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
Category Archives: New Features
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
Using the CONCAT Function in SIMnet Office 2013 Projects
For all Office 365 subscribers with the latest version of Excel installed and updated, the CONCATENATE function has been replaced by CONCAT. To accommodate students with Office 365 subscriptions, all SIMnet for Office 2013 projects now accept the CONCAT function in all places where the CONCATENATE function is used.This change affects the following projects: Excel … Continue reading
March 21st, 2016 – Release Notes
Custom Rubric Updates Instructors now have the option to make any shared custom rubric the default rubric for a course, even if that custom rubric is owned by someone else. However, the custom rubric is still controlled by the owner. If you use a custom rubric and you are not the owner you will not … Continue reading
November 6th, 2015 – Release Notes
New SIMnet Content & Features New Preferences for Testbank Exams Testbank exams now have two new updated settings. The first option now allows students to Save and Exit their exam without ending the exam. The second option allows instructors to display the correct answer in the results. Mac 2016 Supported Projects Support for Mac 2016 has … Continue reading
September 18th, 2015 – Release Notes – Computer Concepts Introduction To Web Development
New SIMnet Content & Features Computer Concepts Chapter 6 Release Notes We have added a new chapter to the Computer Concepts module titled Introduction to Web Development! The chapter includes these skills: Introduction to Web Development Web Hosting FTP Creating a Web Site Creating HTML Documents Page Layout Elements Working with Graphics and Media Hyperlinks … Continue reading
Fall 2015 SIMnet Projects Guide
As the fall semester begins, we would like to familiarize you with the new projects start screen. After you’ve navigated to your project, you’ll see a screen that looks a whole lot like this: It outlines the three major steps to successfully completing a project – downloading your files, saving your files back to SIMnet, … Continue reading
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New Projects for Office 2016 for Mac
As you you may have seen, Microsoft has released Office 2016 for Mac users. This is the first update to Office for Mac since 2011. Now you’ll have the latest upgrades to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (also Outlook and OneNote). We’re excited about these new versions – they’re slick, smooth and powerful. So SIMnet has … Continue reading
June 19th, 2015 – Release Notes – SIMbook Highlights, Notes & In-Book Search!
Highlights, Notes, and Links in SIMbooks Users can now interact with SIMbooks directly, leaving notes, highlights, and even links to other important content. This will help students to reinforce content and apply that learning more effectively. To highlight content, simply click and drag over the words you would like to highlight. That text will be … Continue reading