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MyOMLab: Three New Features for Fall

myomlabJay and I have been working away for the past 6 months on three new features that you may want to incorporate into your use of MyOMLab this fall. We hope they add to the depth of choices you already have and you are able to make use of them.

1.  All new conceptual questions: Why is this important? Operations Management is both a quantitative and qualitative course. We have always had amazing resources for the quantitative aspects of the course in MyOMLab, and now we are beefing up our qualitative coverage. These questions are located right in the assignment manager, so instructors can assign them just like they would any other assignment, and they can integrate them into assignments with quantitative questions as well.

2.  New OM in the News section and assignments: This includes hand-picked articles from our blog that show how OM is used in the real world. A summary (300-400 words) of current articles from BusinessWeek, Forbes, Fortune, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal (along with hyperlinks) are provided for each chapter. There are 4 multiple choice questions that go along with the articles, and you can assign them from the assignment manager.

3.  All new video assignments: One of the hallmark features of our text has always been the videos we have created (35 of them, including the 5 brand new Orlando Magic series that just came out) to accompany the books. Now, you can assign the videos along with 4-5 multiple choice questions to test understanding right within MyOMLab.

In addition, we wanted to let you know that 92% of the End of Chapter material is now in MyOMLab: Our OM texts already had more problems and assignments than any other book on the market. Now, that choice is reflected in MyOMLab.

MyOMLab: What’s New in Summer, 2012

Good news for our MyOMLab users. Here are some nice updates that are effective on July 14th.

Blackboard Integration Blackboard users ware now be able to integrate their Blackboard course with any MyOMLab New Design course. This integration  allows for instructor and student single sign-on, inclusion of direct links to the MyOMLab course from within Blackboard content pages, and easy grade transfer. See www.pearsonhighered.com/blackboard.

Study Plan Enhanced Scoring This grades students on the number of sections or learning objectives they have mastered, rather than by the number of exercises they have worked correctly. It allows instructors to easily tie a grade to the Study Plan and quickly assess in which content areas students need more practice.

Study Plan Recommendations Page This new page provides students with a simplified, less overwhelming view of the Study Plan. Students will be shown the next five sections or learning objectives they should study, given easy access to practice problems, and provided with an automatically generated quiz that will allow them to prove their mastery of the material.

Quiz Me Automatically generated and customized by the instructor, Quiz Me allows students to prove their mastery of a section or learning objective directly from the Study Plan. This makes it easier for instructors to see in which content areas their students excel and with which ones they struggle. Instructors can choose how many questions make up each Quiz Me, the difficulty level of the questions included, and the score required for mastery.

Improved Study Plan Manager This new and improved feature gives instructors greater control over their students’ Study Plan experiences within a simplified framework. Instructors are able to customize the new Quiz Me feature, choose which course contents should be included in the Study Plan, specify which Study Plan contents should count towards their students’  scores, and more. A new overview page lets instructors to review their selections with ease.

Gradebook Alerts Gradebook alerts, accessible from the Gradebook, will allow instructors to view all students who have been inactive in their course for more than ten days, as well as each assignment that requires manual grading. Instructors can email students, grade assignments, and archive alerts directly from the alerts pages.