First Day of Class
First Day of Class
Student Registration Guide
Linking LaunchPad to Desire2Learn
Fall 2016
What is LaunchPad?
LaunchPad is an online course space that includes:
• Interactive e-Book
• Engaging multimedia
• Effective study tools
• Loads of quizzing
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What are other students
saying about it?
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What will LaunchPad do for
you?
• Improve your understanding of
the course content
• Engage you in the course
• Prepare you for tests and
quizzes
• Help you get a better grade!
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So how do you begin?
Go to your institution’s Desire2Learn site.
1. Navigate to the Desire2Learn login screen and log in using your
Desire2Learn username and password.
2. Find your instructor’s course and click on the title to open it.
3. In the navigation menu towards the top of your Desire2Learn course
screen, click on the area where your instructor has put LaunchPad
content.
a. If you’re not sure which option it is, ask your instructor!
b. You might also see a Macmillan Course Tools widget on your
course home page. Click the LaunchPad logo.
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Do you see a Privacy Notice?
1. You will see the “Privacy Notice and Terms of Use (“Legal Terms”) if this is the
first time you have accessed a LaunchPad assignment through Desire2Learn.
2. Review the “Privacy Notice and Terms of Use (“Legal Terms”) and select “I have
read the Legal Terms.”
3. Click “I agree to the Legal Terms.”
4. Before proceeding, determine whether you already have a Macmillan account.
How will you know if you have an account? We’ll
help you! Consider the scenarios on the next slide.
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Could you already have a
Macmillan account?
• If this is your first time encountering LaunchPad, you do not have a Macmillan
account and must create one. Go to slide 8.
• If you used LaunchPad at a school you’re no longer attending, your account is
invalid, and you should create a new one. Go to slide 8.
• If you recently purchased a shrink-wrapped package or an access card for this
course and registered the code on the card, you have an account and should
link it to Desire2Learn. Go to slide 11.
• If you used LaunchPad in another course during a previous semester, you have
an account and should link it to Desire2Learn. Go to slide 11.
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New to LaunchPad:
Which screen do you see?
Screen 1
Screen 2
Proceed to the next slide for instructions.
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New to LaunchPad:
Create a Macmillan account.
• Screen 1: Use your
Desire2Learn e-mail
to create a Macmillan
Learning account.
• When you’re done,
click Register.
• Screen 2: Enter your
Desire2Learn e-mail
address.
• You will now see the
screen pictured here.
• Create a Macmillan
Learning account.
• When you’re done,
click Register.
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New and returning users:
Select your access option.
• Enter an access code that you
purchased inside a package or by itself
from the bookstore.
• Use a credit card or PayPal account to
purchase access online.
• Sign up for 21 days of free trial access,
after which you’ll need to purchase from
your bookstore or online.
Congratulations! When you complete your access
option, you’ll be allowed to continue to
LaunchPad, which will take you to the assignment
you clicked on in Desire2Learn to initiate this
process.
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Returning users:
Which screen do you see?
Screen 1
Screen 2
Proceed to the next slide for instructions.
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Returning users:
Link your Macmillan account.
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Screen 1: Click Change
to enter the e-mail
address associated with
your Macmillan account.
If you don’t remember it,
jump to slide 15 to learn
how to contact our
technical support team.
Screen 2: Enter the email address associated
with your Macmillan
account.
If you don’t remember it,
jump to slide 15 to learn
how to contact our
technical support team.
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Returning users:
Enter your Macmillan password.
• The system should recognize
the e-mail address associated
with your Macmillan account.
• Next, enter the password
associated with your
Macmillan account.
• If you don’t remember your
password, use the click here
option to have it sent to you.
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Returning users:
Select your access option or
proceed to LaunchPad.
• If you see a screen prompting you to enter an access code, purchase
online, or sign up for temporary access, see slide 10 for more
information.
• If you’ve already registered an access code, purchased online, or signed
up for temporary access, you’ll be invited to Continue to Product or
Continue to Site.
• After continuing, you’ll be taken to the LaunchPad assignment you clicked
on in Desire2Learn to initiate this process.
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Where can you get more help?
Visit our online support community!
Go to
https://community.macmillan.com/community/digitalproduct-support for help articles and information on
how to contact Macmillan Learning.
Have a fantastic semester!
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