ARCHIVED: Oncourse Reports: Overview

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Important:

Oncourse is retired. For details, see ARCHIVED: About the Oncourse retirement.

What it does

The Oncourse Reports tool can aggregate and summarize data from other Oncourse tools; at Indiana University, it is used primarily with the portfolio environment (see ARCHIVED: Portfolio environment). You can use Reports to see summaries of information stored in various portfolio forms. The tool supports the creation of:

Live detailed and summary reports
Snapshots of report data for a particular moment in time
File exports to .csv format for further manipulation in Microsoft Excel or statistics software

Key concepts

Artifacts: A document or file that demonstrates accomplishment of a task or goal

Forms: In the Oncourse portfolio environment, forms are used to collect, store, and display information in matrices and presentations. The Reports tool can aggregate and summarize data stored in forms; currently, reports are limited to data stored in matrices and their associated forms.

Report definitions: Report definitions determine the content and how it's displayed in the report. They are XML files that query the Oncourse database and stored XSD form instances. An XML renderer (XSLT file) is used to display the results. Definitions imported into the Reports tool are available for use in all portfolio sites at IU; normally, the Oncourse development team creates these report definitions.

Snapshots: A snapshot can capture report data at a particular moment in time. Saving snapshots allows you to compare data and identify trends over time. You can also save a live snapshot, which will be updated as the data changes, for more convenient access to report data.

Things to consider

In order to use any of the evaluation form rating reports, the evaluation forms in the matrix must comply with ARCHIVED: IU's evaluation form standards. Be sure to test the reports with your matrix before you begin to collect real data. For help with creating compliant forms, contact your campus teaching and learning center.
For a list of currently available reports, see ARCHIVED: Reports available in the portfolio Reports tool.

Help documentation

For help documentation about the Reports tool, see ARCHIVED: Reports.