Pearson+ app for eTextbooks

Updated 17 Aug 2023

Get the Pearson+ app to read, listen to, or study with your Pearson eTextbook (formerly known as eText) on a tablet or phone while on the go, even when you're offline.

The Pearson+ app also provides access to Channels exam prep videos and practice problems, lets you purchase subscription access to other eTextbooks, and you might be able to take advantage of exclusive offers.

If you’ve downloaded a Pearson eText app before, you might be prompted to get a newer eTextbook app. Follow the prompts to get the app.

  1. Open your eText at least once from your course in a browser.
    This action associates your Pearson account with the eTextbook for your course.
  2. Download the Pearson+ app from your tablet or phone.

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    • Select Pearson eText (or eText) from your course menu. Links to get the app are provided at the page bottom.
    • Go to Pearson+ in a browser, then select a link to download the mobile app.
    • Select Account settings (top right) from an eTextbook in a browser, then choose to download the app.
  3. Open your course in a browser on a mobile device, then select Pearson eText (or eText) from the course menu. Agree to open the eTextbook in its app.

    After you’ve crossed over into the app from your course at least once, you can open your eTextbook directly from the app.

  4. Sign into the app with the same username and password you use for your course. You remain signed in unless you explicitly sign out.
  5. Select a book title to download it from the app.
    Downloading usually takes just seconds. The rate depends on the strength of your internet connection.
    • The book opens automatically.
    • From now on, you can open the app directly from your mobile device.
    • The covers of downloaded books appear brighter in the app.
  1. From an open eTextbook, select Home (Pearson+) to go to Pearson+.
  2. Select an eTextbook.

    You can choose from an eTextbook associated with a course, an eTextbook for which you have a monthly subscription, or you can search (by book title, author, or ISBN) to purchase a subscription to another eTextbook.

    If you select an eTextbook you haven’t opened yet —
    It downloads to your device before the book opens. (Downloading your book lets you work with it when you're not connected to the internet.)

When you first select a book title in the app, it automatically downloads to your device so you can work with it offline.

  1. Open the Pearson+ app on your mobile device.
    If an eTextbook is open, select Home to return to the Pearson+ app home for your account.
  2. For a book you downloaded, select Expand Menu Options then either:
    • Choose  Remove from device.
    • Select Info Title information, then Remove from device.

Navigate your eTextbook using the Pearson+ app

Open your eTextbook and navigate in the app. If you encounter any issues opening the eTextbook, contact Pearson Support.

When you first sign in, the eTextbook opens to its table of contents. When you return later, the eTextbook opens to your last page view.

When you first sign in, the eTextbook opens with its menu in view.

  • If the menu seems to disappear ― Tap in its location for it to reappear.
  • To close a feature you opened from the menu — Swipe down.
Select this control To do this in your eText

Home

Go to your Pearson+ home page.
Open the eTextbooks for courses in your account. You can also purchase access to other eTextbooks from the Library for a low monthly subscription.

The Pearson+ home page also features Channels videos and practice questions for exam prep, Job Skills for internship and job matching, and Offers relevant to student life.

Navigation

Navigate your eTextbook quickly using a slider

Table of contents

Open the Table of Contents.

Community posts

Shows Community Posts made by users of the eTextbook. Posts can be book-specific discussions, queries, or other.

Search

Search the eTextbook.

Audiobook

Open the Audiobook, when one is available.

Notebook

Open the Notebook to review, add, filter, or export notes.

Study

Open Flashcards for practice activities.

Display settings

Adjust eTextbook Display settings, like to hide/show highlights.

Hide Menu Options

Hide the menu.

Expand Menu Options

Expand the menu options.

 

Select eText navigation from the menu then move the slider to a different book location.

  • Go to a chapter, section, bookmark, or page —
    Move the slider, stopping at a labeled chapter/section location or the page you want. For bookmarks, select a point on the bar to go to that bookmark.

