**Measuring Engagement and Skill Acquisition with DataCamp**

The platform's main Group Hub dashboard provides an overview of key metrics, including engagement measures that are essential for understanding learner behavior. The most important charts on this dashboard allow administrators to track key performance indicators (KPIs) such as total hours spent learning, which indicates whether learners are becoming more engaged and proficient in data literacy.

**Total Hours Spent Learning Chart**

The total hours spent learning chart shows the amount of time spent by all learners within an organization. This metric is crucial for measuring engagement and identifying areas where learners may need additional support or guidance. If the trend line on this chart indicates stagnation, administrators should review previous videos on how to increase learner engagement to ensure accurate measurement of learning time.

**Engagement Metrics**

DataCamp provides several metrics that help administrators measure engagement, including the five-minute activity limit and last month's active members. The latter metric shows the number of users who earn experience points last month, indicating those who have logged in and completed learning activities on DataCamp. This data can be used to identify top learners who are consistently engaging with the platform.

**Leaderboard and Champions**

The leaderboard is available by default, allowing administrators to see how their colleagues are performing. While this feature provides visibility into learner engagement, it's essential to use data analytics insights to gain a deeper understanding of individual performance. Administrators can also identify champions among learners who excel in completing assessments or courses.

**Benchmarks and Insights**

To track progress against other DataCamp for Business customers, administrators can access the Engagement Report through the Insights and Analytics section. This report provides learning statistics for specific teams and the organization as a whole, allowing administrators to benchmark their performance and identify areas for improvement.

**Content Engagement**

The Total Unit Completions Dashboard helps administrators understand which content learners engage with on DataCamp. A unit corresponds to an assessment course, chapter, practice exercise, or project. By analyzing this data, administrators can gain insights into what topics are most appealing to learners and adjust their learning program accordingly.

**Content Analytics**

By clicking the "View Content Insights" button, administrators can delve deeper into content analytics to understand which technologies their members are learning. This page provides valuable information on the most enrolled and completed courses, as well as unexpected trends, such as a sudden interest in Julia programming language. These insights enable administrators to refine their learning program and sustain learner engagement.

**Skill Metrics**

The Skill Metrics report serves as the balance sheet for an organization's data skills. By populating learner scores from assessments, administrators can encourage learners to take more assessments with assignments. This feature allows administrators to filter by technology and team to identify strengths and skill gaps in the organization.

**Adjusting Custom Learning Paths**

By reviewing the Skill Matrix after two to three months of the program and quarterly thereafter, administrators can adjust their custom learning paths to focus on critical topics for the organization. By deprioritizing skills already possessed by team members, administrators can ensure that learners are acquiring the most relevant skills for their roles.

**Custom Reports and Integration**

DataCamp provides pre-built reports to showcase learning program outcomes. However, administrators can also build custom reports using various tools, such as Power BI or Tableau, connected via a data connector. This feature enables administrators to centralize learner success data across multiple platforms and consolidate reporting in one tool.

**LMS Integration and ROI Reporting**

Administrators may need to report on the program's ROI (Return on Investment) learning programs often lack standardized metrics. Administrators can address this by choosing key performance indicators that matter most to their organization, using best practices from DataCamp for Business clients. By doing so, they can maintain a competitive edge and ensure readiness for future changes.

