This document is for instructors utilizing an Engage eText or publisher Digital Learning Tool (DLT). It provides some best practices when interacting with and thinking about your eText/DLT, including around how to communicate with your students.
If you would like to learn ways to make your course accessible, please review this guide.
Positive student perceptions of eTexts and DLTs, and the resulting academic engagement and success, are predicated by instructor ability to explain and/or demonstrate a clear and thoughtful decision to use Engage digital materials instead of traditional paper materials.
Please consider adding a statement about the use of eTexts or Digital Learning Tools (DLT) to your syllabus and posting it as an announcement to your students 1-2 weeks before the first day of class.
Instructors are encouraged to provide a brief overview of the benefits of using Engage, how to access the eText/DLT, and how the materials are paid for.
eTexts can be accessed by following the directions here, while DLTs can be accessed through the publisher’s tool integration in Canvas.
View the Engage help menu (for instructors) to learn about the basics of navigating in and using the basic features of the Engage platform.
Remember we have arrangements in place with the publishers and the McBurney Disability Resource center to create alternate versions of texts for those students who require accommodations. For more information see Engage - Accessibility & Usability Information.
These best practices were adapted Indiana University resources. Many thanks to IU!