The Real World 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 also get access to teaching tools and active learning resources, including
Test bank
Art and Lecture PowerPoints
In-class discussion and activity ideas
Everyday Sociology Blog quizzes
Students get access to all the following, integrated with your LMS
- Norton Illumine Ebook
- InQuizitive
- Data Workshops
- Sociology in Practice videos
The Norton Illumine Ebook transforms reading into an active learning experience
For instructors, the assignable questions and activities in the ebook offer insight into student performance and reading behavior. The analytics dashboard includes a variety of detailed engagement metrics, offering a complete picture into how students are interacting with the ebook content. With seamless LMS integration, you can easily assign individual chapters and track completion grades in your gradebook.
For students, engaging features like Theory in Everyday Life interactive activities, Dynamic Data Figures, and Sociology in Practice videos throughout the ebook encourage them to read actively. Low-stakes concept check questions throughout each chapter build student confidence and comprehension before they move on to new content. These tools also help students stay on track by making learning objectives clear and progress visible. Students can highlight, take notes, search, and more. You can further personalize students' reading experience by embedding your own videos, audio, images, or text directly into the ebook for students to access.
Data Workshops help students apply sociological research methods
- For instructors, you can assign the Online Data Workshops to get your students to go out into the real world and get hands-on experience with the methods of sociological research, whether it’s participant observation research, content analysis, survey research, or an interview study. Each chapter has at least one online Data Workshop. These are graded 100% for completion. The rLMS includes short answer questions.
- For students, two Data Workshops in each chapter give them the opportunity to study pop culture and everyday life using sociological research methods. For example, the Data Workshop in the chapter on work and the economy asks students to conduct a content analysis of a workplace TV show such as The Bear or The Pitt to learn how fictionalized TV dramas and sitcoms portray jobs and the realities of working life.
Adaptive learning tool helps students master sociological concepts
For instructors, InQuizitive ensures that your students come to class better prepared, giving you more time for meaningful discussions, activities, and Data Workshops. InQuizitive can also improve your student’s test scores when assigned consistently for points as a part of the overall course grade. A robust activity report makes it easy to identify challenging concepts and allows for just-in-time intervention for students who need guided support. Additionally, LMS integration saves you time by reporting InQuizitive scores directly to your LMS gradebook.
For students, InQuizitive is Norton’s easy-to-use adaptive learning tool that personalizes their learning experience, helping them master key sociological concepts and theories.
Expert support so you can focus on teaching
We are proud to provide exceptional customer support to instructors assigning Norton courseware. Both your representative and customer success manager are an email or phone call away, and are here to help so you can spend more time teaching.
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
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