Some SIMnet users were unable to load Exam assignments that covered 2016 PowerPoint content. This issue is resolved as of 12:00 noon, Eastern time on Monday December 9th.

We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience. Should you or your students experience any other issues, please contact our Customer Experience Group toll-free at 800-331-5094 (US Only).

SIMnet will be unavailable on Sunday, January 5th, 2020 from 4AM – 6AM US/Central time. We are performing routine maintenance to improve performance, reliability and security.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Sincerely,

McGraw-Hill Product Team

On Friday, November 22, from 2:03 to 2:23 PM Eastern Time, SIMnet users were unable to login to their SIMnet accounts. This issue has been resolved and all users can login at this time.

We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience. Should you or your students experience any other issues, please contact our Customer Experience Group toll-free at 800-331-5094 (US Only).

UPDATE: 5/18/2020

As of May 18th, 2020 the McGraw-Hill Higher Education Tool for SIMnet Blackboard single-sign-on integration has been fully deprecated and is no longer available.

Original Post:

The McGraw-Hill Higher Education Tool for SIMnet Blackboard single-sign-on integration is being deprecated. In late 2019 the integration will no longer accept new course pairings. Existing user pairings will remain active until the integration has been fully deprecated on May 18th, 2020.

If your school is using the deprecated integration please consider migrating to the Partner Cloud Integration as it offers a full featured integration that includes single-sign-on, grade sync, and deep assignment links.

The deprecated integration is located in Blackboard –> Tools –> Higher Education –> McGraw-Hill SIMnet:

Microsoft Office 365/2019 Complete content is being released to SIMnet on a weekly basis. Here is what has been released this week, on Friday November 8th:

• A Skills Approach PowerPoint Chapter 6 SIMbook and exam questions

• A Skills Approach Access Chapter 9 SIMbook and exam questions

• In Practice PowerPoint Chapter 7 SIMbook (All In Practice PowerPoint SIMbooks are now available)

• In Practice PowerPoint Chapter 4 projects

The 2019 content that has been released to date:

• All Office level content for the A Skills Approach and In Practice book series

• Capstones – Level 1, 2 and 3 for Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• In Practice Integrated Capstone Projects

• Computer Concepts – with all new LMTs, assessment, and practice questions

• Technology at Your Service 3e custom Lesson and Exam mappings for Computer Concepts

• A Skills Approach Excel – Chapters 6 and 7 SIMbook and exam questions

• A Skills Approach Word – Chapter 6, 7 and 8 SIMbook and exam questions

• In Practice Word – All SIMbook Chapters

• In Practice Word – Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 Projects

• In Practice Word Chapters , 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Exam Question and Custom Lesson Mappings

• In Practice Excel – All SIMbook Chapters

• In Practice Excel – Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9 Projects

• In Practice Access – All Chapters Projects

• In Practice Access – Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 SIMbooks

• In Practice PowerPoint Chapter 4, 5 and 6 SIMbook

• The Ribbon, gallery icons, and submenu icons for all SIMbook Interactivities and Exam questions have been updated per the July Office release.

• Computing Essentials custom lesson and exams mappings for Computer Concepts

icrosoft Office 365/2019 Complete content is being released to SIMnet on a weekly basis. Here is what has been released this week, on Friday November 1st:

• Skills PowerPoint Chapter 5 SIMbook and questions

• In Practice Access Chapters 9 and 10 SIMbooks

• Skills Word Chapter 9 Projects

• In Practice Integrated Capstone Projects

The 2019 content that has been released to date:

• All Office level content for the A Skills Approach and In Practice book series

• Capstones – Level 1, 2 and 3 for Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• Computer Concepts – with all new LMTs, assessment, and practice questions

• Technology at Your Service 3e custom Lesson and Exam mappings for Computer Concepts

• A Skills Approach Excel – Chapters 6, 7, 8 and 9 SIMbook and exam questions

• In Practice Excel – Chapter 5, 7, 9 and 10 exam and Custom Lesson Mappings In Practice Access – Chapter 5 Exam Question and Custom Lesson Mappings

