Analytics is where you go to answer three questions: are my students using Bloom, what are they actually asking, and where are they getting stuck. The dashboard pulls live data from every conversation in the Blooms you have access to, and lets you slice it by Bloom, by role, and by date range. This guide walks through reading each tab as an educator or manager.
Before you start
You need:
- A Bloom account with the View Analytics permission. By default this is granted to the educator, manager, and superAdmin Bloom roles, plus space members with the equivalent space-level permission. Students do not see the Analytics tab.
- At least one Bloom you are enrolled in as educator or manager, with some student conversation activity. A brand-new Bloom with zero messages will load the page but the charts will be empty.
- For Topic Insights specifically, a minimum of five questions in the selected range. Below that threshold the AI clustering will not run.
Step 1: Open the Analytics page
Sign in at app.bloom.study and click Analytics in the left sidebar. The page header reads “Analytics” with the subtitle “See insights on student usage.”
If you do not see Analytics in the sidebar, you do not have the permission on any of your Blooms. Ask your Space Owner to grant you the educator or manager role.
Step 2: Set your filters
Three filters control everything below them. Set these first; every chart, table, and stat reacts to the combination.
- Blooms: pick one or more from the multi-select. The placeholder reads “Search Blooms...”. Some panels (Mastery, AI Literacy) only render when a single Bloom is selected.
- Roles: defaults to Student. You can also include Educator, Manager, or Guest activity. Most educators leave this on Student to see the learner picture only.
- Date range: pick custom dates or use a preset from the dropdown labelled “Select preset...”. Date range also controls the time-series granularity (hourly is only available for one-day ranges; weekly needs at least seven days).
Step 3: Read the Overview tab
The Overview tab opens by default. Read the stat cards left to right:
- Enrolled users: total accounts with access to the selected Bloom(s).
- Active users: how many of those sent at least one message in the date range.
- Participation rate: active divided by enrolled, expressed as a percentage.
- Messages and Messages per active user: raw volume and per-head depth.
- Total session time, hours: time-on-task across all conversations.
- Conversations, Conversations per user, and Avg. conversation depth: how often students return and how far each thread runs.
Below the stat cards, the Questions over time graph plots message volume on the granularity you picked. Use the granularity toggle to zoom from hourly through monthly. A spike followed by a flat line is the classic pre-assessment pattern; a steady climb usually means a Bloom that has crossed into students’ weekly study habits.
If your space has Learning Analytics enabled, an extra Learning highlight strip appears below the chart with cards for Learning-related, Active misconceptions, High-quality thinking, Guided discovery, and Knowledge base use. Each card is clickable and jumps you straight to the matching sub-tab on the Learning page.
Step 4: Use Topics and Mastery
Topics answers what are they actually asking. Bloom clusters the student questions in your filter window into named topics, with a short description, the key struggles, and a handful of representative questions. If a topic shows up at the top of the list every week, it is a strong signal to revisit it in class or sharpen the relevant section of your knowledge base.
Mastery answers where are they getting stuck, but only when you have a single Bloom selected and Knowledge Components enabled on its Teaching Space. The Mastery tab shows a Top struggling components card, an all-components table, and per-student breakdowns so you can see which concepts a specific learner has not yet picked up.
Users gives you a per-student row view: messages, sessions, last active, and a CSV export for grade-book or LMS integration.
Step 5: Export and act on the data
On the Users tab, click the export button to download a CSV of every student in your current filter set. The export always includes all columns, regardless of which columns are toggled visible in the table. Use this for parent-teacher meetings, progress reports, or as evidence of engagement during accreditation reviews.
Common issues
The Analytics tab is not in my sidebar
Your role does not include the View Analytics permission on any Bloom or Teaching Space. Educators, managers, and Space Owners get it by default. Ask your Space Owner to update your role.
Charts show zero with the message “No data”
Either the date range has no activity, or your filters exclude all roles. Check that Student is selected, expand the date range, and confirm the Bloom you picked actually has conversations.
Topics tab is empty even though there is activity
Topic Insights needs at least five student questions in the filter window before it will cluster. If you have fewer, expand the date range or pick a Bloom with more traffic.
Mastery tab is missing
Mastery only renders when (a) exactly one Bloom is selected and (b) Knowledge Components are enabled on that Bloom’s Teaching Space. Open the space settings and turn on Knowledge Components, or narrow your Blooms filter to a single Bloom.
What’s next
- Sanity-check your Bloom by chatting as a learner → How to use Student Mode
- Turn topic spikes into formative checks → How to create quizzes as an educator
- Open Analytics now → Go to Analytics