# October 2nd, 2015 – Release Notes

## October 2nd, 2015 – Release Notes

## **New SIMnet Content & Features**

### **PowerPoint Cheat Detection**

SIMnet has been rolling out the ability to detect if a student has copied from another student’s file and pasted into theirs[throughout the summer](/blog/2015-posts/cheat-detection-in-projects.md).This feature now available for all PowerPoint 2013projects.This is in addition to detecting if a student submits another student’s file for grading. Details about copied elements are available in the Academic Integrity Violation Report.

### **Mac 2016 Supported Projects**

Support for Mac 2016 has been added for the following projects:

* Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 4-5 (Mac Supported)
* Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 5-4 (Mac Supported)
* Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 6-5 (Mac Supported)
* Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 8-4 (Mac Supported)
* Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 6.1 (Mac Supported)
* Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 7.4 (Mac Supported)
* Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 8.4 (Mac Supported)
* Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 4-5 (Mac Supported)
* Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 6-1 (Mac Supported)
* Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 7-3 (Mac Supported)
* Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 8-4 (Mac Supported)

## **New/Improved Grading Features**

### **Word**

* Index grading now includes the index style
* Improved grading of sub-entries in a document
* Feedback now correctly distinguishes between an endnote and a footnote

## **Bug Fixes and Project Improvements**

### **Excel 2013**

* In Practice – Independent Project 2-4 (Mac Supported) – Updated grading requiring absolute references for steps 8, 9a, and 9b. No partial credit will be given for a correct result with a formula using a relative reference instead of an absolute reference.
* Skills Approach – Skill Review 8.1 – updated grading for Advanced Filter
* GA State Standards – Work It Out 1A-E2 – Updated grading for cell value including variance for spelling
* Project Learn – Work It Out 1A-E2 – Updated grading for cell value including variance for spelling

### **Word 2013**

* GA State Standards – Work It Out 2A-E2 – Revised instruction text for step 7 clarifying steps for completion
* ProjectLearn – Work It Out 2A-E2 – Revised instruction text for step 7 clarifying steps for completion


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