If the McGraw-Hill textbook you are using for your course is available in eBook format, the eBook feature will be available to you in your Connect course. The eBook feature will also be available to your students if they have Connect Plus access. If the book you are using is published by McGraw-Hill HSSL (Humanities, Social Sciences, and Languages), SEM (Science, Engineering, and Math), or Career then please follow this section for help on the eBook.

Overview

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You begin at the Table of Contents which lists all of the chapters contained within the eBook.

Navigation Bar

The navigation bar makes it easy to move through and search the book. The navigation bar controls are explained below.

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Content View Menu

The content of the book can be viewed as a reading, videos only, images only and exercises. Clicking a content tab button will change the view.
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Click a button to change the view.

Notebook

The my notebook icon will open a personal notebook which stores highlighted text, stick notes, bookmarks. See the section My Notebook for details on using the notebook.

Reading View

The initial reading view is the Table of Contents.
You can click the blue arrow next to a chapter to reveal the contents inside. This makes it easier to jump to a specific section of the book.
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Click the section title or name to jump directly to that part of the eBook.

Assigning eBook Items

To assign an item of the eBook:

1. Check the box in the row of each item you want to assign.
2. Click assign checked items.
3. You will be presented with the assign to students screen.
4. Select the course section(s) and session to add this assignment to.
5. Optionally set the dates when you want this assignment to be available for.
6. Click assign.

You’re returned to the Table of Contents of the eBook. The item(s) you assigned will now have the assigned icon next to them.

Highlighting Text

You can use the highlighter tool in the top navigation bar to highlight specific text and share it with your students.
To highlight text within the eBook:

1. Select the text you want to highlight by clicking and dragging your mouse cursor over the selected text you want to highlight.
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2. Click the Highlighter tool and select the color you want to use for your highlighter
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3. Click add highlight.
4. The text you had selected is now highlighted in the color you selected.
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Alternatively you can select text in the eBook and press the H key to create a highlight as well.
To hide all highlights, select hide highlight from the Highlighter tool menu.
All highlighted text references are stored in my notebook. See Using My Notebook for more information.

Adding Notes

You can add “sticky” style notes to eBook pages for you or your students to reference.
To add a note:

1. Navigate to the page you want to add the note to.
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2. Click the Notes tool and select the color for your note.
3. Click add note.
4. The note appears in the eBook page.
5. Click the sample text inside of the note to add your own text. Click save when you’re done.
6. Click and drag the top edge of the note to position it where you want on the page.

Alternatively you can press the N key to add a note to the current page you’re viewing.
To hide all notes, select hide notes from the Notes tool menu.
To delete a note click the small trash can icon in the top right of the note.
All note references are stored in my notebook.

See Using My Notebook for more information.

Adding Bookmarks

You can add a bookmark to a specific section of your eBook for you or your students to reference. The bookmark tool allows you to add bookmarks as well as jump to specific bookmarks.
To add a bookmark:

1. Navigate to the page you want to bookmark
2. Click the bookmark tool and click add bookmark. Alternatively you can press the B key to create a bookmark.
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Jump to a bookmark:

1. Click the bookmark tool to open the bookmark menu.
2. Click the Jump to Bookmark menu and select the bookmark you want to go to.

Print eBook

You can print sections of the eBook to your printer for reading offline.
To print an eBook section:

1. Navigate to the section you want to print.
2. Click the print icon
3. A new window opens containing the eBook section.
4. Click the print button to print the section
5. Click close window when you are done printing to return to the eBook.

Video View

Clicking video in the content view menu will display all video references within the eBook organized by chapter. Note: Some eBooks may not contain video. Additionally, students who do not purchase Connect Plus will not have access to videos.
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Use the blue arrow or the navigation in the chapter bar to view additional or all chapter videos.

Play video

To play a video, simply click the video thumbnail.
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The video appears and begins to play.
You can see the related reading material in the eBook by clicking see related reading.
You can add the video to your notebook for referencing later by clicking add to my notebook.
An information note also appears explaining that you can assign this video to students. You need to click the see related reading link to locate the section of the book the video is located. Then use the Table of Contents view to assign that section to your students.

Images View

Clicking images in the content view menu will display all image references within the eBook organized by chapter.
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Use the blue arrow or the navigation in the chapter bar to view additional or all chapter images.

View Image

To view an image, simply click the thumbnail.
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The image and its caption appears as it would in the section it is located in the eBook.
You can see the related reading material in the eBook by clicking see related reading.
You can add the image to your notebook for referencing later by clicking add to my notebook.

Exercises View

Clicking exercises in the content view menu will display all exercises available within the eBook organized by chapter.
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Items with black assigned icon have been assigned to one more of your course sections.

Assign Exercises

If an assignment or its part of its content has not been assigned to any sections yet, check the box next to the exercise you want to assign.
Click assign checked items.
The Assign to Students page will open.
Select the section and session you want this assignment assigned to.
Click assign.

Preview Exercise

To preview an exercise, simply click the exercise name.
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From the preview screen you can:

• Answer and page through the exercise as a student would.
• Print the exercise question you are currently viewing.
• View the exercise polices by clicking policies.
• Edit the exercise to make it your own customized version. This customized version will appear in your section assignments list.
• Assign it by clicking the assign button. See the Assignments > Assignment Builder for more information.
• Return to the eBook by clicking return to ebook located above the exercise title.

My Notebook

Clicking my notebook in the content view menu will display all of your highlights, notes, bookmarks, videos and images you added to your notebook.
All items within the notebook are organized by eBook chapter.
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To jump to the specific item reference, simply click the item.

Share Notebook Items

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Print Notebook Items

Highlighted text and notes you’ve added can be printed from Connect.
Check the box next to the item(s) you want to print and click print checked items.

Delete Notebook Items

To delete notebook items, click the trash can icon next to the item you want to delete.
The item will be removed from your notebook as well as from the eBook section it was referenced.