McGraw-Hill SIMnet

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Document Last Update: August 5, 2021

Product: McGraw-Hill SIMnet

Name
Product Name

McGraw-Hill SIMnet
Description
Vendors description of the product
SIMnet is an online training and assessment solution for Microsoft Office. It allows students to have access and unlimited practice on Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint. There are training modules as part of SIMnet, and students can apply it to course assignments and career opportunities.
Purpose
Requester intended use of the product. What will the tool accomplish? What benefits to the university, students, others?

The outcome is identifying where the students are exceeding or struggling with course demands, individually or across the entire course, with more than 200 reporting options. Also, SIMnet provides access to McGraw Hill’s interactive resources tied to course content and textbooks. 

ASE Product Report Card
Product Report Card URL
 
Installation Type
Only one will apply
  • Approved - Campus
  • Approved - Online
  • Approved - Campus & Online
  • Semi Approved - Individual only 
Approved- campus

Tool Information

Communication Path
Communication paths for product changes and emergencies,…
  • When do the owner, stakeholders, employees and students need to be notified?
  • Path for back end issue - upgrades, bugs, ...
  • Path for Interface issue - upgrades, bugs, ...
  • Emergencies (major, minor)

Involved in determining this - Corey Moore, Ben Wilson, Dane Bohman, Dean Allen

 

The process for incident/maintenance communication for I-Learn products and the roles of portfolio managers and system owners is highlighted in the IT Incident Management and IT Change Management documents which are linked here.  

Product Owner
The person who can make the ultimate decisions for the product - funding, road map, vision, governance and retirement.
  • Please include name, email, phone, job title.
  • David Barrus 

    barrusd@byui.edu 

    (208) 496-3813 (Landline) 

    Economics Department Chair 
Stakeholders
A person or group of people who have an interest in the product and its success. Can influence product decisions. Are impacted (directly or indirectly) by the product. e.g. requester, department, developer, ASE, portfolio manager, product manager
  • Please include name, email, phone, job title.

Stakeholders:

  • Accounting Department Chair  

    Don Campbell

    campbelld@byui.edu

    208-496-3848

  • Front Office Contact  

    Denise Rydalch 

    rydalchd@byui.edu 

    208-496-3840

 

Director, Software Engineering  

Portfolio Management   

Platform Services Director   

ASE List:  

  • Dane Bohman - bohmand@byui.edu / 208-496-7217  
  • Ben Wilson - wilsonbe@byui.edu / 208-496-1550  
  • Amber Gneiting - gneitinga@byui.edu / 208-496-7015

Academics Product Manager  

  • Dean Allen - allende@byui.edu/(208) 496-7211

Audience
Who will use the product? (campus, online, pathway, Ensign, employees - more specific like - nursing students, specific department or course(s))
 
Online, Campus

Purchasing

  • Purchaser and requester information - name, email, phone
  • Licensing (description of the license agreement - site license, per user, per computer, ...)
  • How is the license renewed?
  • Next renewal date?
  • When should this product be reviewed again for purpose and outcome? Usually, this happens every 3-5 years.
  • BYUI Purchasing Agent  - name, email, phone

Licensing Contract (How many licenses were purchased for the product?) 

Pricing agreement. No licenses. 

Who is the contract contact? (Purchasing Department) 

Name: Becki Lyn Skidmore  

Email: skidmorebe@byui.edu 

Phone extension: (208) 496-2350 

What is the technology use cap of this product? 

N/A (Pricing agreement related to usage

Other
  • Product documentation (URL)
  • Support and/or training documentation (URL)
  • ASE - maintenance needs and yearly maintenance estimate
  • Any custom code developed? (where can it be found)
  • Is this ADA compliant (URL to their official vendor statement)
  • Other
 
Data
  • Give description of all data and how it interacts with the university systems.
  • List all university systems used.
  • Installation instructions - URL or direction how to find the instructions.
  • Who is responsible for installation - please include email, phone, job title.

Push Destination 

  • Canvas 

Pull Source 

  • Canvas 

 

User id 

Login id 

Roles 

Full name 

Primary email 

Context_id 

Context_title

Vendor Information

Product Name SIMnet
Product URL https://www.mheducation.com/highered/simnet.html
Company Name McGraw-Hill

Vendor Account/Sales Rep
Please include Name, email, phone, job title.

McGraw-Hill higher education support, https://www.mheducation.com/highered/contact.htm

Vendor Support Rep
Please include Name, email, phone, job title.

 

 

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Article ID: 9087
Created
Thu 8/5/21 2:21 PM