1. Rubrics in Brightspace
   1. Rubric Statistics vs Grade Statistics
2. Accessing Rubric Statistics
   1. To access the Competency Activities Tab
   2. To Access the Rubric Statistics Page
3. Support

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Rubrics in Brightspace

One of the ways instructors can provide students with feedback is by using Rubrics. More information about rubrics, such as a rationale for using them and tips for scoring them, can be found on Teaching Resources: Rubrics page. 杏吧原创’s Learning Management System (LMS) — Brightspace — comes equipped with the ability to build rubrics right into the LMS’s evaluations. Step-by-step instructions for setting up rubrics in Brightspace can be found on our Creating Rubrics page.  

Rubric Statistics vs Grade Statistics

Once you have created a rubric and used it to provide students with feedback (and possibly shared it with your students), you might be interested in examining the associated data. These Rubric Statistics provide granular statistics for the criteria outlined in the rubric (Criteria Statistics). If you are looking for aggregate information related to student’s grades, you should look at Grade Statistics instead.

Accessing Rubric Statistics

To get an overview of Rubric Statistics, you will need to access the Competency Activities tab in the Rubrics statistics page of your Brightspace Course. Once you have access to the Competency Activities tab, you can access the Rubrics Statistics page which contains Overall Statistics, Criteria Statistics and Individual Statistics that relate to your Rubric.

To access the Competency Activities Tab

1. Log in to using your My杏吧原创One credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Course Admin.                                                           
4. Click on Rubrics.
5. Click on the Action Menu next to the Rubric of interest.  
6. Select View Statistics from the drop-down menu.
7. Click on the Competency Activities tab. 

For each Rubric you have in your course, you will be able to view statistics related to each evaluation with which it is associated, separately.

Competence Activities Table

The Table in the Competency Activities tab gives you some higher-order information related to each Object (i.e., Brightspace evaluation).  

• Object: The name of the evaluation associated with the Rubric.
• Type: Information related to which evaluation was used (e.g., Assignment, Quiz).
• # Assessments: The number of individual submissions for each evaluation.
• Average Level: An aggregate depiction of what level the class achieved. Levels are chosen during the creation of Rubrics in Brightspace.
• Average Score: The sum of each student’s score divided by the number of submissions.
• Actions: For each evaluation associated with the Rubric, there is a Statistics Icon in this column.

To Access the Rubric Statistics Page

To access the Rubric Statistics Page for any evaluation associated with your Rubric in this course, click on the Statistics Icon under the Actions header.  On this Rubric Statistics Page you will find three different tabs of statistics: Overall Statistics, Criteria Statistics and Individual Statistics.  

Overall Statistics

Most of the information contained in this tab is also found on the Competence Activities Table. The additional information found on this tab is the Mode and Frequency. The Mode is the most frequently earned level. The Frequency is the frequency that each level is attained, denoted as a percentage.

Criteria Statistics

On this tab you can find statistics regarding the relative frequency of students who feel into each category of the Rubric’s criteria.

Individual Statistics

This page contains a Table of learners with the level and score they earned, the person who assessed them (Assessor) and when they were assessed (Date).

Support

For consultations and help accessing Rubric Statistics and implementing Analytics into your course, contact the Teaching and Learning Services team through the

1. Grade Statistics  
   1. Grade Statistics
   2. Class Statistics 
   3. User Statistics 
2. Event Logs 
3. Support

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Once an assessment in D2L Brightspace has been completed and graded, instructors are able to access aggregate and individual statistics related to the grades. In your course’s Grade Book, you can find two types of reports related to grades: Grade Statistics and Event Logs.   

Grade Statistics  

The Grade Statistics in Brightspace contain Class Statistics as well as Individuals User (student) grade statistics.

Grade Statistics

Accessing the grade statistics page allows access to Class Statistics tab and User Statistics tab within your course.

