Educator Guide for Guffey/Almonte, Essentials of Business Communications, 10ce WHAT IS AN EDUCATOR GUIDE? Welcome to Essentials of Business Communications, 10ce MindTap. This guide walks you through what the unique activities are, where you will find them, and why they have been built to better enable you to include them in your curriculum. In creating the digital learning path, we aimed to provide your students with a coherently structured experience. This document will outline some of the design decisions we made as part of ensuring your confidence in our ability to create an effective, quality learning experience. While the content included in this MindTap is specific to the discipline and course, the functionality will act the same as you move from product to product. For additional user guides and training resources on MindTap, please click HERE. To contact your Cengage Learning Consultant, click HERE. MindTap for Essentials of Business Communications, 10ce: Asset Description Activity Name Where it is What it is Why it matters Seat Time Meet our Canadian Experts Learning Path Learn about and be introduced to a variety of Professionals, from various businesses to Government, Health Care who share their experience leveraging communication best practices. Introduction to the video series where Canadian professionals from a cross-section of industries reinforce the readings, activities, and highlighted skills of lesson concepts. Less than 5 minutes per video Workplace Connection Video Learn It Folder Every Chapter, Learning Path Short video (2 – 3 minutes) that relates the chapter concepts to real world situations and current events. These videos help students relate to the world that they live in to what they are learning in class. These can help communicate the importance of these skills through current events and themes. 5 minutes Model Document Videos Learn It Folder Every Chapter, Learning Path These videos walk students through the process of composing and formatting key business documents. They match the static image from the printed text. In the Reader, they are located immediately following the static model document. Model documents are an important part of creating a replicating a variety of business documents. Video helps engage students, bring these documents to life, and highlights important features > 3 Minutes Reading Learn It Folder Learning Path – Within each chapter. This is where the core content lives. It is made up of text, embedded interactive Model Document Videos: Model documents are an important part of creating and replicating a variety of Various assignments and 2 types of videos: 1. Model Document Videos: these videos walk students through the process of composing and formatting key business documents. They match the static image from the printed text. In the Reader, they are located immediately following the static document. Interviews with Industry Professionals: these videos feature a variety of Professionals, from various businesses to Government, Health Care who share their experience leveraging communication best practices. Discover more about these professionals in the folder at the top of the learning path titled “Meet Our Industry Experts”. business documents. Video helps engage students, bring these documents to life and highlights important features in a manageable format. Interviews with Industry Professionals: Throughout this engaging video series, Canadian professionals from a crosssection of industries reinforce the readings, activities, and highlighted skills of lesson concepts. Multiple choice questions follow that are autograded. Practice tests based on the content in the text. “Self-Tests” allow students 10-15 to assess their knowledge minutes of key concepts before moving on to more challenging assignments. Instructors can choose whether to assign these for grades or for practice by clicking the pencil icon and following instructions. These assignments are automatically graded. Apply Your Apply It - on the Learning Knowledge Path Assignment, Powered By Aplia Automatically graded, randomized questions and detailed explanations that reinforce course concepts. These test on chapter content and grammar/mechanics. Gives student practice and checks comprehension without adding to instructor workload. Multiple sets and questions force student to review explanations to improve scores. Grammar/Mechanics Handbook & Quizzing These auto-graded questions provide students with additional practice on Grammar/Mechanics skills (like parts of speech, sentence structure, subjectverb agreement, etc.). They can be assigned for a grade or left available for practice. They can also be moved Students often enter the B 10-15 Comm course with varying minutes levels of proficiency in grammar/mechanics skills. Although grammar & mechanics skills aren’t taught as part of the standard business communication course curriculum, it is important for Practice Tests Study It Folder – Learning Path End of the learning path, after all units. 20 minutes within each chapter’s learning path so students are practicing consistently throughout the course. students to practice building these skills in order to be effective communicators. These auto-graded exercises provide practice and reinforcement. MindTap App Mobile app links to the online experience through user’s NelsonBrain account. The Mobile App is available for iOS and Android devices for free and from iTunes and GooglePlay. Based on student feedback, the MindTap mobile app features: the eBook (online or offline), flashcards, quizzing, and notifications. More features will be introduced annually. By providing access to readings, quizzes, and flashcards, the MindTap App empowers students to study on the go, improving outcomes in their courses. Instructors can feel confident that when they adopt and assign a MindTap course, they are not only providing a course tool that will engage their students and improve outcomes but are also offering their students options on how to consume their course content. Progress (App) Apps dock—profile Icon The Progress app in MindTap covers the basics: gradebook and scores, as well as engagement level, time in course, and percent of activities accessed. With this functionality, instructors can see at a glance who is struggling with the course. They can identify weak spots and spot low engagement, enabling them to intervene early and MindTap App help promote better outcomes.
