Compare to previous quarters
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Plan major course updates
Data-Driven Improvements
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- Action Steps:* - Shorten or split lessons with high drop-off rates
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Add more examples to lessons with low quiz performance
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Rewrite confusing questions with low success rates
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Create bonus content for highly engaged students
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Add prerequisites to lessons where students struggle
What's Next?
Explore the course editor features to implement improvements based on your analytics insights, or learn about the AI assistant to help create better content.