SimUText Features – SimUText Instructor Help Center

We understand that courses are unique.

The SimBio Active Learning System™ is a customizable subscription-based platform, allowing instructors to pick and choose content to fit their curriculum. Selected materials are assigned and delivered via a feature-rich system designed to help instructors and students stay organized and up-to-date.

Made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation, SimUText is extensively field tested and used in classrooms worldwide, where professors report that it greatly increases the quality of class participation.

Instructor Platform

The Instructor Platform serves as the command center for the SimUText for your class. A detailed Setup Checklist walks you through adding course sections, managing co-instructors, creating assignments and due dates, scoring questions, and distributing student registration information (SimUText Keys). The Instructor Platform includes tools to monitor individual or whole-class performance on auto-graded questions. Scores and submissions can be further analyzed and/or exported to your learning management system.

SimBio Active Learning System™

Registered students use the web-based SimBio Active Learning System to access and manage their assignments. The interface lists assigned material by due date, and tracks overall progress and performance on auto-graded questions. Students can review extension information, glossary terms and formulas, learning objectives, and assignment summaries.

Resources & Friendly Technical Support

Based in beautiful Missoula, Montana, SimBio strives to provide excellent active learning tools and world-class support for biology instructors and students. We regularly host webinars to help instructors become familiar with the SimBio Active Learning System and demo content. Most questions find a quick answer using our helpful Instructor Help Center. If something has you stumped, our technical support specialists are available seven days a week to help you get up and running with your custom SimUText.