Analytics

• Tutorial Videos - Analytics

  • Video:  DataStudio [10:00]

  • Video: Starting Analytics Tracking [2:39]

  • Video:  Google Analytics [4:44]

• Create Analytics Account

  • Watch Tutorial Videos on Analytics

  • Go to Google Analytics

  • Click on the gear to enter Admin

  • Create an account - an account is for a collection of similar websites.  For example, you can create an account called courses.  Each course will be a "property" within the account

  • Enter your Website Name as a property

  • Enter your Website URL

    • Choose https:// as the prefix

    • Enter your custom URL if you have one and if not the sites.google.com published URL without a page URL (e.g. do not include /home on the end)

  • Copy the Tracking ID (not the code) that's in large bold typ and begins with UA- followed by numbers

Install analytics in your websites

1. Use the Settings (looks like a cog/gear) near the Publish button

2. Choose the Analytics option

3. In the Google Analytics tracking ID box past your Tracking ID you copied from Google Analytics

4. Make sure you Enable analytics is active (the slider is blue if it is)

5. Close the Settings dialogue box.

6. Use the Publish button to make the changes live.