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Assessing and Training Your Students in Office with SAM 2010

Learn about SAM (Skills Assessment Manager), the #1 testing and training tool for Microsoft Office. Explore assessment, training, and project options, and discover additional resources.

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Assessing and Training Your Students in Office with SAM 2010

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  1. Assessing and Training Your Students in Office with SAM 2010

  2. Today’s SAM Agenda • What is SAM? • Assessment, Training, Projects • Total Solutions • Additional Resources

  3. What is SAM? • Since 1998, SAM (Skills Assessment Manager) has been the #1 testing and training tool for Microsoft Office. • Performance-based exam and training simulations for Microsoft Office • Live in-the-application, auto-graded, project-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 • Schedule exams through SAM Path • Option to schedule a series of assignments that are contingent upon each other • 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. SAM MindTap • Digital integrated textbook within SAM • Contains additional videos specific for each Series • Available for the following titles:

  8. SAM Grade Book • Simplifies class administration • Instructors can now weight, modify, and add grades • View section outcomes at a glance • Quickly see section results • Flexible export • Can pick and choose columns you want to export to more closely align with your LMS grade book

  9. SAM 2010Assessment, Training & Projects

  10. Total Solutions Provider • Industry-leading textbooks to meet individual instructor and student needs • SAM for exams, training, project-based assessment, and the new option to integrate Office 2010 introductory digital textbooks • Academic solutions partner with Certiport • Sell site license and individual exams for MOS, ACA, and IC3 exams

  11. Office Project Binders Excellent activities and always an upsell. Buy once, copy as needed; includes CD with all projects. Use with any series! • Illustrated Project High School Binders • Microsoft Office 2010: Illustrated Projects, High School Binder • ISBN 978-0538-74940-4 • Microsoft Office 2007: Illustrated Projects, High School Binder • ISBN 978-14239-0547-9 • MS Office 2010 Fundamentals Projects Binder • ISBN 978-0-538-47989-9

  12. www.cengage.com/ct/office2010

  13. Get up to speed quickly with our “Guided Tour…” CDs

  14. Resources • SAM Central • http://samcentral.course.com • Register for a live SAM Webinar or view recorded Webinars at the Cengage Learning CourseCare Website • http://www.cengage.com/school/coursecare/ • SAM Training Guide, Instructor and SAM Student “walkthrough” documents • CourseCoach • www.course.com/coursecoach

  15. Learning ResourcesClick SAMCENTRAL from the SAM screenhttp://cengage.com/samcentralSelf-Training VideosOnline SeminarsSAM 2010 Training Guide

  16. The SAMCentral website has many resources available for you: http://www.cengage.com/samcentral (a link to this site is also accessible at the bottom of any SAM screen): • Click on the Get Trained tab (scroll to the bottom of the page) to register for upcoming liveWebinars that demonstrate SAM features or view recorded sessions • View the short Self-Training Videos that demonstrate the major features of SAM Exams, Training, and Projects. • Download a copy of the SAM Training Guide that will help you get started using SAM. • Click on the User Resources link (upper right corner of the main SAMCentral screen) for MOS certification Mapping Grids, system requirements, and more.

  17. http://www.cengage.com/school/coursecare/

  18. www.coursecasts.course.com

  19. www.cengage.com/focus

  20. PRESS RELEASE... • Braden River HS Instructor WM Gaynor's Future Business Leaders of America [FBLA] Word Processing II students SWEEP the event. • In only thirteen months of testing...Mr. Gaynor used SAM2007 and CERTIPORT software used to obtain a record 363 Microsoft MOS2007 certifications since May.  Come walk our "Hall of Fame" to see all the posted certifications...

  21. http://sam2010.course.com SAM Training

  22. Thank You! Trish Bobst National Curriculum Specialist trish.bobst@cengage.com

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