Skill Set Navigation allows students to move directly from one interactivity to the next in SIMbooks, Lessons and SIMpaths. Once the student has opened a new Show Me, Guide Me, or Let Me Try interactivity in a SIMbook, Lesson, or SIMpath, the Skill Set Navigation feature will be displayed in the upper right corner of … Continue reading
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New Feature: Project Student Learning Objective Identification
Instructors can now view the learning objective associated with each scored step in a student’s submitted project. Each scored step will show the student learning object above the step. For example, the following project shows that each scored portion of step 4 in project 1.1 comes from learning object 1.02. The learning objectives can be … Continue reading
New Feature: OLC Download from Course Manager
Instructors can now directly download Online Learning Center (OLC) files from the Course Manager without needing to view the SIMbook via SIMstudent. To download OLC content directly from the Course Manager, open the desired SIMbook by selecting SIMbooks on the left navigation and selecting the desired SIMbook. Click the Actions drop-down menu for the desired … Continue reading
RESOLVED: SIMnet Issue Wednesday May 30th
Due to an unexpected issue relating to a new feature release, SIMnet was unavailable on Wednesday May 30th from 5:45 AM to 6:30 AM Central time. Also, some students may have received an error message when loading Lessons or SIMbooks until 7:15 AM Central. We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience. Should you … Continue reading
Release Notes for April 20, 2018
Access Microsoft Office 365 released an update with changes to Importing files into Access. The following projects have updated instructions based on the changes: Access 2016 In Practice – Ch 1 Guided Project 1-2 Original text: 6 a. Click the Excel button [ External Data tab, Import & Link group] to launch the Get External … Continue reading
New Feature: Shift Schedule When Copying a Course
When you are copying a class you can now shift each individual learning object by a specified number of days instead of updating each assignment type by a single specific date. This feature allows you to copy a class using the same schedule and order of assignments. To shift the dates in a copied class, … Continue reading
New Feature! Gradebook Bulk Grade Change and Calculated Column Interface
Bulk Updates to Assignment Grades Instructors can now update all grades within a class for a single assignment at once. Instructors can Add as many points as they like, with or without a point cutoff. Instructors can Subtract as points up to a zero result. Instructors can change grades to be Set to a specified … Continue reading
Release Notes January 18, 2018
SIMnet has been updated to reflect Microsoft’s January 9 Office 365 Semi-Annual channel update. For more information on the update, visit our previous blog post. Microsoft updated the following features slightly with updated color or style names. Where appropriate, SIMbook learning content, simulated exam question hints, and autograded Project instructions been updated to reflect the … Continue reading
Microsoft Office 365 Update in SIMnet
Update, January 11: The release of SIMnet materials for the Office 365 Semi-Annual update will occur next week. Today, Microsoft Office 365 subscribers received the first Semi-Annual update for Office 365. The Semi-Annual change updates all Office 365 subscribers who had not previously updated their systems. What is Microsoft Office 365 Office 365 is a … Continue reading
New Resources Features: Integrity Violation and Bulk Download
SIMnet now supports the same style of Academic Integrity Detection for Resource files as Project assignments. Academic Integrity Detection is available for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access files from Microsoft Office 2013 or newer. With this feature instructors can determine if students are submitting their own file or another student’s; or if students have inserted … Continue reading