This issue was resolved as of 1:00PM Central time.

As of 10:50AM Central time on 10/25/2018 students began receiving a timeout error when trying to upload project and resource submissions. This issue is ongoing and we are working with our hosting partner to resolve this issue ASAP. We do not have an estimated time to resolution available 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).

Sincerely, SIMnet Product Team

2016 Level 3 Capstone Projects can now be set by instructors to earn 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.

To enable Digital Credentials in SIMnet, a school administrator should navigate to theSettingssection underAdministrationon the Left Navigation. On the settings page they should select theEnable Credentials Onradio button and click theSavebutton.

Once an administrator enables Digital Credentials for their school’s SIMnet URL, instructors may elect to set a threshold for achieving a Credential between 90% and 100%. If a student achieves the required score, they may then display that information publicly through their Profile page for their classmates or future employers. When they opt-in to sharing that information, the credential earned, and the performance on the individual skills earned may be viewed by the public. Students may also elect to opt-out at any time by Deleting their Credential.

These capstone projects can earn users a Yellow Belt in each Office application, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. We will be releasing additional credentials for students to earn, from additional assignment types. Students will be able to earn and share White Belts, Purple Belts, and Black Belts in coming months.

To view the current list of credentials in SIMnet, go tohttps://certificates.simnetonline.com/

SIMnet will be unavailable Sunday, December 30th, 2018 from 3AM-9AM Central time. We are performing routine maintenance to improve performance, reliability and security.

Sincerely,

SIMnet Product Team

On September 24th, Microsoft announced that it is making Office 2019 available to a limited set of customers today, and to all customers in the coming weeks. Office 2019 will be available to Mac and Windows users simultaneously.

Office 2019 is Microsoft’s newly available “on premises” version of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, and other applications. This means that Office 2019 does not include access to any cloud-based applications or storage. Office 2019 is a one-time purchase that will not receive any updates outside of security patches. The new features available in Office 2019 that were not included in Office 2016 are updates that are already available to Office 365 subscribers.

The “on premises” label contrasts with Microsoft’s primary Office version, Office 365. Office 365 is a subscription service that receives regular feature upgrades and new functionality. Office 365 offers cloud based services to edit and save Office files from multiple locations. Users pay monthly or annual fees to access Microsoft’s products and receive ongoing support and investment.

SIMnet will continue to support both the on-premises offerings from Microsoft and Office 365.

To learn more application-level specifics from Microsoft, please visit their announcement athttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2018/09/24/office-2019-is-now-available-for-windows-and-mac/

New Details in Student View

TheStudentsview in the Course Manager has been updated to include more data at a glance. New columns include:

• Paired, which denotes whether or not a student has been paired to your school’s LMS

• Type,to easily note the type of access each student has, includingFull,Courtesy,Single Module, Proficiency, andUnregistered.

• *Last Name, First Name,*this column is a consolidation of theLast NameandFirst Name columns, which were previously separated.

• Missing Licenses, this column requires clicking theShow Missing Licenses Columnat the top of theStudentssection. If a student is missing licenses, the column will display a link,Details, that will bring you to a page with more specific information. If the column is blank, the student is not missing any information.

• On the Actions menu, you can now quickly break Blackboard or MH Campus pairings.

The Drop-down filter menus for each column type have also been improved to include selections in the PairedandTypefilter menus for an easier exact match.

Streamlined Navigation

The Left-hand navigation has been enhanced to streamline navigation within the Course Manager. The Right Arrows on the edge of the Left-hand navigation allow you to expand the submenu and navigate directly to the desired location.

Previously, to view the Class Organizer, users would need to load theManagesection and then load theOrganizeselection once the Manage selection had loaded. Now, clicking theManage right arrowexpands the selection and allows users to click directly on theOrganizeselection.

Flagging Late Resource Submissions

Users can now tell at a glance if a Resource submission is late with the newSubmitted Latecolumn. Resource files that have been submitted late have a clock icon in theSubmitted Latecolumn.

