1. Before you begin
Though you can access Davis Advantage via the FA Davis website, we recommend accessing your Davis Advantage class by clicking the Advantage class link in your LMS course.
To access the Davis Advantage class your instructor has set up for you, log into your Learning Management System (Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle, or D2L/Brightspace) and access your instructor’s LMS course.
2. Locate a Davis Advantage class link
From your course homepage, locate a Davis Advantage class link.
The locations and titles of your LMS course's Advantage class link will vary depending on how your instructor has designed your course. Look for "Davis Advantage," or the name of your F.A. Davis textbook. Ask your instructor for help if you're unable to find your Advantage class link.
Though the example below is of an Advantage class link within a Canvas course, your Advantage class link will appear similarly in all Learning Management Systems:
3. Redeem access
When accessing Davis Advantage for the first time, you may be prompted to enter an Access Code.
If you have purchased a new print copy of your assigned textbook, you'll find your Access Code on the inside cover of your book. Enter that Access Code on the left-side of the landing page shown below, then click "REDEEM CODE."
If you do not have an Access Code, or otherwise haven't purchased your textbook yet, you can click the "BUY NOW" button on the right-hand side of the landing page to purchase Instant Access to an eBook version of your textbook (which includes access to Davis Advantage). If you would prefer a print copy of the textbook, you can select the "Print" tab to order a hard copy (which includes the eBook and Davis Advantage). Once you complete your purchase, close the checkout window and return to your LMS course to again locate an Advantage class link.
After verifying your access, you'll be able to launch your Advantage class via your LMS course. You will only need to verify your access once.
If you encounter an issue while verifying your access, please jump to step 9 and contact our support team for assistance.
4. Launch an Advantage class
Once you have verified access, click any Davis Advantage class link in your instructor's course to open that assignment. Depending on your Learning Management System, the assignment may load automatically in a new browser window, or you may be taken to a launch page with a button to load the assignment.
If you are taken to an Advantage class launch page in your LMS, you may see an assignment description provided by your instructor, followed by a button that reads "Load Davis Advantage in a new window." Click the button to launch your class in a new browser tab.
If you click an Advantage class link and it fails to launch, it's possible your web browser settings blocked the class link's launch page. Check your browser settings to make sure pop-ups are permitted.
If you launch an Advantage class link and you're only in one Advantage class, Advantage class links will take you directly to your Advantage class' Dashboard.
If you're in more than one Advantage class, clicking an Advantage class link will take you to your Davis Advantage "My Products and Classes" page.
Find your textbook and class name, then click the "View" to access the Dashboard for your class. If you access your Advantage class via your LMS course, you will not need to press the "Join a Class" buttons or enter Class IDs.
5. Complete Advantage assignments
More often than not, you'll head straight to your Assignments page from your Advantage class' Dashboard. Click "Assignments" in your top-left navigation header.
Once on your Assignments page, you'll see the Advantage assignments your instructor has selected for you, ordered by due date (if your instructor has set due dates). For more information on the different Advantage assignment types, consult our "Assignment Types" article.
Click "Start" or "Continue" to work on an Advantage assignment.
When you finish an Advantage assignment, you'll be shown feedback with information about your performance.
When finishing a Quizzing or Clinical Judgment assignment, you'll be given a Feedback page. At the top of a Feedback page, you'll see how many questions you got correct, as well as a "Show All Details" button to open every question's feedback at once.
Alternatively, you can click "Show Detail" for each question.
When you click to show the details of your assignment's questions, you'll see the correct answers for each question, rationales for each answer, page numbers (to revisit pages of your textbook related to an assignment's questions), and sometimes test-taking tips!
6. Check your grades
When you complete a Davis Advantage assignment, your grade will be recorded on your Personalized Learning Plan and Advantage Gradebook pages.
Personalized Learning and Clinical Judgment assignments will be graded based on completion. Quizzing assignments will be graded based on completion or competency, depending on what your instructor has chosen.
If your instructor has set due dates for your assignments, any incomplete work will be graded automatically after the due date has passed. Late submissions will be scored as a 0, as will assignments you haven't opened and/or made progress on prior to their set due dates. Zeroes for late submissions may be appealed by your instructor, depending on their late work policies.
To get further insight on your Advantage assignment performance, you can navigate to your Personalized Learning Plan page after completing an Advantage assignment.
Your PLP page will give you a quick look at how well you did on your Advantage assignments, as well as "Review" buttons to access your Feedback pages for completed assignments. "Review" buttons can also be used to revisit past Personalized Learning or Clinical Judgment assignments for additional (ungraded) practice attempts.
For more information on checking your Advantage assignment performance, consult our "Grading and Personalized Learning Plans" article.
7. Make a Practice Quiz
In addition to the Davis Advantage assignments your instructor has chosen, you can make yourself Practice Quizzes to further familiarize yourself with content from your textbook. Your Practice Quiz scores won't report back to your Advantage Gradebook.
To create a Practice Quiz, first launch your Advantage class, then scroll to the bottom of your class Dashboard and click the "Make Practice Quiz" button.
Alternatively, you can make Practice Quizzes by first navigating to your Personalized Learning Plan page.
Once on your PLP page, choose to display your "Quizzing" performance, then scroll down to your "Practice Quiz" panel and click the "Create Practice Quiz" button.
Clicking the "Create Practice Quiz" button will launch your Practice Quiz Builder, where you'll create a Practice Quiz based on the topics you want it to cover, how many questions it'll contain, and whether it'll contain questions you've previously answered correctly in other Quizzing assignments.
For more information on making Practice Quizzes, consult our "Practice Quizzes" article.
8. Access your eBook
Whether you redeem access to Davis Advantage via an Access Code or by purchasing Instant Access for a textbook, you'll have eBook access for your required textbook.
After launching an Advantage class, you can access your eBook by clicking the “eBook” link in the upper-left navigation header of your Advantage class.
For more information on accessing your eBook, consult our "eBook Access" article.
9. Need more help?
If you have consulted the information/resources above and are still unable to access your Advantage content, please submit a ticket via this link. Include your name, school email address, instructor's name and section number in your help-request ticket, so our team can contact and further assist you.
