Pearson MyLab and MyMathLab: log in, register and get your homework counted

How do I sign in to Pearson MyLab?

How you get into MyLab depends on how your instructor set the course up. Use the row that matches your course:

Typed mylab.pearson.com? The Sign in to MyLab button on Pearson’s MyLab login page opens Pearson’s course portal at portal.mypearson.com, which forwards to a Pearson sign-in page for mycourses.pearson.com. The page at mylab.pearson.com/login_mml.htm is one Pearson titles “MyLab Math Alternate Sign In”, and Pearson’s MathXL login page links it for “MyLab Math/MyLab Statistics users”. Both ask for your Pearson username and password, and the bare address mylab.pearson.com opens a Pearson page titled “MathXL”. If your course runs through Canvas or another LMS, skip all of them and start from the Pearson link in that course. We checked these addresses on October 20, 2026.

A common mistake is registering on Pearson’s site for a course that is linked to Canvas. The launch from inside Canvas is what connects your MyLab work to that course and its gradebook. Pearson’s registration page asks “Are you using an LMS?” first for this reason, and keeps a separate LMS registration page with handouts for each LMS. If your syllabus or Canvas course has a Pearson link, start there.

Not ready to pay? Pearson says “Temp access may be available for 14 days if you’re not ready to buy.” Whether it is offered depends on the course. This is an independent guide. Your account itself is handled by Pearson and your school. If you were looking for an AI that completes Pearson MyLab work, that has its own page.

Where do I find my MyLab course ID?

From your instructor. Pearson’s registration page says to get the course ID from your instructor or to accept the course invite link, and that “The course ID will look something like professor12345.” It is usually in the syllabus or a first-week announcement.

• Course linked from Canvas or another LMS? You do not need a course ID. Open MyLab from the Pearson link in that course instead.
• Which email? Pearson writes “We recommend using your school email address.”
• Lost the ID? Ask your instructor rather than guessing from a classmate’s screenshot. The ID is what places you in your instructor’s course.

What is Pearson MyLab? MyLab Math, MyMathLab, MathXL and Mastering

Pearson MyLab is Pearson’s family of online homework and course platforms, one product per subject. Pearson’s MyLab page lists products from MyLab Accounting and MyLab Economics to MyLab Math and MyLab Statistics, along with MathXL and the school editions MyLab Math for School and MathXL for School. Your instructor builds the course and assigns the homework. You open it from the Pearson link in Canvas or another LMS, or with Sign in to MyLab on Pearson’s login page. Mastering, for the sciences, is a separate Pearson platform with its own player.

“Pearson” on the syllabus does not tell you which product you are using. Look at the name in your course, then use the row that matches:

If your course is on ALEKS instead, that is McGraw Hill’s platform, not Pearson’s; MyMathLab vs ALEKS shows how each one grades your work.

The name also helps when you ask for help. “MyLab Math homework, question 6, answer entry” gets a faster answer than “Pearson is broken.” Add the assignment title and what happened after your last click.

How do I do and submit MyMathLab (MyLab Math) homework?

MyMathLab homework is MyLab Math homework: MyMathLab is the product’s older name, and Pearson’s current student help says “MyLab” throughout. Every MyLab Math homework opens the same way, from the assignment list into a question player, and MyLab scores each question as you complete it. Pearson’s Do homework help page describes the steps, and they match what we saw in a live course:

1. Click the assignment name on your MyLab home page or on the Homework and Tests page. An overview page opens.
2. Click a question number to open the player.
3. Enter your answer. Pearson says to make sure a math answer “is fully simplified”, and to use the Math palette for symbols such as fractions and exponents.
4. Click Check Answer. On a multipart question, click Continue and check each part.
5. When you finish, click Save or Back to Homework & Tests to return to the overview.

There is no separate submit button for homework. Pearson: “Your score is automatically updated in your instructor’s Gradebook each time you complete a question.” A question is complete when you answer correctly or use the tries allowed, which Pearson says is “usually three” for each step. Before your last try, Check Answer changes to Final Check, so that label is your warning.

You do not have to finish in one sitting; you can return as often as you want before the due date. If you leave the player open and idle, Pearson says it times out after “usually 60 minutes”, warns you, and after another 5 minutes saves your work and ends the session. For attempts on tests and partial credit, see our guide How many attempts do you get on MyLab Math, and is there partial credit? Your numbers can differ from a classmate’s on the same question, because MyLab can generate different values for each student. The Pearson MyLab page covers why posted answer lists rarely match.

What the player did in one real homework

We recorded one live MyLab Math college algebra homework on September 9, 2026. It had 15 questions with 22 answer parts, and unlimited attempts per question. Your instructor’s settings change a lot of this, so treat it as a list of things to look for in your own course.

• A first wrong check showed a hint. The hint was specific to the question. One wrong check on its own did not mark the question Incorrect in the sidebar.
• A right answer opened a short praise box. The score and the locked state of the question updated when we acknowledged that box. Dismiss it, then look at the sidebar before you assume the credit is recorded.
• Two-part questions asked before giving partial credit. After the first part was correct, OK opened the second part straight away, and the question did not add half a point on its own. Leaving it half-finished brought up an Important box with Yes and No. Yes committed the partial credit, and coming back resumed the second part with the earlier response still there.
• Classification questions ended with Final check. The questions that asked us to classify an equation used a Final check button, and a finished question offered Similar question.
• Save opened an overview. It listed the score, the counts of correct, partial and incorrect questions, and a link to review each question. That page is where to confirm credit before you close the tab.