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  • Return to last opened content —
    After you move to another location on the bar, select Last read to return to the former location.
  • Open the Table of Contents — Select Table of contents from the eTextbook menu.
  • Show subsections — Select Expand in the Contents.
  • Go to a chapter, section, or subsection —
    Select a chapter, section, or subsection name in the Contents. You can also drill down to named pages, such as About the Author.
  • Show bookmarks or recent pages —
    Select Bookmarks or Recent, for up to three recently visited pages in the current session.
  1. Select Search from the eTextbook menu.
  2. Enter your search term or phrase.
    • Search applies to book content, your own notes, and more —
      Search includes results for page content, figures, videos, interactives, and key terms, as well as any notes or flashcards you might have added.
    • Narrow your results by content type —
      Select a filter to refine your search results by content type. Filters are available for notes and highlights, flashcards (for flashcards you create), videos, images, key terms, or book content.
  3. Select a search result to jump to that content in the eTextbook.

Search for other instances of a word or phrase —
From a book page, select the word(s) you want to search for. Then choose "" Search selection from the menu that opens. Select a search result to jump to that content in the eTextbook.

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Most eTextbooks provide an audiobook, except for PDF eTextbooks. Listen to the audiobook when you have internet access.

  1. Go to the book page or section where you want to begin listening, then select Audiobook from the menu. (If you don't see this option, an audiobook is not available for your eTextbook.)

    You might also be able to choose Audiobook Start audio here from the menu that shows after you select some content on a book page.

  2. Select Play Audio to start the audio and Pause Audio to pause it. You can also pause the audio from Audio playing for the active playlist section.
    • Go back or skip ahead —
      Drag the slider in the timeline. To move in 10-second steps, select Back 10 seconds or Skip 10 seconds.

      Audiobook controls

    • Adjust the audio speed —
      When available, select Audiobook settings then choose + or - next to Speed. The speed range is from 0.5x to 3x.
    • Read along as you listen —
      When you play the audiobook, the matching content is automatically spotlighted so you can follow along. To turn this feature off/on, select Audiobook settings then Read along.

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    • Pause audio at the end of each page —
      Select Audiobook settings then Pause at the end of page. For example, you might want a break to add a note, post, or flashcard. This setting is off unless you turn it on.
  • Change eTextbook display settings
    Select Display settings from the menu.

    Most eTextbooks —
    Control color mode (light, sepia, or dark), page progression (scroll or swipe), text size, font, character case, line spacing, and show/hide highlights.

    PDF eTextbooks —
    Control zoom, single- or double-page view, page progression (scroll or swipe), and show/hide hotspots or highlights.

  • Contact Pearson Support
    From an open eTextbook, select Home, Account settings Account, then select Help & support.

  • Sign out from the Pearson+ app

    From an open eTextbook, select Home, Account settings Account, then select Sign out.

    After you sign into the Pearson+ app, you remain signed in unless you sign out.

Study with your eTextbook in the Pearson+ app

You can study on the go using the Pearson+ app, even if you don't have an internet connection. Work you do offline in the app, like to add highlights, notes, posts, flashcards or bookmarks, is synced to your browser view of the eTextbook after the app is back online.

Add highlights in the eTextbook that you can associate with notes. Use the Notebook to add notes independent of a highlight and to filter or export your notes.

Any notes with a blue highlight are notes your instructor has shared with the class.

  1. From a book page, long-press then drag over the content you want to highlight. In select eTextbooks you can also highlight figures, tables, images, and videos.

    You cannot overlap highlights or add more than 100 highlights (or highlights with notes) per page.

  2. Select a highlight style (yellow, green or pink) next to Highlight on the menu that opens.

    • Show/hide all highlights —
      Select Display settings from the menu then select Show highlights. The default is to show highlights.

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      If you hide the highlights, any note markers (Open note or Instructor note) remain in the margin.

    • Delete a highlight later —
      Tap on the highlighted text so that the menu opens. When it does, select Delete highlight.
    1. From a book page, select some text then choose " " Customize menu.
    2. Select whether to hide or show menu options, such as for Highlight.

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  3. Add a note associated with this highlight (Optional)
    Select  New note, enter your text, and select Save. Format options for note text include bold, italics, numbered or unnumbered lists, and more.

