Create, import, enroll, edit, assign, and view reports for students.
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How to edit student information and assign classes to a student
You can edit a student's information and/or assign the student to a specific class by selecting the Edit/Assign option in the Actions Menu for the student account you want to change.
Click the Students section to navigate to the main page.
Expand the Actions Menu for the student account you want to edit and select Edit/Assign to navigate to the Student Details tab.
Click the Edit button to change any of the student's information. Click the Save button when you have finished editing the student details.
If you want to add or remove classes from the student's account, click the Assign Classes tab. A list of available classes appears on the left and a list of classes that have already been assigned appears on the right.
To add a class, click the class name in the Available Classes list and then click the Add button. To remove a class, click the class name in the Assigned Classes list and click the Remove button. SIMnet saves the class assignments automatically.
Success: You can assign multiple classes at once by clicking and dragging to select multiple classes. To select noncontiguous classes, press the Ctrl key and click each of the classes you want.
How to archive a student account
Archiving does not delete a student but removes them from the active roster of students. Archived students still have their accounts but are not assigned to any class or have access to class assignments. They no longer appear in the lists of active students found throughout the SIMnet Course Manager but may still log in to the student portal. Like other lists throughout SIMnet, you can sort the Archived Students list by clicking one of the headers (Student ID, Last Name, First Name) or filter the list.
Hint: Click the View Report button to view the Student Overview report of an archived student.
Click the Archive link in the Students section to archive a student.
Select Show My Classes to view classes assigned only to you, or Show All Classes to view all classes.
Click the student name in the Active Students list. You can select multiple students at once by holding down the Shift key and clicking (to select a block of contiguous names) or holding down the Ctrl key and clicking (to select noncontiguous names).
Click the Add button to add the student(s) to the Archived Students list.
To move a student back to the Active Students list, click the student(s) in the Archived Students list, and then click the Remove button.
Search for student accounts and view options in the Actions Menu
Click the Search link in the Students section to search for a student account. The Search for Students section displays a list of students in all classes. To show students in a specific class, click the Class drop-down list and select the class in which you want to search. You can scroll the list or type in one of the heading boxes to search by Pairing, Student Type, Last Name/First Name, Student ID, User Name, or Email Address.
Note: The Missing Modules column may take up to 30-seconds to complete loading, depending on class size.
To see a list of actions for each student, expand the corresponding Actions Menu in the Actions column.
Select Snapshot to navigate to the Student Details tab. Here, you can find the student's personal and contact information as well as their username. The Snapshot also shows a read-only version of the classes and assignments assigned to the student on the Assigned Classes and Assignments tabs as well as the licenses in their account, the time they've spent on tasks, and any credentials they have earned.
Select Print Snapshot to print the student's Snapshot.
Select Remove MHC Pairing to break the students pairing to the Learning Management System. You may need to break a student pairing if the student has paired to the wrong SIMnet account.
Note: Students who are not paired to MH Campus will not have their grades automatically sent to the Learning Management System.
Delete Student allows you to remove the student record. However, if the student has entered a registration code, this option is not available and the student cannot be deleted. If you're unable to delete a student, you may want to archive them instead.
How to import students and classes
The Import feature allows you to create one or more classes, and import new or existing students and instructors into each class simultaneously.
Click the Import link in the Students section to import students.
If you would like to use automatically generated passwords for your students, click the Download Sample .csv button to download a sample file that demonstrates the appropriate format. If you are supplying your own passwords manually, click the Download Sample with Passwords .csv button to download a sample file that demonstrates the appropriate format.
Create and save a file (.csv or .txt format only) with the information for the students you wish to import. The file should show student information as follows: Class Title, Section Title, Role, Student ID, Last Name, First Name, User Name, Email, Registration Code (optional). The available roles are Student, Administrator, Full Instructor, Limited Instructor, Assistant, or Inactive Instructor.
By selecting a class from the Copy from existing class: menu, you can copy all assignments and custom gradebook columns to the new class. However, copying from an existing class does not copy student enrollments.
If you want to import the classes into a specific campus, expand the Import classes into campus menu and select a campus.
Click the Auto Register Students with Pre-loaded codes checkbox to automatically assign Full Student codes to each student in the import file. If the number of students imported is greater than the number of pre-loaded codes available, an error will occur, and the importation will end after the last code is used. This option is only available if your school’s account is configured to allow auto-registration.
Note: This option is only available to schools with an active Inclusive Access agreement in place.
Click the Remove previous enrollments radio button if you would like to remove any existing class enrollments for the user. Click the Do not remove previous enrollments radio button to keep existing enrollments for the student.
Expand the If Importing with single application registration codes... menu only if you are importing a student with a single application registration code to select an application. Any student assigned a full registration code is automatically given access to all applications.
If you are using automatically generated secure passwords for your users, ensure that the Passwords: Generated radio button is selected. If you are supplying your own manually created passwords, select the Passwords: Imported radio button.
Note: Manually created passwords are required to meet a minimum complexity and may not be repeated within the same imported file.
Click the Choose File button to select the import file you created. You can import .txt or .csv files only.
Click the Import button. New students will receive an email with their login information.
