MindTap is the digital platform that propels students from memorization to mastery, helping to challenge them, build their confidence, and empower them to be unstoppable. Aplia™ is an application in the MindTap platform that has proven to significantly improve outcomes and elevate thinking by increasing student effort and engagement. Aplia makes it easy to assign frequent online homework assignments and assessments, ensuring students master important concepts. Developed by teachers, Aplia assignments connect concepts to the real world and focus on the unique course challenges faced by students. The MindTap content for Principles of Microeconomics, Eighth Canadian Edition, was updated and revised by Anupam Das, Mount Royal University. The Aplia problems for Principles of Microeconomics, Eighth Canadian Edition, were updated and revised by Lucia Vojtassak, University of Calgary. The challenging and interactive activities within Aplia guide students through assignments, moving them from basic knowledge and understanding to application and practice. Look for the Aplia logo in the MindTap app dock to explore all that Aplia has to offer. With Aplia, instructors can do the following: • easily set their course with pre-built, flexible homework assignments; • author questions (single choice, multiple choice, true/false, essay and numeric entry); • create custom assignments and populate them with self-authored—and Aplia-authored—questions; and • inspire students to learn from their mistakes and reward them for effort with the Grade It Now feature that enables three attempts at different versions of a question.
