MCGRAW-HILL CONNECT MIS FEATURES Connect MIS offers a number of powerful tools and features to make managing assignments easier, so faculty can spend more time teaching. With Connect MIS, students can engage with their coursework anytime and anywhere, making the learning process more accessible and efficient. Connect MIS offers you the features described next.

Simple assignment management With Connect MIS, creating assignments is easier than ever, so you can spend more time teaching and less time managing. The assignment management function enables you to:

• Create and deliver assignments easily with selectable interactive exercises, scenario-based questions, and test bank items.
• Streamline lesson planning, student progress reporting, and assignment grading to make classroom management more efficient than ever.
• Go paperless with the eBook and online submission and grading of student assignments.

• Have assignments scored automatically, giving students immediate feedback on their work and side-by-side comparisons with correct answers.
• Access and review each response; manually change grades or leave comments for students to review.
• Reinforce classroom concepts with practice tests and instant quizzes.

Instructor library The Connect MIS Instructor Library is your repository for additional resources to improve student engagement in and out of class. You can select and use any asset that enhances your lecture. The Connect MIS Instructor Library includes:

• Instructor's Manual
• Classroom openers and exercises for each chapter
• Case discussion points and solutions
• Answers to all chapter questions and cases
• Video guides–discussion points, questions and answers
• PowerPoint Presentations with detailed lecture notes
• Animated step-by-step solutions to the Apply Your Knowledge problems, narrated by the author
• Instructor Course Guide–a topical organization of all the instructor content, material and resources available

Student study center The Connect MIS Student Study Center is the place for students to access additional data files, student versions of the PowerPoint slides and more.

Student progress tracking Connect MIS keeps instructors informed about how each student, section, and class is performing, allowing for more productive use of lecture and office hours. The progress tracking function enables you to:

• View scored work immediately and track individual or group performance with assignment and grade reports.
• Access an instant view of student or class performance relative to learning objectives.
• Collect data and generate reports required by many accreditation organizations, such as AACSB.

McGraw-Hill Connect Plus MIS McGraw-Hill reinvents the textbook learning experience for the modern student with Connect Plus MIS. A seamless integration of an eBook and Connect MIS, Connect Plus MIS provides all of the Connect MIS features plus the following:

• An integrated eBook, allowing for anytime, anywhere access to the textbook.
• A powerful search function to pinpoint and connect key concepts in a snap. In short, Connect MIS offers you and your students powerful tools and features that optimize your time and energies, enabling you to focus on course content, teaching, and student learning. Connect MIS also offers a wealth of content resources for both instructors and students. This state-of-the-art, thoroughly tested system supports you in preparing students for the world that awaits.

LearnSmart for MIS uses revolutionary adaptive technology to build a learning experience unique to each student's individual needs. It starts by identifying the topics a student knows and does not know. As the student progresses, LearnSmart adapts and adjusts the content based on his or her individual strengths, weaknesses and confidence, ensuring that every minute spent studying with LearnSmart is the most efficient and productive study time possible.

LearnSmart also takes into account that everyone will forget a certain amount of material. LearnSmart pinpoints areas that a student is most likely to forget and encourages periodic review to ensure that the knowledge is truly learned and retained. In this way, LearnSmart goes beyond simply getting students to memorize material – it helps them truly retain the material in their long term memory. Want proof? Students who use LearnSmart are 35% more likely to complete their class; 13% more likely to pass their class; and have been proven to improve their performance by a full letter grade.

For more information about Connect, go to www.mcgrawhillconnect.com, or contact your local McGraw-Hill sales representative.