How to see which students viewed an assignment?

Question

I'm probably just missing it, but how can I see which students have viewed an Assignment?  I know how to go to People and look at details for a specific student, but I want to be more proactive and look at an Assignment and see who has, and hence who hasn't, accessed it.  Quizzes have a moderate page that shows this info very clearly - is there something similar for assignments that I'm missing?

NoahBoswell · Accepted Answer

Hi there @Gregory_Putman ,

Thanks for asking on the Instructure Community!

If you have the 'New Analytics' tool enabled for your course (located in your course navigation), it can provide you with some information that may be beneficial. While there isn't directly a way to see a full list of which students participated and who haven't in a specific area of your course, it will provide you with information such as when the student last participated in a course, when their last page view was, how many page views they actually have compared to other students in the course, and you can also see a general view of the weekly course activity inside of your course, and see how many students viewed a specific page.

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Basics-Guide/What-is-New-Analytics/ta-p/73

I hope this helps in some way for you, even though it doesn't necessarily provide specific information on which students viewed a specific assignment and who didn't, that would be something to check out access reports for.

All the best to you!
Noah