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Home Page Resources

The Home page provides the following additional tools:

Header links

The Header links, located at the very top of the page, provide access to helpful tools within ThomsonNOW. These include the online Help, the My Account link for changing your account information, the Sign Out link to end your ThomsonNOW session, the Feedback link, and ThomsonNOW Tools that include a calculator and math glossary.

Quick Links

The Quick Links give you easy access to commonly used features, such as viewing your grades, syllabus, and tutorials, and registering a new book or class.

Course Materials

This box shows your currently registered Course Materials, and gives you direct access to your self-study materials on the Course Materials tab.

Above the Actions table are tabs that you can click on to access other pages of ThomsonNOW:

Home tab

The Home tab lets you return to the Home page from other pages of ThomsonNOW.

Courses tab

The Courses page gives you immediate access to all of your ThomsonNOW courses. You can view the assignments, grades, and syllabus for each class as well as register for a new ThomsonNOW course.

Grades tab

The Grades page lets you keep track of your grades with a variety of sorting options that help you find specific grades quickly.

Assignments/Tests tab

The Assignments page allows you to Take an assignment, or Retake or Resume an assignment (if your instructor permits it). You can view your assignments in a variety of ways, including looking at a particular course, or at the assignments available for you to take right now. The page lists due dates for each course and your scores for completed and partially completed assignments, such as tests and homework.

Course Materials tab

The Course Materials page displays the self-study products you can access through ThomsonNOW. Work that you access and complete here is for ungraded self-study only and is separate from your course assignments.

Communication tab

You can use the features on the Communication page to post messages to other students or your instructor, and monitor online discussion groups for your courses.

When you are done with your ThomsonNOW session, click Sign Out to close the current session.

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