Highlights, notes, and notebook

Any notes with a blue highlight are notes the instructor has shared with the class.

1. From a book page, select the content you want to highlight. In select eTextbooks you can also highlight figures, tables, images, and videos.

   You cannot overlap highlights or add more than 100 highlights (or highlights with notes) per page.

2. Select a highlight style (yellow, green or pink) next to Highlight on the menu that opens.

   

   • Share your highlight with the class —
     As instructor course owners add, edit, or click in a highlight, choose  Share note from the menu that opens. The highlight changes to the blue style and displays the same way to everyone in the course. (To stop sharing the highlight with the class, click in the highlight then select Unshare note.)

     

     On the book page,  shows in the margin next to the highlight for all class participants. (Shared highlights show in the eTextbook of course copies created by the same Pearson account.) To share notes with your class, see step 3 below.

   • Show/hide all highlights —
     Select from the menu then select Show highlights. The default is to show highlights.

     

     If you hide the highlights, any note markers ( or ) remain in the margin.

   • Delete a highlight later —
     Click in the highlighted text so the menu opens, then select the check mark that denotes the highlighted color.
     
   Customize menu (to reduce the options shown)

   1. From a book page, select some text then choose  Customize menu.
   2. Select whether to hide or show menu options, such as for Highlight.

      

3. Add a note associated with this highlight (Optional).
   Select  New note, enter your text, then select Save. Format options for note text include bold, italics, numbered or unnumbered lists, and more.

   shows in the margin next to the highlight. The note is added to your Notebook.

   • Share a note with the class — As you add or edit a note, select Share note then select Save. (The sharing option displays only to the course creator in browser view, not in the Pearson+ app.) On the book page,  shows in the margin next to the blue-highlighted text for all class participants
   • Edit a note (highlight color, note text or style, or delete) —
     On a book page, select or  next to the note highlight, then make your edits. Or select from the menu and right-click on a note to choose  Edit note.
   • Review all notes associated with a highlight —
     Select from the menu. See the Notebook section below for details about using Notebook features to study.

Applies if you share notes in your eTextbook with the class.

• View an individual instructor note —
  Select that shows next to blue-highlighted text on a book page.
• Review all instructor notes —
  
  1. Select from the menu.
  2. From Color, select Blue - Instructor note.
  3. Select Apply.
     

     To turn off the Notebook filter later —
     Select Color, then Reset filter.

You can share instructor eTextbook notes among your courses that use the same edition textbook.

Copy the course —
This is the easiest option, usually done before the start of the course term. The copy must be based on the same edition textbook.

Copy the notes —
Copy the notes from an eTextbook into same edition eTextbooks in other courses, which can be done at any time.

Create another course —
If you use the same Pearson account to create another course with the exact same eTextbook, any notes and highlights from the earlier course show in the newly created eText.

Transfer eTextbook notes by copying a course

Copy a course using the same edition book. The eTextbook notes and highlights show in the eTextbook of the new course. Do this before the start of the next school term.

This feature doesn’t apply to PDF eTextbooks.
PDF eTextbook customers see instead the next section “Copy instructor notes from one eTextbook into another.”

How do I know if I have a PDF eTextbook?
The pages in a PDF eTextbook match the print book exactly.

Copy instructor notes from one eTextbook into another

This feature might not display in your eTextbook.

1. Open the eTextbook from each course at least once. (This allows the eTextbook copy notes process to locate your courses.)

   Important: You must be the owner of each of the courses you want to copy eTextbook notes to or from. (If you’re coordinating a course group and other instructors created their own member sections, you’re unable to copy eTextbook notes into their courses.)

2. Open either the eTextbook that contains the notes or the one into which you want to copy the notes.
3. Select from the menu, then choose Copy notes.

   Don’t see the “Copy notes” option?
   This means you don’t have to copy any notes. All of your eTextbook notes for the current book are available to you, no matter which course you launched your eText from.

4. Choose whether to copy the eTextbook notes TO or FROM another course. Only courses that contain copyable notes display in the list.
   
   • Copy notes from the eTextbook of another course into the current eTextbook — Accept the prefilled TO and select the course name with course ID that you want to copy the notes FROM. Only courses with copyable eTextbook notes are provided in the check box list.
   • Copy your notes from the current eTextbook into the eText of another course — Select to reverse the copy direction. Then select the course TO which you want to copy your eText notes.
5. Select Copy notes.
   Any instructor shared notes are viewable by all course participants.

   You can’t undo this action. If you copy notes you don't want, you can delete them individually later.

You can copy and paste text from your eTextbook.

1. From a book page, select the text you want to copy.
2. Select  Copy.
   

   

   • Anything beyond the copy character limit does not copy. You cannot copy protected images, tables, or videos.
   • On mobile devices you might be unable to copy math or chemistry equations and other special notation.
3. Paste the copied content into another resource using a paste command for your device.

From an eTextbook open in a browser, select your initials (top right) to open your account settings, then select Print page to print a page at a time.

• Not all eTexts provide the print option. When available, the Print page option shows after Title info.
• The Pearson+ app for eTextbooks does not support printing.

Select from the menu to open the Notebook pane, whether working in your eTextbook in a web browser or in the Pearson+ app.

• Add a note (highlight color and note text) —
  Select the 3-dot Options menu and  New note. Add a note and select Save.
• See the book context for a note —
  Select the highlighted text or select the 3-dot Options menu and View in content. You might need to scroll to find the highlight in the book section.
• Delete a note —
  Select the 3-dot Options menu and Delete note.

In the Notebook pane, select + Create note to add notes not associated with a book highlight. You can associate the note with a chapter or choose No chapter.

• Other notes —
  Notes without a book highlight and not associated with a chapter show at the bottom of the Notebook pane.
• Notes exported from AI Study Tools —
  When AI Study Tools are available in your eTextbook, you can export a formatted response from the AI Study Tools chatbot to a note.
  

1. Select from the menu to open the Notebook pane.
2. Filter your notes by Chapter or Color, then select Apply. Color options include yellow, green, pink, or blank. Blue is an instructor note.
   
   • Filter for notes without a highlight — Select Colors, then Blank.
   • Remove the current filter — Select Chapters or Colors, then Clear > Apply.

1. Select from the menu to open the Notebook pane.
2. Select  to prepare the export PDF.
3. Select Download.
4. Select Open.
   Any colored highlights show in the notes.