How to use Canvas Report

The Canvas Report shows how a student is doing in one course, using data from Canvas: their current score compared with the class, their submissions, how engaged they are, and a breakdown of every assignment.

Overview

Students can open it for their own courses, and staff can open it for the students they support.

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Open a Canvas Report

Students

1. Go to the Courses tab on your Home page.
2. Under This term, find the course and click Canvas report.

Advisors and staff

Open the report from a current course card in any of these places:

• A student's profile, on the Courses tab
• The student's Details on the Advisor Dashboard
• A member's details in the Tracking Groups Manager
• A ticket in the Academic Concerns Manager

The Canvas report button appears only for current courses that use Canvas. Courses the student withdrew from don't have one.

The top of the report shows the course and the date of the Canvas data. Canvas data is updated daily, so it can be a day behind Canvas itself.

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Score and Activity (Top of the Report)

• Current score and its letter grade, on a bar with marks for the class average and class median.

• Last active: the last time the student used the course in Canvas, and how many days ago.

• Time in course: total time spent in the course.
• Days active: how many days the student logged in.
• Conversations: messages with the instructor.

If the instructor hides course totals in Canvas, students see Course total hidden instead of a score. If the instructor hides the grade distribution, students don't see the class average or median.

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Overview Tab

Assignments and quizzes shows the student's work in the course:

• How many due items were submitted, and how many were on time

• A colored bar: On time (green), Late (orange), Missing (red), and Not due yet

Engagement shows Canvas's rating of the student's Participation and Page views, compared with classmates in the same course:

Rating	Meaning
None	No activity
Low	Below most classmates
Moderate	About the same as classmates
High	Above most classmates

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Grades Tab

The Grades tab reads the gradebook live from Canvas the first time you open it.

• Where the grade stands: how much of the course grade has been earned, lost, or is still open.

• What-if projection: move the Score on the remaining work slider to see what final grade the student would get if they score that much on everything left.
• Grade weights: each assignment group's weight and the student's score in it.
• Assignments: every assignment with its score, due date, and status. Use the chips to show All, Missing, Late, Upcoming, or Graded work.

For students: Grades your instructor hasn't posted yet are shown as Not posted and aren't counted in the projection.

For staff: You see every grade, including unposted ones, which are marked Hidden from student. The Grades tab is available only to staff with permission to view student grades.

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Quick Answers

The score is different from Canvas. The report uses Canvas data from the date shown at the top, so it can be a day behind. Check Canvas for the latest score.

The Grades tab is grayed out. You don't have permission to view student grades. Ask your department administrator ot IT if you need it.

There's no Canvas report button for a course. The course doesn't use Canvas, isn't in the current term, or the student withdrew from it.

Why is the projection missing? The instructor hides course totals in Canvas, so there is no total to project from.