Navigate in your course
Updated 31 Aug 2023
The colors and items in your course menu might be different than the ones shown here.
This example banner shows that Darron is signed into the course Algebra 101.
- Hide/show course menu — Select to hide and select to show the course menu.
In some courses, select to either hide or show the menu. - Check course title — The course title displays in the banner.
- See/edit your Pearson account info — To see your account profile and purchase history, or to change your personal information (such as your email address or password):
- Select Hi, your name in the banner, then select Account. (On smaller devices, select , then select Account.)
- For your security, enter your username and password to view your personal information and purchase (transaction) history for your account.
- Sign Out — Select Sign Out to exit your course, sign out of your account, and return to the sign-in page. (On smaller devices select , then Sign Out.)
- Check for Pearson announcements
— Pearson announcements include alerts for planned or unplanned system maintenance, short descriptions of new product or software releases, or other important product information.
- To check general Pearson announcements from your course, select .
- Select Close to return to your course menu.
Your course announcements don’t display on this Pearson announcements page. You'll create, post, and email course announcements for students on the course home page.
- Open Help — To access Help & Support resources, select Help. (On smaller devices select.)
Use menu options to go back to your other courses, edit the course menu, and open course features. As an instructor or section instructor, you can customize the items in your course menu and control the content that student see.
- Return to your course list — Select Back to my courses to access your other MyLab or Mastering courses.
- Manage course appearance and its menu — Select Manage Course, then Edit Course Menu, Restore/Delete Archived Pages (or Restore/Delete Archived Items), Edit Theme, or Upload School Logo.
The Manage Course menu also provides some course management options which vary by course type, like Course Roster (MyLab) or Additional Course Settings (Mastering).
- Menu items hidden from students (or in older courses) — Instructors and section instructors see hidden menu items and can hide items from students. Hidden menu items are tools instructors use to manage the course, like the gradebook.
- Edit settings for course features and see content as students do — You can edit any menu item where Manage View displays above the content pane. This menu usually contains only View and Manage options, but you might see other options in your particular course.
- Select editing tools and customize your content — Select Manage.
- See the content as your students do — Select View when you're done editing.
- Select editing tools and customize your content — Select Manage.
- Edit content in custom course menu items — Open the menu item and select to edit content pages that instructors add, whether rich text, linked to, or document pages.