Transition existing courses to Access Pearson

Follow these instructions to transition an active Blackboard, Canvas, or D2L Brightspace course integrated with Revel and eText (LTI 1.1) to Access Pearson (LTI 1.3). This doesn't apply to Moodle, Sakai, and Schoology.

Step 1: Preserve student work

If students have already enrolled and completed work in your Revel content, use the Pearson gradebook to export their grades.

How to export Revel grades

Step 2: Disable grade sync for the old integration

If grade sync has already been set up, you must turn automatic grade sync off. This prevents new or duplicate grade items from being created in your LMS by grade sync from the original Pearson content.

How to turn off automatic grade sync in Revel

Step 3: Delete the old course association

Delete the association between your LMS course and Revel content from diagnostics.

How to delete the course association

If you don't see the option to remove the course association from diagnostics, you won't be able to delete the previous Revel course. Instead, hide or unpublish any future Revel or eText assignments in the old course.

Remove the old integration tool

Remove or hide the Revel and eText integration tool (LTI 1.1) to access the old Pearson course, so students don't use it.

Step 4: Add a copy of your content using Access Pearson

Now that you’ve removed the old integrated Pearson content from student access, you’re ready to pair a copy of that content.

Select your LMS for how to set up Revel or eText content in your LMS course

Access Pearson link: You must use the new Access Pearson link to open and copy Pearson content to your LMS course. Don't select the old Revel and eText link or a prior assignment or course tool link. If you do, the course will be integrated with the Revel and eText link integration (LTI 1.1) instead of the new Access Pearson integration (LTI 1.3). Students also need to use the new Access Pearson link to open your Pearson content from the LMS course. Links to prior Revel or eText assignments or course tools within your LMS no longer work for students and may produce error messages.

Step 5: Enroll students in the new course

Students need to join your new Pearson course to begin or continue working.

Pearson account: Students must register using the same Pearson account they used to access your previous course. Otherwise, they may be prompted to purchase access a second time.

Share the registration instructions for your LMS with students.

• Blackboard
• Canvas
• D2L Brightspace

Step 6: Import preserved student work

If you exported student grades from the gradebook for the deleted Pearson content, manually add those grades for the specific students on the specific assignments in the gradebook for the new Pearson content.

There is no grade import option for Revel. You can assign scores per assessment per student from your exported results in the new Pearson content.

Follow these instructions to transition a copy of a Blackboard, Canvas, or D2L Brightspace course integrated with Revel and eText (LTI 1.1) content to Access Pearson (LTI 1.3). This doesn't apply to Moodle, Sakai, and Schoology.

Step 1: Prepare your copied LMS course for Access Pearson

If your LMS administrator upgraded your integration to the Access Pearson (LTI 1.3) integration, you can add a copy of Revel or eText content to your copied LMS course using the new Access Pearson tool instead of the prior Revel and eText tool. To use a copy of a previous LMS course with Revel and eText content for the upcoming term, follow the instructions below. You'll need to prepare your copied LMS course for the new Access Pearson integration. After you copy Revel or eText content to your LMS course using the new Access Pearson tool, you won't need to prepare your LMS course each term moving forward.

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

From your copied LMS course, do the following. You don’t need to make any changes to your Revel or eText content.

1. Remove the Revel grade columns from the LMS course. If you're working within a copied course from a prior semester, delete the Pearson assignment grade columns from the LMS gradebook. LMS grades remain in the prior LMS course. Additionally, Pearson grades can be accessed via Revel for future reference.

2. Hide the old Revel and eText link in the LMS course. Hide or delete the prior link to Pearson in the LMS navigation. This prevents students from accidentally using the prior link. The link might be called Revel and eText or Pearson. Instead, students use a new link called Access Pearson.

   D2L Brightspace only: If applicable, edit your course home page and remove the Revel and eText widget.

Assignment or course tool links: These links aren't available in the Revel and eText (LTI 1.1) integration. However, you can add assignment or course tool links after you associate your LMS course using the new Access Pearson (LTI 1.3) tool. See Add assignment or course tool links for instructions.

Step 2: Set up course for Revel or eText content

You're ready to set up the Access Pearson integration (LTI 1.3) for Revel in your LMS course.

Select your LMS for how to set up Revel or eText content in your LMS course

Important notes

• Getting started: From your LMS course, select Access Pearson. You'll be prompted to Open Pearson and select Revel and eText.
• Student View: To access the student view of the Pearson course as an instructor, remove the LMS Student View filter, select Open Pearson, and then select a student assignment or course tool link. If you select the Access Pearson link from the Student View, you’ll get error code: SOCKET_LS_T_03.
• Multi-semester or sequential courses: If the second half of a multi-semester course must be completed using the Access Pearson (LTI 1.3) integration, students are prompted to link accounts using their Pearson account the first time they open the content via Access Pearson. 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 Pearson content without being prompted for payment.

Step 3: Enroll students in the copied course

Share the registration instructions for your LMS with students. See Student access for more resources.

• Blackboard
• Canvas
• D2L Brightspace