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8 Ways to Prevent Students From Cheating With AI

Academic integrity has been a fundamental aspect of higher education for years, but with the rise of AI tools comes new barriers for instructors to maintain it. The temptation for students...

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Improving Support for Mac Users in Office 365

Melinda Doty is a full-time faculty member at East Carolina University. Sandy Keeter is a Professor in the Information Technology Department at Seminole State College in Florida. Over the years...

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MindTap Collections: An Introduction & Tips to Get Started

You might have heard of MindTap Collections. But what are they exactly, and how can you add them to your course? MindTap Collections are a set of all-inclusive digital resources for...

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File Management Skills for SAM Success

Sandy Keeter is a Professor in the Information Technology Department at Seminole State College in Florida. File management is an important skill for everyone to learn. To succeed in an...

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...

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Five Tips for Student Tech Support in Your Intro to Computing Course

By: Sandy Keeter, Professor in the Information Technology Department at Seminole State College Are you a traffic cop, directing and managing the flow of your students and class or do...

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SAM Projects: Academic Integrity Tips for Student Success

By: Sandy Keeter, Professor in the Information Technology Department, Seminole State College With SAM Projects, students apply their acquired MS Office skills to live-in-the-application projects that are automatically graded. SAM...