• A Skills Approach Word – Chapter 6, 7 and 8 SIMbook and exam questions

• In Practice Word – All SIMbook Chapters

• In Practice Word – Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 Projects

• In Practice Word Chapters 9-12 Exam Question and Custom Lesson Mappings

• In Practice Excel – All SIMbook Chapters

• In Practice Excel – Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9 Projects

• In Practice Access – All Chapters Projects

• In Practice Access – Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8 SIMbooks

• In Practice PowerPoint Chapter 4, 5 and 6 SIMbook

• The Ribbon, gallery icons, and submenu icons for all SIMbook Interactivities and Exam questions have been updated per the July Office release.

• Computing Essentials custom lesson and exams mappings for Computer Concepts

Microsoft Office 365/2019 Complete content is being released to SIMnet on a weekly basis. Here is what has been released this week, on Friday October 4th:

• In Practice Word – Chapters 11 and 12 SIMbook (All SIMbook chapters for In Practice Word are available)

• In Practice Word – Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Exam Question and Custom Lesson Mappings(All Mappings for In Practice Word are available)

• A Skills Approach Word – Chapter 9 SIMbook and exam questions

• A Skills Approach Word – Chapters 7 and 8 Projects

The 2019 content that has been released to date:

• All Office level content for the A Skills Approach and In Practice book series

• Capstones – Level 3 for Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• Computer Concepts – with all new LMTs, assessment, and practice questions

• Technology at Your Service 3e custom Lesson and Exam mappings for Computer Concepts

• A Skills Approach Excel – Chapters 6 and 7 SIMbook and exam questions

• A Skills Approach Word – Chapter 6, 7 and 8 SIMbook and exam questions

• In Practice Word – All SIMbook Chapters

• In Practice Word – Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 Projects

• In Practice Excel – All SIMbook Chapters

• In Practice Excel – Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9 Projects

• In Practice Access – All Chapters Projects

• In Practice Access – Chapters 5 and 6 SIMbook

• The Ribbon, gallery icons, and submenu icons for all SIMbook Interactivities and Exam questions have been updated per the July Office release.

• Computing Essentials custom lesson and exams mappings for Computer Concepts

Microsoft Office 365/2019 Complete content is being released to SIMnet on a weekly basis. Here is what has been released this week, on Friday October 25th:

• A Skills Approach Excel – Chapter 8 SIMbook and questions

• A Skills Approach Excel – Chapter 9 SIMbook and questions

• In Practice Excel – Chapter 5, 7, 9 and 10 exam and Custom Lesson Mappings

• In Practice Access – Chapter 5 Exam Question and Custom Lesson Mappings

• Access Level 1 and Level 2 capstones

• PowerPoint Level 1 and Level 2 capstones

The 2019 content that has been released to date:

• All Office level content for the A Skills Approach and In Practice book series

• Capstones – Level 3 for Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• Capstones – Level 1 and 2 for Excel and Word

• Computer Concepts – with all new LMTs, assessment, and practice questions

• Technology at Your Service 3e custom Lesson and Exam mappings for Computer Concepts

• A Skills Approach Excel – Chapters 6 and 7 SIMbook and exam questions

• A Skills Approach Word – Chapter 6, 7 and 8 SIMbook and exam questions

• In Practice Word – All SIMbook Chapters

• In Practice Word – Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 Projects

• In Practice Word Chapters 9-12 Exam Question and Custom Lesson Mappings

• In Practice Excel – All SIMbook Chapters

• In Practice Excel – Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9 Projects

• In Practice Access – All Chapters Projects

• In Practice Access – Chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8 SIMbooks

• In Practice PowerPoint Chapter 4, 5 and 6 SIMbook

• The Ribbon, gallery icons, and submenu icons for all SIMbook Interactivities and Exam questions have been updated per the July Office release.

