NU Submissions

What is NU Submissions?

 Built by TLT, NU Submissions shows the pattern of students' quiz and assignment submissions in a course, and the due dates for all their assignments and quizes; not just in your course, but also in other courses. (Previous version of the app was available via the NU Canvas Dashboard, which was retired in January 2024.)

 

How do I get access to NU Submissions?

NU Submissions can be installed from the NU Learning Apps tab on the left-hand navigation of all Canvas courses.

  1. Click on NU Learning Apps to see the library of apps and scroll to the app you are interested in.
  2. Click on Install Now to install the app of your choice into your Canvas course.
  3. Once you install, the app will be visible to instructors in the left navigation of your course

How do I use NU Submissions?

dashboard labeled with numbers corresponding to the list below

  1. Time range selector: Allows you to change the time range by choosing one of the options in the time-range selection drop-down.
  2. Search box:Allows you to compare specific assignments and/or quizzes. You can search for a specific assignment or quiz, or multiple assignments or quizzes, in the search bar.
  3. Quiz and Assignment Submissions Over Time: Allows you to see the times when your students are submitting to their assignments and quizzes in your course.
  4. Quiz and Assignment Submissions Over Time by Day of Week: Allows you to see the days of the week when students are submitting to to their assignments and quizzes in your course.
  5. All Quiz and Assignment Due Dates Over Time Across Courses: Allows you to see the times when your assignments are due compared to all the other assignments that your students have from their other courses.
  6. All Quiz and Assignment Due Dates by Week Day Across Courses: Allows you to see the days of the week when your assignments are due compared to all the other assignments that your students have from their other courses.

NOTE: The dashboards are created dynamically based off Canvas data that updates daily. Fetching the data and stitching it together into the visualization can take up to a few minutes depending on how big your class is, how many data points it needs to look through, etc.  

Highlighting Data and Zooming In

In NU Submissions is represented dynamically on the dashboard and can be manipulated.

Hovering

By hovering over specific areas you can highlight sections of the graph and reveal detailed information about that selection.

line graph with submissions on the x axis and dates on the y axis, one date is highlighted with an external text box

Zooming In

In NU Files and NU Submissions you can also zoom on data. To zoom in on a specific date range without resetting the graph, click and drag within the graph over the section you want to zoom in on (starting left to right). A grey box will appear to identify the section you are about to zoom in on. When you release, only the area specified will be visible. 

two charts with annotations for zooming function

 

  1. Reset Zoom button: To go back to the original view, click on the Reset Zoom button, which will appear in the top right corner of the graph when zoomed in. 

What other analytics tools are available in Canvas?

Canvas and Teaching and Learning Technologies-created apps can help you take a look at individual versus class performance, anticipate background knowledge, and more. Check out the analytics overview page to see an overview of the four main places where you can find data and analytics about your courses.

  1. Canvas New Analytics Links to an external site.- New Analytics is a tool built into Canvas that has interactive grade graphs, information about course averages, student activity summaries, and more.
  2. NU Files - Built by TLT, NU Files shows which course files are downloaded and details on time and person. (Previous version of the app was available via the NU Canvas Dashboard, which was retired in January 2024.)
  3. NU Academics - Built by TLT, NU Academics shows data from CAESAR about student major, school, and academic year.