How do I view Catalog Analytics?

As a Canvas Catalog admin, you can view and manage course data and generate custom reports in the Analytics page.

Note: Enrollments that are not added to a course through the Catalog enrollment page are included in Catalog analytics only if the two are synced.

Open Admin

Open Admin

In the User Menu, click the Admin link.

Open Analytics

Open Analytics

In the navigation menu, click the Analytics link.

View Analytics

View Analytics (new)

Category tabs for Listings, Enrollments, Orders, and Users display [1].

For each tab, a creation date of Past Week is selected by default. To delete the Past Week time frame and view all listings, click the Creation Date icon [2].

To search for a specific item, type all or part of the listing name in the Search field [3].

Detail information for each category displays in the chart [4].

For ease of view-ability, all columns in the chart do not display at the same time. To display additional column headers, click the Expand icon [5].  Alternatively, you can use the horizontal scrollbar to view additional column headers [6].

To sort a column in alphabetical or numerical order, click the Order icon for the header name {7].

View Listings Tab

View Listings Tab

In Analytics, the Listings tab opens by default [1].

Summary listings data displays [2].

The Listings tab displays the following listings data:

  • Listing - Name of the course
  • Canvas course ID
  • Catalog - Home catalog for the course
  • Listing status  
  • Listing creation date
  • Enrollment Count - Number of students enrolled
  • Completion Count - Number of students who completed
  • Dropped Count - Number of students who dropped
  • List Price - List price for registration (if applicable)
  • Promotion - The promotion code (if applicable)
  • Discount - The amount of promotional discount applied (if applicable)
  • Revenue - Net amount earned on registrations after discounts are applied

To search and filter listings data, click the Filters button [3].

View Enrollments Tab

View Enrollments Tab

Click the Enrollments tab [1].

Summary enrollments data displays [2].

The Enrollments tab allows you to view enrollment data:

  • Student - Name, student ID and email address
  • Catalog - Home catalog for the course
  • Listing - Course name and number
  • Listing Status
  • Canvas Course ID number (if applicable)
  • Enrollment Date
  • Status - Current course status for the student
  • Certificate - A clickable link to print a certificate of completion (if available)

To sort and filter enrollments data, click the Filters button [3].

View Orders Tab

View Orders Tab

Click the Orders tab [1].

Summary data for orders displays [2].

The Orders tab allows you to view purchase-related data and revenue, or data related to free courses:

  • Purchaser - Name, Canvas ID number and email address of the purchaser
  • Catalog - Home catalog for the course
  • Listing - Course name and number
  • Listing Status
  • Canvas Course ID number (if applicable)
  • Bulk Purchase- Indicates whether or not the order was part of a bulk purchase
  • Purchase Date
  • Order ID
  • Reference ID - (If applicable)
  • List Price - The list price for registration (if applicable)
  • Promotion - The promotion code (if applicable)
  • Discount - The promotional discount applied (if applicable)
  • Revenue - Net revenue from registrations after discounts are applied (if applicable)

To search and filter orders data, click the Filters button [3].

View Users Tab

View Users Tab

Click the Users tab [1].

Summary user data [2] displays:

  • Total Students - The total number of registered students (not newly registered) in the time period defined by the filter.
  • Active Students - The total number of registered students with at least one active (not completed) enrollment.
  • New Students - The total number of newly registered students who have not yet enrolled.

The Users tab displays user and student registration data for all students:

  • User - Name, Canvas ID number and email address of the user
  • Registered Through - Registration method
  • Registration Date
  • Enrollment Count - Number of courses the user has registered for
  • Last Enrollment Date
  • Location
  • Transcript - Clickable link to download the user transcript

To search and filter users data, click the Filters button [3].

Export CSV

Export CSV

When you have finished filtering the data, you can export a custom report. To export, click the Export CSV button [1].

The confirmation banner displays [2].  A link to the requested file is sent to the email address for the account.