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#announcements #instructors
There was an unexpected issue with the native Access Project assignments between 8:50am-11:15am Central time on 11/30/2015. During that time, students would have experienced issues with downloading the Start File or submitting the completed Access Project for grading. As of 11:15am Central time, the issue was resolved.
We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience. Should you or your students experience any other issues, please contact our Customer Experience Group.
Customer Experience Group (CXG) Hours of Operation: Sun: 11am – 1am Mon-Thurs: 7am – 3am Fri: 7am – 8pm Sat: 9am – 7pm (All times Central)
By Phone: You can reach us toll-free at 800-331-5094 (US Only).
#instructors #new-content #release-notes
Capstone – Level 3 Working With Sales Data Alternate with VLOOKUP (Mac Supported)
Support for Mac 2016 has been added for the following projects:
Excel 2013
Capstone Level 1 – Working with Sales Data (Mac Supported)
Capstone Level 2 – Working with Sales Data (Mac Supported)
In Practice – Independent Project 7-4 (Mac Supported)
Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 9.4 (Mac Supported)
Skills Approach – Skill Review 10.2 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013
Capstone – Level 1 Formatting a Document (Mac Supported)
Capstone – Level 2 Formatting a Document (Mac Supported)
Capstone – Level 3 Formatting a Document (Mac Supported)
PowerPoint 2013
In Practice – Independent Project 1-6 (Mac Supported)
In Practice – Independent Project 2-5 (Mac Supported)
Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 1.4 (Mac Supported)
Skills Approach – Fix It 2.6 (Mac Supported)
Skills Approach – Fix It 3.6 (Mac Supported)
Skills Approach – Fix It 4.6 (Mac 2016 Supported)
Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 5.4 (Mac 2016 Supported)
Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 6.3 (Mac 2016 Supported)
Skills Approach – Skill Review 7.1 (Mac 2016 Supported)
We improved the response time for getting Instruction PDF files, Solution PDF files, and Resource Files ready for download. Note that some browsers automatically open PDF files in a browser window. Edge, version 12 is one example. To download and save PDF files in Edge, right click while viewing the PDF file in the browser, select SAVE AS, navigate to a folder where you would like to save the file, and press Save.
Font properties and text alignmentgrading now checks for properties at the slide layout or slide master level.
O’Leary PowerPoint 2013 – Lab 2-3 Enhancing the ASU Presentation – Updated grading for finding and replacing text in a presentation
Formula grading to ignores extra parenthesis. If extra parenthesis do not alter the evaluation of the expression, the formula will now grade as correct. Order of operations, and nested formulas are taken into account.
Project Learn – Work It Out 2A-E2 – Improved solution images.
Project Learn –Work It Out 2B-E3 – Improved grading of chart categories and cell range values.
Project Learn – Work It Out 3B-E1 – Improved feedback for headers; Updated grading for chart cell references.
Project Learn – Work It Out 4B-E1 – Improved grading for sheet tab colors.
GA State Standards – Work It Out 2A-E2 – Improved solution images.
GA State Standards – Work It Out 2B-E3 – Improved grading of chart categories and cell range values.
GA State Standards – Work It Out 3B-E1 – Improved feedback for headers; Updated grading for chart cell references.
O’Leary – Lab 2-2 Airline Baggage Fees – Improved grading of chart categories and cell range values.
#announcements #instructors #students
SIMnet will be unavailable Sunday, December 27th, 2015 from 4:00AM – 6:00AM Central. We are performing routine maintenance to improve performance, reliability and security.
Sincerely,
McGraw-Hill Product Team
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SIMnet will be unavailable Saturday, November 14th, 2015 for up to 15-minutes between 12:00AM – 7:00AM Central. We are performing a high priority patch related to a denial of service vulnerability on the firewall. This maintenance is part of our continuous effort to improve security.
Sincerely,
McGraw-Hill Product Team
#instructors #new-content #new-features #release-notes
Testbank exams now have two new updated settings.The first option now allows students to Save and Exit their exam without ending the exam. The second option allows instructors to display the correct answer in the results.
Support for Mac 2016 has been added for the following PowerPoint projects:
Capstone – Level 1 – Creating a Company’s Presentation Mac Supported 2016
Capstone – Level 2 – Creating a Company’s Presentation Mac Supported 2016
Capstone – Level 3 – Creating a Company’s Presentation Mac Supported 2016
In Practice – Guided Project 3-1 Part A (Mac 2016 Supported)
In Practice – Guided Project 3-1 Part B (Mac 2016 Supported)
In Practice – Guided Project 4-2 (Mac 2016 Supported)
In Practice – Independent Project 5-5 (Mac 2016 Supported)
In Practice – Independent Project 6-4 (Mac 2016 Supported)
2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 3.6 – Updated project summary
2013 Capstone – Level 2 Working with Sales Data – Updated instruction text for step 13c.
2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-6 – Feedback now clarifyies font theme versus worksheet theme.
The following Excel projects were updated with improved grading of chart titles:
2013 GA State Standards – Ch. 3 Work It Out 3B-E1
2013 Project Learn – Ch. 3 Work It Out 3B-E1
O’Leary 2013 – Lab 1-3 Work Mileage Analysis
O’Leary 2013 – Lab 1-2 Animal Rescue Foundation Housing Cost Analysis
#instructors #new-content #new-features #release-notes
We have added a new chapter to the Computer Concepts module titled Introduction to Web Development! The chapter includes these skills:
Introduction to Web Development
Web Hosting
FTP
Creating a Web Site
Creating HTML Documents
Page Layout Elements
Working with Graphics and Media
Hyperlinks
Styles and CSS
Introduction to JavaScript
Using JavaScript Frameworks
SIMnet now has been rolling out the ability to detect if a student has copied elements of a document from another student’s file and pasted the elements into their own file throughout the summer. This is in addition to detecting if a student submits another students file for grading. Details about the copied elements is available in the Academic Integrity Violation Report. This feature now available for PowerPoint 2013 Skills projects and PowerPoint 2013 In Practice projects.
Support for Mac 2016 has been added for the following projects:
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Ch. 4 Challenge Yourself (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Ch. 5 Skill Review (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-6 (Mac 2016 Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Improve It Project 3-7 (Mac 2016 Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 8-4 (Mac 2016 Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 9-4 (Mac 2016 Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 10-6 (Mac 2016 Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Fix it 5.6 (Mac 2016 Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 6.2 (Mac 2016 Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 7.3 (Mac 2016 Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 8.1 (Mac 2016 Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 9.1 (Mac 2016 Supported)
Grading of tables of contents can now handle all methods of inserting the table of contents. Checking the style of the table of contents has been improved.
