What's Coming for January 2012?

Submitted by Becky Anderson on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 15:17 | By: | Category:

Rolled-up Item Analysis for Exports
Item Analysis Exports are now available for course groups from both the Quick Exports and Advanced Exports pages. If a coordinator-instructor exports Item Analysis for a course group, he/she can get a summary of student performance across all course sections in the course group, and also student scoring details for each student. Question metrics (difficulty, median time, correct on first try) are also included in Advanced Exports.

Pearson to Attend AMATYC

Submitted by Becky Anderson on Tue, 10/18/2011 - 12:17 | By: | Category:

Pearson is proud to be participating in the 37th annual AMATYC conference "Shootin' for the Stars" at the Hilton in Austin, TX. In addition to our exhibit booths, we'll be hosting 5 commercial presentations on November 11th and 12th, all located in room 616B. Although labeled as commercial, these presentations are strictly intended as training and best practices discussions. Educator hosted, the focus is on sharing ideas and tips that you can use in your courses - helping you aim higher!

We invite you to join us -

PERT + Pearson

Submitted by Becky Anderson on Tue, 06/14/2011 - 22:44 | By: | Category:

Does your state have standards in place for what students should know at the conclusion of a particular course or sequence of courses? We at Pearson have been working to align a number of our courses and textbooks with the outcomes determined by states for higher education. For example, Florida has developed the Postsecondary Education Readiness Test (PERT) as the primary placement assessment used by The Florida College System. We now have four different MyMathLab courses that include the PERT Standards, for easy instructor assessment of student understanding of the objectives.

New Features for Summer 2011

Submitted by Becky Anderson on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 09:07 | By: | Category:

Check out what's planned for our release this summer.

Assign Questions from Other Books   Instructors can select questions from other books and add them to assignments while keeping Help Me Solve This and View an Example. There will be a limit of 10 "other" questions per assignments.

Mobile Dashboards are Now Live

Submitted by Becky Anderson on Fri, 02/04/2011 - 16:46 | By: | Category:

I am delighted to announce that the mobile dashboards for MyMathLab, MyStatLab, and MathXL are now live!

This initial release of this free, standalone mobile app allows students to log in and review information from the dashboard of their courses: announcements, assignments, results, and progress bars for completed work. This app for iPhones, iPads, and Android phones is designed to promote effective study habits rather than allow students to complete assignments on their mobile devices.

What's Coming for January 2011

Submitted by Becky Anderson on Thu, 12/09/2010 - 17:07 | By: | Category:

New Design for MML and MSL Courses
Instructors will notice an updated look-and-feel in MyMathLab and MyStatLab courses for 2012 copyright titles as they are released. This new, intuitive design offers more direct access to XL pages (Gradebook, Homework & Test Manager, Home Page Manager, etc.) and provides enhanced functionality for communicating with students and customizing courses. Fewer pop-up windows will ensure that students always know where they are in their course.

Student Videos

Submitted by Becky Anderson on Tue, 11/30/2010 - 20:12 | By: | Category:

Have you done any videos of your students responding about how MyMathLab (or MyStatLab or MathXL) works for them? Check out this post from John Hamman (Montgomery College in MD) on the Instructor Exchange regarding his students or go right to the video.

Students: We Want to Hear From You

Submitted by Becky Anderson on Sun, 11/28/2010 - 21:19 | By: | Category:

We are currently running a survey of students using MyMathLab, MyStatLab, and MathXL. Tell any student using one of these products to complete the survey--which should take less than 5 minutes--to have a chance at winning one of two $100 gift certificates from Amazon.

Making the Grade: How to Improve Your MyMathLab Implementation through Personalization and Best Practices (Version 4) is Out!

Submitted by Becky Anderson on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 15:14 | By: | Category:

A recently-updated report, Making the Grade: How to Improve Your MyMathLab Implementation through Personalization and Best Practices (Version 4, Summer 2010), illustrates the consistently positive impact of MyMathLab products on the quality of learning and cost reduction in higher education math and stats instruction at 35 colleges and universities.

Newly Redesigned Instructor Exchange

Submitted by Becky Anderson on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 12:02 | By: | Category:

Did you notice? We've moved and updated the Instructor Exchange site (http://instructorexchange.com/) in order to take advantage of all the capabilities that Ning offers. So go ahead and join other educators to discuss teaching math and stats, especially with the MyMathLab family of products. Share ideas and experiences, ask questions, exchange tips and tricks, and engage in conversation with colleagues--and don't forget to upload your picture when you register!