• Computing Essentials custom lesson and exams mappings for Computer Concepts

Microsoft Office 365/2019 Complete content is being released to SIMnet on a weekly basis. Here is what has been released this week, on Friday September 13th:

• In Practice Access – Chapter 5 SIMbook

• In Practice Word – Chapter 8 SIMbook

• In Practice Word – Chapter 8 Projects

• A Skills Approach Excel – Chapter 7 Exam questions

The 2019 content that has been released to date:

• All Office level content for the A Skills Approach and In Practice book series

• Capstones – Level 3 for Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• Computer Concepts – with all new LMTs, assessment, and practice questions

• Technology at Your Service 3e custom Lesson and Exam mappings for Computer Concepts

• A Skills Approach Excel – Chapter 6 SIMbook and exam questions

• A Skills Approach Word – Chapter 7 SIMbook and exam questions

• In Practice Word – Chapters 5, 6, and 7 SIMbooks

• In Practice Word – Chapters 5, 6, and 7 Projects

• In Practice Word – Chapter 5 Lesson and Exam mappings

• In Practice Excel – Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 SIMbooks

• In Practice Excel – Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9 Projects

• In Practice Access – All Chapters Projects

• The Ribbon, gallery icons, and submenu icons for all SIMbook Interactivities and Exam questions have been updated per the July Office release.

• Computing Essentials custom lesson and exams mappings for Computer Concepts

Update, February 5th, 2020

SIMnet continues to keep our instructors and students prepared for the end of browser support for Flash Player in the coming months. As SIMnet Administrators and Instructors open SIMnet, they will see the following warning regarding Office 2007 – 2013 content:

Lessons, Exams, SIMpaths, and Projects that use 2007-2013 content will have a warning icon before their title. As of May 31st, 2020, no new class assignments will be allowed for Office 2007-2013 content. This content should be replaced with Office 2016 or Office 2019/365 content and then archived.

Schools or courses that are using 2007-2013 content may need to update their ISBN orders and should contact their local McGraw-Hill representative for help selecting a new ISBN.

Original Post, October 1st, 2019

SIMnet has come a long way since 2007 when the simulated content for Exams, Lessons, and SIMbooks was first built with Flash Player. It took several Office versions for HTML, JavaScript, and CSS to finally eclipse the capabilities of Flash when we rebuilt the simulated content with HTML5 for Office 2016.

SIMnet 2007 Lesson

In 2017, Adobe announced that the official end-of-life for Flash Player will be in late 2020. Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla have all released similar timelines to no longer support Flash Player in their browsers as well.

As Flash Player nears its end-of-life, so does SIMnet for Office 2007, 2010, and 2013. All SIMnet for Office 2007-2013 textbooks and assignments will no longer be available after August 5th, 2020.

If your school or class is using content from any of these SIMnet versions, now is the time to begin planning your move to SIMnet for Office 365/2019. The latest SIMnet version has never been more SIMple, responsive, or accessible than it is today.

The timeline and how this may affect your class

Here are the key dates as we prepare to sunset SIMnet 2007-2013:

• January 1st, 2020: SIMnet for Office 2007-2013 will no longer appear in the Available Products section for Admin Settings. If these products are already enabled, they will remain enabled until August 1st, 2020

• May 31st, 2020: No new class assignments will be allowed for Office 2007-2013 content.

• August 5th, 2020: Office 2007-2013 products will be disabled, and all class and student assignments will be removed. At this point, no students or instructor will be able to assign or take any content related to a sunset version.

Sincerely,

McGraw-Hill Product Team

Instructors can now set an assignment in the SIMnet Gradebook to be graded on a Pass/Fail criterion. The Pass/Fail option can be set for Exams, Lessons, Projects and SIMbooks. It cannot be used on other assignment types, such as SIMpaths and cannot be used on calculated columns.

To set a Pass/Fail grade type the instructor should select the Pass/fail Calculation method in the gradebook or from the Calculation Type drop-down menu when assigning the object to a class. When selecting a Pass/Fail criteria, instructors must then set a Pass/Fail Threshold. The default setting is 90%.

Students who achieve the threshold will receive full credit for the assignment, to be displayed as the instructor desires. Users who do not achieve the threshold will not receive any credit for the assignment.

