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Achieve & Achieve Essentials
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E-book An easily accessible ebook with mobile device compatibility, highlighting, note-taking, read aloud, and accessibility options. It can be downloaded for offline reading. |
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Upload Content Ability to upload own PDF content to Achieve |
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E-books with Interactive and Multimedia Engaging interactive and multimedia assets optimised for the course's ebook, including videos, interactive graphing, 3D interactive models, and more. |
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Goal-setting and Reflection Surveys Introductory and Checkpoint Surveys that help students develop, set and recalibrate learning strategies. These surveys provide insights for deeper student-instructor connections. |
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LearningCurve Adaptive Quizzing Self-paced individualised formative assessment that adapts questions based on the student's level of understanding. It provides hints, links to the ebook, and the ability to see the correct answer. |
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Assignable Homework with Targeted Feedback Autograded homework that offers feedback and worked examples to assist students |
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Test Banks with Customisable Questions & Academic Integrity Protection Pre-built questions aligned with course content, many of which are editable and provide answer-specific feedback. Instructors can add their own questions and utilise features to help ensure academic integrity. |
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iClicker (included, no additional fee) iClicker, Macmillan Learning's student response system, fosters engagement through features like polling, quizzing, study tools, and other features that empower active and engaged learning. Available for use on mobile or an iClicker remote device for remote or in-person classes. |
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Discipline-optimised Assessment Course-specific assessments designed in collaboration with authors to enhance engaged learning (e.g. Writing Tools, Interactive Graphing, Diagnostics, Interactive Videos, Simulations, Animations). |
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Academic Integrity Protection Various features to ensure academic integrity, such as question randomisation, compatibility with HonorLock, customisable settings for attempts and time, password protection, variety in question types, and time-on-task reporting. Proctoring solutions are also available. |
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Student Engagement
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iClicker (included, no additional fee) iClicker, Macmillan Learning's student response system, fosters engagement through features like polling, quizzing, study tools, and other features that empower active and engaged learning. Available for use on mobile or an iClicker remote device for remote or in-person classes. |
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Instructor Activity Guides Built around the e-book, these guides offer downloadable content such as worksheets, slides, and suggested activities/questions that can be used alongside iClicker. |
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Insights and Reports
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Gradebook Easily organise and view student grades in the Achieve gradebook. Customisable options include grade categories, dropping lowest grades, and manual grade editing, and more. |
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Insights and Reports User-friendly dashboard that offers visibility into assignments, tracks performance against learning objectives, and provides insights from Goal-Setting and Reflection Surveys — available for both individual student or class level. |
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Integration
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LMS Integration Allows grades and assignments to appear in your learning management system (LMS) and enables access to Achieve from the LMS for students. |
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