Grading symbols such as registered trademark and copyright now accommodates the multiple ways that symbols are represented in the underlying files.
2013 In Practice – Independent Project 4-4 – Improved grading of pivot table elements and filters.
2013 In Practice – Independent Project 5-5 – Removed document formatting from the start file and added grading for step 9b.
2013 In Practice – Independent Project 7-5 – Added a check for the existence of a password when grading protect sheet options.
2013 In Practice – Independent Project 8-5 – Improved grading of chart style and pivot table.
2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 4.1 – Added a note to the instructions regarding step 21.
O’Leary Word 2013 – Lab 3-1 Improving a Report – Fixed a problem when checking font size when font size was applied through a style and other font formatting was applied directly to the paragraph
#instructors #new-content #release-notes
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.
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)
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
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
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
#announcements #instructors
There was an unexpected network issue with our hosting provider on 8/27/2015.
The following outlines the timeline of events relating to the issue:
4:45PM Central – Users were unable to interact with Projects and Resources.
6:00PM Central – Users were unable to consistently load SIMnet
7:10PM Central – The issue was resolved; All services fully available.
We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience. Should you or your students experience any other issues, please contact our Customer Experience Group.
Customer Experience Group (CXG) Hours of Operation: Sun: 11am – 1am Mon-Thurs: 7am – 3am Fri: 7am – 8pm Sat: 9am – 7pm (All times Central)
By Phone: You can reach us toll-free at 800-331-5094 (US Only).
#instructors #students #tips-tricks
Did you know about SIMnet’s built in fraud detection? SIMnet projects have the technology to determine when one student passes off another’s work as their own! When a student downloads a project start file, that file includes the student’s name and data within the file make it unique. If 13th century English monarch and mother to two kings Cecily Neville took the SIMnet Excel 2013 Capstone Level 1 project, her start file would look like this:
Cecily could not share her file with King Edward IV so that he could pass it off as his own.
New for Fall 2015, SIMnet can now detect if elements within a file have been copied and pasted from other files. In the past, attempting to upload another student’s file would cause an academic integrity violation. In other words, trying to pass another student’s work off as your own would be caught as cheating. Now even sharing parts of a file will be caught as cheating. Details about Copied Elements is available in the Academic Integrity Violation Report. This feature now available for Word and Excel Projects.
#instructors #new-features #students
As the fall semester begins, we would like to familiarize you with the new projects start screen. After you’ve navigated to your project, you’ll see a screen that looks a whole lot like this:
It outlines the three major steps to successfully completing a project – downloading your files, saving your files back to SIMnet, and grading your file. Other than actually doing your project, that’s about it!
There are two basic ways you can go about completing step 1.
Under 1. Download Files you will see the link, open the File Download Wizard. Click this link to open the Download Wizard. The Download Wizard will automatically download your start file. This is the file that you will do your work on. Make sure you actually know where your browser sends your files! It’s typically to your Downloads folder. If the start file doesn’t download, click the click here link to download it.
If you’re using a Mac this will look a little bit different for projects that support Office for Mac 2011 and/or Office for Mac 2016 . The Download Wizard will detect if you have downloaded your file on a Mac, and offer you the option to selectOffice for Mac 2011 if you have Office for Mac 2011 on your computer. Select Office for Mac 2016 if you have Office for Mac 2016 installed on your computer. If you need help deciding which version of Office for Mac you have, just check the Determining your Mac for Office Version section at the bottom of this post!
On any machine, after you’ve downloaded your start file, click the Download Instruction File button to download the Instruction File, which tells you how to work on your start file. ALWAYS follow the directions that you download in the instruction file instead of following the instructions in the printed book.
Sometimes a project requires Resource Files. On projects that require you to insert an image, or import a file, the next step will be to click the Download Resource Bundle button. This will download a .zip file filled with important resource files. Check the Best Practices document to learn how to use .zip files.
Then download the Solution File, (if your instructor makes it available) and Best Practices documents if you’d like to use them. Click the Solution File button and the Best Practices button. We strongly recommend reading theBest Practices before doing your first project. After that you should be a pro!
If you don’t want those files, click the Skip button. If you’ve downloaded all the available files, that button turns to Next before you click it. Click Close and now you’re ready to open your files.
As you can see below, there are also a number of links besides the open the File Download Wizard. links in the 1. Download Files section. You can use these instead of the wizard if you prefer!
All you need to do is select the links for you to download the files you’ll need. Select the optional files that you’d like to view. The Solution File can always be helpful. The Best Practices file is a must read before you start your first project.
Select the correct instruction file for your machine. If you are working on a Windows computer, select Office for Windows. If you’re working on one of the many projects approved for Office for Mac, and you are using a Mac, select the link for you. If you have Office for Mac 2011 click the Office for Mac 2011 link. If you have Office for Mac 2016, click Office for Mac 2016. If you are using a Mac and need help determining which version of Office for Mac you’re using just scroll to the last section in this post!
Next, click the All office versions link in the Start File (required) section to download your start file.
Sometimes a project requires Resource Files. On projects that require you to insert an image, or import a file, the next step will be to click the All office versions link in the Resources (required) section. This will download a .zip file filled with important resource files. Check the Best Practices document to learn how to use .zip files.
Open your downloaded files. Follow the Instructions to edit your Start File. Use any Resources as instructed. Complete all instructions carefully!
Once you have finished your project, you need to upload & save it to SIMnet. Click the Upload my file button, select your file, and click Open. This will replace any file that was previously uploaded for this project. The Submit Uploaded File? wizard lets you grade your file immediately by clicking Yes, submit the file. You can also use the Upload & Save feature to save your work online, to retrieve later. Click No, I’m not ready. Once you’ve uploaded your file, download it again from the Current File section.
If you selected No, I’m not ready. in step 3, click the Grade my file button to submit your project for grading. After your project has been graded, look for the eye icon for results that are available. Click the Attempt link to view past results.
If you are using a Mac, some of the 2013 projects have been adapted for use with Office 2011 for Mac and Office 2016 for Mac. For Mac supported projects, follow the correct version of the project instructions for your version of Office for Mac. To check your version, open Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. To see your version, choose the Word menu and click About Word; the Excel menu and click About Excel; or the PowerPoint menu and click About PowerPoint.