Instructors can now review, grade, provide feedback for, and upload a response file to a student submission in a single step.

To review resource submissions, navigate to theSubmissionssection of theResourcesmenu option on the left hand navigation. Submissions are organized by course and section. They can then be filtered by assignment using theItem drop-down menu and by feedback status in theFeedback Provideddrop-down menu.

To grade a student submission and provide feedback, click theActionsdrop-down menu for the desired student submission and clickGrade Submissionto bring up theGrade Submission and Provide Feedbackwindow.

From this screen instructors can download the desired file by clicking theSubmissionlink; grade the file by filling in theGradebook Gradeblank; provide feedback in theFeedback Commentblank; and upload a feedback file usingChoose Filebutton in theFeedback Filesection. ClickSave All Changesto complete the window.

Submission grades automatically apply to all attempts made by a student for that assignment.

An unexpected issue occurred with the content origin that supplies SIMbook and Lesson content. This issue occurred from 7:50 AM – 9:10AM Central, Wednesday, September 5th. Students may have received a blue screen or a 404 not found message.

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).

Sincerely, SIMnet Product Team

RESOLVED. The Buy Online option in SIMnet regained full functionality around 6:15PM Eastern on September 4th. Currently, Microsoft Azure is still reporting there is a potential for service disruption, but our monitors indicate all services remain online and available.

A weather related event caused an issue with the hosting provider that powers the Buy Online option in SIMnet. This issue will prevent students from buying access for their accounts until services have been restored. All courtesy access students have received a 2-day extension if their courtesy access expired after August 30th.

Please monitor the Microsoft Azure Status page for the US South Central Region for status updates:https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/status/

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).

Sincerely, SIMnet Product Team

Due to an unexpected issue some students may have incorrectly received a “missing modules” error from on Tuesday, September 4th, 2018 from 4:30PM – 5:10PM Eastern time. This issue would have prevented students from completing SIMnet 2016 assignments during this timeframe. Students may need to logout of SIMnet prior to attempting another assignment.

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).

Sincerely, SIMnet Product Team

The SIMnet sign in page has been updated to make signing into- and signing up for- SIMnet simple. New students will be able to gain access to SIMnet and all users will access SIMnet Support more easily.

The new design divides the sign in page into three main areas. TheExisting Userssection, on the left, is for standard sign in for users who are registered and have the codes that they need.

TheNew Userssection has been created to make it clearer to new users how to get access to SIMnet. This section allows users to buy codes online, register using a code purchased previously, or temporarily register using courtesy access as best fits the needs of the new user.

TheHelp & Supportsection brings the links included in theSupportarea below the main window and makes them more accessible to all users. This section helps new and returning users determine if their computer meets SIMnet requirements with theSystem Requirementslink. TheTechnical Supportoption links SIMnet users with support personnel while theSIMnet Instant Helpoption allows users to search through an array of SIMnet topics.

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.

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

To control the eCommerce options available to your students, go toAdministrative Settings, clickeCommerceand then add or remove products as appropriate. The products available for eCommerce are controlled by theProductssettings.

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.

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 Settingsand clickDetails.

Skill Set Navigation allows students to move directly from one interactivity to the next in SIMbooks, Lessons and SIMpaths. Once the student has opened a new Show Me, Guide Me, or Let Me Try interactivity in a SIMbook, Lesson, or SIMpath, the Skill Set Navigation feature will be displayed in the upper right corner of the window.

Students can move directly from one interactivity to the next without returning to the previous window. Selecting the Show Me, Guide Me, or Let Me Try link will bring the student to that location. Upon completing the Show Me, Guide Me, or Let Me Try, the new interactivity will be displayed with a check mark.

The Left and Right arrows next to the Show Me, Guide Me, and Let Me Try links move the student forward or backward in the assignment. The student can complete the assignment directly from this window.

Skill Set Navigation is available by default. To turn off Skill Set Navigation edit the assignment preferences either from the assignment itself or from the Organizer. Uncheck theEnable skill set navigationcheck mark to disable the feature.