To access the grade statistics page:  

1. Log into your course with your My杏吧原创One credentials.   
2. Click on Progress in the NavBar. 
3. Select Grades from the drop-down menu. 
   

   NOTE: If you haven’t yet set up your gradebook, you will be prompted to do so.

4. Click on either the Manage Grades tab or Enter Grades.  
5. Click on the action menu next to the grade item of interest.   
6. Select View Statistics from the drop-down menu.
   You now have two options for statistics to access: Class Statistics and User Statistics. 
7. Select the Class Statistics or User Statistics Tab. 
8. Click the View Statistics For drop-down menu. You can change the View By field to User, Group, or Section if you have groups and/or sections in your course. This can be helpful to try and compare grades by different TA Groups or different teaching sections.

Class Statistics 

The following are explanations for each of the statistics presented in the Class Statistics tab.   

• Number of submitted grades: The numerator in this expression is a count of the values contributing to the class-level statistics. For example, in a course wherein 21 grades have been computed, this value will be 21. The denominator denotes the number of possible values (i.e., the number of grade-earning users — often learners — in the course).   

• Minimum: The lowest grade achieved on this grade item, expressed as a percentage. This value does not include ungraded items that are treated as zero.   
• Maximum: The highest grade achieved on this grade item, expressed as a percentage. This value does not include ungraded items that are treated as zero.  
• Average: The sum of all the grades for this grade item divided by the number of submitted grades, expressed as a percentage. This value does not include ungraded items that are treated as zero.  
• Mode: The most frequently earned grade on this grade item, expressed as a percentage. This value does not include ungraded items that are treated as zero.  
• Median: The middle of the distribution (i.e., the value that sits in the position of minimum plus half of the range), expressed as a percentage. This value does not include ungraded items that are treated as zero.  

• Standard Deviation: To complement the measures of central tendency, standard deviation is a measure of dispersion in the data. This statistic measures how spread the data is; that is, on average, how far away is the data from the average. This standard deviation uses the population computation, as it is assumed that this parameter is meant to describe users who participated in the evaluation; this means that it is not meant to be used as a statistic to infer to a greater population of interest.   

• Grade Distribution: This Figure is a histogram that depicts the percentage of students (y-axis) who have received a certain range of grades, expressed as a percentage (x-axis). Grade received (%) is binned into 5% ranges and the height of the bars indicates what percentage of students eared a grade within that 5% range. 

In the example Grade Distribution shown above, 45% of students earned between 90-95% on this evaluation.

User Statistics 

The User Statistics Tab allows you to compare students’ performance on one evaluation with other evaluations. The table presents a list of students and their grade, expressed as a percentage, on the grade item chosen. Click on Show Search Options to explore these data in more detail.   

To Filter User Statistics: 

1. Access the Grade Statistics Page.
2. Select the User Statistics Tab.
3. Under Score, click on the select box to activate it.   
4. Choose a different grade item  
5. Choose with operator you’d like to use  
   • =: score on chosen grade item is greater than or equal to the typed value, as a percentage.   
   • < =: score on chosen grade item is less than or equal to the typed value, as a percentage.  
   • >: score on chosen grade item is greater than the typed value, as a percentage.   
   • <: score on chosen grade item is less than the typed value, as a percentage.  
   • =: score on chosen grade item is equal to the typed value, as a percentage.  
6. Type the value you’d like to compare against (as a percentage); this must be a numeric value.
   

The image above is an example of filtering the User Statistics for Quiz 8 by students who received less than or equal to 50% on Quiz 7.

Event Logs 

The D2L Brightspace Grade Book has two kinds of event logs: Overall Event Log and Grade Item Event Log. The Overall Event Log will provide you with information related to the creation, deletion, and restoration of grade items. The Grade Item Event Log will provide you with information related to any changes made for each grade item separately.   

