Academic Application: SageVantage

Sage Vantage is the digital learning platform from SAGE Publications for courses using an adopted Sage textbook. It delivers the eTextbook with embedded Knowledge Checks, assignable video activities, chapter tests, and instructor analytics in a single environment linked directly to Villanova's LMS.

Faculty: Build a digital course around an adopted Sage title and pair it to your Villanova LMS course. Assign readings, Knowledge Checks, video activities, and Chapter Tests. Monitor student progress through the Vantage gradebook, synced to Brightspace.

Students: Access your Sage eTextbook and complete assigned activities through your LMS course link. A two-week grace period provides full access immediately upon clicking the link for the first time.

Through the Sage Vantage link inside your Villanova Brightspace course (single sign-on). Faculty also manage courses directly at vantage.sagepub.com. Always launch from the LMS link, not directly from vantage.sagepub.com, to ensure account linking and grade sync work correctly.

Separate Sage Vantage account required. Faculty and students create a Vantage account at vantage.sagepub.com using their Villanova email address. After this one-time account creation, clicking the LMS link in subsequent sessions handles authentication automatically via SSO.

Brightspace (D2L)

Cost to students for access varies by course and adoption model. Please see the textbook access program page for more information https://www.villanova.edu/university/teacher-scholars/about/textbook-access.html

Available for Villanova courses where faculty have adopted a Sage title offered in Vantage format.

SAGE Publications — vantage.sagepub.com

Individual faculty (course setup), with support from Learning Technologies and the SAGE representative for Villanova.

• Sage Vantage Instructor Support: vantagesolutions.sagepub.com/support
• Sage Vantage D2L Brightspace Deep Linking Guide (PDF): sagevantage.softwareassist.com