8 Metrics That Every Course Creator Must be tracking -
Course creators are always looking for methods to enhance their course. One of the most effective ways for this is to listen to your learners.
The issue is that your students won't be able to tell you what's happening through your course. They'll drop out, cancel their account, or even complete the course only to disappear but you'll never know the full story.
The tracking of online course metrics will help to determine what students are thinking about your course, and the ways to enhance it.
It's not just about counting the number of students who complete a course. No course will have the perfect finish whenever life happens or when a student's motivations or circumstances change.
Let's look at the eight online course metrics that you should be tracking and how to use that data to increase your chances of performance.
Learning Performance and Progress
Metric 1: Course Progression
In a nutshell, students who progress through the course at a rapid speed are probably enthusiastic and involved. That could indicate strong course design that you can reproduce or teach to other people.
When monitoring course progression Consider asking the following questions:
- What is the time it takes for a learner to complete a class?
- How fast do they progress throughout each lesson and topic?
- Which concepts are easy to grasp but which are difficult?
- If learners consistently drag when they are dragging, how do I help them understand?
Student Satisfaction and Approval
Metric 2. Exit surveys
Just because a learner finished an entire course, it doesn't mean that they loved the experience. You might want to send out surveys after the course is completed (and after the learners are aware that their feedback won't affect the outcome of their grade.) A quick exit survey can capture initial impressions.
Metric 3: Class evaluations
4. Metric: Instructor's effectiveness
The best instructors may waver when presenting online courses. Check in on the way instructors respond to requests from students and how they're communicating with students. It is particularly important to track if instructors change but not the material for the class. Is there a difference in the level of engagement?
Metric 5: Discussions, comments and discussions
Discussion forums online can be a fantastic way for students to study the material with others and experience an atmosphere of belonging. Examine group discussions to see what learners are discussing and engaging with the subject. An amount of participation in the discussion board can be a sign of validity!
Learner Competency And Proficiency
Metric 6: Quiz Scores
Metric 7. The quality of assignment submissions
The complexity and the quality of assignments helps you get an idea of how students are engaged with the course. If you can, provide learners individual feedback for each assignment (or check the feedback an instructor is leaving). This can help you see what students have to overcome. This can lead to greater rate of success (and scores!) for individual learners.
Metric 8 Certifications Vs Retakes
How long do learners stay enrolled in your course, and will they return for more? How many finish the course with a certification, or how many need to go back to the exam? A strong completion rate is a simple statistic that you can monitor without having students to provide you with an explicit assessment.
Does your LMS Have Customizable Metrics?
- See a snapshot of enrollment and pending assignments when you log in
- Keep track of student progress live and observe how students move throughout the course and keep tabs on their test scores
- You can manage assignments by approving or deleting assignments
- Advanced reports can be run and exported the course information to an Excel file or CSV. CSV or Excel document
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