Do and review homework in the player

When you work on a homework or Extra Practice activity in the player, you usually have more than one chance to answer a question correctly. Depending on the assignment, you may also have access to Skill Builder and Question Help to get assistance with answering a question

You don't need to finish an activity in one session. You can save the answers to the questions you've completed, exit the activity, and come back later to finish it. You do, however, have to finish all questions before you can submit the activity to your instructor for credit.

When you're working on a homework activity in the player, it will time out after a set period of inactivity. See Inactivity time-out on homework for details.

The assignment opens in the player, and you can use the navigation bar's drop-down arrow to display the assignment's overview. You can select a question's link in the overview to go to that question, and you can print the overview.

The upper half of the overview displays the date and time the assignment is Due, if applicable. It also shows the date and time you Last Worked on the assignment, and the number of Attempts allowed to answer a question.

The overview also shows the total number of Questions, how many have been Scored, the number that are Correct, the number for which you received Partial Credit, and the number that are Incorrect.

The questions that you have completed have one of the following icons to the left of the question link.

indicates that you answered correctly.
indicates that you answered incorrectly.
indicates that the answer is at least partially correct. Some part might be incorrect or your instructor might need to grade it.

The numbers in parentheses to the right of a question link are the number of points you have earned and the maximum number of points you can get for that question. So (0/1) means you have not completed the question and its maximum number of points is 1. When you complete the question correctly, it will display (1/1).

For details on printing the overview, just the question you're working on, or all the activity's questions, see Get help on a question.

To work on a homework or Extra Practice activity

Enter or choose an answer for the selected question.
If the question has a Skill Builder button button, you can use the Skill Builder to get help on how to answer the question. See Use Skill Builder for details.
For a math question, use the calculator, math palette, or grapher, as needed. Also see Answer math questions for information on the different ways to enter a math answer.
For most questions (except interactive grammar), you can open a Question Help tool for more assistance.
(Optional) Select Clear All to clear your current answer and return the problem to its original state so you can enter a new answer. In questions that have multiple parts, only the answer to the current part is cleared.
Select Check Answer.
You do not receive any credit for this answer if you don't check it.
Try again if you didn't get the correct answer.
You can open one of the Question Help tools, such as Help Me Solve This, to get advice on how to answer this question.
Select Check Answer again.
If you get the answer wrong again and Check Answer changes to Final Check, this is your last chance to answer the question correctly. If your final answer is not correct, the question is marked wrong and points are deducted from your score.
If the question has multiple parts, the Check Answer button changes to Continue so you can move to the next part. Repeat steps 3, 4, and 5 for each part.
When all parts of the question are complete, the Check Answer button changes to Similar Exercise.
Select Similar Exercise if your answer was wrong or you just want more practice.
Similar Exercise displays the same question but with different values. Your score on the question (correct or incorrect) is determined by your most recent attempt. You will see a warning if your most recent attempt is incorrect and an earlier attempt is correct.
Select the next or previous arrow in the navigation bar to go to the next or previous question. Or select the drop-down arrow and select a question from the overview.
Select Save for later at any time to save your work and close the MyLab player. You can return to the activity later to complete it.
Save for Later closes the player and enters your current score in your instructor's Gradebook if this is the first time you have worked this activity. If this is not the first time, your score is not updated until you complete all the parts of the question and select Submit Activity.
When you have completed all questions in the activity, the Save for Later button changes to Submit Activity.
Select Submit Activity to close the player and submit your score to the instructor's Gradebook.

Do and review homework in the player

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