[APRIL 2023] Live in Sandbox: Adding More Details to Your Course Reports

Up here in Canada, March is the month for school breaks, flu seasons (yikes!) and those last few snow storms, which can make for a nice combination of family time and some seriously fun tobogganing adventures. 

It’s also the time we are gearing up to welcome spring and I’m going to tell you right now folks, we have BIG things for you to play with in the product this spring but we’re excited to share that you’ll be seeing some of these updates later this month! 

Right now, here’s what you can find live in your sandbox.

Adding First and Last name to Your Course Reports (User Statistics)

Alright let’s face it, usernames can get pretty creative out there (I’m pretty sure I had one that involved a combination of my star sign and my favorite fruit in university!). It’s all fun and games until you’ve got a long list of usernames without any indication of who the actual individual is that represents that username and the data. It makes drilling down on user statistics a little tricky. 

With this new feature, you now have the ability to view first and last name in the User Statistics tab of Course Reports as selectable columns. In addition, Admins and Power Users can choose the columns they’d like to display and the exported file will reflect that selection.

Want to see?

Navigate to Course Management > Reports > User Statistics 

Click on the Column Selector icon indicated by red arrow

What you’ll see are columns that are available and flagged by default and right there (in the red box) you’ll be able to select the First Name and Last Name. 

Bonus: The First and last name Columns are also sortable!

Note: The Username cannot be unflagged.

Now before you ask “That’s it?!”, we’ve got a BIG update planned for you in the upcoming March release. Please set your reminders and be sure to attend the March 2023 Release Readiness webinar (reg link coming soon!) and don’t forget to catch the March Roundup post to learn what exciting plans we will be releasing in a couple of weeks.

📢  We want to hear from you!

Thanks for taking the time to read the April Sandbox post. We’d love to hear what you think! Do you have any ideas or plans to use this update? Share with us in the comments below ⬇️⬇️⬇️