New Content Released in March 2014
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New Content Released in March 2014
It has been a busy spring here at Triad! Here’s what we’ve added to SIMnet during the month of March:
New SIMbook chapters
A Skills Approach, Access Complete
Chapter 8 – Exploring Advanced Queries and Macros (The Skills Access Complete chapters will be released out of order.)
In Practice (Nordell), Access Complete
Chapter 7 – Creating Advanced Forms
Chapter 8 – Designing and Managing Databases
Chapter 9 – Integrating Applications
SIMnet Tasks and Questions
Updated SIMnet lesson, exam, and SIMpath content for the followingIn Practice(Nordell) Access chapters:
Chapter 3 – Creating and Using Queries
Totals
Chapter 5 – Templates, Advanced Relationships, and Macros
Chapter 6 – Creating Advanced Queries and Reports and Using SQL
Projects
New Projects
Skills Approach Word – Ch 7 Skill Review 7-2
Skills Approach Word – Ch 7 Challenge Yourself 7-3
Skills Approach Word – Ch 8 Skill Review 8.1
Skills Approach Word – Ch 8 Challenge Yourself 8.4
In Practice Access – Ch 7 Independent Project 7-4
In Practice Access – Ch 7 Independent Project 7-3a and 7-3b
New/Improved Grading Features
Word
Pagination
Determine if pagination settings have been applied to a paragraph such as widow and orphan control and keeping paragraphs together.
Cross-references
Check for the existence of cross-references.
Table of Contents
Determine if the table of contents uses a built-in formatting style.
Charts
Check if the chart has specific chart elements such as a title, legend, or data labels.
Check if a quick layout has been applied to a chart.
Pictures
Determine if picture has been adjusted with a color.
Determine if pictures have been grouped.
Check the alignment of pictures or picture groups.
Smart Art
Added checks for additional styles and color sets.
Shapes
Revised grading for shape formatting to work regardless of the shape type.
Tables
Determine if the repeat header row feature has been applied to a table header.
Revised grading for several table features to work when there are multiple tables in a document.
Excel
Formulas
Revised grading to ignore unnecessary outside parenthesis surrounding formulas.
Bug Fixes
In Practice Excel Ch 3 Independent Project 3-6 – Added feedback to identify when multiple trendlines exist for a data series.
In Practice Excel Ch 4 Independent Project 4-4 – PivotTables will not be graded correctly if the source data reference a table name or a cell range.
In Practice Excel Ch 6 Independent Project 6-5 – Corrected project instructions and revised grading related to nesting Index and Match functions and corresponding values for instructions #6 – 8.
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