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
Category Archives: Announcements
SIMnet Maintenance Notice – 12/26/2017-1/1/2017
SIMnet will be unavailable each morning from 3:30-6:30AM Central time on December 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 and January 1st. This maintenance has been spread across multiple days to avoid a longer, single day maintenance window. We are performing routine maintenance to improve performance, reliability and security. Sincerely, McGraw-Hill Product Team Continue reading
In Practice Excel Independent Project 5-4 Update
In Practice Excel Independent Project 5-4 was updated on Friday, October 20th. This update will require students who downloaded their instruction file and start file before that date to download a new start file and new instruction file in order to successfully complete the project. Students who downloaded their start file and instruction file after … Continue reading
Microsoft Office 365/2019 Q & A
Q: Will there be another Microsoft Office Release and when? A: YES! As of September 26th, 2017, Microsoft released the following information: https://blogs.office.com/en-us/2017/09/26/the-next-perpetual-release-of-office/. Per this blog post, this next release “is scheduled for the second half of 2018.” Q: What is Office 365 vs Office 2019 vs “Perpetual Release”? A: Office 365 refers to the subscription version … Continue reading
Combined Exams with Test Banks
On Friday, October 6th, instructors will be able to combine SIMnet simulation questions and test bank questions into a single exam for 2016 content. This feature is available for any SIMnet exam, SIMnet exam template, practice exam, or practice exam template. To create a combined SIMnet simulation and test bank exam, select Exams on the … Continue reading
Enhanced OneDrive Simulation in SIMnet
New, enhanced OneDrive simulation is coming to SIMnet on Friday, September 29th. OneDrive-based Let Me Try interactivities in SIMbooks and Exam questions will feature a simulation of the OneDrive environment. All Let Me Try questions will be replaced automatically on the 29th without any disruption. Students who have completed SIMbook questions will not need to … Continue reading
RESOLVED: SIMnet Outage 2:03 – 2:34 EST
On Monday August 28th from 2:03 to 2:34 PM, EDT SIMnet was unavailable or experienced longer than normal load times in some North American regions. Users who were effected by this outage would have experienced long load times or been unable to load SIMnet. This outage occurred due to technical issues experienced by our Content … Continue reading
Final Transition to New Gradebook, Friday July 28th
SIMnet will complete its transition to the new gradebook on Friday, July 28th. After the 28th the old gradebook view will no longer be available to any users. The Results section on the left-hand menu will no longer display the Gradebook and Gradebook (new) options. The only option will be Gradebook which will navigate to the improved gradebook. Our post on May 18 covers … Continue reading
SIMnet Maintenance Notice – August 6th from 4-8 AM Central
SIMnet will be unavailable Sunday, August 6th, 2017 from 4:00AM – 8:00AM Central. We are performing routine maintenance to improve performance, reliability and security. Sincerely, McGraw-Hill Product Team Continue reading
NEW! SIMnet Gradebook Friday, May 19th
The new gradebook and current gradebook will be available together between May 19th and July 28th. After July 28th the current gradebook will be removed from SIMnet. On Friday, May 19th SIMnet will be rolling out a new and improved Gradebook to all schools. This new gradebook features quicker loading times and an enhanced feature … Continue reading