Upgrade new courses to Access Pearson

Upgrade to Access Pearson: The MyLab and Mastering (LTI 1.1) tool is no longer available for pairing new Blackboard courses after December 1, 2024. For Canvas, D2L Brightspace, and Moodle, the LTI 1.1 tool is no longer available for pairing new courses after June 15, 2025. You need to use Access Pearson (LTI 1.3) for pairing new LMS courses after the upgrade date. You can still access existing Blackboard courses paired using LTI 1.1 until December 31, 2024. You can still access existing Canvas, D2L Brightspace, and Moodle courses paired using LTI 1.1 until the course end date. See Upgrade new courses to Access Pearson for details.

The LTI 1.3 tool has the latest improvements, including enhanced grade sync details and automatic student account creation for signin, if enabled by your institution. This upgrade applies to the MyLab and Mastering Standard integration (LTI 1.1) and some Pearson Seamless integrations for Canvas, D2L Brightspace, and Moodle. It doesn't apply to Sakai and Schoology or CPI Partner and Direct integrations.

Unsure if your institution installed Access Pearson? Check with your LMS administrator.

When to upgrade

If your institution has installed Access Pearson, we recommend you use Access Pearson now for pairing new LMS courses. You must use Access Pearson for Blackboard after December 1, 2024. For Canvas, D2L Brightspace, and Moodle, you must use Access Pearson after June 15, 2025.

Notification message: If your institution has both the LTI 1.1 and LTI 1.3 tools installed, look for a notification message after you select the MyLab and Mastering link for a course set up using LTI 1.1. This message appears for paired and un-paired Blackboard courses until December 1, 2024 and for paired courses after December 1, 2024. This message appears for paired and un-paired Canvas, D2L Brightspace, and Moodle courses until June 15, 2025 and for paired courses after June 15, 2025. The message doesn't appear for some versions of Blackboard and some Pearson Seamless integrations.

TPI_RP_94 error: After the upgrade date, you'll get this error if you try to pair a new LMS course with the MyLab and Mastering (LTI 1.1) tool. You might also see this error if you remove the course association from an LMS course set up with LTI 1.1 and then try to pair it again. Instead, you need to use the Access Pearson (LTI 1.3) tool.

New LMS courses that aren't yet paired

After the upgrade date, you need to pair new LMS courses using the Access Pearson (LTI 1.3) tool. Select your LMS for instructions:

Existing LMS courses that are already paired

Except for Blackboard, after the upgrade date, you can still:

Access existing LMS courses that were already paired using the MyLab and Mastering tool (LTI 1.1). Grade sync and assignment links work until the end of the course.
Access any existing template (coordinator) LMS courses that were already paired using the MyLab and Mastering tool (LTI 1.1).

After the upgrade date, you might see this message when accessing your course.

Transition an active or copied LTI 1.1 course to LTI 1.3

You can transition an active course with student enrollment or a copied course already paired using the MyLab and Mastering tool (LTI 1.1) to the Access Pearson tool (LTI 1.3) before the upgrade date. See Transition to Access Pearson (LTI 1.3) for instructions.

Identify your integration

To identify which integration tool you're using for a course, check the Launch Type in Diagnostics.

The Launch Type for the MyLab and Mastering integration (LTI 1.1) is Standard integration LTI 1.1. The Launch Type for the Access Pearson tool (LTI 1.3) is Standard integration LTI 1.3.

Updated 15 Jan 2025