Month: December 2022

Jill West is an instructor and author at Georgia Northwestern Technical College Cloud computing is revolutionizing IT and IT education. Cloud computing is revolutionizing IT education and technology. Many of the principles that we learned and taught in the on-premises environment can be transferred to the cloud. Cloud technology is changing many of the processes…

Reading Time: 1 minuteMelinda Mindy Shirey struggled with providing immediate feedback to students when grading and correcting homework. She was looking for an online homework platform that would give students immediate feedback and help them master the material. They could ask better questions when they arrived at class. Due to COVID-19, Shirey and her students…

Ethical hacking is the act of entering a system without the owner’s permission to assess and analyze its vulnerabilities. Ethical hackers are technical experts who can identify security problems in systems that may be discovered by malicious hackers in the future. With the passage of time, ethical hacking has evolved into a more professional and…

Patrick Carey is a Cengage author, presenter, and has co-authored or coauthored more than 20 academic and trade texts in the software industry. Closures are one the most important concepts in JavaScript programming, but they are also one of the most misunderstood. Closures are often discussed in job interviews. They might also be asked to…

By William A. Raabe (Co-Editor, South-Western Federal Taxation Series). It can be difficult to shop for certain people at Christmas. It can be difficult to shop for some people at Christmas. According to the National Retail Foundation, a gift card is the most requested gift every holiday season for a decade. Surely, each of your…

Karla Swanson, a Computer Information Technology instructor at Navarro College Corsicana in Texas, is Karla Swanson How do I love MindTap? Let me count the ways. Over the past 3 years, MindTap has been a great learning tool. While I could go on for hours about the differences between publishers platforms, today’s topic is my…

Sandy Keeter is an Associate Professor in Seminole State College’s Information Technology Department in Florida The Progress App is my favorite MindTap feature. The Progress app contains a gradebook that provides powerful data about engagement and class progression. You can also view your learning profile. This allows students to see where they are at all…

Dr. Jenny Billings works as a faculty member at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College I like being organized. MindTap’s StudyHub feature helps me to be organized. I have three tiles that can be used to collect sharable material, so it is easy to create study guides and guide for my students. StudyHub stores the notes, highlights, bookmarks,…

Dr. Kajsa Larson is a Northern Kentucky University Spanish professor It was crucial for me to find a product with strong technological features when I was designing my course. I wanted to make sure students had full access to all course materials on one platform. Accessibility was and is vitally important. This includes both the…

Dr. Ashley Hall is an adjunct professor at Stephen F. Austin State University Perhaps you are like me and find that students get overwhelmed by all the information being presented to them. I use eTextbook annotations to help students focus their attention and prepare for class discussions or assignments. My favorite MindTap feature is the…