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)

Join your live session

  1. Sign in to your course.
    1. Go to MyLab & Mastering.
    2. Select Sign in to your course.
    3. Enter your username and password and select Sign in.
      Or
      Select Sign in with code. Enter your username and select Send Code. You'll receive a one-time code by email or SMS (if your account has a valid phone number). The code is valid for 10 minutes.
      After you sign in, the My courses page opens.
    4. On My courses, find the course card and open your course.
      Your Course Home opens.
    5. From the Live Response widget, select Join Live.
      Live Response opens.
    1. Go to Live Response.
    2. Enter your username and password and select Sign in.
      Live Response opens.

    When your instructor starts a live session, they might show a Join code on their screen.

    1. Scan the code with your phone's camera to join the live session.

      Live Response opens.
  2. When Live Response opens, select the Sessions tab.
  3. Enter the join code provided by your instructor.
  4. Select Join.
    Your instructor tracks your attendance one of the following ways:
    • By sign in — Live Response tracks attendance when you enter the join code.
    • With geofencing — Live Response sets a geofence around your classroom. It tracks attendance by checking your location when you enter the session code. Learn how to share your location for attendance.
  5. Wait for your instructor to start the session.

Use any computer or mobile device

You can use Live Response on your laptop, desktop, or any mobile device. It's best practice to use the latest version of Safari, Chrome, or Microsoft Edge.

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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 01 Jun 2026