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54 6 Explore your Online Course: Visualization of Resource Use and the Learning...
Fig. 6.2 Import status screen
6.4 Cooking
6.4.1 Essential Kitchen Tool: The Dashboard
We provided a brief overview of the LEMO2 CourseExplorer in the preparation
section. Now let us get more familiar with the CourseExplorer.
In the Top Menu are several options to configure the CourseExplorer to your
course (Fig. 6.3). Start by choosing your course from the drop-down menu. Then
select your basic configurations for the analysis. If you are uncertain about which
configurations to choose, we recommend that you explore your students’ activities
over time and compare the activities to learning objects to get a nice overview of
your course.
A graph section shown at the center of the LEMO2 course explorer is where your
results are visualized course (Fig. 6.3). The graph section will give you feedback on
whatever nuances you add to your analysis. You can use the cursor (the gray window
below the graph in Fig. 6.3) to interact with the graphs and get the full experience of
your analysis.
In Fig. 6.3, below the graph section is a detail section with a list of detailed
information about the analysis results. You can sort it by clicking a header, such as
name, type, users, activities, average activities per user, and peak activity in terms
of time.
On the right-hand side is an additional filter section that offers four filters for
analyses (Fig. 6.3). Using the filter section, you can set a data range, choose certain
students by grade, and select specific learning objects or types of learning objects.