To Access the Overall Event Log:

1. Log into your course with your My杏吧原创One credentials.   
2. Click on Progress in the NavBar. 
3. Select Grades from the drop-down menu. 
   NOTE: If you haven’t yet set up your gradebook, you will be prompted to do so.   
4. Click on the More Actions button.  
5. Select View Event Log from the pulldown menu.  

From here, you’ll see a Table of all the changes that have been made to the grade book in your Brightspace course. If you click on Show Search Options, you’ll see that you can filter the Table by Action (I.e., Created, Deleted, or Restored) and Date (start dates and end dates related to the grade item; i.e., not the associated evaluation). Additionally, you can search within the grade item name and grade id.  

In the Item column, you can click on the grade item name to be brought to the Edit Settings page for that grade item.  

To Access Grade Item Event Logs:

1. Log into your course with your My杏吧原创One credentials.   
2. Click on Progress in the NavBar. 
3. Select Grades from the drop-down menu. 
   NOTE: If you haven’t yet set up your gradebook, you will be prompted to do so.   
4. Click on either the Manage Grades tab or Enter Grades. 
5. Click on the action menu next to the grade item of interest.  
6. Select View Event Log from the pulldown menu.  

From here, you’ll see a Table of all the modifications that have been made to this specific grade item. The Table indicates the modification (e.g., grade item description), when it was changed and by whom. Additionally, you can click Show description to see the previous value.  

Click on Show Search Options to filter this by start and end dates associated with the grade item.  

Support

For further assistance accessing Brightspace Grade Statistics and Event Logs in your course, contact the Teaching and Learning Services team through the

1. Working with Agent Criteria Fields
   1. Using Release Conditions to Collect Data
2. Additional Support

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Intelligent Agents (IAs) are communication tools that can send email notifications to instructors and students when particular tasks/actions are completed in a course. IA’s also have a automated data reporting functionality instructors may find useful. You can use Intelligent Agents to:

• Gather information on student engagement and disengagement in a course
• Identify students at risk of low performance
• Identify students at promise of improved performance
• Build reports that satisfy a combination of the agent Criteria Fields, such as completion or non completion of work, or login details (see below for a more complete list)

Because IAs are targeted to specified course criteria and are automated to notify instructors, using IA’s can be more efficient than other methods of course data reporting. The efficiency of IAs is particularly useful for high enrolment and merged courses. When interpreted in the context of the course, course data can signal where further investigation or action might be required, such as reviewing an assessment for revision or following up personally with a student.

WARNING! Data reports can be misleading or can obscure student engagement that occurs in less traditional/standardized methods. For example, a student may download the course content at the start of the course, and may interact with the content many times offline. Offline interactions would not be captured by data reporting. For this reason, Intelligent Agent data reports should not be considered comprehensive or complete indicators of student performance and engagement despite the variety of search filters and functions. Rather, data reports should always be considered in the context of the course and other performance indicators.

Working with Agent Criteria Fields

The three Agent criteria fields—Login Activity, Course Activity, and Release Conditions—can be used alone or in combination to create data reports. For Example, you can create an Agent that searches for students who received less than 50% on the mid-term (Release Condition) and have not accessed the course in the last 7 days (Course Activity), but have signed into Brightspace in the last 7 days (Login Activity).

Using Release Conditions to Collect Data

The Use Case Table below provides some examples of how you might use the Release Conditions Criteria, in combination with other Criteria and Action settings, to generate engagement and performance reports. For instructions on how to access and download reports, see our support page on exporting the results of an Intelligent Agent run.

Additional Support

For more instructions and help guides for Intelligent Agents, please visit our support site Setting Up Intelligent Agents.

If you require additional assistance with Intelligent Agents, data reporting in your course, or with any Brightspace questions, reach out to

1. Set Completion Tracking for a Module
2. Set Completion Tracking for an Individual Content Item
3. View a Completion Summary (Track Student Activity)
4. Additional Resources

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Completion (Click) Tracking allows instructors to see which pieces of content students have visited in a course. The best use of Click Tracking is to see what content has appealed to students and had good exploration, and what has not. This type of information assists instructors with editing and revising their content for better student engagement. Completion tracking also allows students to monitor where they’ve been in a course via the Class Progress page. See the Class Progress page for more information about viewing student progress.

