LMS Trends Report

When the LMS Trends Report is enabled in Anthology Reach, the out-of-the-box Contact (Advising) form displays the LMS Trends Report tab, which provides advisors and coaches access to detailed and timely information about student's course performance and engagement at their fingertips.

Note: When the LMS Trends Report tab is clicked for the first time for a Contact record, it takes longer than usual to load the reports.

The LMS Trends Report includes vital information from Blackboard Learn about individual students' engagement and performance in their current courses. Reach users can leverage this information for meaningful and proactive conversations with their students.

The following topics provide information on the steps to view the LMS Trends Report tab and the data and charts that are available in the LMS Trends Report.

Engagement Score

The engagement score is a comprehensive metric derived by a machine learning algorithm from multiple LMS activity data points that takes into account the engagement expectations of each course. The engagement score includes accesses, minutes in course, discussion forum interactions, course content interactions, and submissions.

The engagement score will not appear until there is enough activity in the LMS to generate a meaningful score. It may not appear for certain courses with durations that are over a year or shorter than a month. In the Additional Course Details table, an engagement score status is displayed for each course. The status can be Active, Waiting, or On Hold. A score will not appear unless the status is Active.