Quick start: Live Response student

In Live Response, you answer questions during a live in-class session. Your instructor monitors responses to determine where you or others might need help.

Using an LMS? Start your course from your learning management system if you work in Blackboard, Canvas, D2L Brightspace, Moodle, Sakai, or Schoology.

  1. First steps
  2. Join your live session
  3. Respond to questions
  4. Review your results

First steps

Create a student account

Register and enroll as a student to sign in to Pearson products. Use the same account for any Pearson course.

Your instructor provides registration instructions. The instructions have a course invite link and a course ID or program ID to register for your course.

Read how to create an account

Watch how to create an account (3:01)

Open Live Response

From your MyLab and Mastering course — When you open a course, you can access the live session from your Course home or Assignments page.

From your standalone course — Go to https://liveresponse.pearson.com and enter your credentials.

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Join your live session

  1. To join a live session, select the Sessions tab.
    A list of active sessions shows.
  2. Find the session, and select Join.

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Respond to questions

After you join a live session, wait for your instructor to send the first question or group of questions.

Respond to the question and select Submit to display the next question.

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Review your results

You can view your responses from past sessions.

  1. After your instructor ends a session, select the Reports tab.
  2. The Reports page opens and show past session reports.

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Updated 26 Mar 2026