Note: When the import is complete, the Status section will appear at the bottom of the page and display the total number of imports, if they were successful, as well as any errors.
Select the Show Missing Licenses Column button to view students who may not have a SIMnet license that covers all course assignments. Click details on a student record to view more information on which modules are missing from their license. View the help topic for more on this report.
Select Edit/Assign to navigate to the Student Details tab. See the for more information.
Select Student Report to view a report showing all of the student's assignment results, including student created self-study lessons. From this report, you can view result details and delete results. You can also change the grade of an individual item. You can print this report by clicking the Print Report button. View the help topic for more information.
Select Send Message to send a SIMnet message to the student. (Messaging must be allowed to see this option.) View the help topics for more information.
Select View History to view all student activity in SIMnet, including SIMnet login information and assignment activity. This option also allows you to export and/or print the student's activity data. View the help topic for more information.
Note: Students may contact the to have their SIMnet account deleted when they are finished with SIMnet. This is offered as a service to comply with "right to be forgotten" privacy regulations.
Select Archive Student if you want to hide the student from your roster and reports. See the section for more information.
How to create a student account and set the ADA Multiplier
Most accounts will either allow students to self-register, or they will import student rosters on a class-by-class basis. However, there may be times when you want to create a new student account manually.
Click the Create link in the Students section to create a new student account.
Fill in the student's personal and contact information in the first and second columns. In the third column, create a username for the student to use when they log in to their account. If you want SIMnet to generate a secure password for the student account, click the Generate button. The password will be included in the registration email sent to the student. If you want to enter in your own password, click the Create button and enter the password in the boxes that appear. If you do not include a registration code, the student will be prompted to enter one the first time they log in to the student portal.
Click the Next button to save the student record and add any class assignments.
The ADA Multiplier allows the instructor to assign more time to complete an exam for a particular student. The default setting for all students is 1, which represents the base time that the instructor has assigned to the exam.
If the ADA Multiplier is set to 1.5, then a 60 minute base time exam would be increased to 90 minutes for that student automatically. Therefore, ADA Multiplier setting of 2 will be 2x the base time assign to the exam.
To modify the ADA Multiplier setting, navigate to the Student section and select Edit/Assign from the Actions Menu for the student that you would like to apply the ADA Multiplier. Click Edit at the bottom of the Student Details section and enter the desired rate in the ADA Multiplier: box.
Viewing student reports on licensing, time on task, transaction history, and assignments.
A Transaction History report allows you to see a history of all student's actions in the student portal such as when they registered, the time they started and finished an exam, and date and time of logins.
Navigate to the Students section and search for the student who's transaction history you want to view.
Expand the Actions Menu for the student and select View History to open the Student History window.
Click the Export button to export the entire student's transaction history to an Excel workbook or, click the Print button to print the results. Click the Close button to close the window.
You can easily determine which product licenses are applied to a student's account by selecting either Edit/Assign or Snapshot from the Actions Menu. On the Licenses tab, you will find the student's licenses, books that appear in the student's library, and any missing license modules by class.
A Student Overview Report queries all of the results for a specific student. From this report, you can view result details and delete results. You can print this report by clicking the Print Report button.
To view a student overview report from the Actions menu, navigate to the Students section and expand the Actions Menu for the student who's report you'd like to view. Select Student Report and SIMnet will display an overview of all the student's assignments.
Click the Lessons, SIMbooks, Student Lessons, Exams, SIMpaths, Projects or Resources tab and select an assignment to display the student's results.
The Time on Task tab allows you to review the total time the student has spent on different assignment types.
The Credentials tab displays all credentials earned by the student.
Student extensions: Working with students who need an assignment extended.
Inevitably, at some point in the semester, a student will need an extension or have a scheduling issue. It is important to have flexibility within a system to account for issues as they arise. In SIMnet, Instructors can create Personal Assignments for students to account for scheduling problems, personal issues, or technology hiccups. Personal Assignments can be entirely new content but typically they are pre-existing course assignments that are reassigned to individual students with new Start and End Dates and some additional criteria at the instructor's discretion.
Personal assignments can be created directly from Course Assignments in the Student's Edit/Assign page. Search for the desired student in the Students section then select Edit/Assign from the drop-down action menu. Navigate to the Student Assignments tab. On the left side of the Student Assignments page are all assignments in courses that student is assigned to. Select the desired Class and Assignment Type. Select the desired course assignments in the left side and then click the Add button to add that assignment as a Personal Assignment for the student. Select the desired Assignment Preferences and click Save the same way that you would when assigning any other learning object. The Transfer student results to: box will automatically be set to the course in the Classes drop-down.
You can also assign other learning objects from this view by selecting the Not In Class View Assignments radio button. All assignments that have currently been created will be available in this view. If the chosen assignment in this view is assigned to the course it will still be set to Transfer student results to: the assigned course by default. Otherwise the assigment will not transfer to a course and the transfer will be None.
All currently assigned Personal Assignments will be displayed on the Right side of the view. You can edit them with using the Edit button to change the assignment settings.
Personal assignments are assigned as regular course assignments with one key difference - instead of using the Class Assignments tab to assign content, use the Student Assignments tab.
