MindTap® Computing for Pratt/Last’s Shelly Cashman Series® Microsoft® Office 365 & Access 2016: Comprehensive is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. It gives you complete control of your course—to provide engaging content, to challenge every individual, and to build their confidence.
Empower students to accelerate their progress with MindTap. MindTap: Powered by You. MindTap gives you complete ownership of your content and learning experience.
Customize the interactive syllabi, emphasize the most important topics, and add your own material or notes in the eBook. Getting Started with MindTap: Watch a short video exploring Getting Started with MindTap. Student Data Files: Access Student Data Files necessary to complete module assignments. Microsoft Updates and QuickStart Guides: Find all the latest information from Microsoft about Office 365 and the Applications organized here.
To complete mindtap assignments you have to download a whole other app called cerebro and it wasn’t intuitive as to how it would link to mindtap for it to get recorded for a grade. When viewing the books and scrolling through them as you read, the upper and lower ribbons/bars disappear and appear randomly which can be very distracting. The Message Center app helps you to quickly and easily contact students directly from the MindTap platform. Any message posted in the Message Center is communicated directly to each student enrolled in the course via the communication medium designated by the student.
• What’s New in Office 365: Find out what’s new and improved with Office 365. • Office 365 and Windows 10 Update Mixes: Check these Mixes for changes and enhancements for the Office 356 Applications and for Windows 10. • Quick Start Guides for Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and OneNote: Learn the basics of each Application. • Mixes for each Module: Office Mix for each module motivates students by focusing on real-world relevance, including best practices and a brief clip of a professional or student explaining how the application is used on the job. SAM Study Center: SAM Study Center provides students with highly visual study tools designed specifically for review and test prep Productivity Apps for School and Work: This module introduces learners to all the latest Microsoft productivity applications, including Sway, Mix, OneNote, and Edge. To support Module content, learners are also provided with links to online Sways offering deeper content coverage. Module content: • MindTap eReader.
Online textbook containing the full content of the printed text. • SAM Exams: Allows students to assess their comprehension of the topic with measurable outcomes using assignable, auto-graded assessments that are ADA compliant and are Mac friendly.
• SAM Training: Trainings present the skills in various modes to support the learning styles of all students to provide them with the Microsoft Office skills necessary to be successful in school and the workplace. These projects are ADA compliant and are Mac friendly. SAM Projects at the Application level: SAM Projects let students practice and apply their Microsoft Office skills in a real-world scenario. These projects are ADA compliant and are Mac friendly. • MindTap helps streamline your workflow with carefully curated content and a unique set of tools saving you valuable time in your course preparations. 
In addition, automatically grades assignments and quizzes while also providing students with instant feedback on their work. • The Message Center app helps you to quickly and easily contact students directly from the MindTap platform. Any message posted in the Message Center is communicated directly to each student enrolled in the course via the communication medium designated by the student. • Provide students with organizational and study tools designed to better manage their limited time, allowing them to complete assignments whenever and wherever they are ready to learn. • Save students money in their course materials with a single destination that reflects exactly what’s important to you, the instructor.