Time On Task Report

You can now access data on the cumulative time students have spent on task categories. This information gives instructors a simple snapshot of how much time the student has spent in SIMnet.

This information can be cumulative for all courses that a student has taken in SIMnet or it can be divided by Course and by Group within a course.

There are multiple ways to view the Time on Task data.

• On the Left Navigation, selectStudents. Locate the desired student and, in the actions menu, selectSnapshot,Print Snapshot,Edit/AssignorStudent Report. Select theTime on Tasktab to view the report.

• On the Left Navigation selectReports. Either select a previously createdStudent Overviewreport type from theFilter by Report Typedrop-down menu or selectCreatefrom the Left Navigation and create a new Student Overview report.

You can export this data from the Student Overview Report to Excel. View the Student Overview Report and, in theActionsdrop-down menu, selectExport Time On Task.

Note: Time spent on Projects and Resources calculates the time spent between downloading the project and uploading the completed file. This data is an accurate accounting of time spent by students who complete their project or resource in a single sitting. However it will show a large total number if the student completes their project or resource over multiple days which is less likely to accurately reflect time actually spent working on the file.

Create Lessons or Exams from Project Student Learning Objective

Instructors can now create new Lessons, Lesson Templates, Exams, Exam Templates, Practice Exams, and Practice Exam Templates directly from individual projects. Content created using this method contains all of the required skills to complete the project and only that material.

To create content from the Student Learning Objectives within a particular project, navigate to the desired project in theProjectssection on the Left Navigation. In theActionsmenu, select the desired option from the drop-down menu.

Once you have selected the desired content, you will be prompted to save the content under a unique name. After saving the content you can review the content to add or remove individual Student Learning Objectives before assigning the content to courses or individual students.

This feature is available with all projects that havestudent learning objectives identification.

Instructors can now view the learning objective associated with each scored step in a student’s submitted project. Each scored step will show the student learning object above the step. For example, the following project shows that each scored portion of step 4 in project 1.1 comes from learning object 1.02.

The learning objectives can be viewed from a student’s project submission by selecting the desired student and viewing their submission through the student report or by selecting the desired project and selecting the desired student.

Instructors can view how a student fared on each learning objective within a project by selecting theObjectives Reportlink to view the Student Objectives report. The report lists each Student Learning Objective in the project and scores the student on each objective.

Projects from the Skills Approach series show the Skills Approach learning objects, marked SA. Projects from the In Practice series show the In Practice learning objects, marked IP. Capstones and Integrated projects show both In Practice and Skills Approach learning objects. Capstone projects also can display MOS certification learning objects. To switch between objectives, select theSet of Objectivesdrop-down menu and select the desired learning objects to display.

Instructors may elect to turn off the SLO view by clicking theSet of Objectivesdrop-down menu and selectDo Not Display.

Due to an unexpected issue relating to a new feature release, SIMnet was unavailable on Wednesday May 30th from 5:45 AM to 6:30 AM Central time. Also, some students may have received an error message when loading Lessons or SIMbooks until 7:15 AM Central.

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).

Sincerely, SIMnet Product Team

SIMnet will be unavailable on Friday, July 20, 2018 from 11:45PM – July 21, 2018, 8AM Eastern time. Rackspace, SIMnet’s hosting provider, is migrating customers to a new datacenter that opened in 2014. Our current datacenter was opened in 2006 and is scheduled to fully close later this year.

Sincerely,

McGraw-Hill Product Team

Instructors can now directly download Online Learning Center (OLC) files from the Course Manager without needing to view the SIMbook via SIMstudent.

To download OLC content directly from the Course Manager, open the desired SIMbook by selectingSIMbookson the left navigation and selecting the desired SIMbook. Click theActionsdrop-down menu for the desired SIMbook chapter and selectDownload OLC Content.

You may select individual content types like the Instructor Manual or Let Me Try Data Files or all OLC content by checking the desired box or theSelect Allbox. Once you have selected the desired content, click theDownload Selected Filesbutton.

