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Course Readings

Instructions for faculty and staff for adding and managing Course Readings in Canvas

Ways to View Usage

View List as a Student

  • Finding View List as a Student
    • To View List as a Student you need to be in the Course Readings platform (Student View within Canvas will not work)
    • This view is only available from the Course Readings List's Main Menu (not available from the Section or Citation)
    • This menu is available from the 3 dots in the upper right-hand side of the screen
    • View list as a student is towards the bottom of that menu

See View List as a Student for more information.

Exit the View List as a Student 

  • Exiting View as a Student screen
    • After selecting the View list as a student from the menu, there will be a new image at the bottom of the screen (Student View Mode)
    • To exit this screen, click on the X found in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen

Usage Reports in Course Readings

  • Available on the left-hand side of the Library Review, Publish, New Section, Add Items line
  • Click on the graph/bar icon within your list and student engagement analysis will appear
  • Analytics Mode will be on (see bottom, left-hand side of screen)
  • Analytics Mode can be removed by selecting the X at the bottom right-hand side of the screen
  • Reports are always 1-day old as the statistics represent the previous day

See Usage Reports for more information.