Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you’ve participated in a group or team of any sort, you recognize that each individual’s efforts either add to or detract from the group’s success. (You probably have some stories that testify to this experience as well) Though some positive and negative traits may be readily identifiable, those who are new to group work—or […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesAs the COVID-19 pandemic continues to force instructors into remote learning environments, instructors with past online teaching experience are at a clear advantage when it comes to engaging students, creating lessons and impacting outcomes. To help you make the most of your remote instruction, we asked veteran online educator and Director of the Center for […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstructor and Faculty Partner Wendiann Sethi partnered with the WebAssign team to develop new Precalculus and Calculus review material for Advanced Statistics. The new material will address readiness gaps in statistics students and provide beneficial student support for key topics. Keep reading to hear about Wendiann’s experience throughout this partnership and how these new problems […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesDo you struggle with engaging students in order to gain a conceptual understanding of statistics? Are you looking for tools tell help your students explore real data? We can help! Apply these WebAssign tips and tools to enhance your students’ success in statistics. Choose Questions that Align with Your Course Goals Not all questions achieve […]
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEver wonder what it would be like to use WebAssign for your classes? We’ve asked instructor and Faculty Partner Brien Dunn to document his semester to show you what it’s like to use WebAssign for the first time. Watch each episode below as Brien navigates his first semester in WebAssign. Episode Overview Week 1 Introduction: […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesYour physics students go on to build the connected world around us – from space flight to commercial planes, from artificial joints to machine tools. Yet, many students first approach physics with wild misconceptions and poor math skills – vulnerabilities that can lead to a lack of foundational understanding, or worse, academic dishonesty. With WebAssign, Cengage […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesStudent analytics is a great tool to have, but you need a goal to use it effectively. With Class Insights, you can evaluate student performance on questions and topics throughout the semester and use it in your course lectures and assignments. Let’s look at seven ways you can make the most of Class Insights to […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesJanet Mizrahi is a continuing lecturer of professional writing at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is also an author at BizCommBuzz. Because I taught business communication for nearly two decades, I’m always on the lookout for surveys that name the most-wanted skills employers look for in new grads. I’ve found that while […]