Instructors can select between downloading the files Nested or Flat. Nested files will have sub-folders for each content type. Flat downloads will have files in a single folder. When you have selected the type of files you would like to download, click theDownload OLC filesbutton.

Access

Microsoft Office 365 released an update with changes to Importing files into Access. The following projects have updated instructions based on the changes:

Access 2016 In Practice – Ch 1 Guided Project 1-2

Original text: 6 a. Click the Excel button [ External Data tab, Import & Link group] to launch the Get External Data – Excel Spreadsheet dialog box.

Updated text: 6a. Click the New Data Source button [ External Data tab, Import & Link group] select From File and then select Excel to launch the Get External Data – Excel Spreadsheet dialog box.

Access 2016 In Practice – Ch 8 Guided Project 8-1

Original text: 5a. Click the Excel button [ External Data tab, Import & Link group]. The Get External Data – Excel Spreadsheet dialog box launches.

Updated text: 5.a. Click the New Data Source button [ External Data tab, Import & Link group] select From File and then select Excel to launch the Get External Data – Excel Spreadsheet dialog box.

Original text: 8. a. Click the Text File button [ External Data tab, Import & Link group]. The Get External Data – Text File dialog box launches.

Updated text: 8.a. Click the New Data Source button [ External Data tab, Import & Link group] select From File and then select Text File to launch the Get External Data – Text File dialog box.

Access 2016 In Practice – Ch 8 Independent Project 8-4

Original text: 4.a. Click the XML File button to import a file.

Updated text: 4.a. Click the New Data Source button [ External Data tab, Import & Link group] select From File and then select XML File to launch the Get External Data – XML File dialog box.

Original text: 7.a. Click the XML File button to import a file.

Updated text: 7.a. Click the New Data Source button [ External Data tab, Import & Link group] select From File and then select XML File to launch the Get External Data – XML File dialog box.

Access 2016 In Practice – Ch 8 Independent Project 8-6

Original text: 5.a. Click the Text File button to import a file.

Updated text: 5.a. Click the New Data Source button [ External Data tab, Import & Link group] select From File and then select Text File to launch the Get External Data – Text File dialog box.

Access 2016 Skills Approach – Ch 4 Skill Review 4.2

*Original Text:*12 a. On the External Data tab, in the Import & Link group, click the Text File button.

*Updated Text:*12a. (Alternate image) On the External Data tab, in the Import & Link group, click the New Data Source button, point to From File and select Text File.

Excel

Excel 2016 In Practice – Ch 2 Guided Project 2-3 – The instruction text for step 6a is corrected.

Original text: Click cell B13. The beginning balance is the total cost of the loan.

Corrected text: Click cell B13. The beginning balance is the loan amount.

Excel 2016 In Practice – Ch 4 Guided Project 4-3 – Alternate instructions have been added to the instructions for using the Advanced Filter option.

[ Alt Icon ] In some versions of Office, the above instructions to create an Advanced Filter may not work. If you experience this issue, complete instructions 6. a-e as listed below, then continue with instruction 6.f-l above.

1. Create an Advanced Filter.

2. Click the Criteria sheet tab.

3. Type >Dec 2016 in cell A3 to find records after 2016.

4. Type mri in cell B3.

5. Type >Dec 2014 in cell A4 to find records after 2014.

6. Type ct scan in cell B4. This criteria will find records dated 2017 or later for MRIs and records for CT scans after 2014.

Excel 2016 In Practice – Ch 6 Independent Project 6-5 – An alternate answer string for the Comma style with zero decimals is added to the grading.

PowerPoint

PowerPoint 2016 Capstone – Level 3 Creating a Company’s Presentation – Due to a recent update for the Mac version, the Retrospect theme is no longer available with variants. The project has been updated to use the Badge theme.

When you are copying a class you can now shift each individual learning object by a specified number of days instead of updating each assignment type by a single specific date. This feature allows you to copy a class using the same schedule and order of assignments.

