Using Custom Reports
The Custom Report format provides you with several information categories which you can use to create detailed overviews determined by your data selections. Custom Reports offer options in the Set Up Report window where you can choose the layout, formatting, and specific information contained in your report. You are also able to choose from filters that determine information such as Assignment Scores data, Assignment Takes data, Total Time Spent, Student Participation. These various filtering categories produce course-level data on scores and student ranking.
Custom Reports can also be generated into one of several file formats used for printing or exporting to other software (for example, a spreadsheet application) for further editing. If you need to modify your filtering selections before printing or exporting your report, you can click the Change Setup button to reopen the Set Up Report options.
To create a Custom Report
- 1. Go to the Gradebook page and if necessary, make a new selection from the Select a Course or Section dropdown menu.
- 2. Open the Reports menu (graph icon).
- 3. Select Custom Report in the Select a report to create dropdown menu to open the Report Creator: Custom Report page.
- 4. Select which Students and Assignments to include. For example, you can Select All, Select None, use Ctrl+click to make more than one individual selection, or use Search For to find specific students on the list.
- 5. Select to display the information for Unadjusted Score, Adjusted Score, and Student Ranking from the options under the Course heading.
- 6. Choose to include data on student performance from the options under the Assignment Takes heading:
- 7. Select the options Unadjusted Score, Adjusted Score, and Manually Scored, then select a qualifier, and then enter a numeric value for the comparison.
- 8. Select Last Login under the Participation setting to include information on student activity on specific dates. By using the qualifiers and the calendar/time widgets, you limit data to specific periods of time.
- 9. Set the desired options for formatting and selecting specific students or assignments.
- ° Use the Student Name Display to select from Last, First, Sign-in ID, or Student ID.
- ° Use the Score Display to select from Numeric Score, Percentage, and select a new value for Decimal Places.
- ° Use the Wide Reports option to choose between One Table or Multiple Tables with a dropdown menu for the number of Columns.
- 10. Click Create Report when your selections are complete to display your report.
- 11. (Optional) Click Print Report to create a printable copy of the report and open your system's Print dialog box. Click Print to send the report to your printer as it appears on your screen.
- 12. (Optional) Click Export Report to save the report as a file for further editing or printing.
- ° .pdf - reports can be viewed in Adobe® Reader®.
- ° .rtf - reports can be viewed, edited, and printed in Microsoft® Word 2000 (or above) and similar word processor applications.
- ° .csv - reports are comma-separated files that can be viewed, edited, and printed in Microsoft® Excel and similar spreadsheet applications.
- ° .txt - reports are tab-delimited text files that can be viewed in either a text editor or opened for viewing in a spreadsheet application (such as Microsoft Excel®).
- 13. Click the Exit Report Creator button once you are finished managing your report, to return to the Gradebook overview page.
Next, select one of the following qualifiers as a filter, and enter a numeric value:
Note: Student IDs are useful for large courses, when you have students with similar names. This information is part of the output when exporting your Gradebook or creating Gradebook reports. If you want to use Student IDs, you can have students create one from their Global Actions Menu or select the option to Require students to provide a student ID on login when creating or editing your course.
Note: You can go back to change your report information by clicking the Change Setup button. This closes the current report and reopens the Report Creator page.
Note: In addition to setting the number of columns in the Wide Reports option, you can also set the page orientation to Landscape in your system's printing Preferences.
You can select from one of the following file formats:
After you have selected a file format, click Export to choose a destination on your system and save the file (or you can click Cancel to exit without saving).
