Personalize Learning MyITLab for GO! creates learning experiences that are truly personalized and continuously adaptive. MyITLab reacts to how students are actually performing, offering data-driven guidance that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts-resulting in better performance in the course. A dynamic set of tools for gauging individual and class progress means educators can spend less time grading and more time teaching. Specific features include: Adaptive Learning : A way to enable personalized learning at scale. Not every student learns the same way and at the same rate. MyITLab with Adaptive Learning continuously assesses student performance and activity in real time, and, using data and analytics, personalizes content to reinforce concepts that target each student''s strengths and weaknesses. A powerful homework and test manager: MyITLablets you create, import, and manage online homework assignments, quizzes, and tests that are automatically graded. You can choose from a wide range of assignment options, including time limits, proctoring, and maximum number of attempts allowed.
The bottom line: MyITLab means less time grading and more time teaching. Comprehensive online course content: Filled with a wealth of content that is tightly integrated with your textbook, MyITLab lets you easily add, remove, or modify existing instructional material. You can also add your own course materials to suit the needs of your students or department. In short, MyITLab lets you teach exactly as you''d like. Robust gradebook tracking: The online gradebook automatically tracks your students'' results on tests, homework, and practice exercises and gives you control over managing results and calculating grades. The gradebook provides a number of flexible grading options, including exporting grades to a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel. And, it lets you measure and document your students'' learning outcomes. Easily scalable and shareable content: MyITLab enables you to manage multiple class sections, and lets other instructors copy your settings so a standardized syllabus can be maintained across your department.
Should you want to use the same MyITLab course next semester, with the same customized settings, you can copy your existing course exactly-and even share it with other faculty members. Note: You are purchasing the standalone text. MyITLab does not come automatically packaged with the text. To purchase MyITLab with this title, please contact your Pearson representative. MyITLab is not a self-paced technology and should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Engage Students with a Project-based Approach GO! ''s project-based approach clusters the learning objectives around the projects, rather than around software features. Overall, this approach teaches students to solve real problems as they practice and learn the features. Texts are organized by student learning outcomes and numbered objectives with two instructional projects per chapter, along with a wide variety of end-of-chapter projects where students apply what they have learned in outcome-based assessments, problem-solving, and critical thinking projects, most of which require students to create the project from scratch.
Students learn important concepts when they need to: the teachable moment approach, where, explanations are woven into the steps of the project. Each Project Opening Page clearly outlines Project Activities (what the student will do in this project), Project Files (what starting files are needed, and what they will be saved as), and Project Results (what their finished project will look like). Motivate Students with an Easy-to-Use Design Clear Instruction -- The steps of each project are written following Microsoft® Procedural Syntax, directing students first on where to go, then what to do when performing tasks. Clean Design -- The pages of the GO! textbook are clean and uncluttered, with lots of screenshots for visual learners. Sequential Pagination -- Pages in the GO! textbooks are numbered sequentially, like every other textbook the student is using, instead of using letters or abbreviations. Objectives -- Page references indicate where each objective is covered. Another Way -- This boxed feature provides students with alternative methods of completing tasks. These boxes are presented in the margin instead of right in line with the steps of the project to avoid confusion.
Color-Coded Steps -- To guide students through the projects, steps are color-coded by project. End-of-Project Icon -- Useful in self-paced or online environments, these icons give students a clearly identifiable end point for each project. Student Videos -- provide step-by-step visual walkthroughs of the A & B projects, along with GO! to Work videos and GO! For Success videos that apply the topics to the real-world. Coverage of New Office 2013 Features and Windows 8.1 ensure students are learning the skills they need to work in today''s job market. NEW! Design completely updated and revised to reflect the look of Windows 8.1 and Office 2013 while it enhances readability. NEW! Enhanced Chapter Openers include a more detailed introduction to the A&B instructional projects, and clearer chapter objectives and outcomes.
NEW! Application Introductions provide a brief overview of the application, and put the chapters in context. NEW! Application Capstone Projects (for each application)help ensure that students are ready to move on to the next application. In MyITLab these projects can be assigned as Grader Projects, where students submit the project for immediate grading and detailed feedback. NEW! GO! Learn it Online Section at the end of the chapter directs students to more learning opportunities like multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank activities. NEW! Updated and new styles for in-text boxed content -including Another Way, Notes, More Knowledge, Alerts, and new By Touch instructions-give students a clear view of additional resources and tips. NEW! Clearly indicated Built from Scratch projects - GO! has always had Built from Scratch projects, but for 2013, we added an icon to really call them out! NEW! Visual Summary focuses on the four key concepts to remember from each chapter. NEW! Review and Assessment Guide summarizes the end-of-chapter assessments for a quick overview of the different types/levels of assignments for each chapter. NEW! Skills and Procedures Summary chart at the end of each chapterfeatures handy shortcut key tips.
Teach the Course You Want in Less Time The GO! series'' one-of-a-kind instructional system provides you with everything you need to prepare for class, teach the material, and assess your students. Prepare Office 2010 to 2013 Transition Guide Syllabus Template -- Course calendar planner for 8-, 12-, and 16-week formats List of Chapter Outcomes and Objectives Assignment Sheet -- All possible assignments are listed per chapter Assignment Planning Guide -- Description of the GO! assignments with recommendations based on class size, delivery method, and student needs Student Data Files -- Examples of homework submissions to serve as samples for students Online Study Guide for Students -- Interactive objective-style questions based on chapter content NEW! MOS Map -- Guidance on how to use GO! to cover the MOS exam objectives and help students prepare for the exam. Teach The Annotated Instructors Edition includes the entire student text, spiral-bound and tabbed with details on the A & B instructions, teaching tips, and suggestions for the 3 different approaches for implementing the resources Enhanced Course: Textbook, Instructor''s Resource Site, and Student Companion Website Enriched Course: Textbook, Instructor''s Resource Site, and MyITLab Immersive Course: eBook, MyITLab, and Instructor''s Resource Site Scripted Lectures are provided to the instructor, which mirror the A & B projects in each chapter and can be used for in-class instruction. PowerPoint slides feature key points of each chapter. Audio PowerPoints are audio versions of the lecture slides. Student Videos accompany each A and B project to provide students with a visual walkthrough of the project by the author. Assess Assignment Tags are scoring checklists for each assignment, including the GO! Think projects. Prepared Exams are cumulative exams for each project, chapter, and application that are easy to score using the provided checklist and scorecards with point suggestions for each task.
Solution Files are available in the application and in PDF format. Rubrics and Scorecards provide guidelines for grading open-ended projects. Annotated Solution Files are designed to.