How to Track Learner Progress, Completion Status, and Course Activity with Unified's LMS API

Tracking learner progress across various Learning Management Systems (LMS) is challenging due to differing progress reporting models, with some platforms offering detailed metrics like percent completion and time spent, while others provide minimal signals. Unified's LMS API addresses this complexity by not inventing a universal progress model but by exposing the existing data from the LMS through a normalized Activity object with consistent endpoints and filtering semantics, turning progress tracking into a structured process of polling and reconciliation rather than relying on unreliable event streams. The API allows for the monitoring of learner progress, completion status, and course activity by focusing on observable activity records without assuming real-time webhooks or uniform availability of progress fields across all LMS providers. It provides a framework for fetching activity records, segmenting progress by student or course, and understanding provider variability, with a recommended polling strategy to update dashboards and compliance reports accurately. The approach emphasizes the importance of context by joining activity data with course and content metadata to offer meaningful insights while acknowledging the limitations of real-time claims across diverse LMS ecosystems.