Student Guide to Learning Analytics and Attendance

What is learning analytics?

Learning analytics brings together information about your course activity to help you and your tutors spot patterns, celebrate progress and offer timely support. It is used to enhance your learning experience and is not used for summative assessment or to take significant action about you without a person involved.

How it helps you

• See your engagement and attendance alongside key dates so you can plan and ask for help early. 
• Receive optional study reminders or supportive nudges. 

What data we use right now

• Your timetable and attendance check-ins. 
• Your use of the Virtual Learning Environment and related learning tools. 
• Your course, modules and marks as they become available. 

We explain these data in your Student Privacy Notice and keep them under review as services evolve.

Your choices and controls

Notifications and prompts: you choose whether to receive them and you can change your preferences in the app later.

Checking in to sessions: if you use the app for attendance, you can allow location services on your device. This is optional, and there are alternative ways to record attendance if you prefer not to share location. When location is used for check-in, Jisc obfuscates it and does not store your real-world location in the Learning Data Hub.  

Who sees your information

• You see your own engagement view. 
• Your Personal Tutor and relevant teaching and support staff can see information for the students they support.

How we keep it safe

• Data protection: we follow UK Data Protection legislation, use contracts with any third party processors, and review risks through a Data Protection Impact Assessment. 
• Jisc attendance location: when used, location points are obfuscated and kept outside the main data hub, with an agreed retention period. 
  

Questions, concerns or support

Ask a question: [email protected].

Read more about how your data is used: Student Privacy Notice. 

Read our Data Protection Policy.

If you need wellbeing or study support, contact your Personal Tutor or Student Services.