Part II Step 5: Get into MyMathLab (though Blackboard) and Do the Following within Your MyMathLab (MML) Materials

You are now ready for Part II of your orientation.

It is time to get into the online class materials.
Please follow the directions below to enroll in the MyMathLab materials though Blackboard now.

(If you learn better by watching, here a link that shows, generally, how to do steps 1-3 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--heDdwarh4. It is very general and not tailored to our specific class. However, watching the video before you try to complete steps 1-3 below may be useful.)

You must be actually enrolled in the class in order to have access to the class' Blackboard page. The updates to access Blackboard are done between 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM., Mondays - Saturdays. Thus, if you add and pay for a class after 7:00 PM, please wait for the next morning to access Blackboard. Note: no updates are done on Sundays.

1. Go to MiraCosta's Blackboard page: https://blackboard.miracosta.edu/webapps/login/

• Click on the blue rectangle labeled "Log in to Blackboard".
• Use your SURF username and password to log in.
  If you do not remember your SURF/Blackboard username or password, you will need to contact the MiraCosta Student Help Desk : http://www.miracosta.edu/studentservices/studenthelp/index.html . I do not have your username and password. The Help Desk web page gives instructions on how to get or reset your password, how to know what your SURF ID is, etc. So, spending some time readying that web page may solve your inability to log in to Blackboard. The Help Desk web page also gives the contact information for the live support (either by phone or via email) as well as the hours for the live support.
  
  
• Find and click on the link in Blackboard for this class. It will look like either "SP17 Math 115 2557" or "SP17 Math 126 2549" (depending on which online class of mine you are taking).
  
  
• See what is avaulable in the Blackboard Class Materials. Notice that some of the graded items in the class are located here in Blackboard. Other graded items are located in MyMathLab.
  
  NOTE : If there is no Blackboard link for this class yet, please try again another day. The Blackboard link WILL be active on or before the first day of class. Ideally, I try to have everything ready a week or two before the first day of class so students can get in and get comfortable. So, please check a week or two before the semester begins so you do not have to learn how to navigate the class materials while you are trying to learn the content.
  
  

2. Be ready to pay for the access to MyMathLab

   You will need ONE of the following to register in MyMathLab:

• An Access Code - If you purchase your class materials from the MiraCosta College Bookstore, you already have an access code (or will receive it if you had the required materials shipped to your home). Please do not purchase a pre-owned/used access code. Once an access code has been redeemed, it can NOT be used again.
• A Credit Card
• A Pay Pal Account
• (If you are retaking this class and used MyMathLab with this exact eBook within the last calendar year, you may not have to pay for access to MML again. If you are in this situation, the instructions below should allow you to get into MMY .)

3. Pay for access the MyMathLab online class materials

   You will need ONE of the following to register in MyMathLab:

• While signed in to Blackboard and in the Blacbboard class, click on the Blackboard Class Menu link titled, 'MyMathLab - All Work Done Here'.
• Click on the link in the middle of the screen titled "MyMathLab with Pearson eText Course Home".
  
• Read and accept the End-User License Agreement and Privacy Policy.
• If you have linked your Blackboard and Pearson accounts before, skip down to the next bullet item.
• To link your Blackboard and Pearson account do one of the following:
  • If you already have a Pearson Account, just enter your username and password. (To look up your Pearson account if you forgot your username/password, select 'Forgot your username or password?')
  • If you do not have a Pearson account, select 'Create' and follow the prompts to create an account.
    
    
• To get access to the MyMathLab materials, do ONE of the following:
  • Select 'Access Code', enter your access code, and select 'Finish'.
  • Under 'Use a Credit Card or PayPal', select the apprpriate choice(s) and enter your payment information.
  • If you are not able to pay today, but you will be able to pay (using an access code or credit card /PayPal at the end of the 14-day temporary access) Click on the link at the bottom titled 'Get temporary access for 14 days without payment'.
    Please note: you must be able to pay for the materials once the 14-day temporary access expires. If your tempoary access expires and you are not able to work in the class, you will be dropped for non-attendance.
    You will receive email notification when your temporary access is about to expire and again when it has expired. Once the tempoaray access expires, please just log in to Blackboard as usual. When you click on the link to the MyMathLab materials, you will be prompted to use an access code or pay with a credit card / PayPal.
    
    
• When the registration is complete, the 'You're Done' page appears and you get a confirmation email. Please do NOT delete this email.
• Click on the blue rectangle labeled 'Go to Your Course'.
• The MyMathLab materials should open in a new tab. You are now ready to complete the rest of the orientation.

When you finished step 3 above and clicked on 'Go to Your Course', the MyMathLab materials should open in a new window.

(Each time you log into Blackboard and click on the links "MyMathLab - All Work Done here" then "MyMathLab with Pearson eText Course Home", the MyMathLab online class materials will open in a new window).

Please do the following in MML to complete your orienation:

Begin by expanding the MyMathLab menu link titled *Class Main*. This is done by clicking on the gray arrow next to the words, *Class Main*.

You need to be intimately familiar with where everything in the class is located. Where is the Practice Homework (also called the 'Study Plan')? The graded Homework? Where are the Practice Quizzes? The graded Quizzes? Where are the paper Test Reviews? Where are the required Discussion Boards? The optional Discussion Boards? Where is the eBook, the Lecture Videos, the eBook Solution Manual, the class announcements?, etc.? Are Homework assignments due at the end of each week, or does each Homework have a different due date?

It may take an hour or two just to poke around and find out where everything is. Now is the time to locate everything. Once we're submitting homework on an almost daily basis, you probably won't have the time to leisurely look around.

Once you have poked around enough and are familiar with where everything is in MyMathLas as well as in Blackbaord (i.e. you've at least located the Orientation link/folder, at least one link for each of the following : Homework, Quiz, Discussion Board, eBook, Practice (Study Plan) Homework, paper Test Reviews, and Lecture Videos) then open up the folder/link labeled 'Orientation'.

5. Complete work in MyMathLab

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