Accessing Pearson MyLab and the online eText for Ohio University MATH 1350
2023 - 2024 Spring Semester
Video Illustrating How to Set Up MyLab
If you are struggling with Technical Problems related to MyLab, please reach out to the Pearson 24/7 Tech Support Team by clicking on this link:
(It is worth noting that the vast majority of times that a student reports being unable to access Mylab, it turns out that the student is on an Apple computer and is using the Safari web browser. The Safari browser is notoriously uncooperative with MyLab. If you are using an Apple computer, it is strongly recommended that you install the Google Chrome web browser, and use that browser when you access Blackboard and MyLab.)
Ohio University (Athens Campus) MATH 1350 is part of the Inclusive Access Program at Ohio University.
That means that when you register for MATH 1350, you automatically get access to the MyLab system run by Pearson, the publisher of the textbook.
You also get access to an online eText copy of the textbook. (For more information about the Inclusive Access Program, click on this link: (Information about the Inclusive Access Program)
You will access the MyLab system and the eText through the Blackboard page for your MATH 1350 course.
Initial access to the system involves a few steps.
This web page is an outline of those steps.
You will need an appropriate computer system.
You will need a computer running a cooperative web browser. Google Chrome is known to work well with MyLab. Most Apple computers run the Safari browser by default, and that browser is notoriously uncooperative with the online system. If you have an Apple computer, it is strongly recommended that you install the Google Chrome web browser, and use that browser when you access Blackboard and MyLab.
You will need to configure your Pearson account.
Go to the Blackboard page for your MATH 1350 course.
In the menu along the left edge of the window should be a menu item called [Digital Course Materials]. Click on this menu item.
A new Blackboard frame will open, titled Digital Course Materials and containing a single link called [VitalSource Course Dashboard]. Click on this link.
A new Blackboard frame will open, with the words 1 Course, 1 Material across the top and Survey of Calculus and an image of our textbook below. Below the textbook image are two links, titled [Read Now] and [Launch Courseware]. These are the links that you will return to, in the future, to either read the eText version of our textbook or to enter the MyLab system to do Homework, take a Quiz, or take an Exam.
Click on either of the the links.
Whichever link you click on is going to take you on a detour to configure your Pearson account. A new frame will open that asks you to enter your Pearson account userid and password.
If you already have a Pearson account (maybe from some previous course), enter your login credentials here.
If you do not already have a Pearson account, you can follow the prompts to create one.
It will be helpful if your Pearson account has the following two properties
Your name on your Pearson account is in exactly the same form that it appears in the Ohio University system
Your email address for your Pearson account is exactly the same as your OU email address.
If your Pearson account was not created this way, you can change that information on the account later.
You may be prompted to enter your OU email address. This is the first letter of your first and last names followed by six digits (You do not choose these six digits: they are assigned to you by Ohio University.) followed by @ohio.edu
A new tab should open with a confirmation of your registration. If you are connected to a printer, it is recommended that you print the page as a receipt. If you are not connected to a printer, then check your email to see if the registration confirmation has arrived at your email inbox. If it has, make note of it, and be sure to print it later.
After you have printed the registration receipt (or checked that you received it in an email), you can click on the button on the registration receipt page that says [Go to My Courses]. You will end up back at the frame (within Blackboard) that has the two links titled [Read Now] and [Launch Courseware]
If you struggling with Technical Problems related to MyLab, please reach out to the Pearson 24/7 Tech Support Team by clicking on this link: Pearson Higher Education Support Web Page
If you have an appropriate computer system and have configured your Pearson account, you should not need to go through the configuration steps again in the future. From now on, the procedure will be
Go to the Blackboard page for your MATH 1350 course.
In the menu along the left edge of the window should be a menu item called [Digital Course Materials]. Click on this menu item.
A new Blackboard frame will open, titled Digital Course Materials and containing a single link called [VitalSource Course Dashboard]. Click on this link.
A new Blackboard frame will open, with the words 1 Course, 1 Material across the top and Survey of Calculus and an image of our textbook below. Below the textbook image are two links, titled [Read Now] and [Launch Courseware]. Click either the [Read Now] link (to read the eText) or the [Launch Courseware] link (to go into the MyLab system.
You should always go through Blackboard to get to MyLab
If you to to MyLab through Blackboard, you will not be asked for a Course ID and you will not be asked for an Access Code.
If you try to go to MyLab directly, not through Blackboard, you will be asked for a Course ID and an Access Code. We will not give you the Course ID. That is the wrong way to get to MyLab. (If you don't go to MyLab through Blackboard, your grades will not be available to MATH 1350!!)
(page maintained by Mark Barsamian, last updated Jan 14, 2024)