For the example below, the user achieved 4/8 points for their Exam. Since the threshold was set to 49%, the user achieved the criterion. Therefore, the user receives 8/8 points for the assignment. Since the instructor set the Display as setting to Percent the user has a 100%.

When the instructor changes the settings for the Pass/fail threshold (%) to 51, the student, having achieved a 50% does not get credit for their assignment. They receive 0 points.

Microsoft Office 365/2019 Complete content is being released to SIMnet on a weekly basis. Here is what has been released this week, on Friday August 30th:

• Excel 2019 In Practice – Chapter 8 and 9 Projects

• Word 2019 In Practice – Chapter 6 Projects

• Excel 2019 In Practice – Chapter 10 SIMbook

• A Skills Approach Excel 2019 Chapter 6 SIMbook and exam questions

• A Skills Approach Word 2019 Chapter 7 SIMbook and exam questions

• In Practice Office Book – end of chapter interactive exercises

The 2019 content that has been released to date:

• All Office level content (including the Word Mail Merge addendum chapter) for the A Skills Approach and In Practice book series

• Capstones – Level 3 for Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• NEW Computer Concepts – with all new LMTs, assessment, and practice questions (80 skills, over 125 assessment questions, and over 125 practice questions)

• In Practice Word Chapter 5 and 6 SIMbook and autograded projects

• In Practice Excel Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 SIMbooks

• In Practice Excel Projects chapters 6 and 7

• In Practice Access Projects

• In Practice Word 5 custom lesson and exam mappings

• The Ribbon interface for all SIMbook Interactivities and Exam Assessment and Practice questions has been updated to the new fluent UI that was part of Microsoft’s July 9th semi-annual release

• Technology at Your Service 3e custom Lesson and Exam mappings for Computer Concepts 2019

• Skills Approach Office level Test Bank questions

• Fluent UI Update — Phase 1 of gallery and submenu icons

• Computing Essentials 2019 custom lesson and exams mappings for new Computer Concepts 2019 content

Microsoft Office 365/2019 Complete content is being released to SIMnet on a weekly basis. Here is what has been released this week, on Friday September 6th:

• Word 2019 In Practice – Chapter 7 Projects

• Word 2019 In Practice – Chapter 7 SIMbook

The 2019 content that has been released to date:

• All Office level content for the A Skills Approach and In Practice book series

• Capstones – Level 3 for Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• Computer Concepts – with all new LMTs, assessment, and practice questions

• Technology at Your Service 3e custom Lesson and Exam mappings for Computer Concepts 2019

• A Skills Approach Excel 2019 Chapter 6 SIMbook and exam questions

• A Skills Approach Word 2019 Chapter 7 SIMbook and exam questionsIn Practice Word Chapter 5 and 6 SIMbook and autograded projects

• In Practice Word 5 custom lesson and exam mappings

• In Practice Excel Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 SIMbooks

• In Practice Excel Projects chapters 6, 7, 8, 9

• In Practice Access Projects

• The Ribbon for all SIMbook Interactivities and Exam questions has been updated to the UI from Microsoft’s July 9th semi-annual release. Additional gallery icons and submenu icons are updated.

• Computing Essentials 2019 custom lesson and exams mappings for new Computer Concepts 2019 content

Microsoft Office 365/2019 Complete content is being released to SIMnet on a weekly basis. Here is what has been released this week, on Friday August 23rd:

• In Practice Excel SIMbook chapter 6

• In Practice Word SIMbook chapter 6

• In Practice Excel Projects chapters 6 and 7

• In Practice Access Projects chapters 7, 8, and 9 (all In Practice Access projects are now available)

The 2019 content that has been released to date:

• All Office level content (including the Word Mail Merge addendum chapter) for the A Skills Approach and In Practice book series

• Capstones – Level 3 for Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word

• NEW Computer Concepts – with all new LMTs, assessment, and practice questions (80 skills, over 125 assessment questions, and over 125 practice questions)

