Product Features
MyMISlab is an online tool that brings hands-on commercial software application relevance to both your classroom and homework assignments. Each of Pearson’s leading introductory MIS titles has a MyMISLab associated with the textbook. Check out our new features below.
Branching, Decision-Making Simulations
(Using MIS, Experiencing MIS, and MIS Essentials only)
Our branching, decision-making simulations allow you to assess your students’ critical thinking skills. Students are placed in realistic business situations related to the chapter opening cases in the book and are asked to make a series of decisions, based on information they are given. The simulations are branching, so each decision the student makes determines the direction the scenario goes, allowing students to see the consequences of their decisions. These simulations are graded and students receive detailed feedback about each decision they made, and why it was a good or bad decision.
Experiential Simulations
(Wallace, Information Systems in Organizations only)
Students experience a variety of business situations using familiar interfaces like computers and Smartphones, and make a series of decisions around a business problem. Students receive a report and grade based on their performance. There are also accompanying discussion questions that can be assigned to allow students to reflect on their experience.
The Writing Space
Our new Writing Space allows you to assess your student’s writing and analytical skills much more easily. Our Auto-Graded writing assignments utilize Pearson’s Intelligent Essay Assessor to grade prebuilt writing prompts not only for spelling and grammar but also for content. Pearson’s IEA goes beyond a basic key word or phrase search and understand the English language.
Our Assisted-Graded writing assignments cut down grading time by streamlining the grading process. The Writing Space allows students to submit assignments through MyMISLab; it allows you easy grading with prebuilt rubrics; and allows you to make inline comments and correction that can be returned to the students all through MyMISLab. All of the Assisted-Graded writing assignments are taken from the cases in the books.
Excel and Access based Application Exercises with corresponding MyITLab trainings
Excel and Access based application exercises from each book can be completed and submitted through MyMISLab. Students get access to the data sets needed to complete the assignments, as well as the etext pages from the book outlining the assignment.
Linked to each application exercises are corresponding MyITLab training simulations allowing students to brush up on Excel and Access skills needed to the complete the application exercises.
Videos
Each chapter includes several relevant videos pulled from YouTube that highlight topics related to the chapter. The videos are then paired with a discussion board feature allowing students to discuss their thoughts about the topic and video.
Excel and Access 2010 Training and Assessment through MyITLab
MyMISLab is integrated with the market-leading MyITLab to give instructors and students access to Excel and Access 2010 trainings and assessments. There is also access to MyITLab Grader, which allows for automatically scored Excel and Access projects.
Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft’s SharePoint Server is a turn-key collaboration solution to getting your students working on any team assignment.
No licenses to obtain and no coordination necessary with your college’s lab, only a browser required. Pearson provides everything including registration, server space, tutorials, as well as online assistance.
Get your students familiar with the industry standard collaboration tool and give them skills which will assist in other courses as well as getting that resume noticed.
Test Bank
The complete test bank is included to make creating online tests simple.
Etext
Students can access the complete etext. Pearson’s etext allow students to highlight, make notes, and do quick information searches. Instructors also have the capability to make notes that are viewable by their students.
The etext can also be viewed on Pearson’s free etext app for Apple and Android devices.
Performance Reporting
Along with a fully functional gradebook, our Performance Reporting tab gives you a visual snapshot of how your students are performing overall, by assignment, or by objective. It allows you to instantly see who you top and bottom performers are, and how each student is performing versus the class average.