Select the desired student or students from the Available Students on the left and click the Add button. The Assignment Details window opens just as a typical assignment does. There is one additional option in the Personal Assignment Assignment Details window: the Gradebook Options section.
In the Gradebook Options section, any assignment that is in a course that the students are enrolled in will be displayed in the Transfer student results to drop down list. If that option is set to the students' current course, the Personal Assignment will be linked to the Course grade. The grade that the students receive for their personal assignments will automatically replace the students' grades for that assignment for the Course Assignment.
If the students do not have that assignment in their course the Transfer student results to option will be None. If you would like to assign a Personal Assignment to students without having the result transfer to the gradebook select None from the Transfer student results to drop-down menu.
Linked Personal Assignments, by default, have the same number of attempts that the Course Assignment has. If students have used all of their Course Attempts at an assignment before the creation of the Linked Personal Assignment, they will not be able to add new attempts. To add new attempts, change the number of allowed attempts in the Personal Assignment to the desired total.
If using a Personal Assignment is not an effective method there are other options available to instructors. Instructors can:
add additional attempts for all students in a course
move the End Date or Due Date for an assignment
provide additional attempts or time but also password protect the assignment to prevent additional student access
delete previous attempts from the gradebook or student report
manually change the student's grade in the gradebook
offer extra credit assignments for the course
When Personal Assignments automatically transfer to course assignments upon completion of specific steps based on assignment type.
Once the Personal Assignment has been assigned with Course Assignment attempts remaining, the student will be able to complete the assignment as they normally would. Once they have completed the assignment attempt, the attempt will automatically be transferred to the Course Assignment and to the gradebook and the Personal Assignment will no longer be available after all Course Assignment attempts have been submitted.
Lessons and SIMbook Course Assignments are not dependent upon attempts. They typically allow the student to access the assignment as many times as they would like. The student will get credit for anything that they complete at any time during the duration of the Course Assignment. The same is true of Personal Assignments for Lessons and SIMbooks.
Lesson and SIMbook Personal Assignments are transferred to the Course Assignment in one of two circumstances. First, the student completes all of the available skills in the assignment and gains all available points. Once this occurs the student will no longer be able to access their Personal Assignment and that assignment will be closed. The second time a Personal Assignment grade can transfer is once the Personal Assignment has reached its End Date.
If a Personal Assignment is linked to a Course Assignment after the student has completed tasks, and either the end date of the course assignment has passed, or all tasks have been completed, the personal assignment will immediately transfer to the course.
SIMpaths are effectively two Exam assignments in conjunction with a Lesson. As such, they are not transferred from the Personal Assignment to the Class assignment until the entire SIMpath has been completed. In some instances this will require students to duplicate part of the work they have previously completed in the Course Assignment. For example, if the student had completed their Pre-test and Lesson in the Course Assignment but did not attempt the Post-test the student would have to redo the Pre-test and Lesson on their Personal Assignment. The SIMpath grade(s) are transferred to the Course Assignment once the Personal Assignment SIMpath has been completed or the Personal Assignment End Date has passed.
All results related to the Course Assignment will be removed and replaced with results from the Personal Assignment upon transfer.
SIMpath Personal Assignments only allow 1 Post-Test attempt before the transfer to the Course Assignment. Any additional Post-Test attempts may be taken in the Course Assignment, if available.
Automatically extending all assignment timings.
The ADA multiplier provides students with additional time on all timed assignments automatically. The multiplier is typically set in units ranging from 1.5 to 3. For a student with an ADA multipler of 1.5, they will automatically get 90 minutes on a 60 minute assignment.
To set the ADA multiplier, in the Students section, find the desired studenta and click the Edit/Assign option in the Actions menu. In the Student Details page, click the Edit button. Set the ADA Multiplier settting to the desired value and click Save.
To view a list of a student's Personal Assignments, Search for Students until you find the desired student. Click the Actions menu drop-down and select Edit/Assign. Click the Student Assignments tab. On this tab all Personal Assignments for that student will be displayed.
Project and Exam assignments are all dependent on attempts. Each assignment type requires additional attempts remaining in the Course Assignment for the Personal Assignment to transfer. For example, if the Course Assignment has 2 attempts allowed and the student has taken both of those attempts, the student’s Personal Assignment attempt cannot be transferred to the Course Assignment grade in the gradebook. In the event that a student has used all of the available attempts at the Course Assignment, the instructor should add additional attempts when assigning the Personal Assignment. If the total number of attempts in the Personal Assignment is greater than the number of attempts in the Course Assignment, the additional Personal Assignment attempts will transfer to the course grade. For example if the Course Assignment had 2 attempts and the student completed them, and the Personal Assignment is set to 3 attempts, the student will be able to take 1 Personal Assignment attempt and automatically transfer that attempt to the course grade. Additional Personal Assignment attempts will not transfer. In the event that a student has used all of the available attempts at the Course Assignment and the additional attempts provided by the Personal Assignment, the instructor should either be Deleting Attempts from the Course Assignmentor add attempts to the Course Assignment like they do when they Edit/Assign Projects.