If the number after Version is less than 15, select Office for Mac 2011 when downloading instructions. If the number after Version is 15 or greater, select the instructions for Office for Mac 2016.
#help #instructors #new-content #new-features #students
As you you , Microsoft has released Office 2016 for Mac users. This is the first update to Office for Mac since 2011. Now you’ll have the latest upgrades to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (also Outlook and OneNote).
We’re excited about these new versions – they’re slick, smooth and powerful. So SIMnet has made sure that a number of our projects are compatible with Office 2016 for Mac. They’re ready for you to use today!
Here are the projects that are compatible with Office 2016 for Mac:
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 1.6 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 2.3 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 3.6 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 1.1 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 2.6 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 3.4 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 4.6 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-5 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 2-4 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 3-4 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 9-6 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 2-6 (Mac Supported)
You can upgrade your own Mac Office with a .
To check your office version, open Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. To see your version, choose the Word menu and click About Word; the Excel menu and click About Excel; or the PowerPoint menu and click About PowerPoint. If the number after the word Version is greater than or equal to 15, you have successfully installed Office 2016 for Mac. If the number after the word Version is less than 15, you are using Office 2011 for Mac.
#instructors #students #tips-tricks
Whether you’re new to SIMnet or have been around for a while, take a moment to familiarize yourself with our new features. You can now create notes, highlights, and links directly in your SIMbook; navigate between SIMbooks without going back to the library; and directly search the contents of your SIMbook. All of these updates are aimed at making your experience smoother and more powerful. Check it out!
Users can now interact with SIMbooks directly, leaving notes, highlights, and even links to other important content. This will help students to reinforce content and apply that learning more effectively.
Tohighlightcontent, simply click and drag over the words you would like to highlight. That text will be highlighted blue. This highlight will remain in place between sessions, reminding students of the information that they felt was important.
To remove a highlight, simply click the highlight and select theTrash Can Icon.
There are two ways tocreate a Note. The first way is to highlight the desired text by clicking and dragging. Then click theNotepad Iconin the center of the dark blue popup. The note will be associated with the desired text, replacing the highlight. Text with a note appears as dark blue. To review the note, simply hover over the note text or click theNote Icon.
The second way is to click the grayNotepad Iconat the right side of each paragraph. Notes added in this manner are associated with the entire paragraph and are reached by clicking theNotepad Iconagain.
When you click theNotepad Icon, using either method, theAdd a Notebox appears. Type your desired note in the box and then pressEnteror clickAcceptto complete the note.
Once a note has been created, theNotepad Iconat the right of each paragraph fills in and a number to the right of the icon displays the number notes associated with that paragraph.
To view a note, click theNotepad Icon. TheNotepad Iconexpands to display all notes associated with that paragraph.
To Edit a note, left click thenote textor theNotepad Iconand then select thePencil Icon. When you have finished editing a note, clickAcceptor clickEnter.
To delete a note, left click thenote textor theNotepad Iconand then select theDelete Icon.
To create aLink, highlight the text you would like to become a link. Click theLink Iconon the right side of the dark blue popup. TheAdd a Linkwindow appears. Type the link that you would like to use or copy/paste the link into the text box. ClickAcceptor pressEnterto create the link.[note: in some browsers users may have to type http:// in order for the link to function]
Tofollow a link, left click the link and click theRight Arrow Icon. Toedit a link, click thePencil Icon. Todelete a linkclick theTrashcan Icon.
Note: All highlights, notes, and links are associated with individual paragraphs. This is to keep notes from being lost on the page and to keep the content that a paragraph-wide note is associated with clear. At times some paragraphs are broken into multiple selections because the paragraphs is too large or other formatting concerns.
Users can now switch books from within a SIMbook! Instead of exiting a book and going back to the Library users can now click on theBook Iconin the upper left corner of the App bar.
When users click on the icon they will be able to view their books in the newBookshelfview. Users can click on any book to view it, or hit theBackbutton to return to the original SIMbook.
Users can now search the text in SIMbooks to find that topic they are looking for instead of flipping through page after page to find the required information. To use theIn-Book Searchclick the magnifying glassSearch****Iconin the upper right corner of the App bar.
Clicking theSearch Iconcauses theSearch Barto appear. Type the desired text into theSearch Barand click theMagnifying Glassor pressEnterto initiate a search.
All of the results of a search will appear in a column on the right hand side of the SIMbook screen. The results are in order by chapter. Scroll through the results to find the required result and click on that result to be taken to that SIMbook page.
#announcements #instructors #students
SIMnet will be unavailable Sunday, July 19th, 2015 from 4:00AM – 2:00PM Eastern. We are performing database patching. This maintenance is part of our continuous effort to improve performance, reliability, and security.
Note: The maintenance “rain date” will be Sunday, July 26th 2015 if unforeseen issues arise.
Sincerely,
McGraw-Hill Product Team
#instructors #release-notes
SIMnet can now detect if a student has copied elements from another student’s file. This is in addition to detecting if a student submits another student’s file for grading. Details about copied elements detection is available in the Academic Integrity Violation Report.
The following project start files were updated fixing an error received when opening using Access 2013:
O’Leary 2010 – Lab 2-1a Second Time Around Inventory Database
O’Leary 2010 – Lab 2-1b Second Time Around Inventory Database
O’Leary 2010 – Lab 2-2a Enterprize Employment Client Database
O’Leary 2010 – Lab 2-2b Enterprize Employment Client Database
Skills Approach 2013 – Skill Review 1.1 – corrected absolute from relative under Figure 1.42
Skills Approach 2013 – Fix It 4.6 – Increased the variance allowed for grading row heights
Skills Approach 2013 – Challenge Yourself 7.4 (Mac Supported) – Fixed data label format grading when formatting is applied to all data labels rather than individual data labels
Skills Approach 2013 – Challenge Yourself 8.4 (Mac Supported) – Improved grading of scenarios
In Practice 2013 – Independent Project 1-6 – Limited freeze pane grading function to only check for the existence of a freeze pane on a worksheet
In the SIMnet Course Manager, the title in 2013 Capstone Levels 1, 2, and 3 were changed from Creating a Sales Presentation to Creating a Company’s Presentation
In Practice 2013 – Guided Project 2-3 – Improved grading of chart data label position and formatting
In Practice 2013 – Guided Project 2-2 – Improved feedback for grading tabs
In Practice 2013 –Independent Project 5-6b (Mac Supported) – Added a note to the project instructions regarding saving the file if an error message occurs
In Practice 2013 – Independent Project 10-6 (Mac Supported) – Revised Mac instructions for inserting text box form controls
In the SIMnet Course Manager, the Excel 2013 Capstone title was changed from Writing a Research Paper to Formatting a Document
#announcements #instructors #new-features #release-notes #students
Users can now interact with SIMbooks directly, leaving notes, highlights, and even links to other important content. This will help students to reinforce content and apply that learning more effectively.
