1. SAM 2007 & SAM 2010 Assessment, Training & Projects

2. Today’s SAM Agenda What is SAM? –Assessment, Training, Projects Navigating SAM from the Student side Setting up SAM from the Instructor side Future updates for SAM Additional Resources

3. What is SAM? Performance-based exam and training simulations for Microsoft Office Live in-the-application projects-based assessment for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access Web deliverable Internet Explorer and Flash Player required Also compatible with Firefox and Safari for Mac users Flexible scheduling options Numerous detailed reports for instructors and students

4. SAM Assessment Simulated performance-based exam simulations (tasks) –Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Internet Explorer, Outlook Thousands of objective-based questions Exams can be created… –By textbook chapter –Picking and choosing exam tasks –Picking and choosing objective-based questions Detailed Study Guide reports map back to Course Technology’s Office textbooks

5. SAM Training Simulated, interactive training scenarios –Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint –Multiple training methods address different learning styles Training assignments can be created… –By textbook chapter –Picking and choosing training scenarios Detailed Study Guide reports map back to Course Technology’s Office textbooks

6. SAM Projects Live in the application, auto-graded, project-based assessment –Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access Project assignments include –Textbook end-of-chapter projects –Mirror or “2nd scenario” projects * –Capstone projects * Anti-cheating detection Fully integrated into the SAM “system” Detailed Study Guide reports map back to Course Technology’s Office textbooks

7. http://sam2010.course.com SAMTraining

8. SAM 2010 Release Schedule V1.0 (Live) V1.1 (Live) V1.5 (January 8, 2011) V2.0 (Summer 2011) Assessment (Intro level) More Intro tasksFinishes Intro tasks Comprehensive level tasks Training (Intro level) More Intro tasksFinishes Intro tasks Comprehensive level tasks Projects (Chapter 1 all apps) Rest of Intro (end- of-chapter) Adds in “mirror” 2 nd scenario Projects Comprehensive level Projects

9. Resources SAM Central –http://samcentral.course.comhttp://samcentral.course.com Register for a live SAM Webinar or view recorded Webinars at the Cengage Learning TeamUp Website –http://www.cengage.com/school/teamup/http://www.cengage.com/school/teamup/ SAM Training Guide, Instructor and SAM Student “walkthrough” documents CourseCoach –www.course.com/coursecoachwww.course.com/coursecoach

10. Learning Resources Click SAMCENTRAL from the SAM screen http://cengage.com/samcentral Self-Training Videos Online Seminars SAM 2007 & SAM 2010 Training Guide http://cengage.com/samcentral

11. fran.weaver@cengage.com Thank You!