ARCHIVED: About the IU eTexts (Unizin Engage) e-reader at IU
Engage is a university-standard e-reader designed to improve learning and teaching by promoting student and instructor engagement in the text. With Engage, users can read online or offline (on up to five devices), search, add highlights, write and organize notes, add bookmarks, view instructor's notes, share notes, copy and paste, and print pages.
At IU, Engage is available only in Canvas courses using a stand-alone eText ordered through the IU eTexts initiative. To access Engage, students and instructors select
from the navigation pane in any of their Canvas courses that have a stand-alone eText assigned.Two versions of Engage are currently in use at IU; each version has a unique toolbar to help you determine which version you're using:
- Legacy Engage: Used for presenting titles ordered through the IU eTexts initiative between summer 2011 and summer 2022:
For video tutorials on using Legacy Engage, see Legacy Engage Tutorials.
- Engage 2.0: Used for presenting titles ordered through the IU eTexts initiative in the fall of 2022 or later:
For help using Engage 2.0, see the following support articles:
- Adjust display options
- Create bookmarks
- Highlight texts
- Create notes
- Create a study guide
- Share notes and subscribe to others' notes (Collaboration)
- Use Text to Speech to listen to contents of the eText
- Adjust display options
- Create flashcards
- Copy and Paste (Disregard any notes about restrictions or allowances; there are none with IU eTexts.)
- Create APA, MLA, & Chicago Style Citations
- Printing (Disregard any notes about restrictions or allowances; there are none with IU eTexts.)
- Navigating your eBook (See this for instructions on moving through the eText.)
- IU licenses the Engage e-reader from RedShelf; IU is using the RedShelf e-reader only.
- You are not a RedShelf customer.
- You cannot log in to the RedShelf website to access your IU eTexts titles.
- You do not need to purchase anything from RedShelf when an IU eText is assigned.
For help with either version of Engage, submit questions in the IU eTexts Service Catalog.
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Last modified on 2023-08-28 13:44:17.