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What is the Observations report and when should I use it?

The Observations report contains a high-level list of all Observation contributions across your topics.

Written by Matthew Mast

Overview

The Observations report lists all learner contributions for the Observation element across your portal.

A contribution is created for each learner enrolled in a topic that contains an Observation element - one contribution per element. So, if a topic has multiple Observation elements, each one will appear as a separate contribution in this report.


By default, all learner contributions are listed, along with the following:

  • Title: The name of the topic the Observation contribution belongs to.

  • Person: The learner associated with the contribution.

  • Categories: Any categories assigned to the topic.

  • Label: The label given to the specific Observation element.

  • Learner Acceptance: Whether the learner has clicked the acceptance button in the topic to confirm they agree to the Observation. Only shown if applicable.

  • Overall Score: A numerical score indicating the learner's performance for the Observation. Only shown if applicable.

  • Overall Result: Whether the learner has passed, failed, or is still pending.

  • Date Finalised: The date the Observation was finalised with a pass or fail. Displays Pending if not yet finalised.

  • Last Attempt #: The number of attempts the learner made before completing the Observation.


Locating the Observations report

Navigate to Admin → Analytics and click the Observations report tile under the Contributions report category.

Filtering your report

The Observations report contains the following filters:

  • All Knowledge: Filter contributions by one or more topics.

  • All People: Filter learners by standard or custom fields.

  • All Categories: Filter topics by category.

  • All Labels: Filter contributions by label.

  • All Results: Filter contributions by result - all, pending, failed, or passed.

  • All Roles: Filter contributions by learner role.

  • All Groups: Filter contributions by learner group.

Once you have selected your filters, click Apply filters.

Note: Follow our guide to learn how to save your favourite filters and download reports.

FAQs

Why can't I see a contribution in the Observations report?
A contribution will only appear in this report once the observation has been started. This can be initiated by either the learner, if self-assessment is enabled, or the assessor, once they begin grading/scoring the contribution.

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