RE: McGraw Hill vs. Allyn and Bacon

[Susan Shapiro]

I tried using Pageout this spring.    There were very interesting materials available, but it took more time to put pages together than I would like. For example: if you put items in out of order and wanted to change them you had to start the section from scratch.  There were also problems with registering students.  These may have been cleared up.    If I were using ANY system of this type I would get the materials together WELL BEFORE the class started and try it out with several sample students to find problems.   I would also make it supplemental at this point, and not a requirement.  Then problems will not create disasters!   Suzi   Susan J. Shapiro Department of Psychology Indiana University East 2325 Chester Blvd. Richmond, IN 47374 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iue.indiana.edu/psych/index.html -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jon Iuzzini Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 12:08 AM To: 'Mark Eastman'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: McGraw Hill vs. Allyn and Bacon Mark,   I don’t know much about Allyn & Bacon’s services, but I recently spoke with someone at McGraw-Hill and learned of their PageOut service, which basically involves them setting up a web page for you when you use one of their books. The main benefits to this that you don’t necessarily have by creating your own web page is that (1) they provide links for students to material relevant to each chapter in the book you’re using, (2) they provide a “bulletin board” area in which you can post issues for discussion and then your students can comment as they wish.  This may be a nice tool for extra credit, although I haven’t tried it yet.  Overall, the setup seemed like it was very well thought out, and it’s certainly worth looking into if you’re thinking about using one of their texts.  For more info, go to http://www.mhhe.com/pageout.   Best, Jon I.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonathan L. Iuzzini