"The Google Chart API lets you dynamically generate Charts with a URL string. You can embed these Charts on your web page, or download the image for local or offline use."
Analytics and Recommendations block uses charts and tables which are colour coded so students can quickly see they participation.
Students can see single analytics about their participation in the course. Teachers can see single, comparative analytics and global analytics (all students together) too.
Morover, the block shows recommendations for students about what activities they should work to improve their final grade. It shows too a estimate final grade according with a reference course.
UBC centre for teaching, learning and technology organisational chart - positioned under the Provost Academic with senior advisory board - interesting.
The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand. You don't have to be a data expert to navigate between different views, make your own comparisons, and share your findings.
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