Ready for Tomorrow
What students learn matters.
How they learn prepares them for what’s next.
Features
Student Tools
- SmartBook
- ReadAnywhere
- Inclusive Access
Resources
Support
- Course Consultation
- Instructor Support
Beyond the Answer: How Connect Fosters Genuine Learning
In a world where students can generate answers in seconds, what matters most is not just what they learn, but how they learn. Connect is a digital learning platform that supports students in working through challenges—not around them—to build knowledge and skills that last beyond the course.
Supporting the Productive Struggle
We believe students learn best when they are supported in working through challenging concepts. Connect guides them through this process using personalized support tools like SmartBook®, featuring AI Reader and Translation Tool.
Building Skills That Transfer
Effective digital learning platforms must build critical thinking, AI literacy, and other core skills that students will carry into their next course and the real world. Connect prepares students with practical, immersive and targeted assignments and activities.
Built for Learning. Designed for Teaching.
Students deserve an accessible, relevant learning experience, and instructors should be empowered with time-saving, insightful tools. Connect delivers on all of this.
Supporting Preparedness Through Productive Struggle
SmartBook: An adaptive, assignable reading experience that personalizes student learning. With embedded features like AI Reader and Translation Tool, it builds comprehension through simplified explanations, self-quizzing and multilingual support.
ReadAnywhere App: Reduce study barriers by giving students offline access to read course materials anytime, anywhere.
Building Transferrable Skills
Gen AI Prep Assignments: Practical learning modules that build AI literacy and prepare students to apply generative AI thoughtfully and effectively in academic and professional settings.
SIMskills Badge in Generative AI: A self-paced course designed to build prompt-writing skills and teach students to use AI ethically, culminating in a verified digital credential.
Application-Based Activities: Interactive scenarios that help students apply concepts, strengthen problem-solving skills, and bridge the gap between theory and practice.
Critical Thinking Activities: Push learners beyond memorization with exercises that encourage analysis and strengthen independent problem-solving skills.
Built for Students. Designed for You.
Seamless Course Updates: Keep your class current and engaging. Our Evergreen delivery model uses a release-centered process, delivering new and updated content, tools, and accessibility features directly to your course.
Built-in Accessibility: Connect is designed to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 Level AA and support the varied needs of all learners.
Actionable Insights: Real-time reporting helps instructors identify at-risk students and make data-informed decisions that support targeted instruction.
Proctorio Integration: Support academic integrity with seamless online proctoring and trusted assessment experiences.
Real Results: The 2026 Connect Effectiveness Study
Discover how your peers are using Connect to improve student outcomes and make an impact in their courses.
See Connect in Action
Take a self-guided tour to see exactly how tools like SmartBook and Application-Based Activities (ABAs) engage students in the learning process and build skills that last.
Integrating With Your Campus LMS
Streamline your course setup with our newly redesigned learning management system (LMS) integration experience, featuring smarter section pairing and direct assignment deployment to eliminate friction and keep your focus on teaching.
McGraw Hill Connect
Build deeper connections with your students.
Connect, our all-in-one course platform streamlines your prep work, allows you to add instructors to any section, and surfaces more information in fewer clicks. Its innovative features empower you to take your students further.
Enhance Learning with AI Reader
Discover how AI Reader in Connect harnesses the power of Generative AI to spark curiosity, enhance active reading, and empower students to gain a deeper understanding of course content.
65K
Instructors have paired Connect with their LMS in the past 12 months
90%
Time Spent on Teaching – When using Connect, instructors spend 90% more time on active learning experiences.
99.9%
Uptime – You and your students can rely on our technology to stay on pace.
92%
Student Satisfaction – 92% of students were satisfied with Connect after using it for a full term.
Connect Effectiveness Study
Explore how Connect supports student success and helps educators achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness through a comprehensive in-depth study. Dive into real-world case studies that highlight how Connect boosts student engagement, improves learning outcomes, and simplifies course management.
Instructor Benefits
Connect enhances the digital course experience, fostering greater student engagement with the material. Its adaptable course design, high-quality digital content and assessments, and user-friendly analytics and reporting tools provide a premier online learning experience.
Student Benefits
Connect offers each student a personalized digital learning journey, designed to optimize their study time and boost grade potential. SmartBook and the free ReadAnywhere® App allow for effective and convenient studying, while our Inclusive Access program provides early and affordable access to course materials.
Latest Enhancements
Latest Enhancements
Connect offers each student a personalized digital learning journey, designed to optimize their study time and boost grade potential. SmartBook and the free ReadAnywhere® App allow for effective and convenient studying, while our Inclusive Access program provides early and affordable access to course materials.
Connect offers each student a personalized digital learning journey, designed to optimize their study time and boost grade potential. SmartBook 2.0 and the free ReadAnywhere® App allow for effective and convenient studying, while our Inclusive Access program provides early and affordable access to course materials.
Testimonials
"Everyone I've talked to at McGraw Hill, right from my rep to the marketing managers, have continued to stay in touch with me, checking in, making sure everything is OK. If this isn't 1st class service, then I don’t know what is."
- Professor Melanie Doyle, Dawson College
Read more about how Professor Doyle uses Connect in her course.
"Students like Connect because they find it helpful and most are willing to do the work. As the Professor, I can quickly adjust each question and quiz difficulty to accommodate the learning needs of every student."
- Professor Lewis Stevenson, Brock University