[Trainer-Talk] Pearson MyMathLab

[Deborah Armstrong]

This is software that runs in a browser (a web application) but also has a component that needs to be installed according to its manual.

It seems like more and more math courses at our college are requiring students use it and I've heard it wasn't that accessible.

I took a look at Pearson's accessibility information
                https://www.pearsonmylabandmastering.com/northamerica/mymathlab/accessibility/

And it wasn't very comforting.

I have students using NVDA, JAWS, zoom-text and the Windows magnifier who are all asking about it. You have to pay to get a log-in so I have no way of testing it at this time.

Has anyone worked with this software? It takes over the whole homework process, presenting you problems and letting them work through them at your own pace. It also handles all the exams.

Must make it nice and easy for the instructors, but I'm concerned since so many of our blind students fail math even without this extra complication.

--Debee