Using the My Account Dashboard, Quizzes and Weekly Reading Goals

The My Account Dashboard gives you one place to continue reading or listening, view assigned titles, check your progress and open frequently used account tools.

Schools can also choose to enable two beta features:

Quizzes, which help students check their understanding of assigned eBooks and Audiobooks.
Weekly Reading Goals, which help students build regular reading and listening habits.

Important: The Dashboard is available automatically and does not need to be enabled. Quizzes and Weekly Reading Goals are beta features. An administrator must enable them together using the Reading Challenges setting.

Open your Dashboard

On the web

Sign in to your school's ePlatform site.
Select your name in the top-right corner.

Select your name again whenever you want to return to the Dashboard.

On iOS or Android

Update the ePlatform app to the latest available version.
Sign in to your school's ePlatform account.
Open your account area to view the Dashboard.

The position of the account menu may vary slightly by device and app version.

What you can find on the Dashboard

The information displayed depends on your role, assigned titles and recent activity.

Quick links

The Dashboard sidebar provides shortcuts to commonly used areas, including:

My Loans
Saved Books
My Notes and Highlights
My Rated Titles
My Quizzes, when Reading Challenges are enabled

Account options such as My Profile & Settings, Change Password and Sign Out may also appear.

Now Reading

If you have an eBook or Audiobook in progress, the Now Reading area may show:

the title and cover;
your reading or listening progress;
time spent reading or listening;
pages read for an eBook;
a completed quiz result; and
a button to continue reading or listening.

Assignments for students

Students see Your Reading Assignments. Assigned titles may be grouped as Decodables, Levelled Books or Library Books, including eBooks and Audiobooks.

This area shows assigned titles and overall progress, with links to view the relevant books.

Class summary for staff and administrators

Staff and administrators see a Classes Summary for the classes they belong to. It may include:

the class name;
the number and type of books assigned;
student progress;
links to reports or analytics; and
a link to open the class.

The Dashboard does not replace the Admin area. Portal-wide settings and other administrative tools remain in the Admin area.

Progress Snapshot and Your Activity

The Progress Snapshot summarises reading and listening activity for the current month. Depending on the content available, it may include:

eBooks and Audiobooks loaned or completed;
total reading and listening time; and
Decodable and Levelled books read.

Your Activity shows other account activity from the current month, including:

notes and highlights;
saved and rated titles; and
completed Quizzes and the user’s average Quiz score.

Use Quizzes

Quizzes are an optional beta feature for assigned eBooks and Audiobooks. Schools do not need to write the questions.

Each quiz attempt:

contains 10 questions of varying difficulty;
draws from a bank of 20 questions for the title; and
can be retaken as many times as needed.

A retake is likely to contain a different combination of questions, although some questions may appear again.

Check whether Reading Challenges are enabled

The quickest way to check is from the My Account Dashboard:

Open the My Account Dashboard.
Look for My Quizzes in the sidebar.

If My Quizzes is visible, Reading Challenges are enabled for the school's portal. Continue to the title details screen to check whether a Quiz is available for a particular book.
If My Quizzes is not visible, an administrator must go to Admin area → Global Site Settings, set Enable Reading Challenges? to Yes and select Save.

After the setting is saved, refresh the web page or reopen the app, then check the Dashboard sidebar again.

Check whether a title has a Quiz

Confirm that My Quizzes appears in the Dashboard sidebar.
Find and open the relevant eBook or Audiobook.
Look beneath the cover on the title details screen.

If Take a Quiz appears, the Quiz is ready.

If Reading Challenges are enabled but Take a Quiz does not appear, a Quiz has not yet been created for that title. A staff member or administrator must assign the title to a student or class. Assigning the title adds it to the Quiz creation queue.

Most new Quizzes should appear within a few days. During busy periods, allow up to one week. If the title has already been assigned, it may already be in the queue.

Take a Quiz

Sign in to ePlatform.
Find and open the relevant title.
Select Take a Quiz beneath the cover.
Answer all 10 questions.
Submit the Quiz.

