Oceanography: An Interdisciplinary Approach integrates with your LMS
Our materials seamlessly integrate into all major learning management systems. Our content loads directly into your course shell so you can incorporate Norton materials around your existing content. Our customer success team is available to guide you every step of the way. If you are interested in learning more, contact your local representative.
When you assign Norton Courseware
Instructors receive access to:
Active learning activities
Test bank
Lecture PowerPoint slides
Powerful analytics
A suite of curated Real World videos
Students get access to all the following, integrated with your LMS for $69.95:
- Concept-check questions with answer-specific feedback
- Chapter-based homework assignments
- Accessible content
- Embedded ocean videos
- Interactive activities that foster quantitative reasoning
A better way to learn and study oceanography
Dynamic Ocean Spotlight interactive activities in each chapter of the Norton Illumine Ebook guide students through examinations of how geologic, chemical, physical, and biological processes interconnect and impact human life. Each interactive is assignable and contains a data-interpretation component to help build quantitative reasoning skills.
Concept-check “Check Your Understanding” questions with answer-specific feedback end each section to build students’ confidence, while embedded ocean videos at the beginning of each section keep them interested in reading.
For instructors, the Norton Illumine Ebook allows you to add your own content, videos, and annotations for students to access as they read the text. Powerful analytics provide insights into your students’ progress.
Powerful online homework builds quantitative reasoning
For students, Smartwork online homework assignments help students practice their problem-solving skills through a variety of interactive question types, book-specific hints, and extensive answer-specific feedback. With questions specifically focused on climate change, quantitative reasoning, and the intersection between pillars, students get practice and guided learning with important ocean processes.
For instructors, Smartwork is an easy-to-use tool that offers both premade assignments and flexible customization options for building tailored assignments and questions. Written by experienced oceanography instructors, our varied questions engage different modes of thinking. Smartwork integration with your campus LMS saves you time, while individual and class-wide performance reports help you see students’ progress, offer personalized support, and identify challenging concepts.
Options for active learning keep students’ interest
For instructors, the Norton Teaching Tools site is a place where you can find thoughtfully curated resources that are tagged by learning objective and chapter number to keep your course current. This site includes discussions, Real World videos, active learning activities, and lecture PowerPoint slides.
For students, introductory oceanography becomes much more than just a science credit. They’ll remain engaged, awe-inspired, and empowered to think creatively about solutions to global climate change without losing hope.
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Your local representative will:
- Help you select the best books, digital products, and resources to meet your course needs
- Provide desk copies (yes, we do still provide these in most cases)
- Work with your bookstore to ensure smooth ordering of your materials
- Connect you with your customer success manager
Your customer success manager will:
- Provide training and setup support, as well as be available on-demand and throughout the year
- Consult with you on course challenges and goals to design a learning pathway for your students
- Help you integrate our learning tools into your LMS course
Image Credits: (Real World video still) NOAA, Ocean Today: Career Spotlight
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