The Essentials of Management Information Systems: Organization and Technology in the Networked Enterprise (Fourth Edition) On-line Course can help you create and implement a high-quality distance learning course with relative ease. The course allows you to customize the Laudon & Laudon course content and integrate your own custom materials.

The course features: lecture notes with discussion questions, Internet Exercises, off-line activities that offer directions to integrate the text and Multimedia CD-ROM, on-line quizzes (auto-scored and recorded), test item database and test preparation tools (auto-scored and recorded), glossary, e-mail accounts for students and instructors, and a bulletin board.

A wizard program guides you through the initial stages of course development, including the creation of a password-protected course home page. The Course Management feature automatically grades on-line tests and records scores in your electronic grade book. The Progress Tracking feature lets you monitor individual and overall student progress. The Content Tracking feature tells you how often and for how long each and every student visits.

TUTORIAL SOFTWARE

For instructors looking for Application Software support to use with this text, Prentice Hall is pleased to offer CBT CD-ROMs for Microsoft Office 2000. These exciting tutorial CDs are fully certified up to the expert level of the Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) Certification Program. They are not available as stand-alone items but can be packaged with the Laudon & Laudon text at an additional charge. Please contact your local Prentice Hall representative for more details.