MyEngagement

Every time you access one of these resources (such as log on to Blackboard), MyEngagement will allocate you a number of points. Some resources are worth more points than others, as we consider them to be more meaningful in tracking your engagement.

For example, the points allocated for logging on to Blackboard aren't as high as the points for accessing your course content on Blackboard. This is because it's more valuable to your learning to actually view course materials than to simply log on to a system. The pie chart at the bottom of the resources page indicates which resources are considered to be of the most value.

The MyEngagement analytics process runs every day and uses a weighted system to look for system interactions for the previous day (or days depending on data lag). The system then looks at this score and compares it with scores from previous days. The difference is then used to derive an 'engagement rating' (High through to None).

One factor in the system that determines your engagement score is the comparison of your activity in the last 24 hours to your overall activity over time. This allows for the fact that students will have different working patterns and may engage more or less on particular days - so not using the resources as much over one day won’t have a drastic effect on your overall score.

Generally speaking it takes around one week to move either up or down all of the engagement categories, though if you don’t use any of the resources at all for a number of days then you may find that your engagement score will drop more quickly.

After logging on you will be taken directly to your student record page.

The student record includes a header, which includes information, such as your name, ID photo, course and course year. There are also several indicators, allowing you to see key information at a glance.

The first engagement rating refers to your engagement level that day whilst the ‘Average’ engagement rating is your average engagement over the last four weeks.

The engagement ratings are:

• high
• good
• average
• low
• very low
• none.

This is an indicator displaying the direction that your engagement rating is taking.

A horizontal arrow means the engagement rating is consistent, a diagonal arrow means the rating is either on an upward or downward trend.

Underneath the header are tabs allowing you to obtain further information about your activity. The active tab will be underlined in blue.

The Engagement screen presents a summary of your engagement data, displaying the last four weeks by default.

This graph is an interactive display of your time at University. It updates to reflect the date range chosen in the top left. It can be changed to a daily or overall display by clicking the buttons above the graph:

The graph is interactive, to allow you to focus on the critical elements of your learning journey. These interactions include:

• selecting the date range displayed on the graph; this can be defined between two dates
• quick selecting time periods (last week, last four weeks and last 10 weeks)
• selecting and de-selecting.

	Two person icon	Interaction events (when a member of staff has entered a note on your record)
	Alarm clock icon	Alerts events (when you have received an email)
	Two arrows	Course change events (will signify if you have changed course)
	Red dotted line	Cohort average engagement line (the average engagement of all the students on the course)
	Blue shaded area	Exemption events (times when a member of staff has put a pause on any emails going out to the student)

In the bottom right of the engagement tab, there is a rolling calendar that shows all your engagement ratings over a monthly period.

The Engagement Breakdown bar chart is designed to provide a visual percentage-based view of how much time you have spent in each engagement category and is defined by the date range selected at the top of the page.

The profile tab is a summary of a student’s personal information arranged in a series of cards.

If your profile is showing your year as level 9 this indicates to UWE Bristol staff that you are currently on placement. We need to know when you are on placement as it is likely that your use of the academic resources will be different, and we want to make sure that this is taken into account.

The Interactions tab is a historical journal of all your interactions, including engagement email alerts and exemptions.

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Clicking on an individual interaction expands the record to provide a more detailed view. You can also add a comment by typing at the bottom of the chat box (where it says 'Add Comment') and whoever created the interaction will be emailed so they know you have written a comment. You will be emailed if someone adds a comment to one of your interactions also.

For most teaching session you will be asked to record your attendance using the MyAttendance app (you do not need to use MyAttendance to record your attendance at online sessions unless requested to do so by the lecturer).

This tab will show you a list of all the events you have attended where you have recorded your attendance through MyAttendance. More information can be found via MyAttendance.

The student resources tab is a time-based representation of the data systems MyEngagement is reviewing. Please note, some of the resources displayed may not contribute to the engagement score and each resource may be weighted differently (i.e. contribute differently to the engagement score). The time series graphs show the number of system interactions over the chosen date range.

A resource type pie chart and activity summary table may be visible below the resource cards.

Resource type pie chart: This shows the importance of each resource type used to calculate your daily engagement score.

Activity Summary Table: This provides the usage detail for each resource type used by the student and the date the activity happened.

University-wide messages can be broadcast in the system. The notification of an announcement is adjacent to the User selection menu:

Dependent on the announcement configuration, these will be displayed as:

• a single white information icon – for information announcements
• a yellow triangle – for warnings
• a red in a circle – for errors, with the addition of a red banner (as above) for critical announcements. You will need to dismiss the banner with the close X option.

Note: If there are several announcements, then the most 'critical' will be indicated.

The announcements will only be used in conjunction with informing you of problems relating to the system.

Clicking on the user selection menu icon in the top right opens the drop-down menu allowing you to configure MyEngagement to suit your needs.

The menu includes:

• language – you may have the option to choose a different language. This stays active for each session.
• help – click this to go to the Help/FAQ page.
• dark theme – selects the dark theme.
• logout – exits the application.