LaunchPad Solo for Hacker Handbooks is designed to help students sharpen their reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. Some instructors assign the resources in LaunchPad Solo, while others encourage students to work with the material at their own pace. Either way, college writers will find they are building the skills they need to become successful college writers.

LaunchPad Solo for Hacker Handbooks includes

Practice exercises that reinforce the lessons in the handbook and that help students strengthen their editing skills (270 exercise sets are autoscored)

LearningCurve, game-like quizzing on reading, writing, and grammar topics that adjusts the level of difficulty based on individual performance

Writing prompts called “Writing practice” that help students apply the lessons of the handbook to their own writing

Videos and video tools that help students engage with and think critically about multimedia content

Easy assign functionality that allows instructors to assign exercises or writing prompts, paired with an assignment calendar that lets students see at a glance what is due and when

A gradebook that helps college writers and their instructors keep track of progress