To highlight content, simply click and drag over the words you would like to highlight. That text will be highlighted blue. This highlight will remain in place between sessions, reminding students of the information that they felt was important.
To remove a highlight, simply click the highlight and select the Trash Can Icon.
There are two ways to create a Note. The first way is to highlight the desired text by clicking and dragging. Then click the Notepad Icon in the center of the dark blue popup. The note will be associated with the desired text, replacing the highlight. Text with a note appears as dark blue. To review the note, simply hover over the note text or click the Note Icon.
The second way is to click the gray Notepad Icon at the right side of each paragraph. Notes added in this manner are associated with the entire paragraph and are reached by clicking the Notepad Icon again.
When you click the Notepad Icon, using either method, the Add a Note box appears. Type your desired note in the box and then press Enter or click Accept to complete the note.
Once a note has been created, the Notepad Icon at the right of each paragraph fills in and a number to the right of the icon displays the number notes associated with that paragraph.
To view a note, click the Notepad Icon. The Notepad Icon expands to display all notes associated with that paragraph.
To Edit a note, left click the note text or the Notepad Icon and then select the Pencil Icon. When you have finished editing a note, click Accept or click Enter.
To delete a note, left click the note text or the Notepad Icon and then select the Delete Icon.
To create a Link, highlight the text you would like to become a link. Click the Link Icon on the right side of the dark blue popup. The Add a Link window appears. Type the link that you would like to use or copy/paste the link into the text box. Click Accept or press Enter to create the link. [note: in some browsers users may have to type http:// in order for the link to function]
To follow a link, left click the link and click the Right Arrow Icon. To edit a link, click the Pencil Icon. To delete a link click the Trashcan Icon.
Note: All highlights, notes, and links are associated with individual paragraphs. This is to keep notes from being lost on the page and to keep the content that a paragraph-wide note is associated with clear. At times some paragraphs are broken into multiple selections because the paragraphs is too large or other formatting concerns.
Open the Bookshelf Directly From SIMbooks
Users can now switch books from within a SIMbook! Instead of exiting a book and going back to the Library users can now click on the Book Icon in the upper left corner of the App bar.
When users click on the icon they will be able to view their books in the new Bookshelf view. Users can click on any book to view it, or hit the Back button to return to the original SIMbook.
Users can now search the text in SIMbooks to find that topic they are looking for instead of flipping through page after page to find the required information. To use the In-Book Search click the magnifying glass Search****Icon in the upper right corner of the App bar.
Clicking theSearch Iconcauses theSearch Barto appear. Type the desired text into theSearch Barand click theMagnifying Glassor pressEnterto initiate a search.
All of the results of a search will appear in a column on the right hand side of the SIMbook screen. The results are in order by chapter. Scroll through the results to find the required result and click on that result to be taken to that SIMbook page.
Formula feedback has been improved when a formula returns an array of values.
Improved grading to check that the correct chart explosion was applied for:
In Practice – Guided Project 3-3
Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 7.4 (Mac Supported)
In Practice – Independent Project 2-4 (Mac Supported) – updated instruction text for steps 7-9 per edits by author
Skills Approach – Skill Review 6.1 (Mac Supported) – added additional acceptable formulas
Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 6.4 – added alternate answer strings for formula
Skills Approach – Skill Review 7.1 – updated grading for chart category and cell range value
In Practice – Independent Project 1-6 – Improved grading when determining capitalization of words
Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 3.4 – corrected instructions for step 11c by changing “Quick Style” to “Picture Style”
Improved Feedback in the following areas:
In Practice – Guided Project 6-1: Theme Colors
In Practice – Guided Project 8-1: Theme Colors
In Practice – Guided Project 4-2: SmartArt
In Practice – Independent Project 5-6a (Mac Supported): SmartArt
Skills Approach – Fix It 3.6: upside down question mark
Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 6.3 – style font color
In Practice – Independent Project 5-6b – replaced start file with a version that does not have a labels mail merge
Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 4.4 – Fixed a problem with WordArt layout grading
Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 9.4 – Improved grading to handle when multiple merge field rules exist in a paragraph
#announcements #instructors #release-notes
SIMnet now has the ability to detect if a student has copied elements of a document from another student’s file and pasted the elements into their own file. This is in addition to detecting if a student submits another students file for grading. Details about the copied elements is available in the Academic Integrity Violation Report. This feature now available for Word 2013 Capstone Projects, Word 2013 O’Leary Projects, Word 2013 Project Learn Projects, and Word 2013 GA State Standard Projects.
Improved grading for conditional formatting to handle when multiple formatting rules exist for a cell or range of cells.
The following Excel 2013 Skills Approach were updated:
Skill Review 2.1 – Updated grading for inserting cut cells and improved feedback for conditional formatting.
Challenge Yourself 2.3 (Mac Supported) – Replaced grading for cell alignment and border properties and improved conditional formatting feedback.
Skill Review 3.1 – Improved image of the solution file.
Challenge Yourself 3.3 – Removed unnecessary cell value grading and improved image of the solution file.
Fix It 3.6 (Mac Supported) – Updated named range grading.
Skill Review 4.1 – Improved solution images and updated grading for tab color and text in a cell. Corrected the print settings in the start file.
Challenge Yourself 4.3 (Mac Supported) – Improved solution images.
Fix It 4.6 – Improved solution images and updated grading for column width.
Skill Review 5.1 (Mac Supported) – Improved feedback messages. Improved solution images.
Challenge Yourself 5.3 – Replaced pivot table grading to determine if the pivot table uses the average function. Improved grading of slicer filters. Improved solution images.
Fix It 5.6 – Replaced function grading chart cell reference to grade chart type. Improved solution images
Created new function for grading document properties in the body of a document.
O’Leary Word 2013 – Lab 3-1 Improving a Report– Changed instruction text for step 1i. to “Insert a page number at the bottom of the page in the footer using the Circle style”.
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 2-2 – Improved grading for correct fonts. Fixed a problem with feedback for page vertical alignment.
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 3.1 – Added function to check whether the correct document property control with the correct text has been added to the document.
