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StudentS get:

• Interactive, engaging content.

• Interactive Applications – chapter assignments that help you APPLY what you’ve learned in the course.

• Immediate feedback on how you’re doing. (No more wishing you could call your instructor at 1 a.m.)

• Quick access to lectures, practice materials, eBook, and more. (All the material you need to be successful is right at your fingertips.)

With McGraw-Hill's Connect™ Plus MIS,

Want to get better grades? (Who doesn’t?)

Ready to do online interactive assignments that help you apply what you’ve learned? (You need to know how to use this stuff in the real world…)

Need new ways to study before the big test? (A little peace of mind is a good thing…)

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StudentS get:

• Interactive, engaging content.

• Interactive Applications – chapter assignments that help you APPLY what you’ve learned in the course.

• Immediate feedback on how you’re doing. (No more wishing you could call your instructor at 1 a.m.)

• Quick access to lectures, practice materials, eBook, and more. (All the material you need to be successful is right at your fingertips.)

With McGraw-Hill's Connect™ Plus MIS,

Want to get better grades? (Who doesn’t?)

Ready to do online interactive assignments that help you apply what you’ve learned? (You need to know how to use this stuff in the real world…)

Need new ways to study before the big test? (A little peace of mind is a good thing…)

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Less managing. More teaching. Greater learning.

Would you like your students to show up for class more prepared? (Let’s face it, class is much more fun if everyone is engaged and prepared…)

Want ready-made application-level interactive assignments, student progress reporting, and auto-assignment grading? (Less time grading means more time teaching…)

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INSTRUCTORS GET:

• Interactive Applications—book-specific interactive assignments that require students to APPLY what they’ve learned.

• Simple assignment management, allowing you to spend more time teaching.

• Auto-graded assignments, quizzes, and tests.

• Detailed visual reporting, where student and section results can be viewed and analyzed.

• Sophisticated online testing capability.

• A filtering and reporting function that allows you to easily assign and report on materials that are correlated to accreditation standards, learning outcomes, and Bloom’s taxonomy.

• An easy-to-use lecture capture tool.

With McGraw-Hill’s Connect™ Plus MIS,

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Want an online, searchable version of your textbook?

Wish your textbook could be available online while you’re doing your assignments?

Want to get more value from your textbook purchase?

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Connect™ Plus MIS eBook

If you choose to use Connect™ Plus MIS, you have an affordable and

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Connect™ Plus MIS eBook offers features like: • Topic search

• Direct links from assignments

• Adjustable text size

• Jump to page number

• Print by section

Check out the STUDENT RESOURCES section under the Connect™ Library tab.

Here you’ll find a wealth of resources designed to help you

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student has different needs, so explore the STUDENT RESOURCES

to find the materials best suited to you.

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