Flexible student and instructor resources
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The Norton Ebook Reader Platform
Dynamic features exclusive to the Norton Ebook Reader make it an ideal environment for instructors and students to engage with the anthology in a whole new way.
- Embedded video and audio in the period introductions spur students to engage with the historical and cultural context before digging into specific works.
- Powerful annotation tools make it easy for students to highlight and take notes, thereby encouraging close reading.
- Instructors can share their own notes, videos, links, and more with their entire class directly on the page.
- Instructors can also link directly to specific selections from the Norton Ebook Reader from their LMS.
The Student Site
This site offers additional resources for students that can be accessed via The Norton Anthology of African American Literature digital landing page or directly via the instructor’s LMS.
The resources include:
- A curated selection of links to Spotify recordings of works in the anthology.
- Annotated author bibliographies.
- The videos from the ebooks.
- Reference materials for writing such as guidance for MLA citation.
Teaching with The Norton Anthology of African American Literature: A Guide for Instructors
This guide features tips and strategies for each section of the anthology as well as lists of teaching resources, discussion questions, and thematic pairings of readings to help streamline and spark ideas for syllabus creation.
Other resources to enrich your course include:
- Image files
- Reading comprehension quizzes
Customer Support
We support you and your students with reliable, proactive assistance. A dedicated customer success manager is assigned and will reach out before, during, and after each term—anticipating your specific needs and providing
- course design consultation,
- setup in all major learning management systems, and
- ongoing guidance throughout the life of the adoption.
This is the kind of support you’ve come to expect from W. W. Norton. As an independent, employee-owned company, we can make decisions that are mutually beneficial for our company and the discipline—unbeholden to outside shareholders. Although we’re unique, we’re not small and have the service and structure to provide support for all the years you choose to work with us.
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