Participatory design of learning analytics dashboards

Abstract

While the field of Learning Analytics is in full development, potential users are just discovering the opportunities offered by these tools. One of the major difficulties consists in proposing a visual data representation which makes sense to the users. After refining our method to identify user needs in terms of visualization, and to define the main dimensions of a learning dashboard, we propose a tool to support participatory design. This tool is based on a canvas and cards to help dashboards' creation using Learning Analytics. It allows users to support creativity around decision making, characterize their context, and draw a dashboard's mockup using existing content.