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Projects:The only way to learn Office skills is
to apply them
Presented by: Kristin TaggartSr. Technology Marketing Manager
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Today’s Agenda
• What is SAM Projects?
• Why do students need this?
• Why do YOU need this?
• The “textbook” connection
• What’s next for SAM?
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SAM Projects
• Live in the application
• Automatically graded
• Ties to your end-of-chapter material
• Fully integrated into SAM “system”
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Student Benefits…
• Accurate, Immediate, Detailed feedback
• Hands-on assignments:– Word– Excel– PowerPoint
• Learning is enhanced
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“Employable Skills”
10. Detail oriented
11. Computer Skills
12. Flexibility/Adaptability
13. Motivation/Initiative
6. Analytical Skills
5. Teamwork skills
6. Strong Work Ethic
7. Interpersonal Skills
8. Honesty/Integrity
1. Communication Skills
Source: Nat’l Assoc of Colleges & Employers—Job Outlook (2006)
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Instructor Benefits
• Web-based technology
• Series of increasingly difficult projects
• Automatically graded to secure site, within minutes
• Embedded comments
• Report and detection of file
• Allow you to focus on teaching!
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Well….let’s see it!
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The State of SAM
• June 30th release– Deeper assessment content– Re-introduction to SAM Training– Greater system stability– Reports enhancements– Interface enhancements
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The Textbook link• Premium Video Editions
– Integration of more video to help students learn
– Capstone appendix– SAM Projects appendix– All testbank content for these titles in
SAM
• For more information:
http://www.cengage.com/ct/officepve• Many other titles in SAM! (Ask your sales
rep for details)
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Resources• SAM Central
– http://samcentral.course.com
• TLC Website– http://academic.cengage.com/tlc
• SAM—the product– http://sam2007.course.com
• Premium Video Editions site– http://www.cengage.com/ct/officepve
• CourseCoach– www.course.com/coursecoach
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SAM 2007: Projects
We hope you will “apply” this to your courses for
Fall!