Idle Time is all time spent in Imagine Edgenuity that is not Activity Time or Review Time.
This metric allows educators to monitor how much time students are spending in Edgenuity not working on activities. Idle time is not necessarily time spent “goofing off.” It is simply not time spent making forward progress in a course.
Time spent in the Course Map counts as Idle Time. This includes time spent in eNotes for a lesson that a student has already completed if the eNotes are accessed from the Course Map and not from within a launched activity. This metric is the same for Edgenuity and EdgeEX.
Idle time displays on the Session Log:
While the Idle Time metric is related to the Attendance Log, it does not explicitly display on the Attendance Log itself.
Things to consider
A certain amount of idle time is to be expected from most students. However, excessive idle time (more than 15% or the total session time) could indicate that students are having difficulties focusing on their work when logged in, particularly if you also notice the student is not completing many activities in each session. You may want to consider working with students who are struggling to make progress by helping them monitor their time in the system. Students have access to this same report within the Course Report, so you may want to set weekly goals with these students.
Also, students may have out-of-system active time that should be considered in overall course completion time. For example, if a student is working on a project in PowerPoint or another third-party software program, Imagine Edgenuity cannot capture the time as active unless the student is logged in and keeps the project assignment open while working in the other software.