How students join your courses and sessions

Updated 05 Mar 2024

To access a Learning Catalytics course that is independent of a Mastering or MyLab course, a student must create a student account and join a session.

Students create accounts in two ways.

  • If you decide to purchase a bulk license from Learning Catalytics to cover the students in your course, department, or institution, you receive a sign-up code that students can use to create accounts.
  • Students can purchase access individually.

After a student has created an account, they can use it in any number of courses during the subscription period (semester, quarter, or year).

To download students' grade from Learning Catalytics to another system or Learning Management System (LMS), link student accounts using student IDs. Either you or your students can enter the IDs in Learning Catalytics.

When a Learning Catalytics session begins, Learning Catalytics generates a session ID.

For in-class sessions, students select or enter that ID to join that session.

Students who join your session are automatically linked to the correct Learning Catalytics course—you don't need to do anything manually.

  1. Click Courses to display the list of your courses.
  2. In the row for a course, select Settings, then Students.