Improved images of the solution files for the following Word 2013 Skills Approach files:
Skill Review 1.1 (Mac Supported)
Fix It 1.6
Skill Review 2.1
Challenge Yourself 2.3
Fix It 2.6 (Mac Supported)
Skill Review 3.1
Challenge Yourself 3.4 (Mac Supported)
Skill Review 4.1
Fix It 4.6 (Mac Supported)
Skill Review 8.1 (Mac Supported)
Skill Review 9.1 (Mac Supported)
Challenge Yourself 9.4
Improved grading of text by adding check for line breaks and paragraph breaks in text to determine if string is split over multiple lines.
Created new function that will determine if the first letter of each word is capitalized.
Improved grading of section names to allow for minor differences in spelling or case.
PowerPoint 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 4.1 – Improved section name grading and replaced functions that grade slide location.
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McGraw-Hill Education is pleased to announce this summer’s SIMnet Best Practices Webinar Series hosted by SIMnet Digital Faculty Consultants. Our DFCs are SIMnet users that will host sessions to help strengthen your SIMnet knowledge and answer questions. To register, and learn when each webinar is being offered, please click here.
Webinar descriptions: SIMnet’s Student Learning Experience: Learn, Practice, Apply! See the SIMnet student experience. Session includes student overview of navigation, presentation of methodology and their user experience. Learning occurs as we read, practicing is simply that, practice, and apply is the demonstration of learning.
Work with SIMpaths Explanation of how SIMpaths work including creation, scheduling, and evaluation of the results.
Working with SIMnet’s Graded Projects Using SIMnet Projects including scheduling options, the student experience, and evaluating results.
Digging into the SIMnet Gradebook In this webinar we will look at how the SIMnet Gradebook can be used to analyze and troubleshoot your students’ assignment submissions. More than a mere grade reporting tool, the Gradebook includes a host of functions and features that you can use to gain understanding and to provide specific assistance to your students when they have questions or encounter challenges in their SIMnet assignments.
HELP! It’s time to build my fall classes! This webinar will focus on assisting you to prepare your classes for the fall. Maybe you just want to tweak a course, maybe design a course, or even create a course for other faculty based upon your class. During this time we will discuss easy and quick ways to get you ready for the semester. Learn some tips and tricks to make your course preparation easier.
I adopted SIMnet. Now WHAT do I do in my class?! This is the question that many faculty have after adopting digital solutions. This webinar will discuss varied techniques and strategies for implementing your application course that will help it remain vibrant and interesting to students.
Using SIMpaths Learn how to use SIMpaths! This powerful tool in SIMnet allows instructors to quickly create an assessment and a custom lesson in just one easy step. A SIMpath is an adaptive three step learning and assessment path which includes a pre-test, a lesson, and a post-test – students take a pre-test, then based on their results a custom lesson and post-test are instantly created for the user.
SIMnet Announcements Learn how to post announcements in SIMnet. Great communication is vital in education, and by using SIMnet Announcements you can create and post messages that students will see every time they log into SIMnet.
SIMbooks vs Lessons SIMbooks and Lessons are both powerful types of assignments in SIMnet. Understanding how each one works will help you decide which one is right for you. This workshop will show you the differences and similarities between these two dynamic learning tools in SIMnet.
SIMnet Projects A-Z: Evertyhing you need from Attempts and Custom Rubrics to Zen Best Practices Take a look at choosing and assigning Grader Projects, setting up a rubric to match your syllabus grading scheme, and employing instructor and student best practices.
Plan Ahead to Stay Ahead! SIMnet Administrator Best Practices Being the administrator of your school’s Simnet can be time consuming. Making sure all faculty and adjuncts have what they need can be a daunting task at times. Join us for this webinar to go over proven tips/tricks to save time each semester to help faculty be prepared for the coming semester and assure consistency across the board for your course.
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As part of an ongoing effort to maintain data center infrastructure, our hosting partner will be performing software upgrades on network switches in our data center. The upgrade will require a reboot of the network switches, causing approximately five minutes of network downtime.
The maintenance is scheduled for June 2, 2015. The maintenance window is 12am – 6am Central time. SIMnet will be unavailable for 5-minutes during the maintenance window.
Sincerely, SIMnet Product Team
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There is an unexpected regional network issue that started at 10:45AM CDT on 4/15/2015. Our developers are working closely with our content delivery network provider to resolve the issue.
Some of the issues that you and your students might experience include:
Not being able to log into SIMnet
Receiving an error message when attempt to upload/submit a Project
Unable to save answers
Server error message
We apologize for the inconvenience and will provide you with updates on this post.
Update: The issue was resolved at 2:00PM CDT on 4/15/2015.
We appreciate your patience and apologize for the inconvenience. Should you or your students experience any other issues, please contact our Customer Experience Group.
Customer Experience Group (CXG) Hours of Operation: Sun: 11am – 1am Mon-Thurs: 7am – 3am Fri: 7am – 8pm Sat: 9am – 7pm (All times Central)
By Phone: You can reach us toll-free at 800-331-5094 (US Only).
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Access 2013 Skills Approach –Fix It 3.6 –Grading control locations in a form has been upgraded
The following projects were updated with alternate formulas:
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 6.2
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 6.4
The following projects now search for document elements based on surrounding text:
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 9-4 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 10-4
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 6.2 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 7.3 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 9.4
The following projects have improved grading for Header/Footer Page Number Styles:
Word 2013 GA State Standards – Work It Out 2A-E2
Word 2013 Project Learn – Work It Out 2A-E2
The following projects have improved grading of Mail Merge fields:
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 5-3
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 5-6a (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 5-6b (Mac Supported)
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A new function can determine if students have ignored replacing words that are detected as a misspelling.
Improved grading of IF Formulas allows alternate acceptable formulas for the value-if-true and value-if-false fields.
2013 In Practice – Guided Project 1-2 – Canadian phone number format has been added as an acceptable selection.
2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 6.4 – Additional acceptable formulas have been added.
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 11-4 –Canadian phone number format has been added as an acceptable selection.
