The ODA Access Setting determines what data is available to students via the Research Tools module.
Sections
Locating ODA Access Site Settings
- Select Settings then Site Settings
- Select ODA Access under Outcome Data and Analytics
ODA Access Site Settings
Outcome Data Analytics Access Settings allow administrators to control when student's data becomes available and is included in the reports found under the Research Tools module. Administrators can edit ODA Access for a specific graduating class at any time by following the steps below.
- Click the edit button for Graduation Class whose data you want to include in Research Tools.
- A box will open displaying the options seen below.
- Graduation Class: This is the graduating class whose access is being edited
- Start Date: This is the date the student's data will begin to show in the Research Tools reports
- Is full time data viewable by students: Checking this box will include Post Graduation/Full Time Outcome data for this graduating class in Research Tools reports
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Is internship data viewable by students: Checking this box will include Internship Outcome data for this graduating class in Research Tools reports
Note: To learn more about Research Tools, please see this article.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why can’t some students see any salary data in the Salary Database, even though other students can?
Access to salary data in the Research Tools is controlled by two main factors:
Minimum Data Requirement (Insufficient Data Minimum):
The Salary Database only displays results when there are at least 3 or more data points available for a given filter. If fewer than 3 salaries exist, the student will see “I/D” (insufficient data).Graduation Status (Student vs. Alumni):
Students and recent graduates (until May 31 of the following year after graduation) can access Post Grad and Internship salary data. After this period, users are considered alumni, and access is limited to Work Experience data only. This ensures relevance to their career stage and protects data privacy.
If a student still cannot see results while their peers can, it’s often because their graduation term places them in alumni status, limiting the phases they can view.
Why might there be differences in the Outcomes Index results between Student and Admin views when filtering by graduation year (for example, missing data for the last 3 years or results that look incorrectly aggregated)?
This difference is usually due to configuration settings in Site Management > Site Settings > ODA Access. For example, post-graduation data for a program may be configured as not available to students for certain years. In that case, students won’t see results for those graduation years, while Admin users can still view the full data set.
Our school has Student Research Tools enabled, but no data is showing. Could this be because the data isn’t set to “Available: Yes” in ODA Access?
Yes. For data to appear in student-facing Research Tools, it must be marked as “Available: Yes” in ODA Access. If this setting is not enabled, the data will not be visible to students.