Transition copied courses to Access Pearson

You can transition a copy of a paired Blackboard (Partner Integration only), Canvas, D2L Brightspace, or Moodle course from MyLab and Mastering or Partner Integration (LTI 1.1) to Access Pearson (LTI 1.3).

New or active courses: Use Access Pearson to pair a new LMS course or transition an active course.

Step 1: Prepare your copied LMS course for Access Pearson

With Access Pearson, you can still sync grades and create assignment or course tool links in your LMS course. You can also copy a previous MyLab or Mastering course when setting up the new Access Pearson tool, so you’ll retain any MyLab or Mastering assignments you typically copy from term to term.

You need to pair a copied MyLab or Mastering course to your copied LMS course using the new Access Pearson tool instead of the prior MyLab and Mastering or Partner Integration tool.

Follow the instructions below to prepare your copied LMS course for the new Access Pearson Integration. After you pair a MyLab or Mastering course with your LMS course using the new Access Pearson tool, you won't need to prepare your LMS course each term moving forward. You don't need to make any changes to your MyLab and Mastering course.

  1. Assignment links: Depending on your LMS and course setup, assignment links might be automatically migrated when transitioning to Access Pearson. Otherwise, you need to manually remove assignment links from your LMS course and add them back when pairing.

    Links aren’t automatically migrated. You need to remove prior MyLab or Mastering assignment links from your Blackboard course. (You'll add them back when you pair the course.)

    In most cases, assignment links are automatically migrated to the new Canvas course when you transition to Access Pearson and don’t need to be deleted from your Canvas course.

    Partner Integration for Follett-Willo or RedShelf: Links aren’t automatically migrated. You need to remove prior MyLab or Mastering assignment links from your Canvas course. (You'll add them back when you pair the course.)

    • If your LMS administrator turned on assignment link migration, assignment links are automatically migrated to the new Brightspace course when you transition to Access Pearson and don’t need to be deleted from your Brightspace course.
    • If your LMS administrator didn't turn on assignment link migration or you're using Partner Integration for Follett-Willo or RedShelf, links aren’t automatically migrated. You need to remove prior MyLab or Mastering assignment links from your Brightspace course. (You'll add them back when you pair the course.)

    Links aren’t automatically migrated. You need to remove prior MyLab or Mastering assignment links from your Moodle course. (You'll add them back when you pair the course.)

  2. Course tool links for all LMSs: Delete any course tool links, including MyLab and Mastering Course Home, MyLab Skills, and Study Area, before you add the Access Pearson integration to your course.
  3. Grade columns: Depending on your LMS and course setup, you might need to delete grade columns from your copied course to avoid duplicate grades.

    Delete grade columns from your copied Blackboard course. Do this before you enable grade sync to prevent duplicate grade items.

    In most cases, you don't need to delete grade columns from your copied Canvas course.

    Partner Integration for Follett-Willo or RedShelf: Delete grade columns from your Canvas course. Do this before you enable grade sync to prevent duplicate grade items.

    In most cases, if your LMS administrator turned on assignment link migration, you don't need to delete grade columns from your Brightspace course.

    Partner Integration for Follett-Willo or RedShelf: Delete grade columns from your copied D2L Brightspace course. Do this before you enable grade sync to prevent duplicate grade items.

    Delete grade columns from your copied Moodle course. Do this before you enable grade sync to prevent duplicate grade items.

  4. Hide or remove the old MyLab and Mastering link for all LMSs: Hide or delete the old link to open MyLab and Mastering from the LMS course. This prevents students from accidentally using it. The old link may be called MyLab and Mastering. Students will use a new link called Access Pearson.

    D2L Brightspace: If applicable, edit your course home page and remove the MyLab and Mastering widget.

    Using a bookstore like Barnes & Noble, Follett-Willo, RedShelf, or VitalSource? To ensure students can manage their opt status, don't remove the bookstore link. This link is sometimes named Course Materials and may include the bookstore name.

Step 2: Pair your copied course using Access Pearson

Select your LMS below for instructions on how to link accounts, pair your MyLab or Mastering and LMS courses, add assignment or course tool links, and set up grade sync.

Important notes

Access Pearson link: You must use the new Access Pearson link to open and pair your courses. Don't select the old MyLab and Mastering or bookstore link for Partner Integration or a prior assignment, course tool, or eText link. If you do, the course will be integrated with the old MyLab and Mastering tool instead of Access Pearson. Students also need to use the new Access Pearson link to open your MyLab or Mastering course from the LMS course. Links to prior MyLab or Mastering assignments within your LMS no longer work for students and may produce error messages.

  • Authorization message: When you select the Access Pearson link, you may see an authorization prompt. For the transition to Access Pearson to succeed and to automatically migrate your assignment links from LTI 1.1 to 1.3, you must select Authorize.

    Canvas

    Canvas authorization message

    D2L Brightspace

    D2L authorization message

  • How to get started: From your LMS course, select Access Pearson. You'll be prompted to Open Pearson and select MyLab and Mastering.
  • Multi-semester or sequential courses: If the second half of a multi-semester course must be completed using the Access Pearson integration, students are prompted to link accounts using their Pearson account the first time they open the content using Access Pearson.

    IMPORTANT: It's critical that students link accounts using the same Pearson username and password as the first part of the course. This ensures their access to MyLab and Mastering without being prompted for payment.

How to pair your courses

Select your LMS below for instructions on how to link accounts, pair your MyLab and Mastering and LMS courses, add assignment or course tool links, and set up grade sync.

Step 3: Share registration instructions with students

Share the registration instructions for your LMS with students.

 

Updated 31 Mar 2025