As we receive comments and questions regarding Myomlab, I am reminded just how rich a teaching tool myomlab is. So here are some hints that you may find helpful.
Hint: You can create homework assignments using quiz mode, but the homework assignment defaults offer more student learning aids than the quiz option. The difference in problem presentation is that in homework, problems are presented in smaller chunks while in quiz/test they are unrolled and presented all at once. Additionally, if assignments set-up as homework the students can have more options in the help menu. Quiz has fewer options.
It may help to think of homework is a practice tool and not an assessment tool. For assessment use, assign graded homework as a quiz where you have more controls over how the assignment is presented and when students can view results. You may create ungraded practice homework and make those available to students, but not required. Then, if you would like to assign a grade for the practice homework, create a quiz covering the relevant learning objectives.
Hint: If you make an assignment so that it will give the correct answers after the due date, students who do not take the assignment cannot see the correct answers. The answers do not appear until after they attempt something.
Hint: The learning aids: text pages, guided solutions, and tutorial video tabs are all available to the student at faculty discretion as learning aids within myomlab. The guided solutions will walk a student through the same problem, but with different numbers. This helps them understand how to complete the problem, but does not disclose the answer to the exact problem they are working.
I think students will find all of the leaning aids helpful, but the guided solutions are wonderful!
Heather Kazakoff heather.kazakoff@pearson.com is the myomlab expert available to answer questions for current adopters. Prospective users should contact Anne Fahlgren, Anne.Fahlgren@pearson.com.
My teaching evaluations from my fall classes are are up again this year. I think it is because I am using myomlab. I should point out that one possibility is that since the myomlab exams are easier than mine, the students are less upset with me than in the past.
At any rate, as you know, I am very pleased with myomlab as are my students.
I just got the flexible 10th edition AND the activities manual. Wow. I’m more into organizational theory and behavior, and my research stream is Corporate social responsibility. I stay as far away from the quantitative stuff as I can but on a staff of 14, sometimes, ya gotta do what ya gotta do! After re-looking at your books, I think I might be able to tackle the class ‘more’ better. I didn’t like the Krajewski OMLab stuff, I need to see how this is different.
Dudes! aka Dr. Dudes!
How way cool was my trip through myomlab. Michelle smashed that up for me this AM and it is SO helpful. I’m in on this book. Thank you for all your work!