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Video Studio - Analytics for student engagement – 3900.116

Impact: Instructors 
Updated Help Page: Video Studio (Instructors) 
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable 

Instructors using Video Studio can now access analytics to gain valuable insights into student engagement with recordings. With user analytics, instructors can make data-informed decisions about their recording content and instructional strategies to promote engagement with a course.

Instructors

An instructor can access recording analytics from the editing workflow. Select Edit Content and then the pencil button that appears when you hover over or tab to the recording screen. On the panel that appears, select Analytics.

  • Total Views: Track the total number of times a recording has been accessed by students.
  • Individual Users: Identify the unique users who have opened a recording.
  • Average Time Viewed: Monitor the average duration students spend listening to or watching a recording.
  • Total Watch Time: Know the total duration of time students spend listening to or watching a recording. 

These analytics can reveal which parts of a recording are most and least engaging by analyzing engagement patterns and timestamps. Once a user has accessed a recording, it may take up to 20 minutes for this data to be represented in the analytics.

If analytics data is not yet available for a specific video, the Analytics tab is displayed, but each metric will show dashes as placeholders. For GovCloud clients, analytics are not available, and the Analytics tab is not displayed. 

Image 1: Instructors can now view user analytics when they select the Analytics menu item in the Edit Contents page.

Edit screen of a Video Studio recording with the user engagement analytics below the recording. The screen displays a video about the Mona Lisa

Administrator

Availability: Video Studio is a premium solution.

Activation: We are offering customers a free trial until June 30, 2025. This trial provides access to the full version of Video Studio. Video Studio is set to OFF as a default in test/stage and production environments. If you want to enable it in your institution’s environment, you can do that for free until the end of June 2025.

Configuration: In the Administrator Panel, select Configure in The Ultra Experience is Here! module. Select Enable creating/uploading videos using Video Studio. Beyond June 30, 2025, your institution will have to purchase Video Studio to continue using it.

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