Google Analytics and University of Southampton Blackboard service

Google Analytics (GA) is turned on within a number of MLE sites including Blackboard and Panopto. In the interest of openness we will share a number of pieces of analytical data with the community. Note that some data is from a smaller sample size and may not reflect 100% of users.

For Blackboard these stats are:

  1. Unique Visitors / Page Views
  2. Users per hour of day heat map
  3. Engagement
  4. Browsers
  5. Computer, Mobile, or Tablet?
  6. Operating System
  7. Location (Country)
  8. Top 10 Screen Resolutions
  9. Average Page Load Time

 

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This report is based on 59.98% of sessions.

 

Unique Visitors / Page Views

AY 2015/16 Pageviews Unique Visitors AY 2016/17 Pageviews Unique Visitors AY 2017/18 Pageviews Unique Visitors
Aug-15 908,2210 34,381 Aug-16 1,118,715 39,938 Aug-17 1,334,441 42,795
Sep-15 1,869,793 68,374 Sep-16 1,360,189 54,542 Sep-17 1,452,975 53,834
Oct-15 6,149,036 155,524 Oct-16 6,521,998 154,651 Oct-17 7,175,132 152,500
Nov-15 5,594,199( 144,724 Nov-16 6,272,166 159,587 Nov-17 6,570,628 147,321
Dec-15 3,296,209 92,243 Dec-16 3,894,788 112,740 Dec-17
Jan-16 5,409,387 116,719 Jan-17 5,871,879 115,784 Jan-18
Feb-16 3,679,304 107,707 Feb-17 4,924,927 132,587 Feb-18
Mar-16 3,631,786 112,531 Mar-17 4,510,635 120,837 Mar-18
Apr-16 3,627,533 105,747 Apr-17 2,905,829 84,454 Apr-18
May-16 4,899,246 109,310 May-17 6,097,974 124,097 May-18
Jun-16 941,705 50,548 Jun-17 1,330,411 54,780 Jun-18
Jul-16 889,209 43,021 Jul-17 1,129,327 40,381 Jul-18


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Users per  hour of day heat map


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Engagement (how much time visitors spend using Blackboard)


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Browsers

Browser Number of Users
Chrome 56,838
Edge 31,350
Safari 29,433
Internet Explorer 21,265
Firefox 3,826
Safari (in-app) 2,626
Android Webview 749
Samsung Internet 742
Android Browser 492
Opera 262
Amazon Silk 107
UC Browser 38
SeaMonkey 27
Maxthon 20
Coc Coc 13
Puffin 10
YaBrowser 8
BlackBerry 7
Mozilla Compatible Agent 7
Opera Mini 5
IE with Chrome Frame 3
U 2

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Computer, Mobile, or Tablet?

Type of Device Number of Sessions
Mobile 78,665
Tablet 29,570


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Operating System

Operating System Number of Users
Windows 101,142
iOS 22,509
Macintosh 16,585
Android 6,615
Linux 555
Chrome OS 330
Windows Phone 28
(not set) 22
BlackBerry 10
Xbox 7
Tizen 2

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Country/ Territory

Country/Territory Unique Visitors
United Kingdom 143,242
Malaysia 1,584
China 855
Germany 323
Singapore 258
United States 255
France 202
Spain 193
Ireland 142
Netherlands 112
Italy 82
Hong Kong 70
Australia 65
Canada 65
Norway 62
Belgium 60
Thailand 53
(not set) 53
India 47
Mexico 45
Sweden 43
Romania 40
Saudi Arabia 40
Switzerland 38
Jersey 37
Portugal 37
Greece 33
Taiwan 33
Bulgaria 32
Cyprus 32
Czechia 32
Turkey 32
Poland 30
Austria 27
Nigeria 27
Ukraine 27
Vietnam 27
United Arab Emirates 23
Denmark 22
Japan 22
Kenya 22
Indonesia 20
Ghana 18
Jordan 18
Guernsey 17
Russia 15
Colombia 12
Gibraltar 12
Brunei 10
Brazil 10
South Korea 10
Oman 10
Israel 8
Kuwait 8
Barbados 7
Chile 7
Estonia 7
Hungary 7
Malta 7
Slovakia 7
South Africa 7
Afghanistan 5
Finland 5
Kazakhstan 5
Lithuania 5
New Zealand 5
Qatar 5
Seychelles 5
Uganda 5
Antigua & Barbuda 3
Argentina 3
Bermuda 3
Ecuador 3
Egypt 3
Ethiopia 3
Iran 3
Iceland 3
St. Lucia 3
Latvia 3
Morocco 3
Macau 3
Mauritius 3
Peru 3
Philippines 3
Svalbard & Jan Mayen 3
Zambia 3
Albania 2
Bahrain 2
Botswana 2
Cameroon 2
Croatia 2
Isle of Man 2
Iraq 2
Laos 2
Lebanon 2
Sri Lanka 2
Luxembourg 2
Moldova 2
Macedonia (FYROM) 2
Maldives 2
Nepal 2
Pakistan 2
Serbia 2
Rwanda 2
Slovenia 2
Senegal 2
South Sudan 2
Turkmenistan 2
Trinidad & Tobago 2
Tanzania 2

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Top 10 Screen Resolutions of devices used to access Blackboard

Top 10 Screen Resolutions Number of Sessions
1366×768 195,146
1440×900 118,785
1920×1080 96,363
1280×800 93,179
1536×864 53,674
1280×720 38,666
1680×1050 36,724
375×667 32,638
768×1024 20,234
360×640 18,813

Average Page Load Time

Those on the Southampton University network experienced a 1.06 second average page load time.
Those accessing from within the UK experienced a 1.42 second average page load time.
The worldwide average page load time was 1.49 seconds.

Country Avg. Page Load Time (sec)
Guernsey 0.96
Switzerland 1.03
Gibraltar 1.39
United Kingdom 1.42
Hungary 1.66
Jersey 1.67
Netherlands 1.76
Sweden 1.8
Belgium 2.02
Turkey 2.02
Canada 2.24
Israel 2.31
Jordan 2.4
France 2.45
Poland 2.62
Spain 2.85
Romania 2.97
Austria 2.99
Germany 3.09
Portugal 3.12
Denmark 3.14
Mexico 3.29
Italy 3.6
Kenya 3.61
Egypt 3.79
Ukraine 3.79
Kazakhstan 3.84
(not set) 3.91
Malaysia 3.92
Ireland 4.11
United States 4.86
Barbados 5.04
Greece 5.19
Hong Kong 5.27
Australia 5.61
Singapore 5.63
Thailand 5.76
China 6.28
Bahrain 6.65
Japan 6.8
Czechia 7.01
Russia 9.77
Nigeria 11.05
Oman 11.41
Malta 11.45
United Arab Emirates 15.16
Taiwan 15.7
Norway 16.79
Saudi Arabia 19.12
Sri Lanka 22.93
India 23.07

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