• In Practice Word Chapter 5 SIMbook and autograded projects

• In Practice Excel Chapter 5, 7, 8, 9 and 11 SIMbooks

• In Practice Access 5 and 6 Projects

• In Practice Word 5 custom lesson and exam mappings

• The Ribbon interface for all SIMbook Interactivities and Exam Assessment and Practice questions has been updated to the new fluent UI that was part of Microsoft’s July 9th semi-annual release

• Technology at Your Service 3e custom Lesson and Exam mappings for Computer Concepts 2019

• Skills Approach Office level Test Bank questions

• Fluent UI Update — Phase 1 of gallery and submenu icons

• Computing Essentials 2019 custom lesson and exams mappings for new Computer Concepts 2019 content

Microsoft Office 365/2019 Complete content is being released to SIMnet on a weekly basis. Here is what has been released this week, on Friday August 16th:

• In Practice Excel SIMbook chapters 9 and 11

• Access Level 3 Capstone Project – Yellow Belt Credential

• In Practice Excel 5 Project

• In Practice Access 5 and 6 Projects

• In Practice Word 5 custom lesson and exam mappings

• Computing Essentials 2019 custom lesson and exams mappings for new Computer Concepts 2019 content

• Fluent UI Update — Phase 1 of gallery and submenu icons

• Skills Approach Office level Test Bank questions

The 2019 content that has been released to date:

• All Office level content (including the Word Mail Merge addendum chapter) for the A Skills Approach and In Practice book series

• Capstones – Word Level 3, PowerPoint Level 3, and Excel Level 3

• In Practice Word Chapter 5 SIMbook and autograded projects

• In Practice Excel Chapter 5, 7 and 8 SIMbooks

• NEW Computer Concepts – with all new LMTs, assessment, and practice questions (80 skills, over 125 assessment questions, and over 125 practice questions)

• The Ribbon interface for all SIMbook Interactivities and Exam Assessment and Practice questions has been updated to the new fluent UI that was part of Microsoft’s July 9th semi-annual release

• Technology at Your Service 3e custom Lesson and Exam mappings for Computer Concepts 2019

The first time students open an Office 2019/365 project assignment, they will automatically be shown the SIMnet Project Best Practices guide. The guide contains instructions for how to complete project assignments in SIMnet, and how to use the features that are available to help students complete a project successfully.

Before students can attempt their 2019/365 project assignment they must review the SIMnet Project Best Practices guide and then click the I acknowledge that I have read the Best Practices guide. button.

Users can view the Best Practices guide at any time by clicking the Best Practices tab when in a 2019 project assignment.

To print the Best Practices guide, click the Printbutton in the upper right corner of the Best Practices guide. The 2019/365 guide will no longer be offered as a PDF. However, it can be saved as a PDF by clicking the Printbutton and selecting Save as PDF.

The way users navigate SIMbooks has been updated to provide more information, options, and flexibility to all users.

The SIMbook Navigation and Control bar includes new options to improve the SIMbook viewing experience. The left side of the Navigation and Control bar has the option to view the Table of Contents, peruse the Glossary, or Bookmark the current page.

The right side of the bar has the option to Search the SIMbook, change the Font size, Line height, and enable or disable High Contrast via Accessibility Options, Print the current page, or Exit the SIMbook.

The Forwardand Backwardbuttons now show the page title for the next and previous pages before you click them.

Making sure all of your school’s settings are up-to-date and don’t include any unused content smooths the transition to a new school year. Fewer available options ensures that instructors and students alike do not provide the wrong materials or buy the wrong registration codes.

To control the eCommerce options available to your students, go toAdministrative****Settings, clickeCommerce and then add or remove products as appropriate. The products available for eCommerce are controlled by theProductssettings. If your school is moving to SIMnet for Office 2019be sure to switch the ecommerce offers to the new version or request any custom offers from your McGraw-Hill local representative.

In the U.S., eCommerce settings can be further controlled at the class level.The eCommerce options that are available to the campus can further be reduced for each class.

In the Course Manager, go toSettings, clickProducts, and then add or add or remove products, likeSIMnet for Office 2016 or SIMnet for Office 2019, as needed.

