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 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


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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

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

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Computer, Mobile, or Tablet?

Type of Device Number of Sessions
Computer 614,189
Mobile 88,815
Tablet 29,611


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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

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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

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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

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