Britannica LaunchPacks

Discover training options available to subscribers, to help you maximise usage amongst educators and students.

Live Training

Britannica LaunchPacks live training for subscribers

30 MINUTES

Learn how you can use LaunchPacks to save planning time and make teaching science and social sciences topics more personalised and engaging! This thorough, 30 minute online session will take you through all the content and features available to teachers and students in your LaunchPacks subscription.

Only available to existing subscribers of any version of Britannica LaunchPacks. To enquire, please contact us.

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Playlist

Getting started with Britannica LaunchPacks

33 MINUTES

A series of short videos to get you started using Britannica LaunchPacks. We answer all your most pressing questions, including:

  • How to share a Pack to Google Classroom or Drive?
  • How to share to Microsoft Teams?
  • How to customise a Pack?
  • How to use Question Sets or Learning Strategies to scaffold a Pack?
  • How to create a class and invite students?
  • How to assign a Pack?

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Past webinar

Application of project based learning in social sciences instruction

30 MINUTES

Dubbed the “new way to teach” by CNN, Project Based Learning (PBL) is a recognised pedagogy that empowers students to engage in deeper, self-directed learning while investigating problems that draw from the real-world.

For all its documented benefits – motivated students, improved outcomes, extended learning opportunities, the perfect alignment between real life and curriculum – the effectiveness of PBL in the classroom ultimately depends on how well it is implemented.

Learn how educators can lead and successfully implement PBL in learning:

This session was first recorded in 2019.

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