Outcomes Reporting
- Nelson Baquero
Analytics
Summary
This article describes what a report is, how to run a report, and how report schedules work.
Reports
Outcomes assessment collects data for analysis and displays the results using reports. Reports are available that apply to academic users ranging from teachers to presidents and provosts. Reports provide the evidence of learning and the effectiveness of the education process. Outcomes assessment includes standard report definitions that you can run in the system.
Types of Reports
Report Name | Description |
|---|---|
Evidence Evaluation Summary | This report provides a summary of the rubric evaluations completed against collected evidence and allows for deeper analysis to support institutional assessment and accreditation efforts. |
Download Evaluation Results | This report allows the results of rubric evaluations of collected evidence to be downloaded in an XLS format you can use in other third-party reporting tools for deeper analysis. |
Running a Report
Reports can be run from many different places in the system. For example, for an admin, Administrator Panel > Tools and Utilities > System Reporting is one way. Instructors can run reports on various items.
Navigate to the item you want to report on, or locate the appropriate report
Open the item or report's menu and select either "Run Reports" or "Analyze Results"
If there are multiple reports to choose from, a list of available reports appears
Navigate to the report you want to run and open the menu
Select "Run"
Some reports result in an HTML file and display in the context that it has been run. Other reports allow the user to select the format of the output file. Some reports are automatically saved in the Content Collection while others can be downloaded.
Report Schedules
If you select "Run" on a scheduled report, the report will run at the scheduled time. Schedules are defined by the administrators to ensure that large reports do not take up system resources at times of peak load.
Administrators set the start time for the scheduled report queue and the length of time the queue will process reports. If the system does not complete all scheduled reports in the allotted time frame, the system begins where it left off during the next scheduled processing window.