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.

The Dashboard also supports two beta features:

• Quizzes, which help students check their understanding of assigned eBooks and Audiobooks. Quizzes are available to all school portals.
• Weekly Reading Goals, which help students build regular reading and listening habits. Goals can be set across the library or for individual classes.

Important: The Dashboard and Quizzes are available automatically. Quizzes are not controlled by Global Site Settings. The Reading Challenges setting enables Weekly Reading Goals across the entire library. Teachers can also set a Weekly Reading Goal for an individual class, even when Reading Challenges are not enabled globally.

Open your Dashboard

On the web

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

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

On iOS or Android

1. Update the ePlatform app to the latest available version.
2. Sign in to your school's ePlatform account.
3. 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

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;
• students' Quiz results;
• 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.

Teachers can view their students' Quiz results for each class in Classes Management.

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 available to all school portals by default and do not need to be enabled in Global Site Settings. They are available for assigned eBooks and Audiobooks when a Quiz has been created for the title. 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 a title has a Quiz

1. Find and open the relevant eBook or Audiobook.
2. Look beneath the cover on the title details screen.

If Take a Quiz appears, the Quiz is ready.

If 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

1. Sign in to ePlatform.
2. Find and open the relevant title.
3. Select Take a Quiz beneath the cover.
4. Answer all 10 questions.
5. 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.

Teachers can view their students' Quiz results for each class in Classes Management.

Use Weekly Reading Goals

Weekly Reading Goals can be made available in two ways:

• A library administrator can enable Reading Challenges in Global Site Settings and set a Weekly Reading Goal across the entire library.
• A teacher can configure a Weekly Reading Goal for an individual class in Classes Management, even when Reading Challenges are not enabled globally. In this case, the goal applies only to students in that class.

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 Weekly Reading Goal applied to them by their library or class, or change another user's goal.

If a student cannot select a lower value, they have probably reached the minimum applied to them.

Configure Weekly Reading Goals

Library administrators can configure a goal for the entire library in Global Site Settings. Teachers can configure a goal for an individual class in Classes Management.

Set a library-wide Weekly Reading Goal

1. Sign in to the ePlatform web app using an authorised account.
2. Open the Admin area.
3. Go to Global Site Settings.
4. Find Enable Reading Challenges? and select Yes.
5. In Min Weekly Reading Goal, enter the minimum number of reading and listening minutes required each week.
6. 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:

• the Weekly Goal area becomes available across the library;
• the minimum Weekly Reading Goal applies across the library; and
• students can view their weekly reading and listening activity.

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

Set a Weekly Reading Goal for an individual class

Teachers can configure a Weekly Reading Goal for an individual class in Classes Management. This does not require Reading Challenges to be enabled in Global Site Settings.

When Reading Challenges are not enabled globally, the goal applies only to students in classes where a teacher has configured one.

Turn off library-wide Weekly Reading Goals

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

Library-wide Weekly Reading Goals will no longer be available while Reading Challenges are switched off. Class-specific goals configured in Classes Management can still apply to students in those classes. Turning Reading Challenges off does not disable Quizzes.

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

Quizzes are available to all school portals and do not need to be enabled in Global Site Settings.

If My Quizzes is not shown in the Dashboard sidebar, refresh the web page or reopen the app. On mobile, confirm that the latest app version is installed. Contact ePlatform Support if it is still missing.

I cannot see the Weekly Goal

A Weekly Reading Goal appears when either Reading Challenges are enabled for the entire library or a teacher has configured a goal for the student's class.

• For a library-wide goal, ask an administrator to check Admin area → Global Site Settings and confirm that Enable Reading Challenges? is set to Yes and the setting has been saved.
• For a class-specific goal, ask the teacher to review the class in Classes Management.

After a change is saved, refresh the web page or reopen the app.

I cannot see Take a Quiz for a title

1. Open the title details screen and look beneath the cover.
2. If Take a Quiz is not shown, a Quiz has not yet been created for the title.
3. 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 minimum applied to them. An administrator can review the library-wide minimum under Admin area → Global Site Settings → Min Weekly Reading Goal. A teacher can review a class-specific goal in Classes Management.

I cannot access Global Site Settings

Global Site Settings are restricted to library administrators. Ask the person who manages ePlatform at your school to configure a library-wide Weekly Reading Goal. Teachers can configure a goal for an individual class in Classes Management without enabling Reading Challenges globally.

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.