Track Student Completion of Content Modules and Topics
Completion tracking can help instructors determine if a student has viewed a particular content item.
Each content item/topic can be marked as completed when a student takes a particular action. There are three basic “actions” that a student can be required to take to mark a content item/topic as complete (or not).
Required: Automatic—Topics will be marked as complete when the student does something in MyCourses, like view a file or post to a discussion.
Required: Manual—Students will see a checkbox next to the topic, which they must manually click to mark the item as complete.
Not Required—No completion tracking will be monitored.
If you set content items/topics to be automatically marked as completed you’ll need to be aware of what action the student must take to trigger the automatic completion tracking.
Uploaded files are marked complete when a student views them.
Documents created in MyCourses (i.e., HTML pages) are marked complete when a student views them.
Discussions are marked complete after a student’s first post. If the discussion assignment requires students to post more than once, select manual completion tracking.
Links are marked complete when a student views them.
Assignment/Submission folders are marked complete after one submission.
Quizzes are marked complete after one attempt is submitted.
Self-assessments are marked complete as soon as they are opened.
Surveys are marked complete when a student submits a response.
The video below details how to use completion tracking to determine if a student has viewed a content item within a module.
