Integrated Analytic dashboard for virtual evaluation laboratories and collaborative forums

This paper presents a new Learning Analytics dashboard which integrates all the information gathered by a virtual evaluation laboratory deployed at our institution and, also, the collaborative evaluation forums used by students in our courses. As an example, a subject focused on the configuration of network services has been chosen to implement our approach. Our proposal will be able to graphically show the students´ progress both in an experimental and collaborative way at the same time. Therefore, lecturers can guide each student through the learning process based on his/her particular knowledge-level and grade her/him at the end of the term. Some specific techniques are needed by the system, in our case Learning Analytics techniques are used, in order to observe the students´ behavior and their level of proficiency. In particular, a set of evaluation events for each activity, the students´ social network, the students´ timeline for their activities and some relevant metrics associated to them are given.