This article explains how to access and use FlatWorld's Course Engagement tool from your FlatWorld Bookshelf. This method of accessing the Course Engagement is available for courses that have integrated deep linking from your Learning Management System (Canvas, Blackboard, Brightspace/D2L, Moodle, or Sakai) to the FlatWorld Textbook.

If you have integrated Homework assignments or a standalone Homework course you can instead access the Course Engagement tool through your Homework course as described here. Courses that do not use either FlatWorld Homework or a FlatWorld Textbook integration do not have the Course Engagement tool available.

Accessing Course Engagement from your Bookshelf

First, make sure that your course uses FlatWorld's Textbook integration in your Learning Management System. Instructions on setting up the textbook integration can be found at these links for the following Learning Management Systems:
Blackboard Learn

If your school does not have FlatWorld integration set up, you can reach out to your FlatWorld Rep for assistance with starting that process.

To access the Course Engagement from your FlatWorld Bookshelf, you should begin in your Bookshelf, which can be reached by clicking "My Bookshelf" in the upper right corner of most pages of the website (button is visible while logged in):

A screenshot of the FlatWorld Bookshelf with the "My Bookshelf" link in the upper right corner highlighted with a red box.

Next, select "Course Engagement" on the left side of the page, then click on the title of your course:

A screenshot of the Course Engagement page. The "Course Engagement" link is the fourth link from the top on the left of the page and has been highlighted there with a red box and the number 1. An arrow points from that box to the name of a course in the center of the page. That course is highlighted with a second box and the number 2.

Clicking this link will take you to the Course Engagement page where you will see the collected information for all your courses. You can scroll to the appropriate class, which will be identified by the title of the textbook:

A screenshot of the Course Engagement page with class information showing. There is a link under the title to return to the "My Courses" list. Under that is a CSV button. Next is the title "Introduction to Psychology v4.0" and two students with various information listed about their course engagement.

Depending on the size of your screen you will likely need to scroll to the right in order to see all the available information in addition to scrolling down to see all students.

Available Information

The following information will be displayed in the Course Engagement when appropriate (i.e. books without videos may not show Video Count, etc.):

Latest Access
- The most recent date when the student accessed the online textbook.
Days Accessed
- The number of days when the student has accessed the textbook. E.g. if a student has had access to the textbook for a week, and opened Chapter 1 on Monday, Chapters 2 and 3 on Wednesday, and Chapter 1 on Saturday, and otherwise did not access the text they would be shown as accessing the book on 3 days.
Section Count
- The number of sections a student has opened.
- Each section in the textbook is only counted once per day, and only if it was open for at least 15 seconds.
Videos Viewed
- The number of videos a student has watched in the online textbook.
- Video views are only counted if the student has watched at least 75% of the runtime of a video. Each of the following would count as one 'view' of a 1 minute video:
  - Student watches 45 seconds straight of the video.
  - Student watches 30 seconds, pauses, and watches another 15 seconds.
  - Student watches the same 15 seconds of the video 3 times.
  - Student watches the entire video from start to finish once.
Search Count
- The number of searches the student has performed in the online textbook.
Flashcard Tests
- The number of flashcards the student has viewed in the "Study Tools" section of the online book.
- Counts both flashcards that have been viewed in "Practice" mode:
  and "Test" mode:
Quiz Question Attempts
- The number of self-quiz study questions that the student has answered in the textbook.
- Note: This does NOT correlate to how many questions a student may have answered on assignments you have set them, including in FlatWorld Homework. It refers ONLY to the self-study questions embedded in the online text, and student answers/grades on these questions are not stored.
Annotation Count
- The number of annotations the student has made in the online book.
- This counts both highlights and notes.

Downloading Course Engagement Information

To download a CSV file containing the Course Engagement information for your courses you can click the "CSV" button at the top of the page:

Limits of FlatWorld's Course Engagement

There are limitations to what the Course Engagement can capture; only student activity in the online book is included, not time students spend reading a downloaded or printed book. Additionally, each student's knowledge base coming into a class is likely to be different, which is likely to impact how much time students spend in their text and whether they read it in depth.

Because of these factors, FlatWorld does not recommend using the Course Engagement information as a graded element of your course, but rather as a way of giving you context about how your students are interacting with the textbook. It can provide an avenue for suggestions for students who come to office hours looking for advice on learning the material as well as a general sense of how students are engaging with the course materials.