I. Use Tracking

Information on system use is gathered in the following ways:

1. Course and User Creation

To provide for error recovery, course and user creation activity are logged. Administrators can gather data on the methods used to add users and courses to the system (e.g., custom administrative interfaces, administrative tools provided by the system, or interactions with UI’s back-end systems) and can determine who is creating what types of accounts (guest student accounts, TAs, instructors, etc.).

2. Logins

Login records include a login time and the login’s success or failure.

3. ICON Course Site Use

ICON course site use is monitored to identify ICON course sites that are actively being used (not just marked as available for use by the instructor-designer). Course site monitoring also tracks how course sites are used (what tools are actively being used and not just marked as available), how long a student spends in a particular ICON course site, and the amount of data stored in an ICON course site. This data is used to generate reports for the system as a whole or by college or department.

4. Integration and Custom Tool Logging

To help identify errors and to track the value of integration to The University of Iowa, all integrations created for ICON perform logging.