Progress tracking allows you to track a user’s progress through the content in your course.
As of 16th September 2024 – Progress Tracking has been turned on by default in all courses in Blackboard
Turning on Progress Tracking
To use progress tracking in your module you must turn it on.
- Select Courses from the Ultra navigation menu.
- Select a Course.
- Under Details & Actions > Progress Tracking, select Turn on.
- After the Progress Tracking panel opens, switch the toggle from off to on.
- Save your new settings.
Your students will now see their progress in the course. All content displays an icon showing a student’s progress. When all content in a folder or module has been completed, the entire folder is automatically marked as complete.
What a student sees
Before a student has accessed content, the Progress icon is an empty circle:
After a student has accessed content, the Progress icon is a half-filled circle:
For items that are submitted, the Progress icon turns to a green checkmark to indicate that the item is completed. If the item does not have a submission option, such as an Ultra Document, students will have to mark the item as complete themselves.
The Student Progress tab
The Progress tab tracks individual student progress in a course. You can see completed and uncompleted tasks for each student. You can access the tab by selecting Progress in a student’s Student Overview. Content displayed on the Progress tab depends on the content availability. By default, the Content availability filter is set to Visible to students. Select All from the Content availability menu dropdown to see content that isn’t visible to students in addition to visible content. Content that isn’t visible to students has a lock icon beside it.
Student Progress Report for course content
Staff can generate a report about what content has ben accessed by the entire student cohort. There are two ways to access this report.
The first way is to select the ellipsis menu beside the content and then select Student Progress to access the Student Progress report.
The second way is to bring up the content’s page and then select the Student Progress tab.
You can see the progress that students mark for the following content types:
- Ultra Documents
- SCORM packages
- Uploaded files
- Links
- Cloud documents
- LTI content with no associated grade
- Learning modules
- Folders
The report allows you to select content and view:
- Students who have not yet opened content
- Students who have accessed content
- Students who have marked the content as complete