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ONLINE COMMUNITIES AND RESOURCES FOR BUSINESS
COMMUNICATION INSTRUCTORS
As you grapple with large class sizes and heavy advising loads, we are constantly on the lookout for ways
we can help you spend less time preparing lectures and activities and more time teaching and working
one-on-one with your students. We invite you to explore the unmatched array of resources the Bovée &
Thill team offers for business communication instructors. Some of these online resources require
registration, but as a Bovée & Thill adopter, you are welcome to use all of them.
QuickSwitch Textbook Migration System
If you are moving to Business Communication Essentials from another textbook, we encourage you to
take advantage of the unique QuickSwitch system. We developed this system to simplify the task of
adapting your syllabus, lesson plans, and other teaching materials. It provides three tools to help you get
up and running with Business Communication Essentials as quickly as possible:
• Syllabus Assistant. This interactive tool helps you generate a syllabus that makes the best use of
Business Communication Essentials, including course outcomes, detailed assessment rubrics, and
the framework for a course calendar. You can easily pull in content from your existing syllabus
and add required material from your institution. After you’ve completed the online interview, the
system generates a Word document that you can then customize and finalize as needed.
• Lesson Plan Foundations. Select from 10 lesson plan foundations available for Business
Communication Essentials, each designed to simplify the task of creating a course lesson plan
based on your new text. For your convenience, we have included all 10 lesson plan foundations as
part of this Instructors Manual.
To learn more about QuickSwitch, please visit http://qs.businesscommunicationnetwork.com/.
Media Curation Services
Bovée & Thill’s Online Magazines for Business Communication on Scoop.it collect useful and
interesting media items in a variety of subject areas:
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Custom Web Search Tool
Daily Business Communication News
Our daily news service, Business Communication Headline News, provides carefully selected
items of interest for instructors.
This service offers instructors a variety of important advantages:
• Enhance your research projects with the newest data
• Compare best practices from other instructors
• Improve the quality and effectiveness of your teaching by reading about new teaching tips
and techniques
Content Updating Service
Bovée & Thill Wiki Simulator