Event classes

Each event has a class which defines the type and characteristics of the event. The current classes of event supported by Advanced MIS, and whether they are available in raw or timeseries form, are listed below.

This page is broken up into sections for different areas of Talis Aspire.

Login Activity

Class Description Timeseries data? Raw data?
login.success A user signed into Talis via SSO Available
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user.identified Following sign in (login.success) this event is fired and matches up the institution’s identity with the talis user’s profile Available
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Available
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Reading Lists

Class Description Timeseries data? Raw data?
annotations.readingIntention A user made, or updated, a reading intention Available
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Not available
bookmark.created A bookmark was created Available
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Not available
addToList An item was added to a list Available
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Not available
list.publish A list was published Available
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Not available
list.entry_point A list was accessed either directly or by LTI, includes precise entry point (top of list, specific item or section) Available
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Available
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list.viewDEPRECATED A list was viewed Available
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Available
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list.edit An edit action on a list Available
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Not available
list.item.click An item in a list interacted with in some way Available
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Not available
list.item.viewDEPRECATED An item in a list was expanded/navigated to Available
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Available
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list.item.external_link.click The user exited the list to an external content location Available
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Available
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lti.link.followed A pre-created LTI launch to a reading list was invoked Available
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Available
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lti.link.buest_guess.found_list An LTI launch was invoked but had not been pre-created by an instructor and resulted in finding a single list to show the user Available
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Available
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lti.link.best_guess.search An LTI launch was invoked but had not been pre-created by an instructor, and resulted in finding some lists based on a search Available
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Available
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lti.link.best_guess.homepage An LTI launch was invoked but had not been pre-created by an instructor, and resulted in finding no lists Available
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Available
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resource.edit A resource was updated by a user Available
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Not available

✱ These events are only available since using the revamped list view from aprroximately 2019 onwards. The first data in your tenancy will vary depending on when you switched to the new list view.

Class Description Timeseries data? Raw data?
digitisation.view A digitisation was viewed Available
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Not available
digitisation.print.showModal A digitisation print modal was opened (file access is also recorded as a digitisation.download) Available
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Not available
digitisation.download A digitisation was downloaded Available
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Not available

Reviews

Class Description Timeseries data? Raw data?
reviews.actions.status.1 An acquisitions review’s status changed Available
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Not available
reviews.actions.setOutcome.1 An acquisitions review outcome was set Available
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reviews.actions.assignUser.1 An acquisitions review was assigned to a user Available
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Not available

Talis Elevate

Class Description Timeseries data? Raw data?
player.timer.2 A resource was viewed by a student in the player for an amount of time Available
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player.timer.2.contributors DEPRECATED A resource was viewed by a contributor (academic, teaching assistant) in the player for an amount of time Available
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player.view A resource was opened in the player by a student. digitisation.view is also recorded by the Talis Elevate player when the content has originated from Copyright Clearance. This is in addition to player.view. Available
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player.view.contributors DEPRECATED A resource was opened in the player by a contributor (academic, teaching assistant) Available
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player.annotate.createannotation A new annotation (comment thread) was created by a user Available
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player.annotate.createannotation.highlight A new highlight annotation was created by a user Available
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player.annotate.createannotation.pin A new pindrop annotation was created by a user Available
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player.annotate.createannotation.classcomment A new class annotation (comment thread) was created by a user Available
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player.annotate.createannotation.personalnote A new personal annotation (private note) was created by a user Available
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player.annotate.createannotation.anonymouscomment A new anonymous annotation (comment thread) was created by a user Available
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player.annotate.createreply A new reply (to an existing thread) was created by a user Available
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player.profile.complete DEPRECATED A user completed their profile Available
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player.search DEPRECATED A user used the search function Available
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player.download The player resource was downloaded by a user. digitisation.download is also recorded by the Talis Elevate player when the content has originated from Copyright Clearance. This is in addition to player.download. Available
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modulemanager.timer DEPRECATED A module was viewed by an academic in the module manager for an amount of time Available
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digitisation.print A digitisation played through talis elevate was accessed for printing. This event is only emitted when a digitisation is played in Talis Elevate. Available
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Not available