Complete Academic Progress Reports

Academic Progress Reports give support programs an early picture of how their students are performing, and they recently moved into Canvas so instructors with the Teacher role can complete them alongside their course. This guide covers starting a new report, continuing a report in progress, and reviewing or editing a completed one.

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Academic Progress Reports give support programs an early, accurate picture of how their students are performing in your course so advisors can step in before small issues become bigger ones. These reports recently moved into Canvas, which means you can now complete them in the same place you already manage your course, without logging into a separate system. The workflow covers starting a new report, returning to a report you've partially completed, and reviewing or editing a report you've already submitted. Completing these reports promptly helps the students in your course get timely, coordinated support.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

• The Teacher role in the Canvas course for which reports are requested. Academic Progress Reports is being piloted and is only available to users with this role.
• One or more students enrolled in your course who participate in a support program that has requested progress reports.
• The Academic Progress Reports tool available in your course navigation. If it isn't present, see the Troubleshooting section below.

Step-by-Step Instructions

Working with Academic Progress Reports breaks down into three distinct tasks: starting a new report, continuing a report you've already begun, and reviewing or editing a completed report. Each task below is self-contained, so you can jump to the one that matches what you need to do.

Start a New Progress Report

To start and submit a new progress report, do the following:

1. From your Canvas dashboard, open the course containing the student.
2. From the course home navigation on the right-hand side of the page, select Academic Progress Reports.
3. From the table of students, locate the student you want to report on. From the right-hand side of that student's row, select Start Report.
4. In the report panel, complete the progress report fields.
5. When you're finished, select Submit. The report panel closes and the report is recorded.

Your report is now submitted, and the student's support program can review your feedback.

Continue an In-Progress Report

To finish a progress report you've already started, do the following:

1. From the Academic Progress Reports view, select the In Progress tab.
2. From the list of students, locate the report you want to finish. Select Continue Report.
3. Complete the remaining fields, then select Submit.

Your previously saved progress is preserved, and the completed report moves to the Completed tab.

Review or Edit a Completed Report

To review or edit a report you've already submitted, do the following:

1. From the Academic Progress Reports view, select the Completed tab.
2. From the list of students, locate the report you want to view. Select View Report.
3. To make changes, from the summary panel, select Edit Report, update the fields, and submit your changes.

You can now confirm what you reported or revise it if a student's situation has changed.

Troubleshooting

Academic Progress Reports is currently being piloted and is only available to users with the Teacher role in a course. If the tool doesn't appear in your course navigation, confirm you hold the Teacher role in the correct course.

If the tool still isn't available or you run into other issues, contact Academic Technology.