Part I Step 3: Your Required Online Materials

Your required online materials are called MyMathLab.

Registration into MyMathLab will be needed in order to complete your mandatory orientation. Failure to purchase and register in this required material will result in you being dropped from the class. As you will read in the next step, Part II Step 4 of your mandatory orientation requires you to do work in these online materials. Your orientation is not complete until you satisfactorily finish those assignments inside MyMathLab.

1. Read specific information about MyMathLab

   A. Go to www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/ (a new window will open when you click on the link) and read each link in the Student column.

   • Get Started
   • Tours
   • System Requirements
   • Support

   B. When you finish reading the Support link (the final link mentioned above), click on the Take a Tour Link at the top of the page. Watch the videos listed below.

   • Explore MyMathLab (everyone)
   • Register & enroll using an access code (an access code is what you buy if you buy from the bookstore)
   • Register & enroll by purchasing online (this is purchasing directly from the publisher)
   • Enroll in another course (if you are enrolling in a course based on the same ebook and no more than 1 year has passed since you initially purchased access)

   C. Learn how to use the math components of your online materials by watching the following videos (a new window will open when you click on each link):

   • http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showtell/mymathlab/
   • http://media.pearsoncmg.com/cmg/pmmg/player_tour/enteranswers.html
     

   Please be sure that your computer meets the technical requirements and that you will be comfortable using online materials and an eBook.
   
   As you have just read, non-dial up internet access will be needed to access all of your required materials. All the computers in the Math Learning Center at MiraCosta College are configured to run MyMathLab/Mastering. It is NOT required that you have your own computer at home for this class; you may use the computers in the MLC for your entire class. Technical difficulties are not an excuse for missing assignments.
   

***Note: From here on out, ONLY students who are officially enrolled with the Admissions and Records Office (A&R) (in one of my class #'s with my name) should perform the following actions.***

If you are NOT currently registered with the Admissions and Records Office (A&R) in one of my class #'s , please feel free to read on, but do NOT perform the following actions.

2. Register and Enroll in MyMathLab

   As you have learned from reading the three (3) links mentioned above, you can purchase access either from the bookstore or online from the publisher (using a credit card). You get quicker access to the class materials if you purchase directly from the publisher. Please do not purchase a pre-owned access code. Once an access code has been redeemed, it can NOT be used again.
    
   It is time to get into your online materials. Earlier in this step, you watched the publisher's movies including the Student how Do I? Tour.
   
   These movies described how to register your materials if you currently have an access code or if you need to purchase it now. Please follow those directions to register and enroll in the MyMathLab materials now.
   
   You will need to following information to register in MyMathLab:

• Course ID Code: Given in the syllabus
• School's Zip code: 92056
• A valid email address that you check on a regular basis
  
  
  When registering in MyMathLab, Please do the following:

  A. Choose anything you would like to use as your Login Name and Password. If your name is David Jones and you choose the Login Name 'djones', don't be surprised if you are directed to choose another Login Name because that one has already been used. You may need to get creative with your Login Name. Often, students will choose their email address or their MiraCosta College Student ID Number as their Login Name.
  
  B. Regardless of what you choose as your Login Name and Password, when you are asked for your first and last name, please be sure to use the name that A&R has on file for you. If A&R has your name recorded as 'David Jones', and you register in MyMathLab with the name 'David Brummy' or 'Big Daddy', I'm going to officially drop 'David Jones' from the class because it looks like 'David Jones' never purchased the online materials for the class - which was a part of the mandatory orientation. Also, the student named 'David Brummy' or 'Big Daddy' will get inactivated in MyMathLab (i.e. lose access to the MyMathLab materials for this class) because he's not on my A&R roster. This goes the same for hyphenated last names. If the school has your name as David Smith-Jones and you tell MyMathLab your name is David Jones, you're going to get dropped and lose access to the class materials. I can NOT assign a grade to a student with one name for work done by someone with a different name.
  
  C. Be sure to give MyMathLab a valid email address that you will be checking on a daily basis. I send frequent emails through MyMathLab, so please be sure to give them your correct email address. If you change your email address during the class, you will need to update that information with MyMathLab.

3. Your Online Materials Already Include a Book.

   Note: There is NO hardcopy of a textbook required in this class. Your required online class materials already contain the textbook for this class - it's an eBook. You do NOT need to purchase a hardcopy textbook for this class. If you do not like to read eBooks (or if you want a hardcopy to read at the beach or elsewhere), you might choose to purchase a hardcopy of the textbook from a site like Amazon or eBay. To save money, you could even purchase an older version of the hardcopy book and match the content to your eBook.