OneKey, CourseCompassSM, WebCT and by Blackboard

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OneKey, CourseCompass ^SM , WebCT and by Blackboard

OneKey is Prentice Hall's exclusive new resource that gives instructors and students access to the best online teaching and learning tools through one convenient Web site. OneKey enables instructors to prepare their courses effectively, present their courses more dramatically and assess students easily. An abundance of searchable presentation material together with practice activities and test questionsall organized by chapter or topichelps to simplify course preparation.

Selected content from the Deitels' introductory programming language How to Program series, including Java How to Program, 6/e , is available to integrate into various popular course management systems, including CourseCompass, Blackboard and WebCT. Course management systems help faculty create, manage and use sophisticated Web-based educational tools and programs. Instructors can save hours of inputting data by using Deitel course-management-systems content. [ Note: The e-Book included with OneKey contains the entire text of Java How to Program, 6/e .]

Blackboard, CourseCompass and WebCT offer:

Features to create and customize an online course , such as areas to post course information (e.g., policies, syllabi, announcements, assignments, grades, performance evaluations and progress tracking), class and student management tools, a gradebook, reporting tools, page tracking, a calendar and assignments.
Communication tools to help create and maintain interpersonal relationships between students and instructors, including chat rooms, whiteboards , document sharing, bulletin boards and private e-mail.
Flexible testing tools that allow an instructor to create online quizzes and tests from questions directly linked to the text, and that grade and track results effectively. All tests can be inputted into the gradebook for efficient course management. WebCT also allows instructors to administer timed online quizzes.
Support materials for instructors are available in print and online formats.

In addition to the types of tools found in Blackboard and WebCT, CourseCompass from Prentice Hall includes:

CourseCompass course home page , which makes the course as easy to navigate as a book. An expandable table of contents allows instructors to view course content at a glance and to link to any section.
Hosting on Prentice Hall's centralized servers , which allows course administrators to avoid separate licensing fees or server-space issues. Access to Prentice Hall technical support is available.
"How Do I" online-support sections are available for users who need help personalizing course sites, including step-by-step instructions for adding PowerPoint slides, video and more.
Instructor Quick Start Guide helps instructors create online courses using a simple, step-by-step process.

To view free online demonstrations and learn more about these Course Management Systems, which support Deitel content, visit the following Web sites:

Blackboard: www.blackboard.com and www.prenhall.com/blackboard
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WebCT: www.webct.com and www.prenhall.com/webct
CourseCompass: www.coursecompass.com and www.prenhall.com/coursecompass

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Java 2 Multimedia Cyber Classroom, 6/e Through OneKey

Java How to Program, 6/e and Small Java How to Program, 6/e will now include a free, Web-based interactive multimedia accompaniment to the book The Java 2 Multimedia Cyber Classroom, 6/e available in spring 2005 through OneKey. Our Web-based Cyber Classroom will include audio walkthroughs of code examples in the text, solutions to about half of the exercises in the book and more. For more information about the new Web-based Cyber Classroom and its availability through OneKey, please visit our Web site at www.deitel.com or sign up for the free Deitel Buzz Online e-mail newsletter at www.deitel.com/newsletter/subscribe.html.

Students who use our Cyber Classrooms tell us that they like the interactivity and that the Cyber Classroom is a powerful reference tool. Professors tell us that their students enjoy using the Cyber Classroom and consequently spend more time on the courses, mastering more of the material than in textbook -only courses. For a complete list of our current CD-ROM-based Cyber Classrooms , see the Deitel Series page at the beginning of this book, the product listing and ordering information at the end of this book, or visit www.deitel.com, www.prenhall.com/deitel or www.InformIT.com/deitel.