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Planned Maintenance Downtime – January 9th, 2015 @ 3-6AM Central
New Features, Updates & Fixes on December 30th, 2014
Access Simulations in Let Me Try and Exam Files Restored December 9th, 2014 at 3:00 PM EST
December 5th, 2014 – Release Notes
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November 20th, 2014 – Release Notes
Let Me Try files in SIMbooks Restored November 14, 2014 at 12:00 Noon EST
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Crashes In Simulated “Let Me Try” Content
October 17, 2014 Release Notes
Updating Past Due Grades in the Gradebook
October 3rd, 2014 – Release Notes
ProjectLearn for Mac and Office 2010
Projects & Resources Errors – 9/12/2014 – Resolved
SIMnet system is available as of 6:10 PM EDT
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Update – Projects & Resources Errors – Saturday, September 13
Unexpected Errors Related to Projects & Resources – 9/12/2014
August 22nd, 2014 – Release Notes
New Announcements Feature for Communications with Students
August 15th, 2014 Release Notes
Decoding Project Names
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Notice: System Maintenance – July 5th, 6:30AM-7AM Eastern.
Mac Projects Are Coming!
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Unexpected System Downtime – 6/12/2014
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Notice: System Maintenance – June 22nd, 4AM-2PM Eastern.
SIMnet Office 2013 “Let Me Try” Confirmation Dialog Box Issue
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New Expanded Hours for Technical Support
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SimNet Unexpected Performance Issue on 4/19/14
SIMnet and Heartbleed Bug Impact
Move the Feedback Window in SIMnet Exams
New Features Released: Learning due dates, closed book exams and more!
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New Content Released Friday, March 4, 2014
New Content Released Friday, February 28, 2014
New Excel Content Release Friday, February 21, 2014
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SIMnet Unexpected Network Issue on 2/18/2014 and IE9 Issue on 2/19/2014
Fixes for Known Issues from 2/15/2014 Student Portal Update
SIMnet Content Release Monday, February 17, 2014
SIMnet Projects Release Notes for Monday, February 17, 2014
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New Advanced Content Release, Friday, January 31, 2014
SIMbook Assignment Issue Update
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Decoding Project Names
#instructors #tips-tricks
The projects at the end of each SIMbook chapter are crafted carefully. They present a series of increasing challenges, that, together, help students move from acquiring new skills to perfecting them. Both A Skills Approach and the In Practice series have three levels of projects in SIMnet. Each of these types of projects have their own name to make it easier for instructors to select the project that fits the needs of their course.
In Practice
  • Guided Projects provide step-by-step instructions to apply features, skills, and concepts. Screenshots guide students through the more challenging tasks.
  • Independent Projects provide students with further opportunities to practice and apply skills, instructing them what to do, but not how to do it.
  • Improve It projects are open-ended and allow students to use critical thinking and creativity to produce attractive professional documents.
A Skills Approach
  • Skills Reviews assist students in applying the skills that they have learned by providing click-by-click instructions to complete the new skills from that chapter.
  • Challenge Yourself projects work with few prompts. Students use skills that are broken into digestible instructions but not the correct button to push or where information is located.
  • Fix It projects represent the use of finely honed skills. These can be treated like a practical exam for the skills in each chapter. Students are given broader instructions rather than prompts on how to complete the task in question.
Instructors may select projects based on how projects fit into their overall class structure. Some instructors use Projects as an exam during class time. They typically would use an Improve It or Fix It project for that purpose. Other instructors use Projects as homework assignments for skill building. They may prefer Guided Projects or Skill Reviews. And, as usual, instructors find brilliant ways to get more out of all of our SIMnet content than we imagine. Make Projects your own!
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