**Encouraging a Vibrant Data Culture**

In the next video, administrators will explore best practices and tips for encouraging a vibrant data culture within their organization by ingraining continuous learning into its identity. This approach ensures that learners become proficient in data literacy, maintaining a competitive edge, and ensuring readiness for future changes.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi I'm Elena from datacamp Welcome to the third episode of the admin University Series where we explore best practices to help you launch a successful learning program with datacamp in previous videos we covered setting up Learners on data camp and tactics for driving up engagement today we'll focus on your next goal tracking your program's success and Reporting on its outcomes there are plenty of learning insights and reports available for admins and managers in data camps Group Hub some reports might have little data for you now but as Learners engage with the platform you will see something like this the most important charts are located on your main Group Hub dashboard let's go over the ways you can measure engagement and then dive into ways you can measure skill acquisition and Improvement take a look at the total hours spent learning chart this chart shows the amount of time spent in hours by all Learners within your organization pay attention to the overall trend line ideally the total hours spent learning should always be an upward trend line if you see it stagnating make sure to check out our previous video on how to increase learner engagement to ensure accurate measurement of learning time we have implemented a five minute and activity limit excluding individuals who have simply opened data camp in another browser tab active members last months shows the number of users that earn some experience points last month it means they logged in and did some learning on data camp to see your data Champions open the leaderboard by default the leaderboard is available to all the group members so they can see how their colleagues are doing as well you can identify top Learners who earn the most XP and complete the most courses reach out to them and share their stories with those who haven't been learning a data camp in the next video we'll talk a bit more in detail about how you can use datacam to encourage a vibrant data culture if you want to track how your organization benchmarks against other data camp for business customers head over to the insight and analytics and open the engagement report for each report in insights and analytics section you can see learning statistics for specific teams and for the organization as a whole next you might be interested in what content Learners engage with on data camp the total unit completions dashboard can help you with that a unit corresponds to an assessment course chapter practice exercise or project a data cam power philosophy is learned by doing and this is powered by our learning framework the alpha Loop which stands for assess learn practice apply and repeat this means whether it's part of your custom tracks or while exploring the platform on their own Learners will most likely engage with assessments courses practice posts and real world projects regardless of whether you are upskilling business users in data literacy or more technically minded Learners in Python are or SQL you can deep dive into content analytics by clicking on The View content insights button this page helps you understand which technology your members are learning the topics and the most enrolled and completed courses often this page is most useful when you see things you didn't expect for example if many members have spontaneously decided to learn Julia that will prompt a really interesting conversation with them about why they think Julia is useful diving deeper into content insights can help you adjust your learning program and ensure that you sustain your learner's engagement now let's cover one of the most impactful reports from the datacamp dashboards your organization's skill metrics the skill metrics acts as the balance sheet for your organization's data skills once your learners start completing assessments this metrics populations their scores you can encourage your learners to take more assessments with assignments which we covered in the second video of the admin University series you can then filter by technology and team to identify strengths and skill gaps it is helpful to take a snapshot of the skill Matrix after two to three months of the program and review it quarterly the skill metrics can also help you adjust your custom learning paths to focus on the most critical topics for your organization and deprioritize covering the skills your team already has as always you can dive Deeper by opening insights and analytics Tab and viewing all assessment insights I've mentioned that datacam provides you with numerous pre-built reports to Showcase your learning program outcomes but if you want to build custom reports you can also do so you can connect your internal dashboarding services like power bi or Tableau to data Camp via a data connector reach out to your customer success manager to help with that you can see examples of what extra reports you can create on the custom reports tab you can also download detailed reports on individual skill assessments course and other engagement metrics in the export tab which members completed Julia content the summary export can answer that by breaking down the engagement at the individual level additionally if you have an LMS you can integrate it with datacam to centralize learner success to different platforms and consolidate reporting in one tool check out our LMS integration guide in the video description last but not least you might need to report on the programs Roi learning programs do not have advertised metrics and this organization usually chooses to report on what matters the most to them through the years we've gathered the best practices from data chem for business clients and put them into the learning program Roi guide in this video we've explored multiple ways on how you can track and report on the program's success in the next video we'll cover best practices and