SIMnet users can now review Windows, Mac, Chromebook and Mobile shortcuts and commands that are used throughout Microsoft Office products while in SIMbook, Exam, and SIMpath questions. These Device Tips show users how to use their hardware and software setups to answer SIMnet questions correctly. These Device Tips can be accessed at any time while … Continue reading
Category Archives: New Features
NEW: Personal Assignments directly from the Edit/Assign Student page and Re-Open Exam
Personal Assignments from Student View You can now create Personal Assignments from all your Course Assignments to any student on a single page. Each assignment for each course a student is assigned to is gathered together on the student’s Edit/Assign page, making assigning multiple assignments for one student a simple process. You can even add … Continue reading
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
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
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
SIMpath Personal Assignment Transfer
SIMpath Personal Assignment grades can now be automatically transferred into a student’s SIMpath grade in the course gradebook. Previously, Personal Assignment grades had to be manually adjusted by instructors upon completion. Note: Personal Assignment SIMpath Post-test grades will only transfer to the gradebook once the first Post-test attempt is complete. Any additional Post-Test attempts that … Continue reading
SIMnet Summer Update
Restricting Dates when Creating New Classes SIMnet has improved your control over when your students can enroll for your courses and how and when students can access materials. When creating a class, you can elect to note the dates when the course becomes available and is no longer available. Instructors can then use those dates … Continue reading