To manage the textbook filters available to instructors when creating lessons and exams, go toSettings, clickTextbooks, and then add or remove textbooks as needed. If you use campuses, be sure to select the correct campus from the drop-down list at the top of the page.

If your school has inclusive access, please review the number of available codes at your school to ensure that there will be enough for the semester. To review the number of available codes go toAdministrative****Settings and clickDetails.

Instructors can now select and move multiple assignments at once in the Class Organizer view. This update assists instructors in quickly organizing their courses.

To use this new feature, navigate to the Organizesection of the Classesmenu on the left navigation of the Course Manager. Select all desired assignments or groups individually or select all assignments in a single group by selecting the group check box.

Click and drag the assignments to the desired location. All of the assignments will be moved at the same time.

Note: Each Group has unique Sorting settings. If you are moving multiple items and would like to see them in the order you placed them, be sure to select the Custom Order selection in the Sort by drop-down menu.

The 2019 Project Assignment view has been updated to make completing Project assignments simpler. This update includes five improvements that streamline submitting your project for grading smoother and require less navigating from one page to another.

Instructions are now all on the same page as the project assignment. The instructions do not need to be downloaded and viewed in a separate window. Switching between Windows and Mac instructions is as simple as the click of a button.

As you complete each step in the Project process, that step is highlighted. As you move from Step 1, Download, to Step 2, Upload, that step becomes highlighted in yellow.

As you make the changes to your file in each instruction, you can check off that instruction as complete. The next unfinished instruction is highlighted in yellow to make it easier to find. Once you have reached the bottom of the instructions, a handy button allows you to scroll Back to top. If you would like to start your project again, click the Reset Progress button to clear all check marks.

Once you have completed your project you can use the Upload my file button as before, or you can simply drag and drop your file to upload it.

You can also view your previous attempts at a project from this same page by clicking the Previous Attempts button.

We have fully restored all services as of 6:15PM Central time.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Sincerely, McGraw-Hill Product Team

Microsoft Office 2019 Complete content is being released to SIMnet on a weekly basis. Here is what has been released this week, on Friday August 9th:

• In Practice Excel Chapter 7 SIMbook

• In Practice Excel Chapter 8 SIMbook

• The Ribbon interface for all SIMbook Interactivities and Exam Assessment and Practice questions has been updated to the new fluent UI that was part of Microsoft’s July 9th semi-annual release

• Technology at Your Service 3e custom Lesson and Exam mappings for Computer Concepts 2019

The 2019 content that has been released to date:

• All Office level content (including the Word Mail Merge addendum chapter) for the A Skills Approach and In Practice book series

• Capstones – Word Level 3, PowerPoint Level 3, and Excel Level 3

• In Practice Word Chapter 5 SIMbook and autograded projects

• In Practice Excel Chapter 5 SIMbook

• NEW Computer Concepts – with all new LMTs, assessment, and practice questions (80 skills, over 125 assessment questions, and over 125 practice questions)

The SIMnet Black Belt Credential is now available for Office 2016 applications. Black Belt exams targeting Office 2019 applications are forthcoming.

Black Belt credentials are available for each of the 4 main applications in SIMnet: Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Word. The Black Belt Credential is earned by completing the corresponding Black Belt Exam. Black Belt Exams test students’ mastery of each application. Each Black Belt Exam contains a random set of 60 questions that must be completed within 90 minutes with a score of 90% or higher to earn the Black Belt credential.

The content for each Black Belt exam has already been curated across SIMnet to ensure that the Black Belt credential represents the mastery of a complete application. Instructors have a limited ability to make changes to exam preferences – the number of allowed attempts and whether or not the Exam Timer is visible. As with other Credentials, individual Course or Personal assignments can have a custom threshold between a 90% and a 100% score.

The 2019 Black Belt exam will be available once all Advanced level content for each application has been released.

Learn more about Achievement Credentials here.

Learn more about Completion Credentials here.

All McGraw-Hill Campus (MH Campus) integrations now use a SIMplified, streamlined account creation workflow. Depending on the information shared from the Learning Management System (LMS) with SIMnet instructor and students may be required to input fewer details to complete the pairing process.

