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Cheating in College Writing Assignments: A Look at New Trends

Audrey Wick is an English professor and Cengage Faculty Partner Writing matters. Throughout a student’s higher education career, written work will be assigned in a variety of disciplines. This may take...

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Getting Time Back with Auto-Grading in MindTap [SUCCESS STORY]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteProfessor Jamie Loggains and her students both needed their time back. She taught three to five classes on top of her other responsibilities. They were working adult students with their own...

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3 Ways to Boost Attendance Without an Attendance Policy

Dr. Ashley Hall is an adjunct instructor at Abilene Christian University While you can spend plenty of time crafting an engaging curriculum for your students, they’ll only be engaged if they...

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5 Ways to Help Students Overcome Technology Anxiety

Elyse Adler is an Assistant Professor of Information Technology Computers, tablets, smartphones… the average college student today has grown up with these tech tools; they used them in middle school and...

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MindTap Helped This Professor Care for Her Mother and Students [SUCCESS STORY]

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen adjunct professor Lori Aden found out that her mother had Alzheimer’s disease, she took on extra responsibilities to help pay for her care. But, this made it hard for her...

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6 Ways to Identify if Students Are Using Text Spinners to Plagiarize

Audrey Wick is an English professor and Cengage Faculty Partner Maintaining academic integrity in higher education is an ongoing challenge. Instructors must be vigilant when it comes to standards in their...

Managing Student Expectations Around SAM

Managing Student Expectations Around SAM and the Grading Engine

By Ralph Hooper, Austin Community College Many instructors adopt MindTap Collections or SAM because they believe it will make their lives easier. It provides handy features like automatic grading and sending...

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How to Discourage Distraction, Cheating and Non-Attendance in Online Courses

Ginger Abbot is an education writer, learning enthusiast and the Editor-in-Chief of Classrooms With online classes becoming the new normal, both students and educators need to make adjustments. While everyone may...

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