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Analytics

DIT believes that technology has the power to transform academic and research practices. To support this vision, we continuously analyze how faculty, students, and staff are engaging with digital technology. DIT uses data from the systems it supports and from the students, faculty and staff we serve to inform everything from business decisions to training to strategic plans.

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97,000 assignments are published in ELMS-Canvas courses each semester. Here's what one student said about how ELMS-Canvas is useful as a central hub for course resources: "ELMS allows me to plan out my week ahead of time. It has live updates for due dates, not to mention the fact that I also have access to every files, every PDF, pretty much everything I can possibly need is right there on ELMS." - Undergraduate student.
DIT Fun Fact. 58% of ELMS-Canvas courses are published the week before classes begin. And 15% are published the first week of classes! Data source: Spring 2024 Academic Technology & Innovation Systems & Services Report.
How many devices connect to the UMD Wi-Fi network in a semester? 241,000. Check out connect.umd.edu to learn more about how to connect all your devices to eduroam, UMD's Wi-Fi network!
Students! Download the UMD App. On the app, you can check your class schedule, find indoor maps, or check package pick-ups. You can even see which dining halls are the least busy! Find out more at umd.edu/app

Data-Driven Highlights

Learn about some of our data-driven insights and projects. For more, please check out the Initiatives page.

Academic Technology & Innovation Systems & Services Report

Each semester, the Academic Technology and Innovation team collects, analyzes and reports data on the usage and availability of technologies used for learning and teaching. Read the report to learn more about how students and instructors are coming to an equilibrium with respect to incorporating new pedagogical techniques (e.g., Zoom office hours) that best meet student needs!

Did you know that . . . 

93%
of students log in to ELMS-Canvas in Spring 2024
20
years worth of Panopto videos are viewed in a semester
53%
of Zoom meetings are one-on-one

2023 Educause Student and Faculty Survey Results

educause cover with people consulting laptops

The professional organization EDUCAUSE develops national surveys about the student and faculty experiences with IT on higher education campuses. The Division of IT administers it on their behalf at UMD, allowing us to analyze the UMD data for general trends and areas in which to continue conversations with the community. In 2023, we learned that:

  1. Technology at UMD is meeting students' needs.
  2. Faculty rely on technology and instructional support.
  3. Both students and faculty continue to prefer in-person learning and teaching experiences.
  4. Communication is important to students, and they prefer different methods of communication depending on the context.

Read a detailed overview of findings in our e-magazine, Student and Faculty Voices, or just check out the takeaways in our Terps and Tech one-pager!

Read the text-only version of the Terps & Tech one-pager.

 

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