    Open note shows in the margin next to the highlight. The note is added to your "" Notebook.

    • Edit a note (highlight color, note text, or delete) —
      On a book page, select Open note next to the note highlight, then make your edits. Or select "" from the menu, long-press on a note, then choose "" Edit note.
    • Review notes associated with a highlight —
      Select Notebook from the menu. See the next section for details about using Notebook features to study.

Use the Notebook to help you study and prepare for tests. Your Notebook contains notes you add (with or without an associated highlight) as well as any instructor-shared notes.

The Notebook for your eTextbook might provide some or all of the features described below.

Select Notebook from the menu to open the Notebook.

  • Edit a note (highlight color, note text, or delete) —
    Long-press on a note in the Notebook to select ""Edit note, make your changes, then select Save. Format options for note text include bold, italics, numbered or unnumbered lists, and more.
  • See the book context for a note —
    From the Notebook, either select the highlighted text in a listed note or long-press on a note then select View in content. You might need to scroll to find the highlight in the book section.

From the Notebook "", select Create to add a note not associated with a book highlight. Write your note then select Save.

  • Other notes —
    Notes without a book highlight and not associated with a chapter show at the bottom of the Notebook in the section Other notes.
  1. Select Notebook from the menu to open the Notebook.
  2. Make selections to filter your notes by chapter or highlight color, then select Apply. Color options include yellow, green, pink, blank, or blue - instructor note.
    • Filter for notes without a highlight —
      Select Colors, then Blank.
    • Remove the current filter —
      Select Chapters or Colors, then Reset filter.
  1. Select Notebook from the menu to open the Notebook.
  2. Prepare the list of notes you want to export.
    You can filter your notes by chapter or highlight color. See the section above for filter details.
  3. Select Export to prepare the export PDF.
  4. Select Download.

    Any colored highlights show in the notes.

Use  Community Posts to start a discussion, ask a question, or share a tip about eTextbook content. Any user of the same eTextbook can view, add, or reply to comments, not just participants in a course. Save posts for later reference, like students might do for review.

The posting feature is available for an eTextbook when Community Posts shows in its menu and in the Pearson+ app Library for an eTextbook.

Show all posts or show posts by chapter —
Select Community Posts from the menu to show all posts. To show posts by chapter, select All Posts then choose a chapter or other section.

Show post replies (in the comments thread) —
To see post replies, select Show comments thread next to the number below the post.

If there are many comments, sort by Old to new, New to old, or Most popular.

Open a post from its eTextbook page marker —
Select Open posts next to the highlighted content associated with the post.

Saving some posts can help students review or study. You can also sort and filter posts.

Save a post —
Select More for the post then   Save. A  marker shows next to More for each saved post.

Unsave a post —
Either select  for the post, or select More then  Unsave.

Sort posts —
Select Community Posts from the menu, then Sort posts and choose from Book order, Most recent, or Most popular.

Filter posts —
Select Community Posts from the menu, then Filter posts and choose from All posts, My posts, or Saved posts.

Any post you add is anonymous. Posts show an identifier for you, but not your name.

Add a post from a book page —

  1. Select some content from a book page then choose  Post a question.
  2. Add an optional title, enter your post, then select Post.
    • Select a toolbar option to add formatted text (bold, italic, or underline); an emoji, a GIF (animated or still image), image, or video; an attachment, or to enter a formula.

    • To let you know that your post has been approved, you receive an email with a link to the post. Check your post later for any replies to it.

Add a post from Community Posts —
Select Community Posts from the menu, then select Create new post and enter your post.

Add a post from the Pearson+ site —

  1. Select Home to open the Pearson+ site.
  2. Point to an eTextbook in the Library then select Start a discussion.
    Your eTextbook opens with all of its community posts.

Edit your own post —
Select Community Posts from the menu to open the posts. Sort or filter as needed. Select More then  Edit.

You cannot edit posts made by others.

Delete your own post —
Select Community Posts from the menu to open the posts. Sort or filter as needed. Select More then  Delete.

