Activity Time is the time a student spends on an Imagine Edgenuity or EdgeEX activity up to submission for a score. This time includes watching videos, answering questions, taking eNotes, reading transcripts, or reviewing the Glossary while logged into Imagine Edgenuity. Activity Time ends when an activity is completed and a score is assigned. The purpose of the Activity Time metric is to monitor how much time students are spending moving forward in their coursework.
Frequently asked questions
My student is taking an AP course that requires them to read from a textbook. Does that time get calculated as Activity Time?
Because the Activity Time metric refers to work within the Imagine Edgenuity platform, any work completed outside of Edgenuity cannot be logged. However, a student can launch an activity in the Imagine Edgenuity AP course and leave it open while they are reading their textbook to account for this time. Remember that students get auto logged out after 30 minutes of inactivity, so if they want to spend longer than 30 minutes to read from the textbook, they'll need to click the continue button on the logout warning popup.
I have my students take notes in another system, either online or in their notebooks. Does that time writing notes get calculated as Active Time in Imagine Edgenuity?
Imagine Edgenuity's Activity Time metric relates to the time students are spending actively working inside of Imagine Edgenuity. Work completed externally will not count unless they have an unsubmitted activity open within Imagine Edgenuity. In this case, they could launch the Edgenuity activity and leave it open while they write their notes elsewhere to count that time.
Examples
- If a student launches a link (for example, a third-party website in an Online Content activity, a reading passage in the CloseReader™), they also still have the Assignment open. The system will continue to record Activity Time while the student is reading until the student returns to the Imagine Edgenuity lesson and clicks Submit, Home, or Save and Exit. If the student simply closes the browser, the time spent reading will be captured as idle time.
- If a student is watching an instructional video, the system will only record Activity Time if they:
- Complete the activity and clicks the Submit button, or
- Click the Home button to return to the Course Map.
- If a student is staring at an assessment question for ten minutes, it is still Activity Time as long as the activity hasn't yet been completed/submitted.
- Any retakes a student completes will count as Activity Time because they are making progress in a course. This includes if a student passes an assessment but wants to retake it for a better score; the system will calculate this attempt as Activity Time.
Reports that include this metric:
- Manage Enrollments (heritage)
- Attendance Log (heritage)
- EdgeEX Attendance Log
- Class Gradebook (heritage)
- Student Session Log (heritage)