Use an insight widget

Open the widget

Open your Brightspace course homepage. While the card loads, it shows Starting metrics…. It then shows Computing metrics while any metric is still pending. The card keeps checking. After the waiting window, unresolved metrics have the error tooltip This metric could not load. Refresh to try again. If all are pending, the card shows Unable to load this widget. If Unable to load this widget. persists after a reload, tell an administrator the course and time.

Read the numbers

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Flagged means an alert threshold was crossed; On target means it was not. You means your own records. The widget’s audience settings may hide a metric. A metric hidden by report sharing shows Hidden by your report access instead of its number, with no alert or details link. This is a restriction, not a zero. See Roles and permissions. For Timeout, reload. For Error, ask an administrator to check the source report. See Alerts and controls.

When some data is missing recent daily updates, the card can show Some data is missing recent daily updates, so this may not be current. (see Missing daily updates).

If the course is not yet in synced data, the card can show Rowseta has no data for this course yet. It appears after the next sync (last sync: <date>). with the date in the Organization time zone, or Rowseta has no data for this course yet. It appears after the next sync. when no date is known. When this message appears, no values or alerts (Flagged or On target) show. This is not a zero: a synced course with no matching rows can still show 0. Wait for the next sync, or ask someone who can open Data syncs to start one.

For This widget has been turned off, ask the editor to select Mark active. For Your Rowseta role does not include insight widgets. Ask an Organization administrator to check your role in People., follow that instruction. For Your Brightspace role in this course does not give access to Rowseta insight widgets., ask a Brightspace administrator to check your role in this course. For This widget is no longer available in this course., ask the widget editor to check the course placement. For This widget could not be opened. Reload the course page to try again., reload the course page; if it persists, tell an administrator the course and time. See Roles and permissions.

Open details and download CSV

Select Open details in the widget footer when available. It opens one details page for the widget in a new tab, with a card per visible metric. The cards are the only way to switch metrics, on a computer or phone. Select a card to load its rows. The selected card has a blue border, a light tint and a heavier label. The header shows the widget name, course, Data as of: and Signed in as. If some data is missing recent daily updates, the details page can show Some data is missing recent daily updates, so this may not be current. and, when no date is confirmed, Data date not confirmed yet. in place of the date. The time is shown in the Organization’s time zone. Change an offered parameter and select Apply. Scroll through the details table to load more rows, or use Search rows to narrow the results. With names off, personal columns are absent from widget details and CSV exports. Details rows stay within the launched course and the selected metric’s row limits. See Names on widget details and the launch details rules.

For a course not yet in synced data, the details page shows the widget name and the same message instead of metric cards and rows, with no Download CSV.

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Details are unavailable for reports that pick rows at random: Details can’t be shown because this metric’s report picks rows at random.

Select Download CSV when available to export these rows. While the file is prepared, the button is disabled and says Preparing your download…, with Large exports can take a few minutes. beside it. When the download starts or fails, the button returns to Download CSV. A failure shows You don’t have permission to download these details. with the details view staying open, These details aren’t available to download right now., The download took too long to prepare. Try again in a moment., or the server’s other error message, with The download could not be prepared. as the fallback if none is available, and Retry. Select Retry to try the export again. See Roles and permissions. The details page opened from the widget editor preview also offers Download CSV when available, with the same rows as the preview details.

Signing out of Rowseta ends the widget details session. The next request for rows shows the session ended message.

If Your details view has ended. Go back to your Brightspace course homepage and select Open details on the widget again. appears, follow that instruction. The first open after new data may show Still preparing this data. Try again in a moment. Wait and reload. For Query workers are busy. Try again in a few minutes., try again in a few minutes. For These rows could not load. Try again., select Try again.

Configure your course

Select Configure in the widget to change offered parameter values or Flag rules for this course, then Save to save to this course’s widget and refresh the card. A successful save closes Configure and reloads the widget, starting with Starting metrics…; Configure cannot reopen until loading ends. If a save error appears in Configure, it stays open and Save becomes available again; correct the cause and retry. For This view has timed out. Reload the course page to refresh it., reload the course page. Reset restores an alert to the widget’s setting. A locked rule cannot be changed. See Alerts and controls and the Configure access rule.

If Configure this insight widget appears, select Configure now, fill required values and save before reading. For missing values, complete them and save again. For a placement refusal, reopen from Brightspace and ask an administrator to check access.

If the widget cannot open

For This widget is not available to students., ask the widget editor to review the student visibility switch in Audience. If they change it, select Save changes before checking the widget again. If the account is inactive, ask an administrator to check Billing. For an Evaluation course limit, release an unused course.

Next step

Manage courses using this widget.