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The BioPortal platform offers powerful assessment tools in an integrated environment that includes a wealth of student and instructor media resources and the complete eBook. Assessment features of BioPortal include:

• Integrated Personalized Study Plans offer study guidance to students and instant class comprehension feedback to instructors, along with targeted resources for those areas that need the most attention.
• eBook Media Integration allows instructors to easily insert Supplemental Photos and Videos from the Instructor's Media Library or your own content into the eBook notes truly customizing the student experience.
• Easy-to-use custom assessment tools allow you to quickly create quizzes and many other types of assignments using any combination of the questions and resources provided and your own materials. Resources can be easily added and reorganized, and everything is assignable.
• Comprehensive question banks including test bank, study guide, textbook self-quiz, and online quiz questions.
• Student self-assessment resources, such as Interactive Quizzes that include diagrams, instant feedback on all answer choices, and direct links to textbook pages for review.

Virtually every aspect of BioPortal is customizable, from the layout of the course and its elements to the content of the eBook. Instructors can easily add their own resources to their course, remove those elements they don't want to use, create custom assignments and assessments, and assign anything included in BioPortal. Features include:

• Custom chapter and resource selection
• Re-ordering and re-organization of all resources
• Easy instructor resource integration
• Custom assignments and assessments
• Editing of test bank questions
• Upload of documents