The following projects were improved by replacing grading that searched for document elements based on paragraph numbers to search for elements based on surrounding text:
2013 Capstone – Level 1 Writing a Research Paper (Mac Supported)
2013 Capstone – Level 2 Writing a Research Paper (Mac Supported)
2013 Capstone – Level 3 Writing a Research Paper (Mac Supported)
2013 ProjectLearn – Work It Out 2B-E3
2013 ProjectLearn – Work It Out 4A-E3
2013 GA State Standards – Work It Out 2B-E3
O’Leary 2013 – Lab 1-1 Asking For Input Flyer
O’Leary 2013 – Lab 1-2 Promoting Celebrate Bikes Sunday
O’Leary 2013 – Lab 2-2 Dog Park Rules
O’Leary 2013 – Lab 3-2 Creating a Table
2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 6.3
2013 In Practice – Independent Project 2-6 Improved picture grading to allow for a small variance in picture sizes.
2013 Capstone – Level 3 Working with a Sales Database – Added grading for report date format, report page number text alignment, and split form source fields.
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The Freeze Grades after Due Date option is designed to allow students to continue to use their Lesson and SIMbook assignments as a study aid after the assignment has become past due. When a gradebook column is frozen the student’s grade will not improve even if the student continues to complete tasks in the Lesson or SIMbook. The new option is available from the assignment and column configuration view:
When a gradebook column option is set to freeze after the due date and the due date has passed a snowflake icon will display in the column header to indicate the grades will no longer automatically update.
Modifying the freeze grade setting and/or due date will automatically adjust all student scores in the column appropriately based on tasks they completed prior to the due date.
A new button at the bottom right hand corner of the gradebook displays a legend that defines the different icons in use.
By default an Exam or Project Personal Assignment will automatically transfer the result to the class gradebook (if available).
The question and task picker now defaults to textbook instead of module.
The question and task selection module filter now includes an objective type option. This is to support new objective type filtering in a future release.
Deleting a SIMpath lesson result only deletes the lesson result instead of both the Pre-Test and the Lesson result.
SIMnet now has the ability to detect if a student has copied elements of a document from another student’s file and pasted them into their file. This is in addition to detecting if a student submits another student’s file for grading. Details about the copied elements are available in the Academic Integrity Violation Report. This feature is now available for Skills Word 2013 and IP Word 2013 projects.
Access 2013 Capstone – Level 3, Working with a Sales Database – Improved feedback for date formats.
Fixed grading errors that were occurring when query names contained single quotes.
Improved feedback for missing controls in reports and forms to display the source table as well as the source field name.
Added new acceptable formulas and improved solution images for the following projects:
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 1.1
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 1.3
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 1.6
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 2.6
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 6.4
O’Leary Word 2013 – Lab 3-1– Replaced grading for footnote mark to search for footnotes by surrounding text rather than paragraph number.
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-4 – Improved grading for font formatting.
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 2-6 (Mac Supported) – Corrected feedback for bullet font size.
Word 2013 In Practice – Improve It Project 3-7 (Mac Supported) – Improved grading for the Company document property field in the footer.
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 5-6a (Mac Supported) – Revised Mac instructions to match Mac menus and options.
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 5-6b (Mac Supported) – Revised Mac instructions to match Mac menus and options.
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 6-1 (Mac Supported) – Corrected error in solution file for the paragraph indentation of the Bullet List style.
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 8-4 (Mac Supported) – Replaced grading for tab leaders to search for tab leaders by surrounding text rather than paragraph number.
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 9-3 – Updated instructions and improved grading for accepting and rejecting changes in a document.
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 11-5– Replaced functions that were locating content controls by paragraph number to locate content controls by surrounding text.
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 8.4 – Corrected display of apostrophes in feedback.
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 7.2 – Replaced functions that were locating content controls by paragraph number to locate content controls by surrounding text.
PowerPoint 2013 Capstone – Level 1 Creating a Sales Presentation – Fixed grading for the location of the title of the pie chart.
PowerPoint 2013 Capstone – Level 2 Creating a Sales Presentation– Fixed grading for the location of the title of the pie chart.
PowerPoint 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 1.1 – Added grading for Word Art shadow effect.
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A recent update to Mac’s Safari browser has caused some users difficulty when loading Let Me Try simulations. Simply changing one setting in Safari will have your browser functioning normally again. Just follow these steps.
With Safari open click the application menu, labelled Safari.
Select Preferences in the drop down menu.
With the Preferences dialog open, select the Advanced tab.
Uncheck the Stop plug-ins to save power checkbox
Close the dialog and reload the page.
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Have you considered becoming a ? Have you heard that becoming MOS certified is a thing?The basic idea is simple: if you pass a test created by Microsoft, you gain a resume boost.
Microsoft has created a series of exams that test your ability to use various Microsoft Office programs, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Once you pass these exams you get an official certificate. Many people write in their resume that they are proficient in Microsoft Office programs but the MOS certification is proof.
The exams aren’t free – so you want to make sure that you’re ready before you dive in. Fortunately SIMnet has you covered. A SIMnet user recently wrote to us:
I just finished taking the MOS Word 2013 certification exam, and I passed with flying colors. I owe that more than anything to the learning and practice I’ve had with SIMnet.
SIMnet covers the skills that I used in the exam, and provided many different ways to practice them. There wasn’t a moment where I wasn’t sure about how to do something. What’s more, SIMnet breaks skills down in a very clear way, so I always knew exactly what the exam was asking for.
What I didn’t expect was how much SIMnet Projects in particular would prepare me for the certification exam. The two are very similar, so I barely noticed the transition from SIMnet to the exam. In some ways, it felt like just doing another SIMnet project! Once I realized that, any anxiety I had disappeared.
SIMnet had me so well prepared, I can’t wait to tackle the next one! All I need to do for practice is log in to SIMnet and work through the lessons and exams. It couldn’t be easier.
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Access 2013 Capstone – Level 1 Working with a Sales Database
Access 2013 Capstone – Level 2 Working with a Sales Database
Access 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 2.1 – The instruction pdf file can now be printed.
Access 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 3-5 – Feedback was updated to clarify hiding or deleting query fields.
The following Access projects were updated to add the form control type to feedback messages when grading form controls:
Access 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 4-4
Access 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 6.3
Access 2013 Capstone – Level 1 Working with a Sales Database
Access 2013 Capstone – Level 2 Working with a Sales Database
Access 2013 Capstone – Level 3 Working with a Sales Database
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 4.6 – Corrected a problem when searching for text in a footer when extra formatting has been applied.
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 8.4 (Mac Supported) – The start file had Calculation Options set to Manual instead of Automatic causing a grading issue. The start file has been updated setting Calculation Options to Automatic.
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 2-4 (Mac Supported) – Added alternate acceptable number formats.