To shift the dates in a copied class, selectManagein the left-hand navigation. Locate the class to be copied and in theActionsmenu selectCopy to Class.

In theSchedulingsection, deselect theEnable Schedule by Datescheck box and select theShift Schedule by Number of Daysbox. Select the number of days to shift the course by in theNumber of days to update dates for learning objectsbox. You shift the dates of the copied course forward or backward by 730 days, equivalent to 2 years.

Bulk Updates to Assignment Grades

Instructors can now update all grades within a class for a single assignment at once. Instructors canAddas many points as they like, with or without a point cutoff. Instructors canSubtractas points up to a zero result. Instructors can change grades to beSet toa specified amount. All selected grades can automatically be set toMaxorZeropoints as well.

In addition, all grades that have had changes applied to them can beResetto unlock the grades or reset all grades to adash. These two options will not automatically apply to all selected students but only students who meet the criteria of having a grade changed and locked or having an automatic process reset the grades from dash to zero. Resetting the dash back to a zero is especially useful if an instructor needs to change the due date of an assignment that has already passed its original due date.

To apply bulk updates, select theGradebookfrom the left navigation and select the desired class. From the loaded gradebook select the desired column and click theView Detailsbutton on the right pane.

Once the button is selected each of the students in the class will be listed vertically.

Select the desired students individually, or all students in the class by clicking theNamecheckbox. Once names are selected, theAdjust Selected Gradesbutton will become available to select.

Click theAdjust Selected Gradesbutton to bring up theAdjustmentwindow.

Select the desired change and clickApply.

Once you selectApplya message will ask you to confirm adjustment and then inform you as to how many of the selected grades will be changed. All grades will be changed except for the last two selections which are context dependent.

Calculated Columns

Selecting the columns involved in a column calculation has been improved. You can now select columns from a list and more easily see which ones have been added.

To view which columns are involved in a calculation, from the gradebook, click theGradebook Actions & Settingsbutton to view theColumnsin the gradebook. Select a calculated column or click theCreatebutton and selectCalculated.

To view the new options click theView/Editbutton in the lower right corner of theEdit Columnssection.

Update: As of February 1, 2018, this issue has been fully resolved.

On January 18, 2018, Microsoft began rolling out the latest update for Mac Office 365 subscribers. This update may take as long as a week before it’s fully available to all subscribers.

Unfortunately, with this update, Mac Word no longer includes information in the document to differentiate which platform (Mac or Windows) was used to edit it. This causes a grading issue for a subset of graded Word Projects for Office 2013 and 2016 because SIMnet does not know which grading instructions to use (Mac or Windows).

The SIMnet Projects team is hard at work developing a solution to differentiate between Mac and Windows for these graded projects. We are targeting February 9 as the release date for the resolution of this issue.

Until the fix is available, all projects submitted with the latest version of Mac Word will have theApplication Usedlisted as Microsoft Windows Word instead of Microsoft Macintosh Word. Furthermore, students using Mac Word may not receive appropriate credit on some instructions in the affected projects.

The following projects may experience inconsistent grading when submitted with the latest version of Mac Word:

