Mobile-ready items
Updated 19 Feb 2024
Mastering assignment items can be completed on a mobile device (as well as a on computer) if they contain only:
- Multiple-choice or true/false questions
- Questions whose answers are simple alphanumeric characters, words, and phrases or are essay (free-form text) answers
- Questions with numeric or symbolic answers
- Questions with numeric value and units answers
- Questions with chemical formula or expression answers
Exceptions: An item that meets those criteria is not mobile-ready if contains a link, a media tag, or a hint that requires an answer of any kind. Examples include items that contain Marvin 3D rotation or other animations.
Identify mobile-ready items: These items are signified by this icon in the Item Library and in the Items page that you see when you create or edit an assignment. These can be publisher items or My Items you created yourself or copied and edited.
To see mobile-ready items when you create an assignment, select the Mobile Items filter.
Other mobile-enabled activities
Aside from working on Mastering assignments, students can also use their mobile devices to take advantage of other Mastering features that might be available with your course:
- Dynamic Study Modules on a tablet
- eTextbook, using the Pearson+ app for eTextbooks for tablets and smartphones
- Learning Catalytics sessions on smartphones and tablets