For many schools the new user pairing process consists of a single step where clicking the Create Account button results in SIMnet automatically creating their account based on the data shared from the LMS.

In cases where the LMS doesn’t share enough details, SIMnet will prompt the user to input the information.. Users continue to have the ability to pair with an existing SIMnet account by selecting the “Yes, sign in now” option:

Instructors can now view each of the Credentials earned in a particular class or by a particular student in the Course Manager.

To view all of the credentials that students have achieved in your course, select the course in the Classessection on the left navigation. In the actions menu select either Class Report or Snapshot. On the top of the page, select the Credentials tab. Each credential will be listed in alphabetical order by student. You can filter the credentials by student. Click on the Credential in the Credentialcolumn to view the credential with Accredible. Click the student’s name to view the student snapshot with the Credentialstab open. If the credential is an Achievement Credential earned from a project submission, you can click the link in the Issued From column to view the particular submission that earned the credential.

To see the credentials that a student has earned, either select the desired student from the Last Name, First Name column in the Course Snapshot; or select the student from the Students section on the left navigation and select the Credentials tab.

Clicking on the Credential brings the user to the Accredible page bearing the credential. Clicking on a Project submission in the Issued From column views the submission that earned the credential.

Learn more about Achievement Credentials here.

Learn more about Completion Credentials here.

SIMnet will be unavailable Sunday, June 9th, 2019 from 3AM-9AM Central time and Sunday, August 4th from 3AM-9AM Central time. We are performing routine maintenance to improve performance, reliability and security.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Sincerely,

SIMnet Product Team

Auto, copy, and pair (ACP) is a learning management system (LMS) integration technology to create and integrate SIMnet classes based on a pre-configured master class.

By creating a single master class in SIMnet you can create all of your sections and integrate them at the same time.

ACP is available for all Canvas, Desire2Learn, and Blackboard assignment level integrations through McGraw-Hill Campus. At this time, Blackboard integrations do not automatically deploy assignment links into Blackboard. This feature is forthcoming.

To see more about how to create a master class and use ACP, click here.

Instructors can now review exams to determine how well students did on each question in two new report types.

The SLO Report by Objective report shows each Student Learning Objective (SLO) in an exam and calculates the Number Correct, Total Attempts and Percent Correct for each question. The SLO Report by Objective displays information about how well students have learned each learning objective.

The SLO Report by Question report breaks out each student learning objective into its individual questions. This provides more granular detail about how well students are answering each question in an exam. While some SLO may have only a single associated question, others have many. This view provides detail about where within an SLO students are being confused.

When setting up the SLO Report, instructors determine the desired campus and classes that should appear in the report. In the example below, the user wanted information about the 2016 Access 1 Exam for all classes at all campuses. Instructors can select the SLO Type to show: 2016 or 2019 Skills Approach, In Practice or Microsoft Office Specialist. Exam Status options allow results to show for Completed Exams, Saved Exams, In Progress Exams, or All. Selecting the Enable Date Range allows instructors to narrow the time frame for results.

Each of these options can be changed after running the report by clicking the Edit button in the upper right corner of the Report.

Completion Credentials are now available for all users in SIMnet. Completion credentials are badges based on completing each Let Me Try interactivity in a SIMbook. Like our newly introduced , completion credentials are a digital certificate that students can use in their social media websites or on their resumes to demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office products.

Students can now earn the White Belt credential for completing all of the Let Me Try questions for the introductory chapters, available in the Office level books. The Purple Belt credential is available for students who complete the advanced chapters of each application. For example, students can earn a White Belt for completing Skills Approach Word 2016 Chapters 1 through 5 and a Purple Belt for completing Chapters 6 through 9. These belts are in addition to the Yellow Belts that can be earned for achieving high marks on Project assignments associated with each chapter.

Students can earn progress toward a credential by completing assignments that require a Let Me Try interactivity, including Lessons, SIMpaths, and assigned SIMbooks as well as opening a book directly in the library.

Books that have the credential blue ribbon icon can be completed for a credential.

