Communication

The Future Belongs to Strong Communicators. Help Your Students Get There

Every powerful idea, meaningful connection, and life opportunity often begins with the ability to communicate clearly and confidently. With the right support and feedback, your students can find their unique voices, sharpen their thinking, and prepare to shape the future.

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Classroom Solutions for Communication

Achieve for Communication

Achieve for Communication helps students build confidence and mastery through practice, feedback, and reflection. With tools designed for public speaking, interpersonal communication, and self-awareness, instructors can support communication skills that students carry beyond the classroom.

From public speaking to interpersonal communication, Achieve supports skill development with assessments that emphasize practice, feedback, and application across communication contexts.

  • Adaptive Quizzing guides students concept mastery with personalised question sets and targeted feedback, directly tied to relevant readings for deeper understanding.
  • Chapter quizzes provide clear checkpoints for evaluating student understanding of core concepts.
  • Short-form Writing Assignments, grounded in authentic assessment principles, support frequent, low-stakes writing that helps students reflect on prompts, ideas, and communication content, allowing instructors to focus on substance rather than mechanics.
  • Video-based assessments use assignable videos and activities that model real-world communication scenarios, ensuring students actively engage with content rather than passively watch.
  • Respondus® LockDown Browser integration: Achieve now includes Respondus® LockDown Browser, offering the exam security you need and assessments you can trust.

Students thrive when they understand their own communication styles and build self-awareness and confidence.

  • Goal-setting and Reflection Surveys give students the tools to take ownership of their learning, help them set clear goals, track progress, and stay motivated.

Streamline course setup, feedback, and instruction with flexible tools designed for communication courses.

  • Ready-to-use instructor resources, such as question banks, classroom activities, and more, make it easier to prepare and teach your Communication course.
  • LMS integration simplifies course setup, assignments, and grading.
  • Real-time analytics & gradebook tools monitor student progress, identify learning gaps, and track trends across the class.
  • Customisable content gives you the flexibility to adapt assignments and resources to match your teaching style and course objectives.

Instructor Resources

Enhance your teaching and streamline your workflow with tailored resources, insightful analytics, and dedicated expert support.

Save time with pre-built and customisable tools: Achieve offers a wealth of ready-made and customisable resources, including assessments, test banks, videos, animations, and classroom activities, all designed to save you time and enhance your teaching.

Stay on top of student progress with powerful analytics tools. Achieve’s gradebook and reporting features track student performance, giving instructors the insights they need to provide support at the right time. With iClicker, get instant feedback on student understanding and adjust lessons in real-time.

Personalised Training and Resources: Macmillan Learning’s team of experts is here to support you, every step of the way. Whether you need help setting up your course, using analytics tools, or customising materials, we’re here to help.

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