SIMnet has been rolling out the ability to detect if a student has copied from another student’s file and pasted into theirsthroughout the summer.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)
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.