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Overview
MindTap Computing for Morley/Parker’s Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow, Comprehensive, 16th Edition is the digital learning solution that powers students from memorization to mastery. It gives you complete control of your course—to provide engaging content, to challenge every individual, and to build their confidence. Empower students to accelerate their progress with MindTap. MindTap: Powered by You. MindTap gives you complete ownership of your content and learning experience. Customize the interactive syllabi, emphasize the most important topics, and add your own material or notes in the eBook.
- MindTap helps streamline your workflow with carefully curated content and a unique set of tools saving you valuable time in your course preparations. In addition, automatically grades assignments and quizzes while also providing students with instant feedback on their work.
- Provide students with organizational and study tools designed to better manage their limited time, allowing them to complete assignments whenever and wherever they are ready to learn.
- Save students money in their course materials with a single destination that reflects exactly what’s important to you, the instructor.
- Track students in real time with the Progress app adjust the course as needed based analytics of interactivity in the course.
- With the MindTap Mobile App, you can keep your students informed of assignments, course due dates, or any changes to your course while also arming them with on-the-go study tools like flashcards and quizzing.
- Build and personalize your course by integrating your own content into the MindTap Reader using your own documents or pull from sources like RSS feeds, YouTube videos, websites, Google Docs and more. Control what content students see and when they see it with a learning path that can be used as-is or matched to your syllabus exactly.
- Empower students with the information to know where they stand at all times--both individually and compared to the highest performers in class within the student view of the Progress App.
- Engage students with course material specially customized for them by you streamlined in one proven, easy-to-use interface.
- StudyHub is one-stop-studying tool that allows you to deliver important information and empowers your students to personalize their experience. Share content from the MindTap Reader and create notes and study guides to help students focus and succeed.
- The Message Center app helps you to quickly and easily contact students directly from the MindTap platform. Any message posted in the Message Center is communicated directly to each student enrolled in the course via the communication medium designated by the student.
SAM Study Center. Provides students with highly visual study tools designed specifically for review and test prep.
Reading and Resources. Includes the acclaimed MindTap Reader allowing for tagged note-taking, highlighting and bookmarking for easy study guide creation. Flashcards help students to master key terms. Chapter Study Guide helps students prepare for the End of Chapter test.
Videos. Videos on hot topics relating to chapter content engage students and show real-world context.
Chapter Practice Test. Helps students check their understanding of key concepts and prepare for the End of Chapter Test.
SAM Training. Conceptual videos present topics in a visual way to engage today's auditory and visual learners
SAM Exam. Tests students understanding of the concepts covered in the SAM Training videos.
End of Chapter Test. Multiple choice, True/False, and Essay questions test students understanding of terminology and concepts covered in the chapter.
Cengage provides a range of supplements that are updated in coordination with the main title selection. For more information about these supplements, contact your Learning Consultant.
FOR STUDENTS
Understanding Computers: Today and Tomorrow: Comprehensive
ISBN: 9781305656314
Give your students a classic introduction to computer concepts with a modern twist with Morley/Parker's UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS: TODAY AND TOMORROW, COMPREHENSIVE, 16E. Known for a unique emphasis on societal issues and industry insights from respected leaders, this book makes computer concepts relevant to today's career-focused students. This edition offers an increased emphasis on mobile computing and related issues, such as mobile commerce and mobile security. Students become familiar with the impact of new and emerging technologies, including smart watches, drones, 3D scanners and printers, robot assistants, perceptual computing, 5G, White Fi and much more.