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LaunchPad for Technical Communication, Eleventh Edition includes a full e-book version of the text and a variety of interactive digital resources, including:

Cases

Document-based cases, previously included at the end of each chapter, are now presented online, where students can familiarize themselves with each scenario, download and work with related documents, and access assignment questions in a single space.

We recommend that you use LaunchPad's Dropbox feature to collect student responses to the case assignments. This feature allows students to upload files in any format up to 25 megabytes in size. For instructions on adding the Dropbox to a Unit, go here.

Document Analysis Activities

A library of real multimedia documents that harness digital technologies in exciting new ways, each accompanied by prompts to help students analyze them.

Downloadable Forms

Students can download and work with a variety of helpful forms discussed throughout the text.

LearningCurve adaptive quizzing

LearningCurve, a fun adaptive quizzing program, meets students where they are and gives them the extra support they need when they need it. LearningCurve activities cover material from the first ten chapters of the text, along with key topics for multilingual writers.

Team Writing Modules

These modules, built around five short videos of real team interactions, focus on the role of written communication in teamwork. They teach students how to use written documentation to manage a team by producing task schedules, minutes, charters, and other materials and also provide models for working on large collaborative documents. 

Tutorials

Engaging tutorials show students helpful tools and tips for creating their projects and guidance on how to best use them, as well as the documentation process for citing the sources in MLA and APA styles.

E-books

Students have full access to two Bedford/St. Martin's e-books: Document-Based Cases for Technical Communication, Second Edition, by Roger Munger, and Team Writing by Joanna Wolfe.