We did not test what a wrong Final check does or what happens when attempts run out, so read the attempt rules on your own assignment before you rely on retries. Separately, we recorded our agent on a MyLab-style replica we built; the MyLab college algebra replica video shows it typing answers into the math editor and reading the feedback.

Where do I see my MyLab results and grades?

On the Results page. Pearson’s View your results guide says your overall score in the course “is displayed as a percentage at the top of the page”, with a Show details link that explains how it is calculated. To find one assignment:

• Choose a time period at the top: Past 2 weeks, Past month or Entire course.
• Filter by type with the All Assignments list, or by chapter with the Chapters list.
• Click Review next to the assignment to see your answers and the correct answers.

Reviewing does not cost you points. Pearson’s Review homework page says you can review once you have completed at least one question, and if your instructor allows it you can practise with Similar Exercise or Try Again “without affecting your score”. Essay questions are graded by hand, so their marks appear only after your instructor grades them.

Score missing from Canvas? Check the result in MyLab first. If it is incomplete there, it is a completion problem, not a sync problem. Then confirm the Canvas column is the same section and assignment, and send any mismatch to your instructor with the assignment title, completion time and displayed score. Redoing finished work is not a reliable sync fix.

MyLab assignment not opening? What to check

Work through these in order. Most come from Pearson’s tips on using the player or its tablet guide.

• Open it from the course link. For a Canvas-linked course, start from the Pearson link in Canvas, not a bookmark of a Pearson page.
• Use a computer or a tablet. Pearson says the player is “supported and tested only on touch-screen devices such as iPads and Android or Windows tablets” and that “Answering questions on your smartphone is not recommended.” Some questions do not display on a tablet, and you get a message telling you to use a PC or laptop.
• On a Mac, try Safari. Pearson recommends Safari for the player and says it “works better in Safari” than in Firefox.
• Media will not play? Pearson points you to its Browser Check to install what the media needs.
• Test shows as incomplete? Once you enter a test you have to stay in it until you submit. Pearson says clicking the browser Back button or other course links “ends your test session and flags your test as incomplete”. Depending on the settings, you may need your instructor’s permission to resume. Tests your instructor locks down open only in the Pearson LockDown Browser (is MyLab Math proctored?).

If none of that works, contact Pearson through AskPearson with the course name, assignment title and what happened after your last click.

Is there a Pearson MyLab app, and does it work on iPad?

Not a homework app. Pearson+ is Pearson’s eTextbook app; Pearson’s own help links “the Pearson+ app for eTextbooks” from its Mastering guide. MyLab assignments run in a web browser, and the player works on supported tablets such as iPads, as described above. On an iPhone or other phone, Pearson does not recommend it.

Mastering is the partial exception. Pearson’s Mobile Mastering page says you “may be able to” work regular Mastering assignments in a phone or tablet browser, and “You don’t need to download any special app.” It also says students who sign in from a campus system such as Canvas “should continue to access Mastering from a laptop or desktop computer.” None of this applies to MyLab Math. For every publisher’s app side by side, see does WebAssign, MyLab, ALEKS or Connect have an app?

Access codes and temporary access

Paying again? Put the syllabus, bookstore receipt and access screen side by side. Check that your purchase covers this course and that you are signed in to the same Pearson account as before. If your school says access is included, follow its activation steps. If you already paid and see another purchase prompt, keep the receipt and contact Pearson support before paying twice.

Temporary access running out? Pearson says temporary access “may be available for 14 days”. Before it ends, buy or redeem a code while signed in to the same Pearson account you used for temporary access.

Is there an AI for Pearson MyLab?

Pearson has its own: the AI Study Tool, which Pearson says “breaks complex problems into manageable steps” and which is “Available in select MyLab & Mastering courses.” It explains; you still enter the answer. Our comparison covers what Pearson’s AI Study Tool does and whether it gives answers.

We make Silent Student, a separate desktop app for Mac and Windows that can work MyLab and Mastering assignments opened from Canvas. That is a different question from using MyLab yourself, so it has its own page, Pearson MyLab answers, answer keys and AI tools, with what it handles, where it stops and what Pearson’s Terms of Use say. The options are compared in the best AI for Pearson MyLab and Mastering, and why a shared answer key won’t match your numbers is in our guide Is there a MyLab Math answer key? MyMathLab homework in the MathXL player is covered on Silent Student for MyMathLab. Plans start at $11.99 a month (pricing).

Sources

Every quotation on this page was re-read against its source on October 20, 2026.

• Pearson, Login: MyLab
• Pearson, student registration (course ID and temporary access)
• Pearson, registration through an LMS
• Pearson, Login: MathXL
• Pearson MyLab student help, Do homework
• Pearson MyLab student help, View your results
• Pearson MyLab student help, Review homework
• Pearson MyLab student help, Tips on using players
• Pearson MyLab student help, Use the player on a tablet
• Pearson Mastering, Mobile Mastering (updated September 18, 2025)
• Pearson, AI-powered study tools
• Pearson, MyLab (product list)
• Pearson, MyLab Math Alternate Sign In
• Pearson, MathXL Case Studies (older page: “These case studies describe MyMathLab, which is powered by MathXL.”)