Quercus Course Data and Reports
Quercus offers a range of built-in reports and analytics that give instructors visibility into what is happening in their course. This data can help you understand how students are interacting with course content, gauge how well assignments and quiz questions are working as designed, and monitor overall student engagement and performance.
Reports are available at both the course level, providing a picture of overall class trends, and the individual student level, allowing you to follow up with specific students who may need support. The sections below outline the reports available in Quercus and what each one can tell you.
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Most tools in the Academic Toolbox can assist in both online and face-to-face courses. Many tools can provide benefits in either synchronous or asynchronous teaching. Some tools have been primarily designed for one format or another (synchronous/asynchronous), however, may be adapted for any format depending on your pedagogical goals.
To learn more about different teaching modalities, please consult our Online Teaching & Learning page, arrange a consultation with a CTSI Teaching Liason, or contact your Divisional support representative.
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Course Statistics
Course Statistics provide macro-level course information including course totals, assignments, students, and file storage:
- Totals provides running totals of the various course items including Discussions, Assignments, Quizzes and active students.
- Assignments allows you to view the different assessment types, the number of assignments and number of submissions received.
- Students shows you which students have recently logged on to Quercus. From this tab you can also access a User Details page where you can see Student Grades, the Interactions Report, the Access Report, the Outcomes Report, and Analytics.
- File Storage presents the Allotted Storage for your course, the number of uploaded files, and media files. Any files from a previous course import or course copy are not included in the storage quota or files count. It is good to check to see where you are relative to the allotted storage particularly if you have a media rich course.
Course Analytics
Course Analytics works in conjunction with Course Statistics and provides macro-level information about your course. Data can be displayed as interactive charts or as data tables, and is organized around course grade analytics and weekly online activity analytics:
- View average course grade analytics as an interactive chart graph
- Compare the course average with an individual assignment, course section, or student filter using the chart graph comparison
- View average weekly online participation analytics as an interactive chart graph
- Compare the course average weekly online participation analytics with an individual student or section using the chart graph comparison
- Send a message to all students based on specific course grade or participation criteria
- Send a message to an individual student based on specific course grade or participation criteria
- View course grade and participation analytics for an individual student
Notes:
- Data is refreshed every 24 hours, so figures may lag behind recent course activity.
- Only active and completed student enrollments are included in Course Analytics data; deleted or inactive enrollments will not generate data.
- Third-party cookies may need to be enabled in your browser for Course Analytics to display.
Student Interactions Report
The Student Interactions Report allows you to see and evaluate the interactions between you and your students at a course level. Interactions include contact with the student via Conversations and when you leave a comment on an assignment. The Student Interactions Report presents:
- Student shows the name of each student enrolled.
- Last Student Interaction reveals when you last interacted with the student.
- Current Score reflects the score for all graded activities. It does not include any assignment or quiz that has not yet been submitted or graded.
- Final Score is calculated based on all graded activities in the course, whether or not it has been given an actual grade.
- Ungraded Assignments shows a list of ungraded assignments and when they were submitted.
- Message allows you to message individual students.
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Student Analytics
Use Course Analytics to see how well an individual student is performing in the course. This information can be displayed as interactive charts or as data tables, and covers Course Grade, Weekly Online Activity, and Communication. Student-level analytics are accessed by opening Course Analytics and clicking on the Students tab, then clicking the name of an individual student, or by clicking the student’s name from the People page and selecting Analytics.
- Course Grade shows the student’s submission status and grade for each assignment, quiz, and discussion in the course, plotted over time, with the student’s current course grade displayed above the chart.
- Weekly Online Activity shows the student’s average page views and average participations (e.g., posting to a discussion, submitting an assignment, starting a quiz) by week.
- Communication shows the number of Inbox conversations that have taken place between the student and the instructor(s), broken down by who sent each message.
Notes:
- Data is refreshed every 24 hours, so figures may lag behind recent course activity.
- Third-party cookies may need to be enabled in your browser for Course Analytics to display.
- Page view data should not be used to assess academic integrity, since mobile page view data depends on device and network settings and may not reflect exactly when the page was viewed.
Access Report
The Access Report complements the Total Activity column in the People section. It provides detailed information about individual participation in the course. The Access Report reveals:
- Content is a list of content items in the course the user has viewed.
- Times Viewed reflects the number of times the student has viewed the content.
- Times Participated presents the number of times a user has participated in a discussion or submitted an assignment, where applicable.
- Last Viewed is the time the user last viewed the content.
Interactions Report
The Interactions Report summarizes individual student–instructor interactions and complements the Student Interactions Report. Interactions include contact with the student via Conversations and when you leave a comment on an assignment. The Interactions Report presents:
- Student is the name of the student.
- Last Student Interaction reveals when you last interacted with the student.
- Current Score reflects the score for all graded activities. It does not include any assignment or quiz that has not yet been submitted or graded.
- Final Score is calculated based on all graded activities in the course, whether or not it has been given an actual grade.
- Ungraded Assignments shows a list of ungraded assignments and when they were submitted.
- Message allows you to message the individual student.
