Participation
Last updated: July 27, 2026
Summary Participation is one of the behavioral indicators StudyCoach can provide. The indicator Participation indicates the number of activities a student has participated in relative to other course participants. Value Insight in the participation gives an indication of a student's activity (in a course). Roles
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Collected information
In the behavioral indicator participation data from Canvas is clustered around the number of active interactions a student has done. This is the number of times a student has executed one of the following:
Post a comment to an announcement.
Submit an assignment.*
Viewing or editing a collaboration.
Participate in a meeting.
Post a new response in a discussion.
Create a wiki page.
Hand in a quiz.
Start a quiz.
* Submission of a group assignment will only count as participation for the one student who submitted the group assignment.
✨ Tip: Because the data can only be collected if there were assignments for students to turn in, it is important to incorporate as many assignments with a deadline into your course as possible. We therefore offer some tips for providing Canvas course with different types of assignments to allow for optimal data collection. |
Score calculation
The score of the behavioral indicator participation is calculated as follows:
The participation is plotted against the average of the participations of all course participants (with the student role).
Negative (red)  | Neutral (orange)  | Positive (green)  |
|---|---|---|
No participation. | Fewer participations than the course participant average. | More participations than the course participant average. |
The scores are recalculated daily and are stored by week. Based on the score, the trend is calculated.