The result is recorded against the user's account. Open My Quizzes from the Dashboard sidebar to view Quiz activity. A result may also appear on the Dashboard beside the relevant title.

Use Weekly Reading Goals

When Reading Challenges are enabled, each student receives a weekly reading and listening target based on the minimum set by the school.

The Weekly Goal area may show:

the weekly target;
time completed and time remaining;
the percentage completed;
daily reading and listening activity;
the student's current weekly streak; and
up to six weeks of previous activity.

Reading and listening activity recorded in ePlatform contributes to the weekly target.

Change a personal goal

Students can select Edit Goal to increase their personal target. They cannot reduce it below the minimum set by the school or change another user's goal.

If a student cannot select a lower value, they have probably reached the school's minimum.

Enable Quizzes and Weekly Reading Goals

This section is for staff with access to the ePlatform Admin area and Global Site Settings.

Note: Quizzes and Weekly Reading Goals are controlled by the same Reading Challenges setting and cannot be enabled separately during the beta.

Sign in to the ePlatform web app using an authorised account.
Open the Admin area.
Go to Global Site Settings.
Find Enable Reading Challenges? and select Yes.
In Min Weekly Reading Goal, enter the minimum number of reading and listening minutes required each week.
Select Save.

If the minimum is left blank, the Weekly Reading Goal defaults to 60 minutes per week. Students can increase their own target but cannot set it below this minimum.

After Reading Challenges are enabled:

My Quizzes appears in the Dashboard sidebar;
the Weekly Goal area appears;
weekly reading and listening activity becomes available; and
Take a Quiz appears on title details screens where a Quiz is ready.

Users may need to refresh the web page or reopen the app before the new features appear.

Turn Reading Challenges off

Go to Admin area → Global Site Settings.
Set Enable Reading Challenges? to No.
Select Save.

My Quizzes, Weekly Reading Goals and Quiz access will no longer be available while Reading Challenges are switched off. Contact ePlatform Support before disabling the setting if you need information about previously recorded Quiz results or goal activity.

Troubleshooting

I cannot find the Dashboard

On the web, confirm that you are signed in, then select your name in the top-right corner.
In the app, confirm that you are signed in to the correct school portal.
Update the app, close and reopen it, then sign out and sign in again if needed.

I cannot see My Quizzes or the Weekly Goal

Open the My Account Dashboard and look for My Quizzes in the sidebar. If it is not shown, Reading Challenges are not enabled for the school's portal.

An administrator must:

Go to Admin area → Global Site Settings.
Set Enable Reading Challenges? to Yes.
Review the Min Weekly Reading Goal.
Select Save.

Refresh the web page or reopen the app after the setting is saved. On mobile, also confirm that the latest app version is installed.

I cannot see Take a Quiz for a title

Open the My Account Dashboard and look for My Quizzes in the sidebar.
If My Quizzes is missing, ask an administrator to enable Reading Challenges in Global Site Settings and save the change.
If My Quizzes is visible, open the title details screen and look beneath the cover.
If Take a Quiz is not shown, a Quiz has not yet been created for the title.
A staff member or administrator should assign the eBook or Audiobook to a student or class to add it to the Quiz creation queue.

Most new Quizzes should appear within a few days. During busy periods, allow up to one week. If the title has already been assigned, it may already be in the queue.

A student cannot lower their Weekly Reading Goal

Students cannot set a goal below the school minimum. An authorised user can review the minimum under Admin area → Global Site Settings → Min Weekly Reading Goal.

I cannot access Global Site Settings

Global Site Settings are restricted to authorised accounts. Ask the person who manages ePlatform at your school to enable Reading Challenges or review your access.

Contact ePlatform Support

If you still need help, submit a request to ePlatform Support. Include:

your school name and ePlatform portal address;
the affected user's role;
the title and author if the issue relates to a Quiz;
the device, browser or app version being used;
what you expected to see; and
a screenshot of the issue, if possible.

Never include a user's password in a support request.