CourseFriendly: Student Progress Reports

Student Progress Reports

Progress reports tell you whether your course is working. Not whether people bought it — whether they finished it. A course with high enrollment and a 5% completion rate is a course that needs a rewrite, not a marketing push.

Where to find reports

From your dashboard, click Reports in the side menu. The Reports area is divided into three views:

  • Course Overview. One row per course. Enrollments, completions, average progress, average quiz score, and average rating.
  • Lesson Drill-Down. One row per lesson in a chosen course. Shows how many students reached the lesson, how many finished it, and the average time spent.
  • Student Detail. One row per enrolled student. Shows their progress, quiz scores, last login, and certificate status.

What to look for

Enrollment vs. completion. Compare how many students started against how many finished. Good courses see 30-60% completion. Below 15% means students are getting stuck or losing interest.

Lesson drop-off. In the Lesson Drill-Down view, scan down the Finished column. A big drop between one lesson and the next is a warning sign. The lesson before the drop is the one to fix — it is probably too long, too dense, or too far from what students expected.

Quiz scores. Low average scores mean either the lesson was unclear or the quiz was unfair. Read a few quiz attempts and see which.

Time spent. A lesson where the average time is much shorter than the video length means students are skipping. A lesson where the average time is much longer means they are stuck or confused.

Reading the Student Detail view

Each row shows a student's overall progress. Click the row to expand and see lesson-by-lesson detail.

The most useful columns for early triage:

  • Last login. If a student has not been back in 30+ days, a check-in email might bring them back.
  • Stuck on. If a student has opened the same lesson three or more times without finishing, they may be confused. A short message — "Saw you've been on this lesson a few times, anything I can clarify?" — converts more students than you would expect.
  • Quiz attempts used. If a student is on their last attempt of a required quiz, you may want to reset their attempts manually (see Quizzes and Assessments).

Exporting reports

Click Export on any report view. You get a CSV file you can open in any spreadsheet program. Useful when you want to:

  • Mail-merge a personal note to everyone who finished a course
  • Tag your email list with course completers vs. non-completers
  • Bring numbers into a board meeting or investor update

Setting up automatic reports

In Settings → Notifications, you can have weekly or monthly reports emailed to you (and to any teammates you add). The summary includes new enrollments, new completions, and any students whose progress flagged red that week.

Common questions

Can students see their own progress? Yes, on their student dashboard. They see the percent complete for each course they are in.

Can I share progress with a parent or employer? Yes — open the student's row, click Share Progress, and copy the link. Anyone with the link sees a read-only view.

Can I reset a student's progress to start over? Yes. Open the student in the course, click Reset Progress, and confirm. Their quiz attempts, certificate, and lesson completion go back to zero. Use sparingly.

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