WARNING! (content retrieved from emphasis 杏吧原创): Looking at click tracking data in aggregate can be useful for instructors evaluating their own teaching. However, click tracking data can be unreliable at the individual user level and should never be used as a way to police or evaluate students. Consider these scenarios:

• A student has trouble with their wifi and so a classmates sends them PDFs of the reading. Click tracking will tell you they never clicked on the link when in fact they did the reading carefully as instructed.
• A student downloads all the documents in the course at the beginning of the semester in bulk, but click tracking will have no way of communicating that information. It will just indicate that the student did not select the link.
• Another student clicked on all the links, but did not read carefully or process the content. Click tracking can’t tell you to what degree a student engaged with the content or whether they understand what they read.
• A student clicks on a link within a course and completes the activity, but, for reasons we cannot ascertain, that click was not registered in D2L Brightspace. To both the student and the instructor, it may look like the student never clicked on the link.

Rather than relying on click tracking to determine individual student engagement, faculty can focus on building engaging spaces for learning where students can process together and demonstrate their learning using a variety of available tools. These spaces might include tools like Discussions… Click tracking can tell us a lot about how students are engaging with the course, but they are not dependable or foolproof enough to be used as data for student assessment. (end quoted text from Vanderbilt University)

WARNING! External Learning Tools, such as Kaltura, BigBlueButton, H5P, and Zoom, are not included in click tracking. Click tracking only tracks tools and resources that are part of Brightspace’s suite of tools.

• Set Completion Tracking for a Module – Enable completion tracking for all content within a module.
• Set Completion Tracking for an Individual Content Item – Enable completion tracking for a specific content item (file, link) or assessment in your course (Assignment, Quiz, Discussion, etc.)
• View a Completion Summary – View completion tracking results for a course item.

Set Completion Tracking for a Module

1. Log into using your My杏吧原创One credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • Select the course tile under the My Courses widget.
   • Select the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, select Content.
   
4. In the left sidebar under Table of Contents, select the module/week section you want to track (Week 1 is an example of a module in the image below). Alternatively, you can scroll down the Table of Contents page to locate the module/sub-module you want to add an assignment to.  For instructions on how to add a new module or sub-module to your course, visit the Adding Modules and Sub-modules page.
   
5. Select the drop-down arrow next to the Module name, then select Set All Completion.
6. In the pop-up window, select one of the following completion methods:
   • Required: Automatic—Topics will be automatically marked as complete when the student completes the module tasks, such as post in a discussion or submit a quiz.
   • Required: Manual—Students must manually select a checkbox next to the course component to mark the item as complete.
   • Not Required—No completion tracking will be monitored for the module.
7. Select Update.

You will now see a checkmark next to all content items within the module indicating that completion tracking is enabled (see example below).

Set Completion Tracking for an Individual Content Item

1. Log into using your My杏吧原创One credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • Select the course tile under the My Courses widget.
   • Select the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, select Content.
   
4. In the left sidebar under Table of Contents, select the module/week section that holds the course content you wish to track (Week 1 is an example of a module in the image below). Alternatively, you can scroll down the Table of Contents page to locate the module/sub-module.  For instructions on how to add a new module or sub-module to your course, visit the Adding Modules and Sub-modules page.
   
5. Locate the content item you want to track (Assignment, Quiz, File, etc.), then select the double dash to the right of the item.
6. In the drop-down menu, select one of the following options:
   • Required: Automatic—The content item will be automatically marked as complete when the student completes the activity, such as post in a discussion or submit a quiz. For files and links, the content will be marked complete when it has been viewed by the student.
   • Required: Manual—Students must manually select a checkbox next to the course component to mark the item as complete.
   • Not Required—No completion tracking will be monitored for the module.

