You told us what's most important to you: creating a personalized learning environment that increases student engagement, while saving you time and increasing efficacy. We listened, and we've made a variety of exciting updates to MindTap so you can have a more personalized experience!
Have greater control over course creation and administrative tasks with a smoother, more flexible navigation experience.
Customize an activity with streamlined steps, cutting down the number of clicks to only five!
Personalize learning and tailor your course to each student's needs with flexible accommodation settings.
The latest MindTap updates put you in the driver's seat, enabling customization and allowing you to support each student's needs. See what's new and improved for you and your students.
Make edits to assignment settings or details and set student accommodations to one or multiple activities with ease.
Manage activity settings, hide, reorder or remove activities — you can even grade activities directly within the learning path.
Extend due dates, adjust time limits or implement specific accommodations for one or multiple students to ensure each student receives the right support to succeed.
Self-author, edit or remove questions, assemble activities and filter to find exactly what you need — all while building a new assignment or working with a ready-made one.
Curious how new MindTap upgrades could enhance your course? Select your discipline to see what’s available and learn how these enhancements can help you save time, boost engagement and support student success.
*For select titles:
Updated Image Labeling Activities: The image labeling activities have been updated to a new experience. Students can now practice labeling structures and other images related to body descriptors.
Updated Pronounce Activities: Pronounce is now powered by Microsoft Azure. These activities empower students to speak like professionals by recording and receiving instant feedback on their pronunciation of key medical terms.
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Updated Certification Exam Preparation Experience: Improved user experience for creating, editing and assigning certification exams within learning path. Pre-made Mock Exams are available and integrated with enhanced gradebook reporting.
Student Test Prep for Certification Exams: Students can create their own certification exams for practice and receive improved reporting on each attempt. They get to progress in a safe, low-stakes environment where instructors cannot monitor performance.
New Instrumentation Quizzes: Auto-graded quizzes: include multiple choice (single and multiple response), matching and order list questions. Feedback focuses on identifying instruments required for 14 dental procedures and the sequence for use.
Dental Charting Simulation: Includes fifteen interactive activities that simulate dental charting for adult, pediatric and periodontal patients.
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Embedded eBook: The eBook is seamlessly integrated into the learning path, organized by chapter. Students can access relevant sections of the eBook directly within MindTap, eliminating the need for separate navigation or external sources.
Question Creation and Editing: You can now create and edit questions directly within MindTap. This feature provides greater flexibility and customization options for assessments, allowing you to tailor questions to your specific teaching objectives.
A/V Boards on Bongo: All audio and video board assignments are now delivered through the Bongo platform, creating a consistent assignment and grading experience. This integration centralizes the A/V boards and simplifies student engagement with multimedia content.
New Pronounce Activities: Auto-graded Pronounce activities have been added in place of manually-graded A/V boards. Students can now refine their pronunciation skills with automatic pronunciation scores.
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New Pronounce Activities: Pronounce has been added to Chapter 5 of Michelle Blesi's "Medical Assisting," 10e. It empowers students to speak like professionals by recording and receiving instant feedback on their pronunciation of key medical terms used in their careers.
Virtual Skills: Virtual Skills simulations have replaced the previous Learning Labs. These guided multimedia experiences walk students step by step through various administrative and clinical medical assisting skills.
Updated Image Labeling Activities: The image labeling activities have been updated with a new experience. Students can now practice identifying the location of various anatomical structures.
Updated Certification Exam Preparation Experience: Improved user experience for creating, editing and assigning certification exams within the learning path. Pre-created mock exams are available and integrated with enhanced gradebook reporting.
Student Test Prep for Certification Exams: Students can create their own practice certification exams and receive detailed reporting on each attempt. Progress is visible in a safe, low-stakes environment where instructors cannot monitor performance.
*For all titles:
Updated Certification Exam Preparation Experience: Improved user experience for creating, editing and assigning certification exams within the learning path. Pre-created mock exams are available and integrated with enhanced gradebook reporting.
Student Test Prep for Certification Exams: Students can create their own practice certification exams and receive detailed reporting on each attempt. Progress is visible in a safe, low-stakes environment where instructors cannot monitor performance.
*For select titles:
Updated Certification Exam Preparation Experience: Improved user experience for creating, editing and assigning certification exams within the learning path. Pre-created mock exams are available and integrated with enhanced gradebook reporting.
Student Test Prep for Certification Exams: Students can create their own practice certification exams and receive detailed reporting on each attempt. Progress is visible in a safe, low-stakes environment where instructors cannot monitor performance.
Simulation: Students are placed in simulated, real-world environments, acting as health care professionals or pharmacy technicians to complete various tasks.
New Bongo Applied Scenarios: Students respond to real-world scenarios by recording their answers, practicing skills such as patient communication.
*For select titles:
Updated Certification Exam Preparation Experience: Improved user experience for creating, editing and assigning certification exams within the learning path. Pre-created mock exams are available and integrated with enhanced gradebook reporting.
Student Test Prep for Certification Exams: Students can create their own practice certification exams and receive detailed reporting on each attempt. Progress is visible in a safe, low-stakes environment where instructors cannot monitor performance.
New Instrumentation Quizzes: Auto-graded quizzes include multiple choice (single and multiple response), matching and order list questions. Feedback focuses on identifying instruments required for dental procedures.
"The platform is now more intuitive and aligns more closely with how I navigate and search for information. I appreciate having key insights about student engagement—such as submission status, average scores, and points per acitivity—readily available on the main page. This visibility enhances my ability to assess student performance efficiently."
—Dr. Svitlana Maksemenko, Professor and Academic Director, University of Pittsbugh
"I like the format and it's also easier to move through the questions and see what the problem is without having to move through or back and forth between screens. I like that. I think the information is accurate and clear."
—Dr. Karen Acosta, Associate Professor, Valdosta State University
The updated MindTap experience is available in select titles. To take advantage, you'll need to create a new MindTap course. Copying a course from a previous term won't include the new features.
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Want to make sure your course has the latest updates? Search the list of titles now.
Learn how to create a new MindTap course: within your Learning Management System (LMS) or without an LMS.
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