1. GETTING STARTED TRAINING FOR INSTRUCTORS
Getting Started with MindTap for IT/Security/Networking Presenters: Amy Savino, Cengage Carrie Shaffer, Practice Labs Cassie Cloutier, Cengage
Introductions --

2. HOUSEKEEPING Please mute phone Please use chat to ask any questions
*6 to mute / #6 to unmute
Please use chat to ask any questions

3. Amy Savino Product Manager IT, Networking, Security
TODAY’S TEAM
Cassie Cloutier
Associate Marketing Manager
IT, Networking, Security
Amy Savino Product Manager IT, Networking, Security
Carrie Shaffer
Customer Success Manager
Practice Labs

4. TRAINING AGENDA Path to Employability
Practice Labs / Live Virtual Machine Labs
MindTap Overview
Overview of Analytics / Reporting
Best Practices/Tips and Tricks
Getting Started Resources for Students
Instructor Training Resources
Technical Support / TechCheck

5. COURSE AREAS Tech Support/A+ Cyber and Information Security Networking
Computer Science
Programming
Web Design
Management of Information Systems
MindTap’s for Advanced Computing and for all disciplines and areas.
For today, we are focusing on content that is focused on post-secondary CC or U appropriate content that maps to certs to help students get jobs.

6. RESEARCH-BASED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Certification prep
Real life context
Help demystifying complex subject matter
Hands-on labs
Bloom’s Taxonomy
These four areas are key instructional items when developing our MindTaps for Advanced Computing
The instructional design flow is based on research, instructor, student, administration, instructional designers and potential employer feedback
We position content for real life success with hands on labs including trouble shooting and problem solving, which are designed to students over hurdles of difficult concepts.
We include Con academy type videos. Bloom’s Taxonomy validates the need for higher level, but that students do need help getting from A-Z. These Con Academy-type videos get students over the hump. We introduce harder concepts in an easy to understand way and then build from there.
We build all MindTap according to Quality Matters standards. Your instructional designers will love this because they will not have to go through the course, dissect it, fix it, ask more or less from you, then can just see the QM certification and approve it for use in your course.

7. LIVE VIRTUAL MACHINE LABS – Spring 2018
Improved Grading Functionality for Live Virtual Machine Labs
Security+ 6e: NOW
A+ 9e: Coming this Spring Semester
Network+ 8e: April 2018
New Functionality:
Screenshot tool
Multiple Choice Questions at the end of the lab
Grade report that feeds into gradebook for instructor review
Our product team is working on new functionality to enhance the Live Virtual Machine Labs grading experience
We are providing better grading functionality for these labs to prove and increase student engagement throughout each lab.
A+ will be releasing first – expected by the end of September and Security +, 6th ed following by the end of December 2017.
New multiple choice questions will exist throughout each lab, so while the student is completing each lab step, they will answer a question to prove that they completed each lab step. These questions will be auto-graded, and will automatically feed into the gradebook.
The second new functionality are student screen shots. When the student completes the lab, the will be presented with a screenshot button, which will prompt them to take a screenshot of their completed lab, right within the lab.
The screenshot will have a watermark with a time/date stamp to eliminated any potential for cheating.
The screenshot will add additional proof that the student completed the lab fully, and will automatically feed to the gradebook with a "pending" grade, until the instructor manually grades it, however, it is not factored into the total grade.
For example, if a student received an overall score of 85% on the multiple choices quizzes throughout the lab, then an 85% will feed to the gradebook. Each screenshot that the student captures will also be available for instructor viewing within the gradebook, but will not require manual grading. As with all MindTap grades, instructors can adjust any LVML lab score as needed.

8. BEST PRACTICES | TIPS + TRICKS
Before Class Begins
Use resources on the Cengage Training Website
Make MindTap at least 60% of the grade
Strongly consider completing the assignments at least once yourself
Use Live Virtual Machine Lab Training Videos for additional Instructor help
Review Live Virtual Machine Lab User Guide and FAQ document
When the Class Begins
Make sure students complete ‘Systems Check’ before they register
Get students registered on the first day of class using this video
Show them the ’Getting Started with MindTap’ video first day of class
Think of requiring the ‘Welcome to Your Course’ and ’Getting Started with MindTap’ videos for a portion of the grade if you have an LMS

9. Higher Ed Faculty Community

10. HELP AND RESOURCES MindTap Resources Training and Development
Technical Support
Higher Ed Faculty Community

11. LMS INTEGRATION Blackboard, D2L, Canvas, Moodle
A Seamless User Experience
Sign on / log in via your LMS for Instructors and Student
Simplified Registration Process
Integrate with your LMS via MindLinks
Content Customization and Deep Linking
Link to individual MindTap content and assignments
Automatic Grade Synchronization (Excludes Moodle

13. MINDTAP LEARNING PATH
Pre-built learning path to match the Organization of a corresponding textbook. This can be customized to fit your course.
Activities within the learning path move students from basic understanding leveraging media elements such as videos, animations and readings. Guided practice sections are designed to help students think critically and apply concepts. Questions are designed to engage students with illustrations, interactive demos and more.
The Learning Path progresses to help students apply what they have learned and reinforce more difficult subjects.

14. + POWER OF PERSONALIZATION Add Unit Add Folder Add Activity
Not only are you able to add your own content to drive engagement and outcomes, but you can also adjust the structure and flow of the learning path and your course. Use the pencil icon to add, move, retitle, hide, delete, or change the learning path to best reflect the way you like to teach the course.
Or Click the + button and add a unit, folder or activity
MindTap gives you the option to add your own flavor to the course because nobody knows how to engage their students better than the instructors teaching the course,. You shouldn’t have to settle for static course content. MindTap’s innovative personalization tools allow instructors to customize every element of their course— from rearranging the Table of Contents to inserting videos, comments, activities and more into the MindTap Reader itself.
By selecting the + sign at any point in the learning path you can add your own flashcards, RSS feeds, YouTube Videos, homework assignments from Web links, and more!

15. MINDTAP READER The MindTap Reader is much more than an eBook.
It includes integrated study tools like
Highlighting
Notetaking (These aggregate in the StudyHub App)
ReaderSpeaker Reads text aloud
Dictionary defines words—even ones that aren’t key terms
Add Flashcard automatically populates one side of a flashcard with the highlighted portion
Instructors can share notes and highlights in student texts
Instructors can click the pencil button and personalize the eBook

16. STUDYHUB APP https://youtu.be/sVy9dNNll_Y
The studyhub app aggregates your notes, highlights, and bookmarks all in one view. From here, you can create a personalized study guides, review your notes, and print key information

17. LIVE VIRTUAL MACHINE LABS
Live virtual machine labs provide more advanced learning, and students are working in a live environment via the Cloud with real servers and networks that they can explore, fail, try again until they succeed.
YouTube Playlist:
Website:
Security+ Cryptography

18. IN THE NEWS MEDIA FEEDS
Curated RSS feeds automatically update throughout the semester with relevant current events and articles directly in the learning path and in the context of the chapter.

19. WHITEBOARD VIDEOS
Coding IDE in MindTap now supports bite-sized learning in the form of "snippets". These snippets can be placed directly inside of instructions and feature:
Code, terminal, and web snippets
Intelligent cursor following for code snippets
Built-in instruction and grading support (if needed)
Works with new "Instructions only" mode (demo below) or existing thin / wide instruction formats

20. PROGRESS APP | GRADEBOOK

21. Questions!