Overview
The Student Success dashboard provides a comprehensive view of student enrollment in courses, course performance, and key academic metrics. Use this dashboard to monitor enrollment trends across terms, evaluate course-level performance statistics, and identify areas where students may need additional support. This dashboard is ideal for academic affairs, advising, and student success teams seeking data-driven insights into how students are engaging with their coursework.
Accessing the Dashboard
The Student Success dashboard can be found via the Insights sub-menu. The Insights module can be accessed from the Data + Automations dropdown in the top navigation.
Dashboard Features
The Student Success dashboard provides enrollment metrics, student performance data, and course-level analytics across two tabs. Explore student enrollment trends by term and dimension, review course statistics, and analyze enrollment patterns over time.
Global Controls
The Student Success dashboard can be filtered and controlled in several ways. Find the global controls at the top of each tab. These global controls affect each tab. Filters applied on one tab will carry over to the others. Select one or many from the control categories.
From (date)
To (date)
Campus
Subject
Course Title
Territory
Student Type
Active Major (Student)
Active Term
Instructor
Type
Instruction Type
Term (Course Section)
Tabs
The Student Success Dashboard is organized by two tabs. The Students tab focuses on student-centric enrollment and academic performance data. The Courses tab focuses on course-centric enrollment, capacity, and performance data.
Students Tab
Visualization Sections:
Students
Students
The Students section is located at the top of the page. It provides key enrollment metrics and charts to explore enrollment trends across terms and student dimensions.
Features
Count of students enrolled this term
Students enrolled in courses
Enrollment records per student
Courses per student enrolled in courses
Cumulative Enrollments by Term
A horizontal bar chart showing the total number of enrollments for each term
Percentage of Enrollments by Student Dimension
A horizontal stacked bar chart showing the percentage breakdown of enrollments by the selected Student Dimension, organized by term and colored by student type. The title of this chart changes dynamically based on the selected Student Dimension.
Unique Controls
Student Dimension: Select the student dimension to group the Percentage of Enrollments chart by. Options are Major, Student Type, and Territory.
Comparison Terms: Filter the charts by specific comparison terms.
Student Performance
Student Performance
The Student Performance section is located at the bottom of the Students tab. It provides course-level statistics from the student perspective.
Features
Course Statistics by Course: A table displaying statistics for each course including Courses Per Student, Terms Per Student, Enrollments Per Student, Enrollment per Course Section, Average Absences, Average Grade (Current), and Average Grade (Final).
Courses Tab
The Courses tab displays enrollment metrics from the course perspective, including enrollment breakdowns by subject, top and bottom performing courses and sections, course-level statistics, and enrollment trends over time.
Visualization Sections:
Courses
Courses
The Courses section is located at the top of the tab. It provides key course enrollment metrics, a subject-level enrollment breakdown, and insight cards highlighting top and bottom performing courses and sections.
Features
Count of students enrolled
Total course enrollments
Total courses with enrollments
Student enrollment per course section
Enrollment by Subject:
Pie chart showing the distribution of enrollments across subjects.
Top 3 Courses for Enrollment
Card that displays enrollment counts
Top 3 Sections for Enrollment
Card that displays enrollment counts
Bottom 3 Sections for Enrollment
Card that displays enrollment counts
Course Performance
Course Performance
The Course Performance section is located at the bottom of the Courses tab. It provides course-level statistics and an enrollment trend over time.
Features
Course Statistics
A table by Course Dimension, displays statistics for the selected dimension including Enrollment, Max Enrollment, Capacity, Absences, Average Absences, Average Grade (Current), and Average Grade (Final). The title of this table changes dynamically based on the selected Course Dimension.
Enrollment Over Time
A line chart showing two metrics—Students Enrolled and Course Enrollments—plotted over Enrollment Date.
Unique Controls
Course Dimension: Select the dimension to group the Course Statistics table by. Options are Course Section, Course Title, and Instructor.
Metric Glossary
Metric Glossary
Metric | Definition |
Students enrolled/Enrollments | Student records with enrollment milestone for selected term. |
Students enrolled in courses | Distinct students enrolled in a course. |
Enrollments per student | Course enrollments / Students enrolled in courses |
Courses per student | Number of courses with enrollments / number of students in courses |
Enrollments per course section | Enrollment records for a course / Number of sections with enrollments |
Average Absences | Average number of absences per course |
Average Grade | Average numerical grade per course |
Course Enrollments | Number of enrollment records for given parameter |
Courses with Enrollments | Number of courses with at least one enrollment |
SMS Resubscribe | After a user unsubscribes from receiving text messages, the user resubscribes to resume receiving text messages. |
Troubleshooting & FAQ
Why is there no data?
There are a variety of reasons an Insights report is blank. Try the following quick fixes:
Reset the report. Visualizations may be filtering the report. Check the date controls. If the date is too far in the past, it may pre-date your activity in Element451.
Check what fields are being used.
If data is still missing, there may be issues with your data in Element. Check out this guide for data cleanup.