DATA EXTRACT: Incidence of Collaborative Tool Utilization in Canvas Course Sites for Different Disciplines

Abstract

Past work has shown that when opportunities to work together are present within a role, students tend to report greater belonging and interest in their careers. Yet, when it comes to STEM careers vs non-STEM careers, people tend to believe that these communal opportunities are lacking. Here we are interested to understanding how subdisciplines in STEM provide these communal opportunities of working together and connecting with others. We are interested in the following question: Do STEM courses enable collaborative tools within their canvas sites? Does the use of collaborative tools differ by STEM discipline? These queries pull data from collaborative tools, and aggregates these data at the course-level, with metadata about the course level, format, and inventory.