Running D2L Student Engagement Report

Issue/Question

No-Show Report Request for the courses that start on Monday

Environment

• Cognos

Cause

The attendance report is run twice a day, morning and early afternoon, at the beginning of each semester for 2-3 weeks and again when 8-week courses start mid-semester

Resolution

1. Log in to Cognos
2. Click in the upper left hand corner
3. Click Content
4. Click Banner
5. Click COMMON
6. Click D2L
7. Click D2L - Non-Engage User - Online Only
8. Drop down next to School: select University of South Dakota
9. Drop down next to Semester: select your desired semester
10. Click Finish
    Note: Once the Report is generated you can switch from HTML to Excel

Scheduling the Report in Cognos to be sent by email

1. Click the to the right of the report you want
2. Click Create Report View
3. Select My Content folder
4. Save as 'Report view of XXX Report MM/DD/YY'
5. Select My Content Folder
6. Find 'Report view of XXX Report MM/DD/YY
7. Click the context menu 
8. Click Properties
9. Click the Schedule tab
10. Click Create schedule
11. Specify the schedule options
12. Click Options
13. Under Format check Excel and uncheck HTML 
14. Under Delivery check Send report by email
15. Click Edit details 
16. Add the users you want to receive the email
17. Customize messages if you want
18. Scroll down and select Attach report output
19. Click Save
20. Click Create