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Faculty guide - LearningExpress PrepSTEP: Home

This guide provides information of interest to faculty who want to either add PrepSTEP to a Canvas course or want to refer students to use the resources on their own via the library's website.

LearningExpress PrepSTEP - Adding Resources to Canvas

                                        

 

Faculty can now add content from the Library's popular database PrepSTEP into their Canvas courses.

View the short video below for information on adding a PrepSTEP resource to a Canvas course.

  • PrepSTEP includes practice tests, tutorials, and ebooks on a wide variety of subjects  (Flashcards are also available for some topics).
  • Content is arranged by "centers". If you are new to PrepSTEP, take a few minutes to review the centers which are listed below. (An attached spreadsheet of current resources is also provided on this faculty guide.)  Once you get into the PrepSTEP external  tool, you will have to select the name of the center from a drop-down menu.
  • View the short video below for information on adding a PrepSTEP resource to a Canvas course.  As the video demonstrates, within the external tool function in Canvas select EBSCO LearningExpress PrepSTEP.
    • You will then be prompted to select the name of the center from a menu.  A few submenus will then appear after each selection.
    • Faculty can preview a resource, within the external tool screen, before they select the resource.
    • If PrepSTEP tests are added as a Canvas assignment, grades will automatically go into the course's grade book.
    • Since students are authenticated as a B-CU student once they log into their Canvas course, no additional log-in is necessary to use the PrepSTEP resources you added to the course.
  • Some tests are offered in one of three modes: Learner, Practice, and Simulation.
    • Learner mode allows a user to view the answers to test questions as they go along, to help them study.
    • Practice mode displays the time allotted for that test, but if the timer runs out a user is not prevented from completing the test. The timer is only intended to help them pace themselves in preparation for real testing situations.
    • Simulation mode simulates an actual testing environment and is only available for practice tests that are based on official tests. In Simulation mode, a user will not be able to continue taking a test when the time is up.
  • Students may continue to use PrepSTEP through the library's database link. More information on this is at the end of this guide.
For library questions or help: askalibrarian@cookman.edu
 
For  Canvas-related questions, please get in touch with
Antionette Moore, Ph.D., CFD | E-Learning Administrator/ Sr. Instructional Technologist and Faculty Developer
Bethune-Cookman University | B.J. Moore Center for Faculty Innovation
p: 386-481-2078
e: moorea@cookman.edu