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
Category Archives: New Features
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
New Feature! Limit Ecommerce Offers by Class
Schools based in the U.S. have the ability to control the ecommerce products students are allowed to purchase directly from the SIMnet homepage or the SIMnet Student Profile. SIMnet Administrators can control the availability of direct ecommerce products by visiting the Administrative Settings –> eCommerce page within the Course Manager. SIMnet now supports the ability … 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
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
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
Use the Course Manager to View Your Student’s Licenses
Use the Course Manager to View Your Student’s Licenses The beginning of the semester a hectic time for SIMnet instructors. This is especially true when a new version of Microsoft Office has been released. With the release of the SIMnet Microsoft Office 2016 product, there are more options for instructors and students than ever – … Continue reading
2016 Resource Files
SIMnet now hosts Resource files for 2016 content directly in the Library. Instructors have access to Instructor-only files, like the Instructor Manual, as well as the student files, like project data files. To access resource files for 2016 content, instructors should view the library by clicking on the SIMstudent link on the top bar of the Course Manager … Continue reading
The Organizer Feature and new Course Manager navigation
What’s New to SIMnet? The left-hand navigation of the Course Manager has been changed in two ways. First, the Classes sub-heading, formerly under Users has been moved to its own heading to better house the new Organizer feature. Second, the Learning sub-heading has been split to display Lessons and SIMbooks. The Classes section has the … Continue reading
Updated Project Results View
What’s New to SIMnet? The Project Results page now includes an image of the correct complete project along with indicators to show where each step is visible in the file. This view is the same as the view that students have after they submit their project for grading. Note that the image file on the … Continue reading