Online students who frequently access scores perform better: Blackboard
Students who regularly access their test results online perform better than those who do not, according to a newly published report from Blackboard. The report, which compared the results of 600,000 online student profiles, found that students who rarely check their test scores or spend an above average amount of time accessing course content are more likely to fail their course.

Dive Brief:

A new report from Blackboard reveals that students who frequently access their grades and test scores perform better than students who spend more time with course content.

The audit of more than 600,000 student online profiles and their behavior reveal that students who never access grades are most likely to fail, and those with a majority of time spent in content have declining grades.

Researchers hypothesize that excessive time spent reviewing course content may reveal cramming or unfamiliarity with course material.

Dive Insight:

For faculty members and academic officials, the study suggests that giving students a pathway to a certain grade and allowing for real-time monitoring of their success on that pathway could encourage higher performance. And it bears justification for some programs to introduce learning modules like gamification into a curriculum, to encourage competition with student amongst themselves, and internally.