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 3-4 (Mac Supported) – Updated chart outline color, changed a chart style, and fixed a problem with error explanations for number format decimal places.
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 4-5 (Mac Supported) – Updated error explanations regarding centering table data.
The following projects were improved by replacing grading that searched for document elements based on paragraph numbers to search for elements based on surrounding text and other project improvements:
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 5.1
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 5.3
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Fix it 5.6 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 6-6
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 8-1
The following projects have been updated with improved grading functionality including using new methods to search for correct text, providing more specific error explanations, and checking that all text has been converted into tables:
Word 2013 GA State Standards – Work It Out 4A-E1
Word 2013 GA State Standards – Work It Out 4A-E2
Word 2013 Project Learn – Work It Out 4A-E3
O’Leary Word 2013 – Lab 3-2 Creating a Table
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 1-2
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 2-2
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 4-4
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 1.3
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 2.3
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 9.1 (Mac Supported)
#instructors #new-content #new-features #release-notes
Error feedback when submitting a project for grading has been improved to provide more informative messages.
The menu system in the SIMbook, when accessed through the student library, has been improved to allow for navigation within and between chapters.
The SIMbook glossary is now available in the same panel as the navigation menu.
The option to bookmark a page and navigate through your bookmarks has been made more accessible by placing it directly on the top menu bar.
PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – 4 Guided Project 4-2 (Mac Supported)
PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 5-5 (Mac Supported)
PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 6-4 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 7-3 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 8-4 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 9-4 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 9.1 (Mac Supported)
Clustered Bar and Clustered Column charts are graded more accurately.
Alternate formula methods have been added toExcel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 3.3
Corrected the visual feedback forExcel 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 1.6 (Mac Supported)
The following projects reflect the change in Microsoft Clip Art:
O’Leary Excel 2013 – Lab 2-1 U.S. Patents by Technology
O’Leary Excel 2013 – Lab 2-2 Airline Baggage Fees
The following projects reflect the change in Microsoft Clip Art:
PowerPoint 2013 Project Learn – Work It Out 1B-E1
PowerPoint 2013 GA State Standards – Work It Out 1B-E1
Corrected upside down question marks to Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 7-3
The following projects were improved by replacing grading that searched for document elements based on paragraph numbers to search for elements based on surrounding text and other project improvements:
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 2-2
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 2-4
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 3-1
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 4-4
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 10-6
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 2.1
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 2.3
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 2.6 (Mac Supported)
The following projects reflect the change in Microsoft Clip Art:
Word 2013 Project Learn – Work It Out 3A-E3
Word 2013 Project Learn – Work It Out 3B-E2
O’Leary Word 2013 – Lab 2-1 Creating a Handout
O’Leary Word 2013 – Lab 3-1 Improving a Report
Word 2013 GA State Standards – Work It Out 3A-E1
Word 2013 GA State Standards – Work It Out 3A-E3
#instructors #new-content #release-notes
Access 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 5-2 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 5-5 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 9-1 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 9-5 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 9.2 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 9.4 (Upload .accdb)
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 5-4
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 6.1
PowerPoint 2013 Capstone – Level 1 Creating a Sales Presentation
PowerPoint 2013 Capstone – Level 2 Creating a Sales Presentation
PowerPoint 2013 Capstone – Level 3 Creating a Sales Presentation
Validation Rules now allow alternate expressions.
Access 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 5.4 (Upload .accdb)
New grading for navigation categories, navigation groups, objects within navigation groups, and navigation shortcuts.
New grading to check if a table is linked to a back-end database.
New grading to check if concatenated key field values violate unique constraint.
New grading to check record values in a junction table.
New grading to check if a table has been deleted.
Improved Clustered Column/Clustered Bar Chart grading to compare cell references of Categories and Values Per series.
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 3-6
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 3-4 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 7.1
O’Leary Excel 2013 – Lab 1-2 Animal Rescue Foundation Housing Cost Analysis
O’Leary Excel 2013 – Lab 1-3 Work Mileage Analysis
O’Leary Excel 2013 – Lab 2-1 U.S. Patents by Technology
O’Leary Excel 2013 – Lab 2-2 Airline Baggage Fees
New grading to determine whether or not the top row is frozen, the first column is frozen or a specific pane is frozen in the worksheet.
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-5 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-6.
Excel 2013 Project Learn – Work It Out 4A-E1
Excel 2013 GA State Standards – Work It Out 4A-E1
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 4.1
Improved slide transition name grading.
Access 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 3.6 (Upload .accdb) – Improved grading functionality on Form control locations
The following projects have been updated to use standard Microsoft Office themes and fonts
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-6
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 4.3 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 4.1
O’Leary Excel 2013 – Lab 2-1 U.S. Patents by Technology
O’Leary Excel 2013 – Lab 2-2 Airline Baggage
Improved grading functionality of Excel Number Format style on the following projects:
O’Leary Excel 2013 – Lab 1-2 Animal Rescue Foundation Housing Cost Analysis
O’Leary Excel 2013 – Lab 1-3 Work Mileage Analysis
O’Leary Excel 2013 – Lab 3-1 Globalcomm Income Forecast
O’Leary Excel 2013 – Lab 3-3 Spring Break Tour Cost Analysis
PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 2-5 (Mac Supported) – instruction text updated and changed to match between versions
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 1.6 – replaced grading that searched for document elements based on paragraph numbers to search for elements based on surrounding text. Corrected letter format to match Business letter format.
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 3.1 – updated to use standard Microsoft Office themes and fonts.
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-6 (Mac Supported) – replaced grading that searched for document elements based on paragraph numbers to search for elements based on surrounding text.
O’Leary Word 2013 – Lab 3-2 Creating a Table – Updated to use standard Microsoft Office themes and fonts.
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Some assignment submissions were being incorrectly flagged as submitted late. We had an issue related to timezone conversions that has been fixed. All submissions were reviewed and the late submission flag was adjusted where appropriate.
Some SIMpath Pre-Tests were not properly requiring students to enter a password when it was required. This bug has been fixed and all students will receive a password prompt when appropriate.
