trouble with evolve and instructor resources

[LadyIrish43]

:down:I have been teaching my class from the Adult Health Nursing 5th edition text book for five months now. Last month my resource cd fell under the passengers seat of my van and I didn't know until my oldest boy slid the seat back and we heard a loud ''crunch''. I contacted Evolve to get another disk ,but they keep telling me that I have to mail in the broken disk which I've allready thrown away.

welp looks like im going to be extremely busy for awhile , without that disk I'll have to make 30 quizzes and 30 tests each week and find out how to scramble the questions ,do all the studyguides, make my own powerpoints. GAAH! what do I need to make powerpoints? do I have do buy any software?

have any instructors here ever had to have your resouce disk replaced? was it this much of a hassle?

[Leda]

I would suggest that you contact the local publishing company representative directly to request the replacement. For reasons of exam security the publishing companies have strict requirements concerning the distribution of instructor resources. It is essential that they confirm you are actually a nursing faculty member. This typically involves confirmation from the director/department head of the nursing program.

Many publishing companies are no longer issuing instructor textbook resource CDs. Instead all instructor resources are online. This is another reason you need to contact the book company rep to find out exactly what is currently available for instructor resources for your textbook.

[VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN]

I agree. Contact the Elsevier rep for your school. They are usually very helpful and prompt.

[heartonly]

just go to the website listed in the book and request resources as an instructor. They verify that you are an instructor and in about 2 days you will have access to the same resources and more. If it gives you an option also to request TEACH resources, do so. There are complete lesson plans there along with the same powerpoint lessons in word format with the notes beside the slide and pre-test quizzes as well. THe sales representative assigned to our college contacts me about every 3 months just to see if we need anything. We use that same book and several others from the same company and I am extremely satisfied with their resources and willingness to help me.