Plain answers to the questions students search about Canvas quizzes and grades, Pearson MyLab, McGraw Hill Connect, SmartBook and ALEKS, Cengage MindTap and WebAssign, Packback and discussion posts, Apex Learning and IXL. Each post answers one question and quotes the platform’s own help pages.
17 guides · Each quotes the platform’s own help · Updated October 2026 · From $11.99/mo
Open the quiz and select your attempt. Canvas shows your responses and the correct answers only if your instructor allows it, and a message such as “Correct answers are hidden.” names the setting that is hiding them.
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Pick your platform, or search. Each guide answers one question and lists its sources.
Where Canvas shows your quiz results, why a score can be hidden, and which attempt counts.
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1 guideHow to see Canvas quiz answers after you submit: what “Correct answers are hidden” and “Quiz results are protected” mean, missing scores and Kept Score.
Signing in, course IDs, doing and submitting MyLab Math homework, and finding your results.
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1 guidePearson MyLab and MyMathLab: how to log in, find your course ID, do and submit MyLab Math homework, see your results, and tell MyLab from MathXL.
Getting into the right Connect course, how Connect homework and SmartBook completion work, what the AI in ALEKS does, and missing LMS grades.
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3 guidesLog in to McGraw Hill Connect from Canvas, use an access code or 14-day temporary access, and learn how SmartBook grading, Recharge and LearnSmart work.
How McGraw Hill Connect homework works: attempts, timers, Save & Exit vs Submit, auto-submit, late penalties, scores that look wrong, and where to get help.
Yes. McGraw Hill calls ALEKS an artificially intelligent learning and assessment system. What its AI decides, what AI Reader adds, and what ALEKS records.
MindTap logins and the Learning Path, Cengage’s auto-submit and proctoring rules, and WebAssign answer entry.
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3 guidesHow to log in to Cengage MindTap from Canvas or a course key, the free grace period of up to 14 days, Cengage Unlimited, support and error fixes.
Does Cengage auto-submit? Does Check My Work cost points? What does MindTap track, and why is it slow? Cengage’s own help, checked Oct 2026.
WebAssign says it’s wrong? Usually it’s notation: H_2O or x_1 for a subscript, sig figs, a lowercase e, ±2% tolerance, intervals, vectors and graphs.
Benchmark runs used replicas we built, not the real sites. Real-use counts graded work only and is not an accuracy rate. How we measured
What Packback checks in a post, what happens when one is moderated, how to write a discussion post that earns the marks, and how to introduce yourself and reply to classmates.
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4 guidesPackback checks posts for AI-generated text and can moderate them. What its AI Risk indicator, copy-paste checks and moderation do, from Packback’s own help.
How to write a discussion post that earns full marks: check the rubric, use a five-move template, see three sample posts, cite in APA, read sample feedback.
A four-part formula for replying to a classmate’s discussion post, six example replies, polite ways to disagree, and the exact Canvas reply steps.
Six introduction discussion post examples for college, including online, nursing, transfer and returning students, with a five-line formula and replies.
What the Apex colors mean, how Grade to Date works, quiz tries and pacing, and which IXL tests run in a lockdown browser.
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2 guidesHow to pass Apex Learning faster with unit pretests, what green, yellow and red mean, Grade to Date, quiz tries, locked tests and whether Apex tracks time.
Yes, for some tests. IXL SecureTest runs on Respondus LockDown Browser and locks LevelUp diagnostics, screeners and Common Assessments. What it blocks.
Which publishers have apps, what homework automation tools actually do, and where the line on AI use sits.
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3 guidesWhich homework platforms have apps: McGraw Hill ReadAnywhere, Cengage Read, Pearson+ and ALEKS, what each can do, and which work on an iPad or a phone.
Homework automation apps compared: phone solvers, browser extensions and desktop agents, what each automates, what you still do, and where Silent Student fits.
Is using an AI homework bot cheating? The honest answer: it depends on authorization, authorship, and whether you can defend the work. Here's how to tell.
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The Silent Student team at El Dorado Ignition LLC writes and checks every post. We quote each platform’s own help center, documentation or terms, list every source at the end of the post, and show when the post was last updated at the top.
We make Silent Student, a desktop app for Mac and Windows that works coursework on these platforms. Posts say so where the app comes up, and they are written to answer the question whether or not you use it. Short single-question answers are in Guides, and the free grade calculators work in any browser.
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Silent Student works your Canvas assignments and the MyLab, Connect, ALEKS, MindTap, WebAssign, Packback, Apex and IXL work they open, on your Mac or PC, with a review queue you control.
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