UPDATE: 3/29/21 The 365/2019 MOS Access Expert book has been released and is now available alongside the other MOS books. SIMnet is introducing new SIMbooks organized specifically for students to prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) exams. Microsoft Office Specialist exams are a well-recognized certification. Microsoft offers Associate level exams in Excel, Word, and … Continue reading
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Course Manager Updates: Edit Assignment-Level Preferences; Per-Hour or Per-Day Late Penalties; Customizing Assignment Titles for Lessons and Resources
SIMnet is updating several assignment preferences in the Course Manager on the morning of Friday, March 19th. These updates provide our instructors greater ability to customize their course. Editing Assignment-Level Preferences Exams in SIMnet now have a new Exam Property when creating an exam: Allow Assignment Preference Override. When selected, this preference allows instructors in … Continue reading
SIMnet Office 365 Winter Update
SIMnet has released its new updates for Office 365/2019 users. These updates match SIMnet content with the current Microsoft Office January 2021 Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel update. Microsoft releases their Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel updates in January and July. SIMnet then must catalog the relevant changes, determine which portions of SIMnet must be updated, and then complete … Continue reading
NEW Information Screen and Updated Exam View
New Information Screen for Exams and Timed Projects Students will see a new information window before they take a SIMnet Exam, SIMpath Exam, Test Bank Exam, or Timed Project assignment. The information on the screen includes the Student Name, Student ID, Assignment End Date, the Length of the Assignment and other assignment details as applicable. … Continue reading
NEW SIMnet Help System
SIMnet has released an upgraded Help System for both instructors and students. The new help system has more in-depth articles that cover both the How and the Why of using SIMnet features. In the Instructor help, view the Best Practices section before you set up your course for next semester, or read the topic on … Continue reading
NEW Project Objective Analysis Report per Student
Instructors can use a new report to view how their students are doing on each Student Learning Objective all on the same screen. This report displays their student’s percent score on each Student Learning Objective (SLO) from each time that objective has been scored in a project across as many projects as the instructor chooses. … Continue reading
NEW Feature: Delayed Feedback In Projects
Instructors can now set their Project assignments to delay Incorrect Feedback in results provided to students. By default, Incorrect Feedback shows up under each scored step in a project and informs students exactly which steps they got wrong and why they got each step wrong. For example, in step 5 above, the student got step … Continue reading
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Microsoft announces new Update Channels
Microsoft recently announced changes to the update channels for Office 365 Apps on Windows. A new update channel has been introduced and previous channels have been renamed. What are Microsoft 365 Apps? Microsoft 365 Apps is the locally installed version of Office that’s available through many Office 365 plans and includes all of the Office … Continue reading
NEW Office Online Projects
SIMnet is releasing a suite of Microsoft Office Online compatible projects. These projects have been designed and tested using Microsoft Office Online, the free online version of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. These projects can be used by any subscriber to Office 2019/365 in their web browser. Assigning an Office Online Project is the same as … Continue reading
NEW: Custom Branding Homepage and Credentials; Gradebook Sync Update
NEW: Custom Branding Administrators will see a new option in the Administration section of the left menu in the Course Manager. The new section is called Branding. This section allows for two new custom branding options for your school to add its logo to the SIMnet login page and to all Digital Credentials earned by … Continue reading