tips for encouraging a vibrant data culture within your organization by ingraining continuous learning into your organization's identity you can maintain a Competitive Edge and ensure Readiness for future changeshi I'm Elena from datacamp Welcome to the third episode of the admin University Series where we explore best practices to help you launch a successful learning program with datacamp in previous videos we covered setting up Learners on data camp and tactics for driving up engagement today we'll focus on your next goal tracking your program's success and Reporting on its outcomes there are plenty of learning insights and reports available for admins and managers in data camps Group Hub some reports might have little data for you now but as Learners engage with the platform you will see something like this the most important charts are located on your main Group Hub dashboard let's go over the ways you can measure engagement and then dive into ways you can measure skill acquisition and Improvement take a look at the total hours spent learning chart this chart shows the amount of time spent in hours by all Learners within your organization pay attention to the overall trend line ideally the total hours spent learning should always be an upward trend line if you see it stagnating make sure to check out our previous video on how to increase learner engagement to ensure accurate measurement of learning time we have implemented a five minute and activity limit excluding individuals who have simply opened data camp in another browser tab active members last months shows the number of users that earn some experience points last month it means they logged in and did some learning on data camp to see your data Champions open the leaderboard by default the leaderboard is available to all the group members so they can see how their colleagues are doing as well you can identify top Learners who earn the most XP and complete the most courses reach out to them and share their stories with those who haven't been learning a data camp in the next video we'll talk a bit more in detail about how you can use datacam to encourage a vibrant data culture if you want to track how your organization benchmarks against other data camp for business customers head over to the insight and analytics and open the engagement report for each report in insights and analytics section you can see learning statistics for specific teams and for the organization as a whole next you might be interested in what content Learners engage with on data camp the total unit completions dashboard can help you with that a unit corresponds to an assessment course chapter practice exercise or project a data cam power philosophy is learned by doing and this is powered by our learning framework the alpha Loop which stands for assess learn practice apply and repeat this means whether it's part of your custom tracks or while exploring the platform on their own Learners will most likely engage with assessments courses practice posts and real world projects regardless of whether you are upskilling business users in data literacy or more technically minded Learners in Python are or SQL you can deep dive into content analytics by clicking on The View content insights button this page helps you understand which technology your members are learning the topics and the most enrolled and completed courses often this page is most useful when you see things you didn't expect for example if many members have spontaneously decided to learn Julia that will prompt a really interesting conversation with them about why they think Julia is useful diving deeper into content insights can help you adjust your learning program and ensure that you sustain your learner's engagement now let's cover one of the most impactful reports from the datacamp dashboards your organization's skill metrics the skill metrics acts as the balance sheet for your organization's data skills once your learners start completing assessments this metrics populations their scores you can encourage your learners to take more assessments with assignments which we covered in the second video of the admin University series you can then filter by technology and team to identify strengths and skill gaps it is helpful to take a snapshot of the skill Matrix after two to three months of the program and review it quarterly the skill metrics can also help you adjust your custom learning paths to focus on the most critical topics for your organization and deprioritize covering the skills your team already has as always you can dive Deeper by opening insights and analytics Tab and viewing all assessment insights I've mentioned that datacam provides you with numerous pre-built reports to Showcase your learning program outcomes but if you want to build custom reports you can also do so you can connect your internal dashboarding services like power bi or Tableau to data Camp via a data connector reach out to your customer success manager to help with that you can see examples of what extra reports you can create on the custom reports tab you can also download detailed reports on individual skill assessments course and other engagement metrics in the export tab which members completed Julia content the summary export can answer that by breaking down the engagement at the individual level additionally if you have an LMS you can integrate it with datacam to centralize learner success to different platforms and consolidate reporting in one tool check out our LMS integration guide in the video description last but not least you might need to report on the programs Roi learning programs do not have advertised metrics and this organization usually chooses to report on what matters the most to them through the years we've gathered the best practices from data chem for business clients and put them into the learning program Roi guide in this video we've explored multiple ways on how you can track and report on the program's success in the next video we'll cover best practices and tips for encouraging a vibrant data culture within your organization by ingraining continuous learning into your organization's identity you can maintain a Competitive Edge and ensure Readiness for future changes\n"