Course reading lists (Talis)

Analytics can help make informed decisions around reading list content by displaying the following information:

• usage analytics for each reading
• the quality of the metadata as well as providing suggestions for improvement
• statistics on the student interactions - reading intentions and notes

On lists where you are a List Owner or List Publisher, an 'Analytics' button will be available from the View menu:

 Note: usage data will not be collected until the list is published for the first time.

Video shows how to access and use reading list analytics (1:54)

To get an overall picture on the usage of your list there are three general statistics available in Dashboard*:

• Page Views: the number of times your list has been viewed
• Clicks: the total number of times people have clicked on a resource from your list to look at the expanded view
• Annotations: the number of student annotations/notes added to resources on the list

For information related to specific resources on the list, you can also see:

• Clicks: the number of times people have clicked on a specific resource to view the expanded view. Note that this does not include usage statistics for when accessing a resource via the 'View Online' button
• Notes and Reading intentions: the number of student notes and usage break down of each reading intention used on that item

The Dashboard defaults to view All time activity statistics. To change the date range for these statistics, simply click the All time activity button and select "Choose a date range".

*The Dashboard updates every 24 hours as the new data is processed and pushed through to the dashboard view. So any clicks you make to test it will not immediately be displayed.