You cannot delete posts made by others.

  1. Select Community Posts from the menu to view the posts for your eTextbook.
  2. To show support for a post, select Vote up. If you don’t support it, select Vote down.
  3. To reply to the post, select Reply, enter your comment, then select Reply to save it.

See post replies —
Select Show comments thread next to Reply.

See our posting Community Guidelines and Acceptable Use Policy.

  1. Select More for the post you want to report.
  2. Select  Report and enter your concerns.

Some eTextbooks allow students to access videos and practice problems in Channels. Create flashcard decks or use provided flashcards to quiz yourself.

Each Channel provides explainer videos and practice problems/questions for a field of study, such as Trigonometry. There might not be a Channel available for the field of study for your eTextbook.

eTextbooks associated with a MyLab and Mastering course currently provide Channels at no additional cost. Student subscriptions for other eTextbooks do not include Channels, which can be purchased separately.

  1. From an open eTextbook in the app, select Home.
  2. To see available Channels by area of study, select " " Channels (bottom) or See all in the Channels area.
  1. From a book page, select the passage you want on a flashcard.
  2. Select "" New flashcard.

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  3. Select one of your flashcard decks or enter a name to start a new deck.
  4. For Front, add a term or question for the front of the card. Back contains your selected text. You can keep it as is or edit it. To switch content between the Front and Back boxes, select Flip front and back.
  5. Select Save.

When you create a flashcard from book content, Open flashcard shows in the margin of the book page. Select Open flashcard to open, edit, or delete a flashcard.

  1. From an open eTextbook — Select "" from the menu.
    From your Pearson+ home page — Select your book and then select "".
  2. Select Create a deck to create a new deck and add flashcards to it. Or, select a deck to edit its flashcards.
    • Create a deck or edit an existing deck —
      If this is your first deck or you want to create a deck, enter a name for it. To edit an existing deck, select Edit for it, then edit the deck name, add flashcards to it, or delete the deck.
    • Create/edit flashcard content —
      1. Enter a term or question to answer to display on the front of the flashcard.
      2. Enter a definition or answer to display on the back of the flashcard. To switch content between the Front and Back boxes, select Flip front and back.
      3. Select either Save and close or Add another to repeat the process.

All flashcard and study activities use the same content.

  1. Select "" from the menu to view your flashcard decks or any provided decks.
  2. Select Flashcards if you see the Channels option.
  3. Select a deck from My decks or select Key terms. Some eTextbooks might also provide a Practice questions option.
  4. Practice answering questions or matching terms with their definition.
    • Select a study activity

      Practice —
      Based on your previous answers, uses an adaptive learning algorithm to select the 20 cards you should practice next. Content is a mix of multiple-choice questions, flashcards, and type-in answer questions.

      View All —
      Choose whether you want to review all terms or just your favorites. Flip between terms and definitions. Choose Shuffle and start over as needed. (Available only for "My decks" and "Key terms".)

      Match —
      Match key terms with the definitions. (Available only for "Key terms".)

    • Pick items to review —
      Choose whether to review all items or just your favorite items. To make key terms a favorite, select Favorite “term name”.

Bookmarks let you easily return to areas in the book, like to study for a test.

  • Add a bookmark — From a book page, select Bookmark this page (top right).
  • Go to bookmarked content —
    Select Table of contents from the menu, Bookmarks, then select a bookmark entry.

    You can also select Navigation from the menu, move along the bar, then select the point for any bookmark label.

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  • Remove bookmarks —
    To remove individual bookmarks, select Table of contents from the menu, select Bookmarks, a bookmark entry, then select Remove bookmark (page top).

    To remove all bookmarks, select Table of contents, select Bookmarks, then select Remove all bookmarks.

You can copy and paste text from your eTextbook.

  1. From a book page, select the text you want to copy.
  2. Select  Copy.

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    • Anything beyond the copy character limit does not copy. You cannot copy protected images, tables, or videos.
    • On mobile devices you might be unable to copy math or chemistry equations and other special notation.
  3. Paste the copied content into another resource using a paste command for your device.