2016 Projects: Word 2016 Skills Approach – Ch 3 Skill Review 3.2 Word 2016 Skills Approach – Ch 3 Challenge Yourself 3.4 Word 2016 Skills Approach – Ch 3 Challenge Yourself 3.4 ALT Word 2016 Skills Approach – Ch 3 Fix It 3.6 Word 2016 Skills Approach – Ch 5 Skill Review 5.1 Word 2016 Skills Approach – Ch 5 Challenge Yourself 5.3 Word 2016 Skills Approach – Ch 5 Challenge Yourself 5.3 ALT Word 2016 Skills Approach – Ch 5 Fix it 5.6 Word 2016 Skills Approach – Ch 7 Skill Review 7.1 Word 2016 Skills Approach – Ch 7 Challenge Yourself 7.4 Word 2016 Skills Approach – Ch 9 Skill Review 9.1 Word 2016 Skills Approach – Ch 9 Challenge Yourself 9.4 Word 2016 In Practice – Ch 2 Guided Project 2-1 Word 2016 In Practice – Ch 2 Independent Project 2-4 Word 2016 In Practice – Ch 3 Guided Project 3-1 Word 2016 In Practice – Ch 3 Independent Project 3-5 Word 2016 In Practice – Ch 3 Independent Project 3-5 ALT Word 2016 In Practice – Ch 3 Independent Project 3-6 Word 2016 In Practice – Ch 5 Guided Project 5-3 Word 2016 In Practice – Ch 8 Independent Project 8-4 Word 2016 In Practice – Ch 9 Independent Project 9-4 Word 2016 In Practice – Ch 10 Independent Project 10-4 Word 2016 In Practice – Ch 10 Independent Project 10-6 Word 2016 Project Learn – Ch 2 Review Project 2.3 Word 2016 Capstone – Level 1 Formatting a Document Word 2016 Capstone – Level 2 Writing a Research Paper Word 2016 Capstone – Level 3 Writing a Research Paper

2013 Projects Word 2013 Skills Approach – Ch 3 Skill Review 3.1 Word 2013 Skills Approach – Ch 3 Challenge Yourself 3.4 Word 2013 Skills Approach – Ch 5 Fix it 5.6 Word 2013 Skills Approach – Ch 7 Challenge Yourself 7.3 Word 2013 Skills Approach – Ch 9 Skill Review 9.1 Word 2013 Skills Approach – Ch 9 Challenge Yourself 9.4 Word 2013 In Practice – Ch 2 Independent Project 2-4 Word 2013 In Practice – Ch 3 Improve It Project 3-7 Word 2013 In Practice – Ch 8 Guided Project 8-1 Word 2013 In Practice – Ch 8 Independent Project 8-4 Word 2013 In Practice – Ch 9 Independent Project 9-4 Word 2013 In Practice – Ch 10 Independent Project 10-4 Word 2013 In Practice – Ch 10 Independent Project 10-6 O’Leary Word 2013 – Lab 2-1 Creating a Handout O’Leary Word 2013 – Lab 2-2 Dog Park Rules O’Leary Word 2013 – Lab 3-1 Improving a Report Word 2013 Capstone – Level 1 Formatting a Document Word 2013 Capstone – Level 2 Writing a Research Paper Word 2013 Capstone – Level 3 Writing a Research Paper

Sincerely, SIMnet Product Team

SIMnet has been updated to reflect Microsoft’s January 9 Office 365 Semi-Annual channel update. For more information on the update,visit our previous blog post.

Microsoft updated the following features slightly with updated color or style names. Where appropriate, SIMbook learning content, simulated exam question hints, and autograded Project instructions been updated to reflect the new names.

• SmartArt colors

• WordArt names

In general, SIMnet’s Office simulation was updated to match the following changes to the Office interface. Where appropriate, SIMbook learning content, simulated exam question hints, and autograded Project instructions were updated as well.

• Insert tab, Illustrations group > Icons button (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• References tab, Research group (new group) (Word)

• View tab, Page Movement group(new group) (Word)

• Spelling task pane >Ignorebutton changed toIgnore Once(Word)

• Grammar task pane >Ignorebutton changed toIgnore Once(Word)

• Insert tab, Charts group > Maps button (Excel)

• Data tab, Get & Transform Data group (new group) (Excel)

• Data tab, Queries & Connections group (new group) (Excel)

• Home tab, Font group > Text Highlighting button (PowerPoint)

• Insert tab, Links group > Summary Zoom button (PowerPoint)

The following feature updates have been made to SIMbook learning materials (including Show Me, Guide Me, and Let Me Try exercises), simulated exam questions, and autograded Projects.

