Over 9 years ago, backed by the belief that we could unlock the potential of each and every type of student with the power of learning science, we embarked on a journey to create a unique educational experience. Spanning over 90+ disciplines and serving multiple education markets around the world, SmartBook has emerged as the leader in adaptive learning.
Today, SmartBook 2.0 builds on our market-leading technology with enhanced capabilities that deliver a more personalized, efficient and accessible learning experience for students and instructors.
Connect is a highly reliable, easy-to-use homework and learning management solution that applies learning science and award-winning adaptive tools to improve student results.
Many instructors describe a situation where students are coming to class unprepared.They find that students who don't do the reading, or who don't gain a critical understanding of the content from reading, are unable to fully engage in the class. This creates a situation where the instructor has to take valuable class time reviewing prerequisite content or teaching the basics.
SmartBook 2.0 improves student engagement using a layer of intelligence and adaptivity so that students can effectively and efficiently read, review, practice, and come to class prepared. Using the reports, instructors can determine if students are doing the work, and identify the concepts where students are struggling. This helps instructors proactively reach out to students who may be at risk, and allows instructors to spend time only on the concepts and topics students need—leaving plenty of time to engage with students and promote higher-order thinking.
“With Connect’s powerful personalized studying experience, you can have students learn the basics before they come to class, allowing you to be the educational expert that leads students to more ‘ah-ha’ moments.”
Students are busy, and they want their study time to be efficient and effective. Often, they struggle to know where they should start in the text and how to focus their attention. After reading, they don't always know if they really understood the content or not.
SmartBook 2.0 has key learning content highlighted to help students focus their initial exposure on foundational concepts, and to ensure efficient learning. As students move through the material, they will be challenged on what they’ve read and asked to rate their confidence in their answers. This creates self-awareness of knowledge gaps and facilitates learning. Based on their answers, SmartBook 2.0 creates a personalized review for students using proven adaptive algorithms. SmartBook 2.0 makes learning efficient and effective!
“With Connect I’ve become a more efficient and effective learner. Better class prep means I’m asking more meaningful questions and getting better answers that guide my studying.”
SmartBook 2.0’s adaptive learning technology was the first of its kind in higher education. Since 2009, students have answered over 10 billion questions, with over 200 million interactions per month. We are always learning and continue to evolve the product based on student and instructor feedback. SmartBook 2.0 will offer these improved benefits:
Just like our new eBook and ReadAnywhere App, SmartBook 2.0 is available for mobile use on smart devices—both online and off-line.
Our research shows that if SmartBook 2.0 is not assigned, students are less likely to do it. Therefore, instructors must now create reading assignments for students to use SmartBook 2.0. Assigning SmartBook 2.0 will help students be accountable for learning the material and come to class prepared and ready to succeed.
With SmartBook 2.0, instructors can assign a Personalized Review prior to quizzes or exams, saving them the time to create a review homework assignment, and making reviewing the material efficient and effective for students. Instructors can also include content from multiple chapters to help students prepare for a cumulative exam. Based on the student’s previous performance, Personalized Review recommends content for instructors to include in the assignment—so each student's review will be personalized based on specific knowledge gaps.
‘Learn About This’ has been changed to ‘Concept Resources’ – students will now be taken to the sub-section heading where the answer can be found, exposing them to contextual material while giving them the content remediation and practice of critical study skills.
With SmartBook 2.0, instructors can now assign readings down to the sub-topic level (rather than only to the topic level). This provides even greater control and alignment with their syllabus.
While great strides in accessibility have been made with the original SmartBook, SmartBook 2.0 was built from the ground up with accessibility in mind to account for appropriate color contrast, keyboard navigation, and screen reader usability, to support students with accessibility needs. A full accessibility audit will be completed soon!
Based on research with students, guidance is now improved to include more concise and helpful pop-up tips and text prompts.
Students can now recharge their learning by accessing previously completed assignments with a personalized learning experience focused on areas that need extra attention.
New reports allow instructors to navigate and manage the SmartBook data easier as well as moving from the class view to individual student view quickly.
Students can now access new reports directly from Connect. The End of Assignment Summary now includes insights, including “Accuracy” and “Most Challenging Concepts.”
For instructors, SmartBook 2.0 tracks student progress and provides insights that guide teaching strategies and advanced instruction, for a more dynamic class experience.
With the ReadAnywhere App, students can access their eBook and complete SmartBook 2.0 assignments on their smartphone, on or off-line.
Available for both
Android and iOS
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If you are interested in learning about how your peers use Connect with SmartBook 2.0 and the results they have experienced, you may be interested in our efficacy research and case studies. Here we provide a wide array of examples that are specific to your discipline area.
We understand that each course and instructor is different, so although we are happy to offer evidence from your peers, our primary focus is enabling instructors and students with tools to measure and track results for their own course. We have shared some examples of these tools in our demonstration, but to understand the full capabilities we invite you to explore SmartBook 2.0 on your own or ask for a demo from your local representative.