StukentReviews of stukent.com

So, I like Stukent as a company and what they are trying to do in making college level courseware more practical. They get lots of stars for that. I've so far used 2 of their texts, and the first one, a social media course, was often very much out of date and is in desperate need of a re-edit. They are declining to do so, which means I need to find a new social media text and change my course accordingly- which is a lot of work I don't get paid to do. The reply mentions a social media book that is far less useful for the college Junior/Senior classes I'm assigned to teach as it's a social media basics how-to boom appropriately written for HS/community College students.. and is Good for that purpose. I'm presently teaching from an advertising text and the book is.. also... unfinished. Many chapters don't have quizzes to check student reading. (about 1/4) Multiple slide decks look like unedited rough drafts with one chapter having nearly 90 slides. And no, not all of that was relevant content, more an unedited data dump. Some significant subjects like marketing analytics are glossed over extremely superficially- to the point of being insulting to students. So why the 3 stars? The "Simternships" are a great feature. What they are trying to do is great, and deserves support.

For some students without previous Excel experience do struggle with some of the simulation functions. An excel primer would be a great feature for students to review prior to doing the simulations.

The Mimic Social Simulation updates are amazing! I appreciate how rounds are broken into categories, budgets are changed accordingly, and students get a real-world view of being a social media marketing manager. I am disappointed with the instructor provided content. The PowerPoint slides are filled with typos and grammar errors and there is no consistency in formatting. If I want to use parts of these slides, I have to completely rebuild each chapter. The test banks contain all questions already provided in the quizzes, have no application questions, and do not use Blooms taxonomy to scale for higher level thinking. Stukent is on the right track with their materials and they can easily be updated to be more useful for faculty.

Some textbooks have great contents. Yet some textbooks need to develop more/strong contents. Personally, I was disappointed with Integrated marketing communication textbook. Textbook contents are weak and with lack of description, there were parts that were not easily understood. Also, more contents for instructor lesson plan, and test bank would be appreciated. Besides those, the stukent platform needs major updates too. Many students had log-in issues. Also as an instructor, students' assignment submission dates were not available. Concerning simulation game, it is well made. Yet I wish if Stukent provide more detailed instructions for the instructor concerning winning strategies for the game.

I LOVED the previous Stukent format with posting and analytics rounds. I used it for two years and can't say enough how awesome it was! For high school students, the analytics rounds were where they truly gained the insights they needed to improve. The new version has no analytics rounds and I am incredibly disappointed. Please add the analytics rounds back in. High school students have no way to dive into social media analytics other than this tool. While students can still simulate posting, without forcing them to examine the analytics they quite simply won't likely do it on their own.

Having issues getting kids logged in. Do not like the new format nor the new sports textbook assignments.

I’m not thrilled with the new interface -ebook makes me login several times. Students saying Ch 11-12-13 having problems advancing to the next page in chapters. Answers on quizzes marked wrong but student put the right answers