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:
- Unique Visitors / Page Views
- Users per hour of day heat map
- Engagement
- Browsers
- Computer, Mobile, or Tablet?
- Operating System
- Location (Country)
- Top 10 Screen Resolutions
- Average Page Load Time
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This report is based on 32.91% of sessions.
Note that with this report we will no longer be reporting from which cities our customers are using Blackboard.
Unique Visitors / Page Views
| AY 2013/14 | Pageviews | Unique Visitors | AY 2014/15 | Pageviews | Unique Visitors | AY 2015/16 | Pageviews | Unique Visitors |
| Aug-14 | 798,910 | 33,157 | Aug-15 | 908,2210 | 34,381 | Aug-16 | 1,118,715 | 39,938 |
| Sep-14 | 1,417,112 | 55,617 | Sep-15 | 1,869,793 | 68,374 | Sep-16 | 1,360,189 | 54,542 |
| Oct-14 | 5,147,720 | 134,668 | Oct-15 | 6,149,036 | 155,524 | Oct-16 | 6,521,998 | 154,651 |
| Nov-14 | 4,498,694 | 121,530 | Nov-15 | 5,594,199( | 144,724 | Nov-16 | ||
| Dec-17 | 2,825,729 | 85,578 | Dec-15 | 3,296,209 | 92,243 | Dec-16 | ||
| Jan-15 | 4,439,444 | 102,954 | Jan-16 | 5,409,387 | 116,719 | Jan-17 | ||
| Feb-17 | 4,448,056 | 104,209 | Feb-15 | 3,679,304 | 107,707 | Feb-18 | ||
| Mar-15 | 3,175,561 | 101,156 | Mar-16 | 3,631,786 | 112,531 | Mar-17 | ||
| Apr-15 | 2,603,637 | 79,271 | Apr-16 | 3,627,533 | 105,747 | Apr-17 | ||
| May-15 | 4,099,980 | 95,862 | May-16 | 4,899,246 | 109,310 | May-17 | ||
| Jun-15 | 770,508 | 40,794 | Jun-16 | 941,705 | 50,548 | Jun-17 | ||
| Jul-15 | 936,433 | 36,793 | Jul-16 | 889,209 | 43,021 | Jul-17 |
Users per hour of day heat map
Engagement (how much time visitors spend using Blackboard)
Browsers
| Chrome | 56190 |
| Edge | 32990 |
| Safari | 30246 |
| Internet Explorer | 25762 |
| Firefox | 4797 |
| Safari (in-app) | 4497 |
| Android Browser | 1130 |
| Opera | 228 |
| Amazon Silk | 191 |
| UC Browser | 85 |
| IE with Chrome Frame | 46 |
| Maxthon | 30 |
| BlackBerry | 18 |
| U | 15 |
| Opera Mini | 9 |
| Coc Coc | 6 |
| Mozilla Compatible Agent | 6 |
| SeaMonkey | 3 |
Computer, Mobile, or Tablet?
