SIMnet will be unavailable Sunday, December 30th, 2018 from 3AM-9AM. We are performing routine maintenance to improve performance, reliability and security. Sincerely, SIMnet Product Team Continue reading
Category Archives: Students
RESOLVED: Project and Resource assignments not available for submission
This issue was resolved as of 1:00PM Central time. As of 10:50AM Central time on 10/25/2018 students began receiving a timeout error when trying to upload project and resource submissions. This issue is ongoing and we are working with our hosting partner to resolve this issue ASAP. We do not have an estimated time to … Continue reading
Microsoft Office 2019 is Now Live
For anyone who isn’t a subscriber to Office 365 — Microsoft’s cloud-based, regularly updating suite of productivity apps — the company has launched Office 2019. It’s the latest annual update to the venerable collection of office software. Largely what it does is bring many of the features Office 365 users have gotten over the past … Continue reading
RESOLVED – Issue loading SIMbook & Lesson Content.
An unexpected issue occurred with the content origin that supplies SIMbook and Lesson content. This issue occurred from 7:50 AM – 9:10AM Central, Wednesday, September 5th. Students may have received a blue screen or a 404 not found message. We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience. Should you or your students experience any … Continue reading
RESOLVED – Buy Online Option Unavailable
RESOLVED. The Buy Online option in SIMnet regained full functionality around 6:15PM Eastern on September 4th. Currently, Microsoft Azure is still reporting there is a potential for service disruption, but our monitors indicate all services remain online and available. A weather related event caused an issue with the hosting provider that powers the Buy Online … Continue reading
RESOLVED: Missing Modules Issue Tuesday, September 4th
Due to an unexpected issue some students may have incorrectly received a “missing modules” error from on Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 from 4:30PM – 5:10PM Eastern time. This issue would have prevented students from completing SIMnet 2016 assignments during this timeframe. Students may need to logout of SIMnet prior to attempting another assignment. We appreciate … Continue reading
All of August’s Office 365 Changes
Microsoft is constantly updating and tweaking Office 365. It’s what you’d expect from an always-evolving online app. But it can be tough to keep a handle on what’s happening in the world of Office 365, so it’s nice to see monthly roundups of everything that’s new. MSPowerUser has the full rundown on August’s changelog. From … Continue reading
You Can Now Install Office on an Unlimited Number of Devices
Microsoft has announced in a blog post that device limits for Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal customers will soon be a thing of the past. That means you’ll be able to use the online software suite on any device you want, including those belonging to friends and family members. From the blog: The … Continue reading
Automatic Video/Audio Transcription Is Coming to Office 365
Here’s some great news to anyone who does interviews or records class lectures for notes: Microsoft will soon introduce an AI-driven feature that automatically transcribes video and audio files. We have yet to see the feature in action, so it’s anybody’s guess as to how foolproof the feature will be. Even so, it should save … Continue reading
MyAnalytics Could Be the New Clippy
Clippy was an animated paperclip that would appear in the corner of your Word documents and intrusively try to help you use the software in any way it could. People hated the thing, so Microsoft nixed it in 2001. But with a new addition to MyAnalytics, Microsoft is having another go at using software to … Continue reading