Track content completion and participation in myCourses

Completion Tracking is only available in the Current Content Experience. Explore the differences between the new vs. current content experience and how to switch between them in myCourses.

Completion tracking enables instructors to set the method of completion for an activity and provides progress indicators for learners as they complete course activities.

The tool is not necessarily accurate, as there is no way to tell whether or how the students are actually using the content. For example, if a student downloads content and studies it offline for an extended period (instead of viewing it within myCourses) it will appear as though he/she has not viewed any content. Alternately, if a student clicks on all content in myCourses even without reading it, it will appear as though they have viewed 100% of the content.

There are two types of completion tracking you can use in your course offerings:

• Automatic completion - Completion tracking that automatically determines whether users have completed a topic when they click to view it. For some activities, automatic tracking requires users to participate in a chat or discussion, submit a file or form, or complete an assessment such as a quiz or survey before completion is successful.

• Manual completion - Completion tracking that is manually set by users. Users can select the completion checkbox beside each content topic to indicate they have completed it. Although users can use manual tracking to indicate that they have accomplished a task before it is completed (for example, selecting the completion checkbox beside a quiz activity before attempting the quiz at all), this does not affect assessment scores or user attempts counted towards an activity.

Changing an automatically tracked topic to manual completion resets completion tracking for that topic. This means that users might have to return to the topic to mark it complete; users do not need to resubmit files or assessment activities.

In this article:

Enable/disable completion tracking

1. To Enable/Disable Completion Tracking click the Content tab in your Course Navbar.

2. Click on the Settings button on the top-right corner of the Content window.
   

   

3. Scroll down to the Completion Tracking section and select the desired setting
   

   

   
   

   •  Required: Automatic (Default): A grey dot appears on the right side of the page beside each Content item. The dot automatically turns into a checkmark for a student when they view an item.

   •  Required: Manual: An empty checkbox appears on the right side of the page beside each Content item. Students can manually select the checkbox to set items as complete.

   •  Not Required: Nothing will appear on the right side of the page beside each Content item. Students will not be able to use Completion Tracking for the selected item(s). If you are using Completion Tracking for other items, this item will not count in the completion total.
     

4. Save and close.

This setting does not affect the completion tracking method for Content items that already exist in your course.  It will only affect new Content items.

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Use the Class Progress tool to monitor students' activity

Instructors can use the Class Progress tool to view detailed reports about students’ activity in a course. Students can also view their own User Progress page to monitor their own progress in all their courses.

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Change completion tracking settings

Completion Tracking allows students to track their progress while viewing content. You have three options:

Change the completion tracking method for all content

1. In Content, click Table of Contents in the sidebar.

2. Click the arrow beside the word Table of Contents at the top of the page and select Set All Completion.

3. In the pop-up window that appears, select a completion tracking method.

4. Click Update.

A confirmation message that says Completion Method Saved Successfully will appear in the bottom right corner of the page. All content items in your course will now use the completion tracking method you selected.

Change the completion tracking method for a module

1. On the main Content page, click a module in the sidebar.

2. Click the arrow beside the name of the module at the top of the page and select Set All Completion.

3. In the pop-up window that appears, select a completion tracking method.

4. Click Update.

All content items in the module will now use the completion tracking method you selected.

Change the completion tracking method for an item

1. On the main Content page, click a module in the sidebar.

2. Click the arrow beside the name of the item and select Edit Properties In-place.

3. From the drop-down list that appears below the item, select a Completion Tracking Method.

The item will now use the completion tracking method you selected.

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