| Type of Device | Number of Sessions |
| Computer | 614,189 |
| Mobile | 88,815 |
| Tablet | 29,611 |
Operating System
| Windows | 106,205 |
| iOS | 24,985 |
| Macintosh | 16,593 |
| Android | 7,301 |
| Linux | 441 |
| Chrome OS | 307 |
| Windows Phone | 131 |
| (not set) | 128 |
| BlackBerry | 21 |
| Firefox OS | 3 |
| Xbox | 3 |
Country/ Territory
| Country/Territory | Unique Visitors |
| United Kingdom | 151,055 |
| Malaysia | 1,841 |
| China | 638 |
| Germany | 316 |
| Singapore | 316 |
| United States | 304 |
| Spain | 182 |
| Ireland | 173 |
| France | 146 |
| United Arab Emirates | 125 |
| Canada | 112 |
| Netherlands | 100 |
| Italy | 94 |
| (not set) | 85 |
| Mexico | 79 |
| Greece | 76 |
| Saudi Arabia | 76 |
| Hong Kong | 73 |
| India | 70 |
| Belgium | 67 |
| Australia | 64 |
| Thailand | 58 |
| Brazil | 46 |
| Portugal | 46 |
| Switzerland | 43 |
| Sweden | 43 |
| Guernsey | 40 |
| Jersey | 40 |
| Japan | 40 |
| Romania | 36 |
| Cyprus | 33 |
| Nigeria | 33 |
| Turkey | 33 |
| Bahrain | 30 |
| Vietnam | 30 |
| Bulgaria | 27 |
| Taiwan | 27 |
| South Africa | 27 |
| Denmark | 21 |
| South Korea | 21 |
| Oman | 21 |
| Qatar | 21 |
| Indonesia | 18 |
| Norway | 18 |
| Russia | 18 |
| Mauritius | 15 |
| Poland | 15 |
| Uganda | 15 |
| Brunei | 12 |
| Ghana | 12 |
| Finland | 9 |
| Kenya | 9 |
| New Zealand | 9 |
| Austria | 6 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 |
| Barbados | 6 |
| Botswana | 6 |
| Ecuador | 6 |
| Hungary | 6 |
| Israel | 6 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 |
| Latvia | 6 |
| Morocco | 6 |
| Malta | 6 |
| Nepal | 6 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 6 |
| Tanzania | 6 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 |
| Aruba | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 3 |
| Benin | 3 |
| Colombia | 3 |
| Estonia | 3 |
| Guatemala | 3 |
| Jordan | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 |
| Lebanon | 3 |
| St. Lucia | 3 |
| Lithuania | 3 |
| Macedonia (FYROM) | 3 |
| Malawi | 3 |
| Pakistan | 3 |
| Palestine | 3 |
| Serbia | 3 |
| Slovenia | 3 |
| Svalbard & Jan Mayen | 3 |
| Slovakia | 3 |
| Sierra Leone | 3 |
| Syria | 3 |
| Tonga | 3 |
| Uruguay | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 |
Top 10 Screen Resolutions of devices used to access Blackboard
| Top 10 Screen Resolutions | Number of Sessions |
| 1366×768 | 199,456 |
| 1920×1080 | 98,044 |
| 1280×800 | 94,429 |
| 1440×900 | 72,529 |
| 1680×1050 | 33,614 |
| 375×667 | 26,286 |
| 768×1024 | 25,147 |
| 320×568 | 24,206 |
| 1280×720 | 21,764 |
| 1280×1024 | 21,256 |
Average Page Load Time
Those on the Southampton University network experienced a 1.08 second average page load time.
Those accessing from within the UK experienced a 1.53 second average page load time.
The worldwide average page load time was 1.60 seconds.
| Country | Avg. Page Load Time (sec) |
| United Kingdom | 1.53 |
| Czech Republic | 1.78 |
| Switzerland | 2.33 |
| Italy | 2.49 |
| Jersey | 2.77 |
| Spain | 2.81 |
| Germany | 3.21 |
| Netherlands | 3.46 |
| Macedonia (FYROM) | 3.62 |
| Portugal | 3.64 |
| (not set) | 3.79 |
| Palestine | 3.85 |
| Bulgaria | 3.94 |
| Cyprus | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 4.05 |
| Sweden | 4.35 |
| Singapore | 4.54 |
| Pakistan | 4.6 |
| Lithuania | 4.66 |
| Poland | 4.81 |
| India | 4.94 |
| Ireland | 5.09 |
| Romania | 5.37 |
| Canada | 5.48 |
| United States | 5.55 |
| Turkey | 5.56 |
| Greece | 5.67 |
| Brazil | 5.69 |
| France | 5.97 |
| Russia | 6.25 |
| Malaysia | 6.36 |
| Jordan | 6.77 |
| Mexico | 7.54 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7.54 |
| Taiwan | 7.85 |
| Saudi Arabia | 7.85 |
| South Korea | 8.77 |
| Australia | 10.15 |
| Oman | 10.21 |
| Hong Kong | 10.59 |
| Kenya | 10.69 |
| Belgium | 10.85 |
| Japan | 11.26 |
| China | 14.15 |
| Bolivia | 14.29 |
| Vietnam | 15.14 |
| Tonga | 15.56 |
| Thailand | 17.38 |
| South Africa | 19.35 |
| Cambodia | 19.78 |
| Nigeria | 28.87 |