How accurate are eColleges User Activity statistics?
The Gradebook tool in the eCollege classroom contains a feature that will allow you to view some relative statistics about student activity within an online classroom. User Activity updates each user’s activity on a daily basis (reports are pulled at 11:59 pm Mountain Time for that particular day). For instance, if Student A entered the course on May 15, the amount of time spent in the course on May 15th will not be logged in the User Activity statistics until the following day, May 16, and so on. These statistics should be used as indication or estimation of relative time spent in a course area, along with evidence of participation in discussion and assessments, to build a picture of student participation. This activity indicator is not an exact representation of the amount of time actually spent in a course area. For example, students may access a course area only to open it. The statistics available to you through the eCollege User Activity area cannot confirm whether a student actu
