October 3rd, 2014 – Release Notes
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October 3rd, 2014 – Release Notes
New SIMnet Content & Features
New In Practice Questions and Mappings
Office Level Word
Word Chapter 1 (3 assessment/3 practice)
Word Chapter 3 (4 assessment/4 practice)
Complete Level Word 2013
Chapter 1 (3 assessment/3 practice)
Chapter 3 (4 assessment/4 practice)
Chapter 5 (1 assessment/1 practice)
Chapter 10 (4 assessment/4 practice)
Chapter 11 (4 assessment/4 practice)
Chapter 12 (5 assessment/5 practice)
Access Projects
Access 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 1.4 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 2.1 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 3.1 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 4.3 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-4 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 2-2 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 3-1 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 4-3 (Upload .accdb)
PowerPoint Projects
PowerPoint 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 5.1
PowerPoint 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 5.4
PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 6-4
PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 6-6
Capstone Projects
Excel 2013 Capstone – Level 1 Working with Sales Data
Excel 2013 Capstone – Level 2 Working with Sales Data
PowerPoint 2013 Capstone – Level 1 Creating a Sales Presentation
PowerPoint 2013 Capstone – Level 2 Creating a Sales Presentation
Word 2013 Capstone – Level 1 Writing a Research Paper
Word 2013 Capstone – Level 2 Writing a Research Paper
Projects Updated for Macintosh Users
Word
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 3.4
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 4.6
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Fix it 5.6
Word 2013 In Practice – Improve It Project 3-7
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 4-5
Excel
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 4.3
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 5.1
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 4-5
PowerPoint
PowerPoint 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 1.4
PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-6
New/Improved Grading Features
Access
Tables
Determine if a field with a Date/Time data type has the correct date
Added grading capability for field validation rule and validation text
Improved grading functionality for records in a table
Reports
Determine if a control is in a specific location within a report
Determine whether a control within a report has correct conditional formatting applied
Minor Misspellings
Allow minor misspellings of table names, field names, form names, report names, and query names. For example, if the table name should be “Members” and the student enters “Member”, the student table name “Member” will be used for subsequent grading
Allow minor misspellings when grading whether data has been entered correctly. This allowance is not applied when it is critical that the data is entered correctly such as primary key values
Excel
Cell Number Format Style – improved grading currency number format using no decimal places and improved feedback messages
Sparklines – Improved grading to check the Sparkline range is in the correct format
For projects with only one worksheet, grade all project instructions regardless of worksheet name with the exception of worksheet name grading
PowerPoint
Transitions – Added grading capability for using a transition
Pictures – Improved functionality for grading picture borders
Slide Background – Added grading capability for slide background properties
Hyperlinks
Added grading capability determining font properties of a hyperlink
Added grading capability for embedded objects linking to a Custom Show
Determine whether a hyperlink on a slide is linked to a specific location, custom show, file, document or email
Shapes
Determines what Shape Style option has been applied
Determines if text within a shape has a specific text alignment
Action buttons
Determine whether or not a specific action button on a slide has link to a specific destination
Determine whether or not a slide has the selected type of Action Button
Custom Show
Determine whether or not a Custom Show is present
Determine if Custom Show contains the correct number of slides in the correct order
Determine if a shape on a slide has a hyperlink to a Custom Show
Mac Specific
PowerPoint
Provide the ability to grade different fill colors and different themes for Mac files vs. Windows files
Word
Provide the ability to grade different themes, styles, table styles, and header/footer themes for Mac files vs. Windows files
Excel
Provide the ability to grade different workbook themes, chart styles, tab colors and tab colors for Mac files vs. Windows files
Provide alternate grading in place of Pivot Charts for Mac files
Bug Fixes
Excel
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 1.6 – Added alternate date format strings to grading
Excel 2013 GA State Standards – Work It Out 1B-E1 – Corrected the project instructions, solution images and pdfs
Excel 2013 GA State Standards – Work It Out 3B-E1 – Updated grading for headers and footers
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 2-4 – Updated instructions for students to change the font to Calibri from Gills Sans MT. Updated grading on borders
Excel 2013 Project Learn – Work It Out 1B-E1 – Corrected the project instructions, solution images and pdfs
PowerPoint
PowerPoint 2013 Capstone – Level 3 Creating a Sales Presentation – Changed instruction text to step 20.a
Word
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 1.6 – Corrected text error in project document
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 4.1 – Added a note to project about unzipping resources folder
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-4 – Added note and corrected visual feedback
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-6 – Updated project excluding line breaks
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 3-4 – Updated grading for footnote
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 4-2 – Improved grading for caption of pictures
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 8-4 – Revised grading for Index and Subentry
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