Chapter 1. Say Hello to Launch Pad Portal!
Because technology should never get in the way
[*0]Launch Pad Portal takes Worth's and Freeman's spectacular content and marries it to the simplicity of a reimagined interface.
[*8]Say goodbye to boring and confusing course pages
[*13]Sayanara to the artificial separation of e-book, activities, and assignments
[*18]Adios to inflexible homework systems
[*23]Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
[*28]Launch Pad Portal:
Because technology should never get in the way.
A new home for our unbeatable content
[*0]Freeman and Worth's Portals are widely recognized and lauded for their book specific content and abundance of resources.
[*15] These resources help students develop a deeper understanding of course concepts through meaningful interaction with course material.
[*23] LearningCurve is available in almost every Portal and has been widely acclaimed.
[*29] Our authors are an integral part of developing our online content.
[*34] And we provide a wider variety of material than any other publisher.
[*40] Starting this spring, our content will have a new home that will be just as acclaimed—with the introduction of Launch Pad Portals.
Pre-assembled Launch Pad Units
[*0]Every instructor's Launch Pad Portal course comes with all our great content—e-book sections, LearningCurve activities, videos, homework assignments, etc.—pre-assembled into curated Launch Pad Units.
[*18]Instructors can assign everything in a Unit with just a few clicks.
[*27]When students log in, they see everything in one place, with materials clearly organized based on what's due next.
You already know how to use it
[*0]It's impossible to get lost in a Launch Pad Portal. Students and instructors can only be in one of two places: in the Launch Pad Home page…
[*10]…or in "Focused & Engaged mode", where they view their assigned content.
[*16]Click Next or Previous to go right to another assignment, or click Home to return to the assignment list.
[*26]Students also see a "Progress Bar" for each Unit in the Launch Pad Home page. This tells them how many assignments they've done in the Unit, and how well they're doing.
Try it yourself!
It's almost time to try Launch Pad Portal yourself. At the NSM we'll show you how to get your very own course (it's an instantaneous process now!) and experience Launch Pad as an instructor. (We tried to get a student experience demo up for you in time to do it before the NSM, but didn't quite make it in time.)
[*12]Then at the NSM we'll show you how to get your very own course (it's an instantaneous process now!) and experience Launch Pad as an instructor.
