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
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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
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Missing Cursor in 2007-2013 SIMulation – Flash Player Hardware Acceleration Bug
A Flash Player bug has begun to cause issues for some students accessing Microsoft Office 2013, 2010, or 2007 content. When using Exams, SIMpaths, Lessons, or the Let Me Try portion of SIMbooks, the cursor may become invisible, making the content difficult or impossible to complete. This error is caused by the Hardware Acceleration setting … Continue reading
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Flash Player Approval for 2007-2013 Content in Chrome.
Due to recent changes to the Chrome browser, students are having issues with accessing the Teach Me portion of 2007- and 2010-based lessons. The Chrome browser has slowly made changes to the way it displays Flash content. The Chrome browser will no longer allow off-screen Flash content to load without an explicit exception from the … Continue reading
SIMnet Status Update – RESOLVED
Update December 21, 3:30 pm EST: As of 12:00 noon, December 15th the intermittent outage to SIMnet was fully resolved. We have been continuously monitoring the web site and there are no ongoing issues related to this problem. Original Post: SIMnet is fully operational, however, there continues to be intermittent slowness and the possibility for a short outage remains. … Continue reading
SIMnet Blog Redirect Issue – RESOLVED
The SIMnetcommunity.com blog was briefly forwarding users to another web site. Many WordPress.com powered sites experienced this issue. We have increased the site’s security to prevent this from occurring in the future. We do not anticipate that this had any effect on user’s computers however, a up-to-date antivirus program should reliably catch any resulting issues. Continue reading