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Use the Pearson eText app

Use the eText app to study on your phone /tablet while on the go, with/without WiFi.

collapsedGet the Pearson eText app
  1. On your computer, open your eText at least once from your course. This action associates your Pearson account with the eText for your course
  2. Download the Pearson eTextapp from your mobile device: "" (Android) or "" (iOS)
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    Download the Pearson eText for Global See the eText global icon. app from the appropriate app store for your tablet. This app works only for a PDF eText on a tablet, not a smartphone.

    How do I know if I use a PDF eText?collapsed In the browser view of a PDF eText, the page number appears at the top and the eText pages match the printed book exactly.

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    Download the Pearson eText for Campus app from the appropriate app store for your tablet. This app works only for a PDF eText on a tablet, not a smartphone.

    How do I know if I use a PDF eText?collapsed In the browser view of a PDF eText, the page number appears at the top and the eText pages match the printed book exactly.

  3. When you open eText from your course on a mobile device, you're asked to open the eText in its app. After you’ve crossed over into the app one time, you can go to your eText by opening the app.
  4. Sign into the app with the same username and password that you use for your course. You remain signed in unless you explicitly sign out.
  5. Select Download book to download your book from the app Bookshelf (requires WiFi). If applicable, your book might have a PDF format label.

While the download operation usually takes less than 1 minute, collapsed the rate might vary based on book size, notes, and so on.

As long as your Pearson eText subscription is still active, you can repeatedly download the bookcollapsedfrom the app even on different devices.

collapsedWhen multiple books appear on the Bookshelf for your account

If you're unsure which book is associated with a particular course, select Info and check the course title. (This information appears only after you’ve crossed over into the eText app from your course at least once.) To search by book title or author in the Bookshelf, swipe down from the middle of the screen (iOS).

collapsedDelete a downloaded book from your device

From the Bookshelf, select Info button for the book and Delete Book. If you're in the book, back out to the Bookshelf.

Issues? Contact Pearson Support.

collapsedOpen the eText and navigate in the app
collapsedOpen your eText and begin reading
  1. Sign in to the app with the same username and password you use for your course.
  2. Select your book. It opens to the last eText content you viewed, whether in the app/on the web.

    If you haven’t opened the book before, the book opens to its first page.

  3. Scroll down as you read. The print book page numbers appear along the left margin.
    • You can read without WiFi access.
      Because links to external sites need Internet access, these will not be active.
    • To add a highlight, long press and drag. You can also add an associated note.
    • To return to the contents, select Contents.
collapsedOpen the table of contents

Select Contents from any location in the book.

  • Your current location remains on the screen with a blue bar on the left as you scroll the contents.
  • At the bottom you can select "" Notebook, "" Study Tools, or ""Bookmarks.
collapsedIf available, scan other pages while keeping your place (Quick View)

Quick View lets you scan surrounding pages in a chapter, while keeping track of your current location. Use Quick View to refer to previous material or to scan ahead (for example, flip through print book pages).

  1. Select Open Quick View from a book location to open Quick View. The blue highlight indicates your current location in the book.
  2. Select another section to open it for scrolling. To investigate something, for example to play audio/video, select the content.

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collapsedWork with eText in the app

Any highlights/notes/bookmarks you add when working offline in the app are synced to the browser view of the eText after the app is back online.

collapsedAdd highlights (or highlights with notes) in the book

If your book contains blue highlights with notes, these are notes from your instructor that are shared with the class.

  1. From the book content, hold your finger on a word (long press) and drag, releasing at the end of the passage you want to highlight. In select eTexts, you can also highlight an image, figure, or table.
  2. Select a highlight color.
  3. You can select Add/edit note to add a note associated with the highlight. Select Back to return to the book. A note marker appears in the right margin.

To review a list of your book-based notes,collapsed select Show/hide eText contents from the open book, and then Notes. (Applies to PDF eTexts.)

collapsedWhen available, add notes without highlights and tag/filter/export notes (Notebook)

Use the Notebook to organize and work with your notes. Your Notebook contains all of your notes, whether associated with a highlight or not. The Notebook for your eText might provide some or all of the features described below:

collapsedOpen the Notebook
  1. Select Contents from any book page.
  2. Select "" Notebook from the bottom controls.
collapsedAdd notes (without a book highlight)
  1. From the Notebook, select add note to write your note and optionally give it a title.
  2. You can add a hashtag in the note text to categorize your note, such as #required.
    • Categories you create are listed at the bottom of the open note.
    • A note can be tagged with multiple hashtags.

To share your notes with the class, use the note sharing options available in the browser view of your eText.

collapsedCategorize your notes using hashtags
  1. Select the notes you want to tag from the Notebook, either by selecting the lower left of individual notes or filtering your notes view (described in the next section).
  2. Select Tag notes and assign a hashtag from the existing tags, such as #review_questions. A note can have multiple hashtags.
collapsedFilter your notes

Select "" Filter and choose a chapter/highlight to show only the notes you want.

To show only your custom notes, select No Highlight.

collapsedExport your notes

To export your notes, select Export notes and identify where you want to send your notes such as to a notes app.

To bookmark an eText pagecollapsed select Add a bookmark (top right).

To see all of your bookmarkscollapsed , which are listed in book order, select Show/hide course menu.

collapsedSearch book content

Select Search eText content and enter a word/phrase/chapter/note/page number.

For some eTexts, Search by content type such as glossary/videos/figures/chapters/content.

collapsedStudy Tools for glossary term mastery

Select Study Tools when you first open the eText. From a book page, select Back to Contents (top left) and then select Study Tools. (Study Tools are not available in PDF eTexts or books without a glossary.)

  • Study Tools can help students master glossary terms using flashcards/multiple choice/matching, and type the answer. As they answer multiple questions correctly, terms are eliminated and students can focus on terms they haven't mastered.
  • Study Tool activities are not reported to the course gradebook.
collapsedChange text size, get support, or sign out

To change font size, collapsed open a book page and use eText View settings.

collapsedGo to Pearson Support
  1. Use any book page to return to your Bookshelf.
  2. Select Account and Support to access the Support site.
collapsedSign out from the eText app

After you sign in to the app, you remain signed in unless you sign out:

  1. Select Back to back out of the eText and open your Bookshelf.
  2. Select Account and Logout.

You can print individual book pages in the eText from a browser only,collapsed not when using the app on a mobile device. (Printing may not be enabled for all eTexts in browser view.)