The Usage report in Zoom provides details on meeting participants and can be used to track attendance. To get accurate data from these reports, instructors should have their students join Zoom meetings while logged into Zoom with their NC State accounts. Instructors should enable "Only authenticated users can join meetings" on their Zoom meeting settings page, and also toggle this option on when scheduling a meeting (in the Meeting Options section), choosing "NC State users only" as the authentication method for that meeting.
Accessing Usage Reports
- From https://ncsu.zoom.us, select "Reports" from the left menu.
- Click "Usage" and enter the date range to include when the meeting occurred.
- Click "Search" and locate the meeting of interest.
- Scroll right to view the "Participants" column and click the number of participants.
Instructors will then see participant details. Choose to "Show unique users" to eliminate duplicates, such as students joining, leaving and rejoining due to connectivity issues. By clicking "Export," instructors can download usage reports as a .csv file to keep a local record.
Tracking Views of a Zoom Recording
When students are unable to attend a live Zoom meeting, instructors can record the meeting for students to view later. If the recording is saved to the Cloud (i.e., saved on the Zoom server), instructors can see details on who viewed their recordings using Zoom's Reporting Analytics.
Accessing Recording Analytics
- Go to the Recordings page: https://ncsu.zoom.us/recording.
- Click the title of the Recording of interest.
- Click "Recording Analytics."
For each recording, instructors get an aggregate summary and can drill down for more detailed information on views and downloads (if downloading the recording was permitted.) The Recording Analytics reports can be viewed online and also exported as a .csv file.
Tracking a Zoom Recording in Moodle
Instructors can also share their Zoom recordings in Moodle as a URL. Views of that URL can be tracked using Activity Completion in Moodle. Instructors will not know how much of the recording students watched, but they can track which students clicked the link.
Alternatively, instructors could design a short quiz in Moodle based on the content in the recording. This would serve as a better indicator of whether or not a student watched it.