Intended Audience: Collaborative Instructors
This article pertains to courses taught by local teachers as part of a collaborative partnership.
Introduction
The Activity Heatmap is an interactive dashboard that provides a snapshot of what students are doing in a course. This dashboard can be used to better understand when students are busiest and what kinds of activities they are doing.
Details
Locate the Dashboard
- First, tap Data and Insights from the Brightspace Navbar and then select Insights Portal.
- Next, tap Insights Report Builder at the top of the Insights Portal page.
- At this point, a new tab will open. To view the dashboard, open the menu at the top left of the page, expand Instructor Dashboards - CI and then select Activity Heatmap.
- Next filter your Activity Heatmap to display the Term, Course and/or Student of interest.
- Filter by Term
- First, tap the Student Course Activity - Term Filter - Collaborative drop-down to select a term.
- Next, choose a term by placing a checkmark in the box located to the left of the term name and then tap the Apply button.
- As a result, the dashboard will refresh and display only the selections made. View these results within in the "Most Active Course Items - Collaboratives" and "Student Course Activity - Collaborative" cards.
- Filter by Course
- First, tap the Student Course Activity - Course Filter - Collaborative drop-down to select a course name.
- Next, choose a course by placing a checkmark in the box located to the left of the course name and then tap the Apply button.
- As a result, the dashboard will refresh and display only the selections made. View these results within in the "Most Active Course Items - Collaboratives" and "Student Course Activity - Collaborative" cards.
- Filter by Student
- First, locate the Student Course Activity - Name Filter - Collaborative checkboxes.
- Next, place a check in the checkbox located to the left of the student's name.
- As a result, the dashboard will refresh and display only the selections made. View these results within in the "Most Active Course Items - Collaboratives " and "Student Course Activity - Collaborative" cards.
- Filter by Term
- Interact with the "Most Active Course Items - Collaboratives" and "Student Course Activity - Collaborative" cards.
- Most Active Course Items - Collaboratives card. Scroll using the bar on the right side of the card to view the activity count for the course or activity.
- Student Course Activity - Collaborative card. This card will show by date the activity count for the filtered data. Tap the number within the day to view a list of activities. The results will appear on the Most Active Course Items - Collaboratives card.
Card Options
Each card contains a Card options icon (wrench). To show this icon, hover over the card and it will appear on the top right of the card. Choose from one of the available options.
- Details. Once selected, this option opens the table into a separate page containing only this information. It contains insights such as outliers, averages, and more.
- Schedule as Report. This option allows mentors to distribute the report to themselves or others on a daily, weekly or monthly basis.
- Edit Scheduled Report. Selecting this option will allow mentors to adjust the reports they distribute.
- Send Now. This option will allow a mentor to send the report one time to themselves or others.
- Send / Export. Selecting this option will provide options for sending or saving card information.
- Add to Favorites. Choosing this option will add the card to your Favorites page.
- Alert Me. Selecting this option will allow a mentor to create an alert driven by real-time data straight to your inbox.