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SimNet is a cloud-based simulation platform designed for education and training, particularly in fields like healthcare, engineering, and business. It provides realistic virtual environments for users to practice skills and scenarios, enhancing learning through immersive experiences.

On this page:

How to Access SimNet

 

Faculty and Students can access SimNet by clicking the link in the Canvas course navigation. Note: Faculty must add SimNet to the course navigation in canvas.

Guides/Tutorials

 

Instructors

See more guides for instructors here.

Students

See more guides for students here.

Instructor Training

 

Technical Support

 

SimNet support is available from:

Email & Live Chat
Sunday: 11 AM to 11 PM CST
Monday - Thursday: 24 hours CST
Friday: 11 PM to 8 PM CST
Saturday: 9 AM to 7 PM CST

Phone
Sunday: 11 AM to 12 AM CST
Monday - Thursday: 7 AM to 12 AM CST
Friday: 7 AM to 8 PM CST
Saturday: 9 AM to 7 PM CST

Privacy & Accessibility

 

Adobe Creative Cloud is a collection of 20+ desktop, mobile apps and services for photography, design, video, web, UX, and more. Learn more about Adobe on UAB IT’s Adobe webpage.

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How to Access Adobe Creative Cloud

 

Sign In to Adobe Creative Cloud

Instructors

A limited number of licenses are available for faculty and staff for academic or business use only.

Request a Faculty/Staff License

Once you have an account, sign in using the following instructions:

  • Visit adobe.com and click Sign In.
  • Use your blazerID@uab.edu (do not use an alias) and password.
  • Select Company or School Account. Then you will be taken to UAB’s Single Sign On page.

Students

Licenses for students using Creative Cloud will be automatically granted while you are enrolled at UAB.

  • To get started, visit adobe.com and click Sign In.
  • Use your blazerID@uab.edu (do not use an alias) and password.
  • Select Company or School Account. Then you will be taken to UAB’s Single Sign On page.
  • In the right hand corner, you can see your available apps and begin to set up the desktop apps on your machine.

App Highlights

  • Adobe ePortfolio

    Build a beautiful website in minutes, free with Creative Cloud. See examples of portfolios created with Adobe.

    • No coding required. Our customizable themes are easy to configure without knowing HTML or CSS.
    • Custom domain. Using your own domain name on your website gives your site a professional edge and helps people discover your work.
    • Responsive design. Each of our themes is natively responsive, resizing your content and images to fit any device or screen width.

    Access Adobe ePortfolio in your Creative Cloud Account under Web apps tab.

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro

    PDF Creation allows users to view, comment, sign, create, edit, and share PDF documents.

    • Convert creative files and images to PDF. Turn Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign files into PDFs.
    • Create protected PDFs. Prevent others from copying or editing sensitive information.
    • Export PDFs to Office. Convert PDFs to Word, Excel, or PowerPoint formats and keep the formatting.

    UAB provides Adobe Acrobat Pro that allows creating/editing PDFs to UAB Campus Faculty, staff and students at no cost.

    • Visit your Creative Cloud Account and click “Sign in with an Enterprise ID."
    • Use your assigned @uab.edu email address and password.

    Note: Be sure to use the email based on your actual BlazerID, not an alias; for example, BlazerID@uab.edu.

FAQ

 

Technical Support

 

Adobe Status Page

All documents must be UNEXPIRED. Students may present one (1) selection from the list below.

Please note: This list of identification options are approved for both ProctorU and Respondus LockDown Browser & Monitor.

  1. U.S. Passport or U.S. Passport Card.
  2. Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration Receipt Card (Form I-551).
  3. Driver's license or ID card issued by a State or outlying possession of the United States, provided it contains a photograph or information such as name, date of birth, gender, height, eye color, and address.
  4. ID card issued by federal, state, or local government agencies or entities, provided it contains a photograph or information such as name, date of birth, gender, height, eye color, and address.
  5. Military dependent's ID card.
  6. Native American tribal document.
  7. U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card.
  8. Driver's license issued by a Canadian government authority.
  9. School ID/Employer ID card with a recent photograph.

macmillan achieveWhat is Macmillan Learning/Achieve?

Macmillan is a high-quality publisher of textbooks and learning resources for university level students. Macmillan Learning is an Canvas integration that allows access to Macmillan Learning and Achieve content that develops relevant and impactful course content that serves the needs of educators and supports the success of today’s students.

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How to Access Macmillan Learning/Achieve

 

Sign In/Create an Account

Instructors

Macmillan Learning offers deep content integration between its Learning/Achieve products and Canvas. This robust integration creates direct links from a Canvas course into the Macmillan Learning environment. Faculty can add Macmillan Learning to their Canvas course by adding the link to course navigation. Once installed, instructors will have the option to add links to Macmillan content from various points in their Canvas course.

Students

Before you can use Macmillan Learning/Achieve, you will first need to purchase a Macmillan Achieve access code, then your Canvas account with the Macmillan Learning application. For detailed instructions, see the Student guides listed below.

Macmillan Instructor Training

 

Macmillan provides training sessions to prepare instructors to use Macmillan courseware in their Canvas courses. View and sign up at the website below:

instructor training

Macmillan FAQ

 

  • How do I get access to Macmillan Learning?
    1. Request free instructor Achieve/Launchpad course access.
    2. On the LaunchPad Homepage of the Macmillan catalog, click Instructors – Find Your Course.
    3. Search for your title by entering your author’s last name or your products title.
    4. Click “Go to product”.
    5. At the bottom of the screen, enter your email address and click Get Access.
  • How do I find my course ID or course URL?