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Gradebook Data
The Gradebook helps you to view and enter student grades. Only graded items appear in the Gradebook. Ungraded assignments are not displayed. While the default Gradebook view presents all active students in a course, an Individual View is also available.
Individual assignment columns in the Gradebook can be sorted by:
- assignment grade, or
- assignment status.
Gradebook columns can be arranged by:
- assignment name,
- due date,
- points, or
- module.
You can also manually arrange columns or increase and decrease the width of any column.
Assignments in the Gradebook can also be filtered by:
- assignment group,
- sections,
- modules,
- student groups,
- assignment status,
- submission type,
- grading period (if applicable), and
- assignment due dates.
A dedicated Assignment Details page (showing an assignment’s high and low score at a glance) is not available in the Gradebook. To view this information, you can:
- sort the assignment column by Grade to see the high and low scores at either end of the list, or
- use SpeedGrader, centre of the menu bar, to view total number of submissions (1) and assignment average score (2)
Gradebook History is a log of Gradebook changes. It includes:
- the date of the change,
- student whose grade was changed,
- grader who changed the grade,
- assignment where the grade was changed,
- grade before the change was made (if applicable),
- grade after the change was made, and
- the current grade.
Note: Gradebook History only displays changes made within the last 365 days.
A Notes column is available in the Gradebook to store notes about student details or individual assignment submissions. The Notes column is not visible to students.
By clicking on a student’s name, you can view a Student Context Card that displays:
- the student’s section,
- last log in,
- grade,
- analytics,
- number of missing or late assignments,
- number of graded items, and
- activity compared to others in the course.
To ensure that student records are complete and secure, you may wish to Export Grades as a CSV file and download it to your computer each time a set of marks for a test or assignment is entered and at the end of the course. If you prefer to grade outside of Quercus, you can also use a CSV file to Import changes to upload changes to the Gradebook. Please see Important Information about Letter Grades in Quercus.
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Moderate Quiz
Once the quiz is published, the Moderate Quiz page allows you to view:
- Student is the student’s name.
- Attempt is the number of times the student has already attempted to take the quiz.
- Time shows you how long it took the student to complete the quiz.
- Attempts Left is the number of attempts remaining, if any.
- Score is the student’s grade on the quiz. If multiple attempts are permitted, the score is the most recent attempt.
The Moderate Quiz page can also be used to give students extra attempts or time on quizzes.
Quiz Logs
Quiz Logs allow you to investigate problems that a student may have in a quiz and see the status of student quizzes.
The Action Log provides a timestamp for when a student:- Starts the quiz (date and time);
- Attempts the quiz an additional time (when multiple attempts are available);
- Views a question;
- Answers a question;
- Stops viewing the quiz (being inactive, navigating to another course page, or going to another browser tab or window for more than 15 seconds), and;
- Resumes the quiz.
Quiz Statistics
Quiz Statistics are available for published quizzes with at least one submission. Quiz statistics will only generate for quizzes with 100 or fewer questions or 1000 total attempts. When quizzes exceed this number of questions or total attempts, results can be viewed by downloading the Student Analysis report. Quiz Statistics include a Quiz Summary and Question Breakdown.
Quiz Summary shows statistics for all students including:- average score,
- high score,
- low score,
- standard deviation and
- average time of quiz completion.
The Question Breakdown section presents statistics for each quiz question depending on the question type.
Set Answer Choice (i.e. multiple choice) questions display:
- The number of attempts, percentage of students who answered correctly, number and percentage of students who selected each answer in the set;
- The names of students who selected a particular answer can be seen by clicking on the number of respondents for that answer; and
- True/False and Multiple Choice also include an item discrimination index that shows how well the question discriminates between students who do well on the quiz and students who do not.
No Set Answer Choice (i.e. Fill-in-the-Blank) questions display:
- The number and percentage of students who selected the correct answer as well as entries other than the correct answer.
Manually Graded Questions (i.e. essay, file upload) display:
- The number and percentage of respondents in three ranges: top 27%, middle 46%, and bottom 27%; and
- The submissions not yet graded.
Quiz Analysis Reports
Two Quiz Analysis Reports are available.
The Student Analysis Report is a comma separated values (CSV) file that can be downloaded for the quiz that provides the following information for each student:- name,
- id,
- section,
- date submitted,
- number of attempts, and
- response for each question.
The Item Analysis Report is a comma separated values (CSV) file that can be downloaded that provides quiz item analysis statistics for quiz questions. The item analysis is designed to help instructors assess the effectiveness of their quiz questions using measurements of reliability, difficulty, and discrimination. For more information about item analysis limitations and calculations, refer to the Item Analysis resource document.
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Progression through Modules
If you have requirements and prerequisites set up within Modules, you can track student progress through the Module items. Progress is determined by students completing required elements, such as viewing a page, submitting an assignment, or earning a minimum score on an assignment or quiz. Progress is shown as completed, in progress, or locked (cannot yet be accessed because of completion or prerequisite requirements). Modules where there are no completion requirements display as completed.
Last Modified:
21 September, 2026
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