MiVideo: Understanding Media Gallery / Channel Analytics in Canvas and Mediaspace

Environment

Canvas
MiVideo Mediaspace

​​​​Kaltura Analytics describes how viewers engage with your media. Analytics are aggregated across both Canvas and MiVideo platforms. Analytic metrics can be found per Media item or Media Gallery/Channel, See related Analytics articles for more information about these metrics.

Issue

Describe how viewers engage with all media items in a course Media Gallery in Canvas or a channel in a Mediaspace.

Video Demo

Understanding Canvas Media Gallery Analytics

Resolution

Notes:

Locate analytics

Canvas

Teachers, TAs, and designers can view Media Gallery analytics for their course. All media published to the course Media Gallery will be shown in the analytics, even media in which the teacher, TA, aor designer are not the media owner or co-editor.

  1. Navigate to the Media Gallery > "Channel Actions" > Analytics.

Tips:

  • Browser ad blocking software and security plugins can prevent the collection of analytics.
  • There may be other reasons why data is not collected. For example, if only one student in a group is logged in and playing the video to the whole group.
  • The ITS-MiVideo support team has a data warehouse that also contains Kaltura viewing data. This information is useful to determine how much of a video a was played when MiVideo does not have that information. This information can be requested by submitting a request to the ITS Service Center.
  • Another strategy for monitoring media playback is to turn your video into an Interactive Video Quiz (IVQ) and publish that quiz as an assignment with a grade that posts back to Canvas. See the IVQ (Interactive Video Quizzing) article.

Mediaspace

Only channel managers can view channel analytics.

  1. Navigate to the channel page > "Channel Actions" > Analytics.

Tip:

  • Browser ad blocking software and security plugins can prevent the collection of analytics.

Reporting time frame drop-down list

  • Adjust the Analytics date range.
  • Click Apply.

Tip: The built in end date always defaults to yesterday. Use a custom date range to include today’s data. 

Export drop-down list

  • Request a CSV download of the data via email.
  • Check the boxes to select which data analytics to download.
  • Click Export Reports.

Performance over time graph

  • Different tabs provide metrics over the selected time period. These tabs will vary based on media type.
    • Player Impressions: A count of the number of times the player was loaded.
      • Tip: Depending on where the player is published, this data may not be very helpful. For example, if the video is published on a Canvas home page, impressions are high initially because the player is loaded for each student every time the students first go to the course. After the first week or so, students are no longer watching the video, so plays are lower over time but impressions remain high.
    • Plays: Number of times the video was played.
    • Unique Viewers: Indicates the number of times the video was watched by unique viewers. Unique viewers are identified when they log into Canvas or the Mediaspace to watch the video. All anonymous viewers are considered a single viewer.
    • Minutes Viewed: Number of minutes the media was viewed during that time period.
    • Avg. Completion Rate: How much of the video was watched. Sum of percent watched divided by number of plays.
    • Avg. Drop Off Rate: How much of the video users watched on average. 0% indicates the video was not watched at all and 100% means the video was watched to the end. Average drop off rate measured by viewer reaching playback quartiles.
    • Compare two metrics by selecting a different metric from the compare to drop-down menu.
  • Click the View Details link to see a table of the metrics based on Users, Entries, or Dates selected from the drop-down list.
    • Users
      • A list of authenticated users who interacted with any videos during the selected time period.
      • The "Unknown" user groups all interactions by unauthenticated users.
      • Clicking a user name provides details of how the user interacted with each video.
    • Entries
      • All videos that were interacted with during the selected time period.
      • Clicking a video title provides details of how and which user interacted with the video.
    • Dates
      • Each date during the time period is displayed along with any interactions made that day.

Top Videos table 

  • See the top videos in the channel or Media Gallery based on the Kaltura engagement formula.
  • The algorithm is based on metrics such as the amount of plays, unique viewers, and average view period.
  • The videos are then scored and compared with others in the channel.

Top Countries map

  • Geographic heatmap of viewer location.
  • The darker the shade, the more plays for that country.

Devices Overview chart

  • What devices viewers are using.

Top Domains table

  • Domains ranked by the most number of plays.

Resources and Questions

For additional questions, please contact the ITS Service Center

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