Reading Time: 3 minutesMy favorite MindTap feature is the Progress App. Within the Progress app, you will find a gradebook with powerful data about engagement and class progress. Students can also view their learning profile. This shows where they stand at all times, both individually and compared to the class at large. The challenge I had previously was […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBailey Hull is a writer at Cengage. She’s passionate about equitable education, cozy soups and improv comedy. What is active learning? Broadly speaking, active learning strategies are activities that engage students in the learning process. Group work, peer review and interactive quizzes are some examples. These strategies are key because they can help increase […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe technology used to facilitate online learning can sometimes create a lot of extra work for instructors. When Professor Alex Mata started teaching Communication Studies classes online, she found herself spending more time uploading videos, setting up quizzes and linking assignments than creating engaging activities and nurturing student success. That was before she found the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBailey Hull is a writer at Cengage. She’s passionate about equitable education, cozy soups and improv comedy. Some college study tips suggest that students devote two hours of study for every hour of coursework. However, not every hour spent studying is created equal. Researchers have discovered that strictly re-reading course material isn’t the best […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteInstructor Tracy Zanolini’s Precalculus book wasn’t made to fit her corequisite course. The text’s content required students to have all prerequisites and skills mastered on the first day of class. However, this didn’t align with her students’ level of preparedness. Tracy needed customizable course materials for her class. And, her students needed to develop the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFlexible learning was the name of the game for Assistant Professor Karen Landay. Her students needed versatile textbook access to maintain a consistent course structure. On top of that, the book needed to allow them to fit school in around other obligations. So, Karen integrated her Cengage eTextbook into her campus Learning Management System (LMS). […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEfficient grading tools and easy-to-build assignments are essential for any professor—just ask Dr. Miren Ivankovic. He found himself spending too much time manually grading and creating assignments, and not enough time nurturing and engaging his students. That’s when he turned to MindTap. With the pre-made assignments and grading tools in MindTap, Dr. Ivankovic was able […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesJody Small is an Emmy Award-winning writer-producer who films stories about students and educators at community colleges and universities around the country Several years ago, The Hope Center for College, Community and Justice at Temple University in Philadelphia created an annual survey known as the #RealCollege Survey to check in on “basic needs security” […]