Feature Change: New Help Task Pane

SIMbook Page

• Overview 2016 In Practice – Guided Project Intro-2

• Overview 2016 A Skills Approach – Skill 1.7 Using Help

Project Assignment

• No Changes Required

Feature Change: Smart LookUp Moved toReferencesTab

SIMbook Page

• Overview 2016 A Skills Approach – Skill 1.8 Using Smart Lookup

• Word 2016 In Practice, Chapter 1 – 1-7 Using Smart Lookup and Proofreading Tools

• Word 2016 In Practice, Chapter 1 – Pause & Practice: Word 1-3

• Word 2016 In Practice, Chapter 1 – Guided Project 1-1

• Word 2016 In Practice, Chapter 1 – Independent Project 1-4

• Word 2016 In Practice, Chapter 1 – Independent Project 1-6

Project Assignment

• Word 2016 In Practice, Chapter 1 – Independent Project 1-4

Feature Change: Hyperlinks changed to Links

SIMbook Page

• Word 2016 In Practice, Chapter 2 – 2-9 Using Borders, Shading, and Hyperlinks

• Word 2016 In Practice, Chapter 2 – Pause & Practice: Word 2-4

• Word 2016 In Practice, Chapter 2 – Guided Project 2-3

• Word 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 3 – Skill 3.13 Inserting Hyperlinks

• Word 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 3 – Skill Review 3.2

• Excel 2016 In Practice, Chapter 5 – 5-7 Inserting Hyperlinks in a Worksheet

• Excel 2016 In Practice, Chapter 5 – Chapter Summary 5-7

• Excel 2016 In Practice, Chapter 5 – Pause & Practice: Excel 5-3

• Excel 2016 In Practice, Chapter 5 – Guided Project 5-1

• Excel 2016 In Practice, Chapter 5 – Guided Project 5-2

• Excel 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 9 – Skill 9.11 Inserting Hyperlinks

• PowerPoint 2016 In Practice, Chapter 5 – 5.2 Adding Hyperlinks and Action Buttons

• PowerPoint 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 5 – Skill 4.5 Adding Hyperlinks to Slides

• PowerPoint 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 5 – Skill Review 4.1

• PowerPoint 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 5 – Skill 5.5 Adding Hyperlinks to a Web Site

• PowerPoint 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 5 – Skill Review 5.2

• PowerPoint 2016 ProjectLearn, Chapter 3 – Objective 3 Apply Hyperlinks

Project Assignment

• Excel 2016 Skills Approach, Chapter 9 – Skill Review 9.2

Feature Change: Modified Online Pictures

SIMbook Page

• Word 2016 In Practice, Chapter 4 – 4.5 Working with Graphics

• Word 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 4 – Skill 4.3 Inserting Online Pictures

• Word 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 4 – Concept Review question #8

• Word 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 4 – Skill Review 4.1

• Word 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 4 – Skill Review 4.2

• Word 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 4 – Challenge Yourself 4.3

• Word 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 4 – On Your Own 4.5

• PowerPoint 2016 In Practice, Chapter 2- 2.3 How To: Search for and Insert a Picture or Illustration

• PowerPoint 2016 In Practice, Chapter 2 – Pause & Practice: PowerPoint 2-1

• PowerPoint 2016 In Practice, Chapter 2 – Chapter Summary 2.3

• PowerPoint 2016 In Practice, Chapter 2 – Guided Project 2-2

• PowerPoint 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 2 – Skill 2.14 Adding Online Pictures

• PowerPoint 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 2 – Skill Review 2.2

