Content Topic Completion Summary

Completion tracking for content topics can help instructors determine if a student has viewed a particular content item.  The Completion Summary for each content item can be found in the Content area. This summary shows which students have viewed content in your course.

Each content item/topic can be marked as completed when a student takes a particular action.  There are three basic “actions” that a student can be required to take to mark a content item/topic as complete (or not).

• Required: Automatic—Topics will be marked as complete when the student does something in iCollege, such as view a file or post to a discussion. This is the default setting.
• Required: Manual—Students will see a checkbox next to the topic, which they must manually click to mark the item as complete.
• Not Required—No completion tracking will be monitored.

To change the desired action from the default Automatic setting,

1. From the module, click the arrow located to the right of the content topic, OR
2. Click the topic and scroll to the bottom.  From the Activities tab, click the Required drop-down menu. 

Viewing the Completion Summary

1. On the navbar, click Content.
2. Click the desired topic to display its completion tracking results.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page.
4. From the Completion Summary tab, do any of the following:
   • To view all users’ results for the topic, click All.
   • To view all users who have completed the topic, click Completed.
   • To view all users who have not completed the topic, click Incomplete.

If you set content items/topics to be automatically marked as completed, you’ll need to be aware of what action the student must take to trigger the automatic completion tracking.

• Uploaded files are marked complete when a student views them.
• Documents created in D2L (i.e., HTML pages) are marked complete when a student views them.
• Discussions are marked complete after a student’s first post. If the discussion assignment requires students to post more than once, select manual completion tracking.
• Links are marked complete when a student views them.
• Assignment/Submission folders are marked complete after one submission.
• Quizzes are marked complete after one attempt is submitted.
• Self-assessments are marked complete as soon as they are opened.
• Surveys are marked complete when a student submits a response.

The video below details how to use completion tracking to determine if a student has viewed a content item within a module.