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 6.2 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 7.3 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 8.1 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 5-6a (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 5-6b (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 6-1 (Mac Supported)
PowerPoint 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 7.1 (Mac Supported)
PowerPoint 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 2.1
PowerPoint 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 2.4
PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 2-5 (Mac Supported)
PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 2-6
PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 3-1 Part A (Mac Supported)
PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 3-4
PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 4-2
The following project now searches for elements based on surrounding text instead of paragraph numbers and other project improvements:
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 1.3
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Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 9.4
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 10.2
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 8-4
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 9-6
PowerPoint 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 5.4
PowerPoint 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 6.3
Alternate number formats are now available in the following projects:
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 9-6 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 1.3
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 1.6 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 2.1
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Fix It 2.6
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 8.1
Alternate formulas and improved hyperlink grading functionality have been added to the following projects:
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 6.1 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 5-4 (Mac Supported)
Instruction clarifications have been added to the following projects:
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-5 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 3-4 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 4-5 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 4-2
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 4-4
The following project instructions were updated clarifying use of Text Effects versus Word Art:
Word 2013 Project Learn Work It Out 1B-E2
Word 2013 State Standards Work It Out 1B-E2
The following projects now search for elements based on surrounding text instead of paragraph numbers:
Word 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 1-2
Word 2013 In Practice – Improve It Project 3-7 (Mac Supported)
Word 2013 Skills Approach – Skill Review 1.1 (Mac Supported)
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We all have spare moments where we’d like to be a bit more productive. A SIMnet user recently told us about her experience using SIMnet on the train:
I used my LG G2 Android phone to study for the Microsoft Office Specialist Access certification exam while on the 45-minute train ride to work. I was able to access the SIMbook using the Google Chrome application for Android, provided there was an internet signal available. I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to use on a format much smaller compared to a tablet or desktop. I was able to log in, navigate to my class, and open the SIMbook with no problems. Once in the SIMbook, I was able to easily navigate through the Skills and Chapters. I could view the Show Mes with little difficulty as they were large enough to read the text on the screen, and the audio was crisp and clear. It was extremely beneficial being able to study on the go without having to juggle devices. I was able to just use my phone and keep on going with great ease. I would definitely recommend using the phone for accessing the SIMbook content.
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Microsoft held a press event today to detail a number of its plans for the year, including offering new details about its next major operating system update, Windows 10. The theme of the presentation is that it will be easier than ever for developers to create apps that work across a wide array of devices, from PCs to phones to the Xbox One.
One important note is that, for a year after it launches, Windows 10 will be a free upgrade to anyone running Windows 7 or 8. This is big news for a company that used to charge full price for version updates.
On the Office front, the new version of Office will run in a mostly unified manner across PC, tablets, and phones. This means you won’t lose much functionality no matter which device you access the suite of apps on.
Check out for a rundown of the 9 biggest announcements from the Windows 10 event.
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Microsoft recentlyfrom Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Instead, all online image searches will use Bing while PowerPoint will add videos from YouTube. We are updating SIMnet to reflect the way your students interact with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
The changes Microsoft made to inserting images, audio, and video are as follows:
Inserting Online Pictures in Word, Excel, and, PowerPoint now uses Bing Image Search as the primary method for finding images online (searching from Office.com is no longer available). The search results use the . Simply, the Creative Commons allows for non-commercial use of copyrighted images. A discussion of the Creative Commons licenses can be a productive way to think about copyright issues online.
Inserting online audio is currently unavailable in PowerPoint. When you open the Insert Audio dialog, you will see a message informing you that PowerPoint cannot connect to your services and to try again later. At this time, it is unclear if or when this service will be available again.
You can no longer insert video in PowerPoint through a Bing Video Search. You can upload directly from your OneDrive; search YouTube; or paste an embed code from another website.
The following changes are being made to SIMnet:
All current “live in the application” projects that use clip art are being rewritten to use another method.
SIMbook pages that refer to Office.com clip art are being updated to notify users that the content has been updated since the original publication. In addition, some pages will be updated to include other ways to add clip art to documents and presentations.
Let Me Try steps will reflect the old method of adding Office.com clip art. A note will be added to the relevant page directing the student to the steps to use to successfully complete the exercise.
Simulated questions that refer to Office.com clip art will no longer be available to add to exams. However, any of these questions that currently exist in exams will continue to be valid.
While this fix is being finalized we suggest that you show your students the new Online Pictures dialog. The differences in the way the students interact with the applications is minimal – they still enter their search terms in the text box and select results. The only differences are what the name of the box actually is and the quality of the results that they will get back.
#announcements #instructors #release-notes
Microsoft has removed the ability to search Office.com for online pictures in Office applications. SIMnet content has been updated to reflect this change. See the for more information.The changes to SIMnet are as follows:
All current “live in the application” projects that use clip art are being rewritten to use another method.
SIMbook pages that refer to Office.com clip art are being updated to notify users that the content has been updated since the original publication. In addition, some pages will be updated to include other ways to add clip art to documents and presentations.
Let Me Try steps will reflect the old method of adding Office.com clip art. A note will be added to the relevant page directing the student to the steps to use to successfully complete the exercise.
Simulated questions that refer to Office.com clip art will no longer be available to add to exams. However, any of these questions that currently exist in exams will continue to be valid.
Access 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 6-1 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 6-5 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 7-1 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 7-5 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 8-1 (Upload .accdb)
Access 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 8-4 (Upload .accdb)
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 6-5
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 7-4
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 7.4
Excel 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 8.4
New grading to determine if report properties, subreport properties, and report section properties such as width, height, top, left, and border style have been set.
New grading to determine if form properties, subform properties, and form section properties such as width, height, top, left, and border style have been set.
New grading to determine if controls on forms or reports have been deleted.
New grading to determine if calculated controls on forms or reports have the correct expressions.
New grading to determine if a report has a tabular or stacked layout.
New grading to determine if controls have been added to the correct section of a report.
Improvements to allow alternate number formats and minor misspellings were made to the following projects:
Excel 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 1-2
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 2-5
Excel 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 4-3
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 4-4
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 4-5 (Mac Supported)
Excel 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 6-4
Improved feedback for grading chart elements
Improved feedback for grading WordArt styles
PowerPoint 2013 In Practice – Guided Project 2-3 – Added improved grading functionality for chart data, table height and WordArt.
PowerPoint 2013 Skills Approach – Challenge Yourself 6.3 – Replaced Circle Process SmartArt with Basic Chevron Process.
Word 2013 In Practice – Independent Project 1-4 – Corrected grammar and replaced grading that searched for document elements based on paragraph numbers to search for elements based on surrounding text.
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Welcome to a new term! We are happy to inform you that our Customer Experience Group (CXG) has expanded its hours for technical support. You can contact CXG at 800-331-5094.
New Hours of Operations (All in Central Time):
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Friday: 7:00am to 8:00pm
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