Does McGraw Hill Connect improve student learning outcomes?
I use Connect for one semester. Some comments

About the cost: what is the alternative if you don't use Connect?  Probably a printed textbook.  Connect is probably cheaper than a printed textbook, at least it was for my class.  I did not have any students complain about the cost (out of about 80)

&quot;Also, Connect allows me to monitor if the students actually read the textbook&quot;.  Yes, but it doesn't monitor if they understand the textbook. I had many students asking questions during class that made it obvious that they had not understood the content from the book, even though nearly everyone had done the reading assignment.

The instant feedback feature is very nice. I personally gave students several attempts at the problem.  i.e. if they got it wrong they had a chance to correct it. At least for me, this ended up driving a large number of students to attend office hours.  i.e. without instant feedback, they assume they have done it right, turn it in, and a week or two later I grade it and they see they're done it wrong, but by that time we are already onto another topic.  With instant feedback they know immediately that they are wrong, and then come to office hours to ask questions.  I think this is a plus for student learning.  You can, as you mentioned, code this into Blackboard or Canvas yourself, but have pre-coded questions will save you a lot of time.


I do plan to use it again.