You will now see a checkmark next to the content item indicating that completion tracking is enabled (see example below).

View a Completion Summary (Track Student Activity)

1. Log into using your My杏吧原创One credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • Select the course tile under the My Courses widget.
   • Select the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, select Content.
   
4. In the left sidebar under Table of Contents, select the module/week section that holds the course content you wish to track (Week 1 is an example of a module in the image below). Alternatively, you can scroll down the Table of Contents page to locate the module/sub-module.  For instructions on how to add a new module or sub-module to your course, visit the Adding Modules and Sub-modules page.
   
5. Locate the content item you want to view (Assignment, Quiz, File, etc.), then select the drop-down arrow to the right of the content name.
6. In the drop-down menu, select View Topic.
7. Scroll to the bottom of the page, then select the Completion Summary tab.
   
8. You will see a table displaying a completion summary for your select course content item. Use the Search Users field to jump to a completion summary for a specific student. You can filter the list using the Completed, Incomplete, or Exempt Links, or select the All Users drop-down menu to filter by course group or section.

Additional Resources

For more information on reviewing student performance in Brightspace, visit our Viewing Class Progress support page.

Teaching and Learning Services Contact Information

• TLS Support – Visit聽the to create a support request.
• Drop-In Support – Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10AM to 12PM at the Future Learning Lab, 4th Floor of the MacOdrum Library.
• TLS Hours of Operation – Monday to Friday 8:30AM to 4:30PM.

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• Available: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year
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1. Access your Class Progress Dashboard
2. View an Individual Student’s Class Progress Summary
3. Customizing your Class Progress Settings
   1. Replacing a Progress Indicator
   2. Reordering your Progress Indicators
   3. Progress Indicator Options
   4. Viewing Course Access
4. Class Progress Video Tutorials

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The Class Progress tool allows instructors to review student performance using any 4 chosen performance indicators from a selection of 9. View detailed student progress reports for assignments, quizzes, discussions and other course components, as well as detailed system login and access information.

WARNING! Login data in Brightspace only reflects logins in the last 30 days, not total system logins to date. Be aware that logging in in the Class Progress screen also represents logins to Brightspace itself, rather than course-based logins.

→Related Support Page: Setting up Completion Tracking

For instructions on how to set up an intelligent agent to automate class progress feedback, see the Setting Up Intelligent Agents page.

Access your Class Progress Dashboard

1. Log into  with your My杏吧原创One credentials.
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • Select the course tile under the My Courses widget.
   • Select the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, select Progress.
   
   
4. In the drop-down menu, select Class Progress.
5. You will see a table displaying the following class progress indicators by default: Content Completed, Objectives, Logins, Grades.
   

   TIP: Hover over the login or grade bars to get more detailed login information for a specific student. To view a detailed report for a student’s progress indicator, select any of the indicators.

   NOTE: Logins reflect logins to Brightspace itself, rather than course-specific logins.

   TIP: Filter your Class Progress page to view a specific group or section in your course using the filter to drop-down menu at the top of the page.

You can customize the indicators that are visible on your Class Progress dashboard, or view an individual student’s summary report.

View an Individual Student’s Class Progress Summary

1. Log into  with your My杏吧原创One credentials.
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • Select the course tile under the My Courses widget.
   • Select the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, select Progress.
   
4. In the drop-down menu, select Class Progress.
5. You will see a table displaying the following class progress indicators by default: Content Completed, Objectives, Logins, Grades.
   

   TIP: Hover over the login or grade bars to get more detailed login information for a specific student. To view a detailed report for a student’s progress indicator, select any of the indicators.

