Step 1: Choose your product

When creating a course, you choose whether to create a generic course or a course for a specific text or eText. It is important to select the exact product ( eText, or generic) that your students have access to. Students cannot join your course if you base it on a product that is does not match the access code they enter when registering for the course. If you are using a Pearson (Longman or PH) handbook, the students' access code is specific to the title of the handbook or eText. Otherwise, you are most likely using the generic course. If you are not sure, contact your Pearson Sales Representative.

To search for a book-specific or eText course:

There are two ways to find the course. One is to click the View all book-specific (eText) courses link and then select the course. The other method is to use Search, as described in these steps.

Select an option from the Search drop-down list.
Enter the search text.
For example, to search for books by Faigley, select By Author from the drop-down list and type Faigley in the text box.
The easiest search is by author. If you choose to search by ISBN, use the ISBN of the textbook's student edition. Also, do not enter the ISBN dashes, enter just the digits.
Click the Search button.
(Optional) In the resulting search list, point to a icon to display an image of the book cover and the title, edition, and author's name.
If the text you are using is not on the list, use the View all generic courses link, described in the procedure below.
Select the text you want and click the Continue button.

To create a generic course:

Click the Generic . . . (no eText) link.
Select the generic course and click the Continue button.