Can Google Analytics be integrated into Rise?

Hi Pete - sorry for the delay in responding. I have been swamped with year end analytical reports. I track interactivity within Storyline modules using Google Analytics events. I put simple javascript code on buttons, links, resources, anything I need to track. This is great for looking at usability of tools and modules and serious games. Instructional designers put a great deal of time and work into creating online learning and tools, but the only way to see how the users are actually interacting with them is to track the events, unless you are with them watching them every time they use the tool or module. I also use Google Data Studio to create dashboards that are always up to date with the analytics reports. This is also very useful for figuring out what to update based on usability results and activities. Most, but not all LMS's track quiz question results. Our old custom LMS did not. Therefore, I used Google event tracking for the quiz questions, so we could see how many were correct vs incorrect. If most are incorrect, we go back and look at the wording of the question and the content pertaining to those questions. You can send surveys asking your users about a module, game or tool, but IF they respond, it is only based on what they remember at the time. Tracking real time shows you so much more! Google event tracking can also show geography if you have a global audience, as well as what devices the content is accessed on. I could probably write forever on things you could track, measure and recommend based on the analytics!

You can add it to your exported course by inserting it in the page's head tags.

Can you add Google Analytics event tracking in Rise? In Storyline, I use event tracking for buttons to show us how the user is interacting with the module. Our LMS does not provide this type of information; therefore, I have gotten creative with Google Analytics and Javascript triggers in Storyline. I have a project that would be great to build and allows for easy reproduction for a series in Rise, but I need to have even tracking to see how our users are working with the content.

Happy to help where I can. If anyone wants to know more specifically how I do the Google event tracking in Storyline, please don't hesitate to contact me. Or maybe, if enough people want to know, I can post it somewhere on one of the forums.

I've managed to find a very easy workaround for using Google Analytics, it's called YandexMetrica and it provides a lot more data than Google Analytics, including behavioural metrics and the ability to watch session replays. I wrote a tutorial on it here if you'd like to see how to do it :) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/articulate-rise-page-level-analytics-behavioural-metrics-bandli/

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GailChambers-fd
Community Member
6 years ago
Is anyone using Google Analytics for tracking users in Rise? Any input would be helpful.

Thanks in advance!!
- LisaWhalen1
  Community Member
  6 years ago
  What is it that you are trying to track for users? I use Google Analytics (GA) quite creatively for tracking things that users do. However, keep in mind, that GA does NOT track user names, so you would need to obtain that from your LMS.
GailChambers-fd
Community Member
6 years ago
Thanks, can you detail how that might work? Export as? Options to view user completion - etc?
- LisaWhalen1
  Community Member
  6 years ago
  Tracking via my LMS and GA, I export as LMS - SCORM 2004 - Edition - 4th Edition. I also add the GA code to the header of the story.html file, as well as the other 3 in that main folder to activate the GA portion, which tells the browser to send that data to your GA account. You can also publish for TinCan (which is really xAPI) if you have an LRS, you can track users and activity that way as well, or instead, depending on your coding expertise and comfort.
StephanieBan925
Community Member
6 years ago
Hey all, I think I've found a solution to this! Could you click on my link so I can see if data feeds through? If it works I'll create a tutorial :) http://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/stephtesting/index.html#/
JaredNewnam
Community Member
6 years ago
I found this thread and I thought I'd throw in my two cents. I've instituted GA in my articulate files via GTM. I have event tracking built in and I'm able to view when someone goes to a specific course, the navigation they use within the course. Currently, I'm working on instituting a way to track when the video files are played and what's clicked on regarding the interactive parts. It's fun, but can be annoying at times when stuff doesn't come together. All I can say is keep pushing and really learn GTM (with preview mode).
- PeteGerman
  Community Member
  6 years ago
  Thanks for this Jared - what is GTM?
  - LauraStraub
    Community Member
    6 years ago
    Hi Paul GTM is Go To Market
BrianRuno-6f040
Community Member
5 years ago
Currently having trouble when inserting code for GA. Once the code is inserted, it is causing issues/error messages with the videos in our LMS program.

Has anyone run into anything like this before?
SriSrikrishna
Community Member
5 years ago
I know this threat was about GA and Rise - but I'm interested in any analytics capability that's either built in to Rise or what progress (or ready made modules/advice) is available since this thread began 2 years ago :) Thanks in advance.
AlyssaGomez
Staff
5 years ago
Thanks for asking, Sri. While Rise 360 doesn't have analytics built-in, what sort of data would you want to access? Are you using a learning management system to host your Rise 360 courses?
- SriSrikrishna
  Community Member
  5 years ago
  Hi,
  I am looking to see if my students watched videos fully and how and where they navigated - starting with simple to as complex as it gets - at presently I'm sharing a link from Canvas to the Rise on Articulate. I don't plan to import SCORM into Canvas for now.
  
  regards,
  Sri
AlyssaGomez
Staff
5 years ago
Thanks, Sri. It's helpful to know more about how you would want to use analytics, should we add that feature in the future. I appreciate your feedback!
RichardPfister
Community Member
5 years ago
I think I may be in a similar situation. I created a Rise 360 item as a reference / information items and share it via the link to the cloud. There is no "completion," but I'd like to know number of hits, so I can tell if it's being used and is worth the effort of maintaining it.
- KarlMuller
  Community Member
  5 years ago
  Hi Richard,
  
  Where and how are you hosting and sharing your Rise course with your audience?
RichardPfister
Community Member
5 years ago
Hi Karl. I'm new to Rise so may not understand all the implications, but was planning to use the "preview link."
- Crystal-Horn
  Staff
  5 years ago
  Hello, Richard. The Share link for your Rise 360 courses won't be able to give you any information about who's viewing it.
  
  The best bet for you would be to export your course for web and to host it on a web server where you have more control. You can then use an analytics tool on your web site to give you the data you need. Here's some information on exporting to web, including a couple of options if you don't already have a website.