6. Select a student’s name to view a detailed progress report.
7. You will see a Progress Summary page for the selected student . Select a tool name or category in the left menu to jump to a summary section.  For example, the discussion section displays a student’s activity in each forum and topic. Alternatively, go down the page and select the drop-down arrow to expand a summary under a particular tool or category heading.
   
8. When you are finished viewing a Progress Summary Report for a particular student, you can select the navigation arrow below the student’s name at the top of the report to jump to another student’s summary report, or select the Class Progress link above the student’s name to return to your Class Progress dashboard.
   

Customizing your Class Progress Settings

You have to option to customize which indicators are displayed on your Class Progress dashboard. You can replace one of the default 4 progress indicators with one of the 9 indicator options (see the table below for a list of indicator options). You can also edit the order the indicator columns appear in the Class Progress table.

Replacing a Progress Indicator

1. Log into  with your My杏吧原创One credentials.
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • Select the course tile under the My Courses widget.
   • Select the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, select Progress.
   
4. In the drop-down menu, select Class Progress.
5. Select Settings in the top-right corner.
6. You will see a page listing the indicators that are currently displayed on your Class Progress Pages (see image below). Numerical order represents the reading order of the indicator columns in the table.
   
7. Select the drop-down arrow next to the indicator you want to replace, then select Replace.
8. In the Progress Indicator pop-up window, select one of the indicator options.
9. Select Save and Close.  The selected indicator will automatically appear on your Class Progress dashboard.

Reordering your Progress Indicators

1. Log into  with your My杏吧原创One credentials.
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • Select the course tile under the My Courses widget.
   • Select the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, select Progress.
   
4. In the drop-down menu, select Class Progress.
5. Select Settings in the top-right corner.
6. You will see a page listing the indicators that are currently displayed on your Class Progress Pages. Numerical order represents the reading order of the indicator columns in the table.
7. Select the drop-down arrow next to an indicator, then select move down or move up to re-arrange the indicator.
8. Select Save and Close.

Your Class Progress dashboard will automatically update to display the progress indicators in your chosen order.

Progress Indicator Options

You can customize your Class Progress dashboard to display any of the following progress indicators:

Viewing Course Access

Instructors can view the dates and times that students have logged into Brightspace.

1. Log into  with your My杏吧原创One credentials.
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • Select the course tile under the My Courses widget.
   • Select the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, select Progress.
   
4. In the drop-down menu, select Class Progress.
5. Select a student name to view a detailed progress report.
6. Select Course Access in the left menu.
   
7. You will now see the Course Access Progress page. At the top of this page, you will find the number of days visited in the last 30 days and the Last Accessed date. You will also find a list of dates the course was accessed below.

Class Progress Video Tutorials

1. Adding an Intelligent Agent 
2. Performing a Practice Run
3. Running an Intelligent Agent Manually
4. Adding an Intelligent Agent Category
5. Categorizing Intelligent Agents
6. Editing Intelligent Agent Categories
7. Deleting Intelligent Agent Categories
8. Using Replace Strings for Intelligent Agents
9. Enabling or Disabling an Intelligent Agent
10. Deleting an Intelligent Agent
11. Duplicating an Intelligent Agent
12. Editing an Intelligent Agent
13. Bulk Editing Intelligent Agents
14. Exporting the Results of an Intelligent Agent Run
15. Changing an Intelligent Agent’s Email Settings

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Intelligent Agents is a tool within D2L Brightspace that allows instructors to gain insight into their course. For example, instructors may wish to determine who has or hasn’t submitted an assignment. These agents can also send customizable messages to individual students when they fulfill a particular task in D2L Brightspace. For example, an instructor may choose to set an intelligent agent to let a student know when they have missed a deadline on an assignment. Intelligent Agents can help boost engagement with students and help instructors monitor course activity.  

Intelligent Agents can also be used to build data reports on student behaviour. For more information on how to build these reports, please see our support site Using Intelligent Agents to Create Data Reports.

For more information about using Intelligent Agents in Brightspace, see the D2L documentation on .