Guide to the Additional Resources in Your LaunchPad Solo for Literature

LaunchPad Solo for Literature includes a robust selection of easily assignable, ready-made resources for the literature classroom. To access this material, click on “Add from Resources” on the top right of the main page, or click on the starred Resources button in the control panel to the left.

Click on Content by type to view the library of publisher-provided resources. There, you will find:

Author preview videos

Author videos on the elements of literature are perfect for the YouTube generation and include T.C. Boyle on comedy in fiction, Anne Rice on transitions in fiction, and Frank McCourt on voice. Using the video editing tools in LaunchPad, instructors can annotate, assign, and add questions or comments to these videos, as well as apply these tools to videos that they upload themselves.

Quizzes

Close to 500 hundred reading comprehension quizzes on commonly taught stories, poems, plays, and essays. These multiple choice quizzes report to the instructor gradebook and help students test their understanding of a specific literary selection.

Readings (text)

An online library of literary selections of full assignable works gives instructors plenty of choice for uploading key selections to focus on in a collaborative reading, using the highlighting tools and notes feature in LaunchPad.