danaleeling

Engagement on the Instructure Canvas platform as measured by the average number of page views per day of the week has had the same pattern for four terms: Monday to Thursday see the highest level of engagement, Friday is always down slightly, and Saturday and Sunday are greatly reduced. That Sunday exceeds Saturday may in part be a result of the availability of campus learning resource center computers on Sundays. The chart provides indirect evidence for students who note that assignments due on a weekend are problematic for them. On a weekend families often expect their students their engage in and support family activities. As one father once said to me, "You get my son from Monday to Friday, I get him on the weekend."  On a logarithmic y-axis, engagement from week four to five remained relatively stable. This chart trails the current week by one week as these reports are done before a week is over. Canvas analytics displays 1938 students are on the platform in week six. Th...