Project Assignment

• No Changes Required

Feature Change: Change Picture Command New Dialog

SIMbook Page

• Word 2016 In Practice, Chapter 7 – 7-4 Working with Pictures

• Word 2016 A Skills Approach, Chapter 8 – Skill 8.17 Changing Pictures

• PowerPoint 2016 In Practice, Chapter 4 – 4-5 How To: Change a Picture

• PowerPoint 2016 In Practice, Chapter 4 – Independent Project 4-5

Project Assignment

• No Changes Required

Feature Change: Import Wizards Removed; New Process to Import Data into Excel

SIMbook Page

• Excel 2016 In Practice, Chapter 4 – SLO 4-6 Importing Data

• Excel 2016 In Practice, Chapter 4 – Chapter Summary 4-6

• Excel 2016 In Practice, Chapter 4 – Pause & Practice: Excel 4-3

• Excel 2016 In Practice, Chapter 4 – Guided Project 4-1

• Excel 2016 In Practice, Chapter 4 – Guided Project 4-2

• Excel 2016 In Practice, Chapter 4 – Guided Project 4-3

• Excel 2016 In Practice, Chapter 4 – Independent Project 4-4

• Excel 2016 Skills Approach, Chapter 9 – Skill 9.1 Importing Data from Access

• Excel 2016 Skills Approach, Chapter 9 – Skill 9.2 Importing Data from a Text File

• Excel 2016 Skills Approach, Chapter 9 – Skill Review 9.1

• Excel 2016 Skills Approach, Chapter 9 – Skill Review 9.2

Project Assignment

• Excel 2016 In Practice, Chapter 4 – Guided Project 4-3

• Excel 2016 Skills Approach, Chapter 9 – Skill Review 9.2

Schools based in the U.S. have the ability to control the ecommerce products students are allowed to purchase directly from the SIMnet homepage or the SIMnet Student Profile. SIMnet Administrators can control the availability of direct ecommerce products by visiting the Administrative Settings –> eCommerce page within the Course Manager.

SIMnet now supports the ability for Administrators and Full Instructors to limit the availability of ecommerce products based on content required for their course. Follow these steps to limit the direct ecommerce offers in your course:

• Login to the Course Manager

• Click Classes, Manage

• Find your class, click Edit/Assign from the Actions Menu

• Click the eCommerce button at the top of the page

• To limit the list of products, place one or more check marks next to each product you would like available to your course. If the product required for your course isn’t listed please contact the SIMnet Administrator.

• Click Save.

Note, the direct ecommerce feature is only available for schools located in the US.

Update, January 11: The release of SIMnet materials for the Office 365 Semi-Annual update will occur next week.

Today, Microsoft Office 365 subscribers received the first Semi-Annual update for Office 365. The Semi-Annual change updates all Office 365 subscribers who had not previously updated their systems.

What is Microsoft Office 365

Office 365 is a subscription service from Microsoft that gives you the most up-to-date versions of the Office applications. Office 365 is not limited to the free Office Online apps. You use your Office 365 subscription to download and install the full versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and, depending on your subscription, Access. There are Office 365 plans available for home and personal use as well as school and business. Depending on the type of Office 365 subscription you have, you will receive feature updates monthly or twice a year.

Microsoft also sells Office 2016 as a one-time purchase that allows you to install Office on a single computer. If you purchase Office 2016 this way, you will not receive feature updates.

If you are unsure which version of Office you have, open any Office file (or create a new blank file). Click the File tab to open Backstage view. Click Account or Help from the list at the left of the screen. Your Office installation information will be listed on the next screen.Refer to Microsoft formore information.

What Features have been updated?

The updates to Microsoft Office 365 include:

Triad will be updating the relevant SIMnet content on Friday, January 12th. The two day interval allows us to review the Microsoft Office update to ensure that stated changes have successfully been incorporated for all Office 365 users. When SIMnet users come across a SIMbook page that contains content from the Office 365 update, the following icon will be displayed at the top of the page:

This icon indicates that there are changes to the content of the SIMbook page and to the affiliated interactive parts on that page including the Show Me, Guide Me, and Let Me Try questions. SIMpath and Exam questions that cover this content are updated as well.

For users who are using the non-Office 365 version of Microsoft Office 2016, Project instructions will contain alternate instructions that those users should follow. Each step that has an alternate instruction contains the following logo and the alternate instruction directly below the primary instruction.

Further Reading

To read more about the Semi-Annual and other update channels, refer to Microsoft formore information. For SIMnet users, we recommend using the Semi-Annual update channel.