Completing all Let Me Try interactivities in the Office level of the SIMbook unlocks the White Belt credential.

Completing all Let Me Try interactivities in the advanced chapters of the SIMbook unlocks the Purple Belt credential.

Students can complete either credential without the other.

Students earned credentials are available in the SIMbook or in the Credentialssection of the Student Profile.

Earning a new credential allows users to claim it. Claiming a credential issues the credential so that users can share it on social media, make it searchable at the site, or post it to their online resume.

After claiming the credential, students can click the 4 icons available with each credential to do the following:

• View the credential details online with Accredible at credential.net

• Set the credential to public or private

• Update their credential

• Remove their credential from Accredible

The completion credential is set to require the Let Me Try by default. For students who do not use the Let Me Try, or may require other course adaptations, can complete the Show Me or Guide Me interactivities instead. Instructors can change this setting by editing a student’s information and changing the Library Credential Requirement.

To enable Completion credentials in SIMnet, your administrator should navigate to the Optionsmenu under Settingsand select the Enable Credentials On radio button.

New SIMnet Logo

SIMnet is proud to debut a new look to highlight its identity as a part of McGraw-Hill Education. This new look is available throughout SIMnet, including new sign in pages and loading screens.

New Student Profile Pages

In part of the SIMnet effort to roll out digital credentials, the student profile page became more difficult for users to successfully navigate. In order to make it easier for students to view their login information, the products they’ve purchased, the courses they are enrolled in and the credentials they’ve earned, each of these sections have been given their own tab.

The Profile tab shows the student name, email, username, user ID, and Student ID. On this page students can change their password or enable a high-contrast theme to make SIMnet easier to view for some users.

The Products tab shows each user the products that they are currently licensed to use. They can use this section to buy additional licenses online or register with a product they’ve purchased separately.

The Courses tab allows students to see which courses they are registered for. Depending on the campus settings users can add a course or remove themselves from a course.

The Credentials tab displays the credentials that students have earned. By viewing the student credit wallet, students can elect to display the credentials they have earned in various social media settings, even adding their earned credentials to their resume via LinkedIn.

SIMnet will be unavailable Saturday, January 12th, 2019 from 3AM-9AM Central time. Due to an unexpected issue during the previous maintenance window we need to finalize the maintenance plan to ensure performance, reliability and security.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Sincerely,

SIMnet Product Team

SIMnet for Office 365 (2019 Edition) is nearing its full release date. SIMnet is prepared to make this transition smooth for you and your students. Starting today, instructors can preview our Office 2019 content, live, alongside all your other SIMnet content.

The live preview includes introductory Office level content for Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint, including SIMbooks, graded Projects, and simulated exam questions. Throughout the coming weeks, you will see additional content added to the live preview, chapter-by-chapter.

Improved Accessibility and New Features

• Project instructions are now provided in HTML5 instead of a PDF download. These instructions are shared directly with the SIMbook to ensure consistency. Users will no longer be able to lose points on their submission by following the wrong set of instructions.

• The relevant instructions, either for Mac or Windows, is automatically selected based on the user’s computer. Each project’s instructions includes the ability to switch between the two versions at any time.

• SIMnet for Office 2019 introduces improved Show Me and Guide Me interactivities whichintegrate more closely with the full Office simulation used in the Let Me Try. This ensures consistency across interactivities when implementing changes to support Microsoft Office 365 updates and improve the accessibility of Show Me and Guide Me interactivities.

Badging & Digital Credentials

Credentials are a digital certificate of achievement that students can post through social media or add to their resumes to display their mastery of Microsoft Office applications to future employers.These credentials can be used to display general mastery in an application, like Excel, or specific mastery through a Learning Object, like PivotTables.

Please review our competency-based digital credentials here.

In the coming weeks, stay tuned for more details on our achievement-driven badging enhancements.

To activate SIMnet for Office 2019 content to begin your instructor review, your site administrator needs to add SIMnet for Office 2019 to the Assigned Products window in the Products section of the Administration Settings on the left hand navigation in the course manager.