Students register with ALEKS by going to the ALEKS website and clicking on "SIGN UP NOW." This will be expedited if the browsers used by the students have "Bookmarks" or "Favorites" pointing to the website (See Sec. 3.3).

NOTE. In order to register, all students must have both their Access Code and the Course Code for the course that you are teaching. The students find the Access Code in their copy of the ALEKS User's Guide, inside the back cover. The Course Code is sent to the instructor by ALEKS Corporation or obtained by the instructor when creating the course (See Sec. 6.2.1). You are responsible for giving this code to the students at the time of the first session.

To obtain the Course Code for any course, log on to your instructor account, click on "Course Admin," and then on "View all your courses and course codes" (See Sec. 6.2.2). Or, in the Advanced Instructor Module, simply select the name of the course and click "Edit." The Code will appear in the upper right-hand part of the screen (See Sec. 7.18).

The student registration process is described in detail in the User's Guide (See Appendix A). There are complete online instructions for every step of this simple procedure. Among other information, some students may be able to supply their email address (so they can be helped more promptly in case of difficulties) and their Student ID number (if you wish to have this in the system). Special care should be taken in entering the latter, as the system cannot detect mistyping. Both email and Student ID are optional information.

Near the conclusion of Registration students receive a Login Name and Password. These should be noted carefully, as they will be essential for all further work with ALEKS. You may wish to advise the students to change their Passwords at the earliest opportunity. They should use a Password they will remember easily but that will be hard for others to guess. Login Name and Password can be typed with upper- or lower-case letters. Neither may contain spaces or punctuation.