Welcome to Quercus Data Insights! Developed in Microsoft Power BI and connected to the data from the Quercus Record Store, this dashboard provides a powerful tool to view student activity on Quercus, allowing instructors to gain insights into students’ interactions with course resources.
Who Has Access to the Quercus Data Insights Dashboard?
Instructors and staff affiliated with the University of Toronto (U of T) who teach a course using Quercus have access to the Quercus Data Insights. Access to a course’s data is restricted to users with a “Teacher” role on that specific Quercus course.
How to Access the Dashboard
- Select this Quercus Data Insights link to access the dashboard. If you are not registered yet, please fill out the registration form to request access to the dashboard. You will receive confirmation by email when your access is granted.
- Enter your U of T login credentials. Two-factor authentication may be necessary.
- On the Quercus Data Insights Landing Page, click on the desired report page.
- Select your course to display the visualizations.
Potential Issue with Dashboard Access and Solution
Some users may experience an issue where they cannot see their courses in the dashboard, even if they are registered with a “Teacher” role on Quercus.
The source of this issue is a mismatch between the email configured on Quercus (typically the institutional @utoronto.ca) and the email used by the Power BI Service to set up permissions and security (sometimes a departmental email). Users experiencing this issue should add their departmental email address to their account settings on Quercus by following this step-by-step guide.
Accessibility
Power BI has many built-in features to help people more easily interact with Power BI reports. This article helps users interact with Power BI dashboards using accessibility features. It contains instructions for accessibility features such as keyboard navigation, screen reader and high contrast modes.
Data Updates
In the current project phase, dashboards with data from September 2022 to August 2024 are available. Data for the dashboard is currently not being refreshed.
We are currently working on implementing daily refreshes of the activity data. This feature will become available to instructors and staff in the next phase of the project.