Revel for American Government: Demo

Video Transcript

Below is the transcript for the video at: http://youtu.be/Fx29fgZVnV8.

Hi, I'm here to talk to you about some of the exciting features you'll find in Revel for American Government.

Built in collaboration with educators and students nationwide, Revel is an immersive learning experience designed for the way today's students read, think, and learn. Let's take a look...

Revel enlivens course content with media interactives and videos that empower students to engage with concepts and take an active role in learning.

Students are able to immediately practice course material through Revel's embedded assignment and quizzing, providing students opportunities to check their understanding at regular intervals before moving on.

In addition, a variety of Revel writing activities and assignments are provided to assess concept mastery and critical thinking. This immersive experience boosts student engagement, which leads to better understanding of concepts and improved performance throughout the course.

Revel's assignment and tracking tools offer actionable information that helps educators intersect with their students in meaningful ways. Educators can indicate precisely which readings must be completed on which dates. This clear, detailed schedule helps students stay on task and keeps them motivated throughout the course.

By monitoring class assignment completion and individual student achievement, actionable information, such as points earned on quizzes and tests and time on task, helps educators see the progress of their students and their entire class.

Revel is also fully mobile, so students can read and interact with course material on their devices, anywhere and anytime.

Let's now take a look at a few Revel features specific to American Government.

First off, professors struggle with getting students to think critically in class, along with getting them to think about how the concepts that they are reading about in their American Government courses occur in the real world. With the Simulations feature...

Students see the concepts from their American Government course in action and how the decisions that are made based on those concepts have a bigger impact on American Government.

Next, instructors have a hard time showing concepts from the book in action. Students sometimes find a static book alone dry, and they have a hard time engaging with and retaining the material they read. But with the Videos in Revel...

The content comes to life. Students can watch engaging videos that illustrate the topic they are reading about.

Finally, Students often come to class underprepared, as they either haven't completed their reading assignment or didn't fully retain what they read. Many topics in Am Gov don't lend themselves to being taught through static words on a page. This sometimes makes it difficult for a student to learn a particular topic through reading alone. However, with the interactives feature, students start to understand and remember a concept by interacting with it in a way that helps them retain what they've just read. By explaining those concepts with a piece of media or an interactive, students have greater comprehension, and come to class better prepared.

And there you have it. That was a quick look at just a handful of the valuable features in Revel for American Government. If you want to learn more, be sure to check out Revel. Thanks for watching.