We understand that, in today’s teaching environment, offering a textbook alone is not sufficient to meet the needs of the many instructors who use our books. To teach effectively, instructors must have a full complement of supplemental resources to assist them in every facet of teaching from preparing for class, to conducting a lecture, to assessing students’ comprehension. Internet Literacy offers a fully integrated supplements package on the Web site, as described below.
Instructor’s Resource KitThe Instructor’s Resources, located on the textbook’s Online Learning Center/Web site, contains PowerPoint Presentation Slides, Solutions to the Crossword Puzzles, and Interactive Links.
The Internet Literacy test bank, authored by Margaret Treholm-Edmunds, contains over 1,200 multiple choice, true/false, and fill-in-the-blank questions. Each question will be accompanied by the correct answer, the level of learning difficulty, and the corresponding page references. The Computerized Test Bank is available through PageOut and as a stand-alone CD-ROM. PowerPoint Presentation Slides: The Internet Literacy
presentation slides, authored by Margaret Treholm-Edmunds, will include chapter
learning objectives, chapter outlines, figures, hands-on practical exercises,
and comprehensive speaker’s notes. Also included are bullets to illustrate
key terms, concepts, and FAQs.
Online Learning Center/Web SiteOnline Learning Center (OLC) is a Web site that follows
the text chapter-by-chapter. OLC content is ancillary and supplementary germane
to the textbook. As students read the book, they can go online to take self-grading
quizzes, review material, or work through interactive exercises. OLCs can be
delivered multiple ways-professors and students can access them directly through
the textbook Web site, through PageOut, or within a course management system
(i.e., WebCT, Blackboard, TopClass, or eCollege). Found at www.mhhe.com/cit/hofstetter3,
this site provides additional learning and instructional tools to enhance the
comprehension of the text. The OLC/Web site is divided into these three areas: Information Center: Contains information
about the text, supplements, and the author. Instructor Center: Offers downloads and
relevant links for professors. Student Center: Contains chapter objectives,
definitions, self-quizzes, additional Web links, and statistics pertaining to
each text chapter-over 25 links per chapter! Digital Solutions to Help You Manage Your CoursePageOutPageOut is McGraw-Hill’s unique point-and-click course
Web site tool, enabling you to create a full-featured, professional quality
course Web site without knowing HTML coding. With PageOut you can post your
syllabus online, assign McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center or eBook content,
add links to important off-site resources, and maintain student results in the
online grade book. You can send class announcements, copy your course site to
share with colleagues, and upload original files. PageOut is free for every
McGraw-Hill/Irwin user, and, if you’re short on time, we even have a team ready
to help you create your site! The Internet Literacy Test Bank is now available through PageOut. For more information, visit the PageOut Web site at www.pageout.net.
Online Courses AvailableOnline Learning Centers (OLCs) are your perfect solutions
for Internet-based content. Simply put, these Centers are “digital cartridges”
that contain a book’s pedagogy and supplements. As students read the book, they
can go online and take self-grading quizzes or work through interactive exercises.
These centers also provide students appropriate access to lecture materials
and other key supplements. Online Learning Centers can be delivered through any of
the following platforms: McGraw-Hill Learning Architecture (TopClass) Blackboard.com The Internet Literacy Test Bank is now available through Blackboard. eCollege.com (formally Real Education) WebCT (a product of Universal Learning Technology) The Internet Literacy Test Bank is now available through WebCT.
McGraw-Hill has partnerships with WebCT and Blackboard
to make it even easier to take your course online. Now you can have McGraw-Hill
content delivered through the leading Internet-based learning tools for higher
education. McGraw-Hill’s Knowledge Gateway-The Complete Resource for Teaching Online
Courses McGraw-Hill/Irwin, in partnership with Eduprise, is proud to bring this unique
service to instructors. This comprehensive Web site contains a wealth of information
for any professor interested in teaching online. Level one is available to any
instructor browsing our Web site. Level two is reserved for McGraw-Hill customers
and contains access to free technical and instructional design assistance. For
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there is no need to load the actual software package onto your computer. Skills AssessmentSimNet XPertSimNet XPert is a simulated assessment and
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is not graded until he or she does something that immediately invokes an action. PowerWebPowerWeb is an exciting new online product available from McGraw-Hill. A nominally
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