    Every course that you create has a unique course ID. This holds true whether you create a course from scratch, copy a course from another course, or branch a course from a master. When you direct your students to enroll in your course, you should give them the entire course URL, which contains the ID as a string of numbers at the end. Doing so will ensure your students enroll in their correct course so that you can track their work.

    1. Go to your instructor dashboard.
    2. Select Switch/Create Courses from the top right under your name.
    3. Locate the course name under My Courses.
    4. The URL is located directly under the course title and the ID is located under the URL.
  • How can I get a print exam copy or an e-textbook?
    If you’re a verified instructor, you can request a print or digital sample of any of our textbooks to consider for use in your courses. Only registered and verified instructors can receive free print samples, and they should not be sold to bookstores or book resellers. If you don't yet have an existing account with Macmillan Learning, it can take up to two business days to verify your status as an instructor. You can request a sample from the product page on our online catalog or by contacting your rep. Learn more.Learn more.


Macmillan Technical Support

 

If you still need technical support after reviewing the information above, Macmillan is available for instructors and students:

Monday - Thursday 7am - 2am CST
Friday 7am – 11pm CST
Saturday 11am - 8pm CST
Sunday 11am - 2am CST

As a meeting host, you can split your meeting participants into breakout rooms when scheduling the meeting. This can be useful if you already know how you want to split up your participants.

Notes:

  • Only 200 participants can be pre-assigned in Zoom meetings.
  • If you start the meeting from the Linux client or Zoom Mobile App, you will not be able to see your breakout rooms with pre-assigned participants.
  • In order for pre-assigned breakout rooms to work, attendees will need to sign in to their Zoom account associated with the email placed in the CSV upload.
  • If you have registration enabled and external participants register for the meeting, you need to assign them to breakout rooms during the meeting.

Note for users of screen readers: letters in parentheses in the instructions below refer to corresponding areas on example images. If you have any questions about these instructions, contact eLearning for assistance.

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Enable Pre-Assign Breakout Rooms & Authentication

 

IMPORTANT NOTE

Pre-assigned breakout rooms only work if the users sign in to their Zoom account associated with the email provided on the pre-assignment. One way to make sure that users sign in is to require authentication for your meeting. This makes is so that anyone that is not signed in to their Zoom account when clicking the join link will be prompted to sign in in order to gain access to the meeting.

Students must sign in using SSO (Single Sign On = BlazerID/Password). Here is a guide on how to sign-in to Zoom on phone or computer when joining a meeting.

  1. When scheduling your meeting, check the box for Require authentication to join (A) in the security section and choose which authentication you want to accept (anyone with Zoom account or just UAB Zoom accounts).
  2. Check the box for Breakout Rooms Pre-Assign (B) under the options section and choose which method you would like to use to pre-assign breakout rooms.
    • Create Rooms (C) allows you to use the Zoom interface to create rooms and assign people by typing in their @uab email address. This option will only allow you to type in email addresses of users that have created a Zoom account with UAB.
    • Import from CSV (D) allows you to create an worksheet with the desired group names and emails and upload it for pre-assigning. This option allows you to assign users internal and external to UAB.
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Pre-Assign Breakout Rooms — Web Portal Option

 

You can create breakout rooms, name the rooms, and assign users through the Zoom Web portal. Note: When pre-assigning participants using the web portal, you can only pre-assign internal Zoom users that are in the same account (@uab.edu email addresses).

  1. Click + Create Rooms shown in the previous step to open up the Pre-assign web portal.
  2. Click the + (A) button beside Rooms to add breakout rooms [limit is 50].
  3. Hover over the room and click the trash (B) icon to delete a room.
  4. Hover over a room title and click the pencil (C) icon to change the name of the room.
  5. Add Users (D) to a room by typing their name then clicking the full name that appears in the list.
    Note: If a user does not appear here, they do not currently have a Zoom account with UAB. You can direct the user to create their account or you can use the Import from CSV option.

  6. Hover over an assigned participant to see the option to Move or Delete assignment (E).

Pre-Assign Breakout Rooms — Import from CSV Option

 

PLEASE NOTE

  • Use @uab emails for users internal to UAB
  • Emails should be all lowercase
  • Some users have alias’s instead of blazerid@uab.edu. Check the UAB Directory to know what a user’s email is.
  • The file must be saved as a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file which can be found in the Save as file options.
  1. Click the Import from CSV option to pull up the CSV interface shown in the previous steps.
  2. Download the template CSV (A) worksheet to see the example.


  3. Fill out the template placing the breakout room name (B) in column A and the participants email (C) in column B.
  4. When you have finished filling out the CSV, drag that file into the upload area or click browse (D) and select the file.
  5. Refer to the Web Portal section of this guide to make any adjustments to breakout room names or assignments, then Click Save when finished.

Start Breakout Rooms

 

  1. Click Breakout Rooms (A) in the meeting controls to access the breakout rooms you created. You may have to click 'More' (three dots) in order to see Breakout Rooms button. This button is only visible to the Host of the meeting.
  2. If a participant is not automatically assigned to the breakout room you specified when scheduling the meeting, click Recover (B) to re-assign participants to their pre-assigned breakout rooms. You can also manually assign users.
  3. Click Open All Rooms (C) to open the rooms and send the pre-assigned users to their groups.

Learn more about Managing Breakout Rooms.

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