Inspire engagement through active learning
People learn best by doing. Revel puts students in the driver's seat on their learning journey.
Revel® integrates interactives and assessments into a compelling digital narrative. By applying concepts as they read, students immerse themselves in learning, deepening their understanding.
It's your class, but their journey. Inspire learners to claim ownership with Revel.
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Revel enables students to read, practice and study in one continuous experience, anywhere and anytime.
Active participation is the key to learning. Videos and interactives throughout the narrative empower students to analyze and apply concepts as they read.
Assessing student progress helps you keep the class on track. The educator dashboard yields performance insights that let you adjust your focus as needed.
Both you and your students are always on the go. That’s why the Revel app enables access on all your devices, anywhere and anytime.
Great content helps students think and reason. Revel combines world-class content, by top thought leaders, with tools supporting concept mastery.
Practice makes perfect. Embedded assessments in Revel allow you to gauge student understanding and improve comprehension.
Writing is a great way to boost comprehension. Shared writing assignments in Revel encourage critical thinking and facilitate dialogue among peers.
Many students today are savvy creators. Shared multimedia assignments enable you and your students to easily post and respond to videos and other media.
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Imagine being able to give your students a tool that puts them in the driver’s seat of their individual learning journeys.
Revel is an innovative teaching and learning platform that transforms passive education into an interactive experience. By assigning coursework within Revel, you’ll inspire students and elevate learning outcomes. You’ll also make your life easier.
“It’s the best textbook I’ve ever read because there is no fluff and it’s easy to read,” says an economics student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). “You actually want to read it.”
A textbook college students want to read?
Unusual though it may seem, many economics students at UNCG express comments like these, ever since their professor began using Revel: Microeconomics Interactive, 1st Edition by Parkin, Bade, and Sarbaum.
In the computer science department at Houston Community College, instructors Anci Shah and Suma Roa undertook a transformative journey with Revel.
In 2019, Suma initiated a pilot of Revel. Impressed by the platform’s digital narrative, online homework features, and diverse resources, Suma shared her enthusiasm with her colleagues, prompting the department chair Anci to consider Revel's adoption.
The student learning experience was a key consideration for Anci and her department committee. They saw that, as the number of online courses being created at Houston Community College increased, Revel's interactivity would prove vital to enabling students in those courses to succeed.
"The concepts are kept to a minimum, and the readings aren't too long, and then there are all those little checks in there,” says Anci. “My students have commented on how helpful that has been."
Suma echoes this sentiment, praising the variety of practical features in Revel that help promote active learning, including built-in search, note taking, and flashcard functionalities.
Another important factor for the committee was finding a courseware solution that could meet each student wherever they are in their learning journey. They appreciated that Revel provided a bridge for students with varying levels of digital literacy to learn the material and stay engaged in their courses.
“I have definitely had a lot of students say that Revel really helped them,” Anci says. "I have received feedback that the animations and videos are what helped them understand the material a lot better.”
Students can test their understanding through quizzes and self-checks in Revel. Suma often advises her students to complete these questions prior to taking assessments because, “they are a good way to gauge their topic mastery and provide ample opportunity for studying."
Revel's accessibility – specifically via the Revel mobile app – impressed students and instructors alike. Suma notes, "They no longer have any excuses that they don't have their textbook because they always have their phones.”
The committee also assessed Revel based on LMS integration and publisher support.
"The grades in Revel are incorporated into our LMS very easily,” says Suma. “We can incorporate them with the click of a button, so that's been very, very helpful." Indeed, she and her colleagues found that integrating Revel into Houston Community College’s existing learning management system helped streamline various administrative processes.
Overall, Revel surpassed the computer science department’s expectations, leading to its adoption for the courses Program Fundamentals 1, 2, and 3.
When asked whether she would recommend Revel to other instructors, Anci says definitely and references the overarching goal of Revel: student success.
“If you are looking at one book versus another, Revel is the one that has all the animations and embedded assessments to help students. Why would you not choose it?” she says. “We just want our students to be successful, and Revel can help.”
Revel was purposely built for students and instructors. The platform has emerged as a catalyst for transformative education, enriching the experiences of computer programming students at Houston Community College and setting a standard for comprehensive, engaging learning.
Read more about Dr. Anci Shah and Dr. Suma Roa’s experience with Revel in the full instructor spotlight.
What can Revel do for you and your students? Learn more about Revel.
Join Dr. Terri Moore to understand how to leverage Revel and use videos in your classroom to engage your students more fully with course concepts and assess their mastery of course principles.
Terri Moore demonstrates in this session how Revel, as an interactive student content delivery system, engages students with activities embedded in their reading that are gradable and trackable, preparing them for deeper summative assessments of their learning.
Join Dr. Steven Beebe as he offers ways of enhancing and assessing your instruction, whether in-person or online, applying skills and techniques to keep students engaged in the learning process.
– David Kiracofe, full-time professor of History at a two-year school in the southeast
