November 20th, 2014 – Release Notes

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November 20th, 2014 – Release Notes

New SIMnet Content & Features

New Projects

• Access 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 8.1 (Upload .accdb)

• Access 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 8.3 (Upload .accdb)

Projects Updated for Mac Users

• Word 2013 Capstone – Level 2 Writing a Research Paper

• Word 2013 Capstone – Level 3 Writing a Research Paper

• Excel 2013 Capstone – Level 2 Working with Sales Data

• Excel 2013 Capstone – Level 3 Working with Sales Data

New/Improved Grading Features

Access

• Grade query type (select, make table, or append, delete, update, or crosstab)

• Grade fields to be updated and expressions for the update value in an update query

• Grade the subquery from which data is selected in an append query

• Crosstab query

  • Grade if a Crosstab query is based on a table or a query

  • Grade field(s) used as Row headings in Crosstab query

  • Grade field(s) used as Column headings in Crosstab query

  • Grade field and aggregate function used in Crosstab query

• Check for the existence of a macro

Bug Fixes

• O’Leary Access 2013 – Lab 1-1 Sage View School Parent Contact Database (Upload .xlsx) – Updated instructions

• PowerPoint 2013 GA State Standards – Work It Out 2B-E1 – Updated instructions clarifying which theme to use

• PowerPoint 2013 Project Learn – Work It Out 2B-E1 – Updated instructions clarifying which theme to use

• Access 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 3.3 (Upload .accdb) – Added a new function for grading whether a student adds a Text box or Combo box

• Access 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 3.6 (Upload .accdb) – Added a new function for grading whether a student adds a Text box or Combo box