Transition Direct Integration courses to Access Pearson

Upgrade new LMS courses to Access Pearson (LTI 1.3). You can still access existing courses paired using Direct Integration (LTI 1.1) until the course end date.

  1. Use Access Pearson to pair your courses.
  2. Import assignments into your paired MyLab or Mastering course.
  3. Set up your paired MyLab or Mastering course.

Step 1: Use Access Pearson to pair your courses

Use the Access Pearson tool to pair your new LMS course with a MyLab or Mastering course.

Select your LMS for instructions:

Step 2: Import assignments into your paired MyLab or Mastering course

Import MyLab or Mastering assignments from the Direct Integration course into the course paired using the Access Pearson or Access Pearson Codeless integration.

First get your Pearson User ID from your previous Direct Integration course. Then import MyLab assignments from your MyLab course paired with Direct Integration course into your new MyLab course paired with Access Pearson or Access Pearson Codeless. MyLab assignments are automatically set to allow import.

  1. Open your MyLab course paired via the Direct Integration.
  2. Select the Integration Support link.

    A sample Integration Support link in Canvas follows.

    Integration Support link

  3. Copy or note your Pearson User ID.

    Pearson User ID

  1. From your LMS, open the MyLab course paired using Access Pearson or Access Pearson Codeless.
  2. Select Assignment Manager from the left navigation.
  3. Under Create, select Import from another course.

    Import from another course option

  4. Select Import assignments from other courses using this book.

    Import assignments from other courses using this book option

  5. From the Assignments from other instructors at list, select your LMS option: blackboardht-sms, canvas-sms, d2l-sms, or moodlebti-sms. Then enter or paste the Pearson User ID you noted previously into the log-in box.

    Assignments from instructors at list

  6. From the Course list, select your course.

    Course list

  7. Select the check boxes of assignments you want to import. Then select Import.

    Selectd assignments

  8. Select OK from the import confirmation. You're ready to work with your imported assignments.

    Import Assignments confirmation

Import assignments from a Mastering course paired using Direct Integration into a Mastering Platform Update course paired using Access Pearson.

  1. Enter the LMS course paired using Access Pearson or Access Pearson Codeless.
  2. Open your Mastering Platform Update course.

  3. Select Assignment Manager from the left navigation.

    Import options

  4. Use the default Import assignments from other courses using this book option. Then select Next.

    Import assignments from other courses using this book

  5. For Assignments from instructors at, select Mastering and enter or paste the Pearson User ID you noted earlier.

    Login

  6. Make sure the assignments you want to import are selected.

    Import assignments page

  7. You'll see an import confirmation.

    Import progress message

  8. Check the assignments and select OK.

    Assignment Manager

    You're ready to access your imported assignments.

    Selected assignments

Import assignments from a Mastering course paired using Direct Integration into a Mastering course (without the Mastering Platform Update) paired using Access Pearson.

  1. Open your LMS course paired with the Direct Integration.
  2. Select Course Settings.

    A sample Course Settings link in Canvas follows.

    Mastering link

  3. Select Manage Section Instructors.

    Manage Section Instructors

  4. For the Add Section Instructor (Login Name), enter or paste the username of the Pearson account you linked when you used Access Pearson or Access Pearson Codeless to pair your LMS and Mastering course. Select Add.

    Login name

  5. You'll see a confirmation.

    Section insturctor confirmation

  6. Open your LMS course paired with Access Pearson or Access Pearson Codeless.
  7. Select Assignments from the left navigation and then Create Assignment.

    Create Assignment link

  8. Select Copy assignments from one of my courses.

    Create Assignment page

  9. From the Add an assignment from list, select the Mastering course paired via the Direct Integration.

    Assignments to add

  10. Select all or specific assignments to import. Then select Continue.

    Selected assignments

You'll see a list of imported assignments.

Step 3: Set up your paired MyLab or Mastering course

Add assignment links, set up grade sync, and, if applicable, enable Access Pearson Codeless.

Select your LMS for instructions.

 

Updated 31 Mar 2025