Setting Up and Customizing Your LaunchPad Course
LaunchPad Solo for Literature is designed to help students sharpen their critical thinking, reading, and writing skills and promote the development of digital literacy. We want you and your students to have an excellent experience. The resources below will help you get started, and the pages that follow will familiarize you with some of the resources and assignment types available in LaunchPad Solo for Literature.
For additional tips on using LaunchPad, or to offer tips of your own, join The English Community(Opens in new window) at the Macmillan Learning Community Site!
Create and Activate Your Course
To activate your course so students can enroll, please consult these resources:
- Reference the Course Activation(Opens in new window) advice from the Knowledge Base(Opens in new window).
- After you click on the “Activate your course” link at the top of the screen, share the course activation email with students. Providing students with the direct link to your course will help them be certain they’ve enrolled in the correct course.
- Request Training(Opens in new window)
- Contact Technical Support(Opens in new window) with any issues, and refer students to Tech Support if they have problems joining your course.
Locate Materials You Want to Use
You can locate relevant materials by:
- Viewing a LaunchPad unit(Opens in new window)
- Searching the Knowledge Base(Opens in new window) for articles about your product (i.e. "Launchpad Solo for Literature")
- Selecting the Resources panel to search or browse contents
Assign the Readings and Activities
Creating your course assignments before students enroll is one of the keys to success with LaunchPad, and assigning is incredibly easy. You can assign a full unit or assign resources independently. Please be aware that some quizzes appear in the Resources panel and will only be available to students if you assign them (see the page in this Welcome unit titled “Types of Assessment in Launchpad Solo for Literature” for more information). Students can access LearningCurve without it being assigned.
To assign, please review these instructions:
- Assigning a unit(Opens in new window)
- Assigning items within a unit(Opens in new window)
- Assigning items to groups or individuals(Opens in new window)
- Explore advanced assignment settings(Opens in new window)
Debrief with Your Students
LaunchPad Solo for Literature can tell you a lot about students’ mastery of course content. By talking with students about the trends you see in their results, you’ll affirm their online practice and have a better sense of their strengths and weaknesses.
To debrief with students, these instructions can help you talk about their results: