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Labsim Instructions Before you order your online course, ask the instructor for a discount code.

this paper directs user on creating accounts, activating courseware titles, joining the school, and enrolling in class. A

black star will be used to help show where certain elements are referenced on the screen shots.

Each student wanting to order direct must go to www.testout.com and on the home page at the bottom right hand

corner enter your Student ordering code, which is provided by your instructor.

After entering the code, you will be taken to the “academic order form” This is where you will select the courseware title

you instructor has outlined for class use. Click the “add to cart” button on the right to proceed…

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Once on the next page, simply click checkout when you have the selected items in your shopping cart:

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On the Shopping Cart Page, you will enter your name and email, then you will be asked to enter your school name and

instructor name. You MUST enter the School name exactly as it is listed: “Las Positas College”. Your instructors name

does not need to be in any exact form to proceed:

The last few webpages are where you will enter your billing information to process the order and receive your activation

code for the LabSim courseware title you are purchasing. The code will have (16) characters and will look like the

following:

EXAMPLE: V3HY-AZVY-9QZY-2H4T

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Once you have your code, you will be directed to the www.testout.com where you can create your LabSim account with

your new activation code.

NOTE: Chrome and Internet Explorer are the recommended browsers when using LabSim.

Firefox works too, but not fully tested yet.

On the TestOut Homepage, Click the “create account” button under the login fields to get started. (Note: if you already

have a LabSim account, you do not need to create a new account. refer to pg. 8)

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Once you have click the “create account” button, you will be taken into the LabSim interface to create your account. Fill

out all the fields including your activation code your received when you purchased the courseware. (Note: once an

activation code has been used, it cannot be used again)

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Once you have filled out the required information on this page, you will be taken into the main interface and will answer

your default security questions that you will answer in the event you forget or lose your username or password:

Once you have filled out your security questions, you will see the courseware material your purchased listed on the main

page of your LabSim account under your “LabSim Library”

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***(If you already have a LabSim account and are adding new LabSim titles for additional classes you are enrolled in,

simply log into your LabSim account. Once there, find the “add a LabSim” button in the middle right of the screen, click

this and then input the code to add a new courseware title.

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Joining a School: Joining your school is the second to last step. To do this, you will see an alert message at the top of

your LabSim account. under this alert, there is a Blue underlined dialog prompting: “join a School or Company” click this

and a pop up will show where you can type in the name of your school. Once you have found your school, click the “join

to this campus as a student”.

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Final step: Enrolling in your correct class: After you have joined the School, you last step is to enroll in class. This step is

critical and a MUST for your instructor to be able to see your LabSim scores. After joining the school, the system will

automatically change the alert message, now informing you to enroll in class. Click the “enroll in class” dialog.

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CONT’D

You will see all the classes offered on campus listed on the right hand column of the “enroll in class” pop-up. You can

scroll through this list until you find the class your instructor has created in the system. Please refer to your instructor

syllabus or instructions on the naming of the class. You can also type in the name of the class in the search field at the

top right to find a class as well. Once you find your class, click the enroll tab to the right of the class. This will pull that

class to the left hand column under your “enrolled classes.” If you have the right class or classes, click the apply button

at the bottom right to finish. If you find you have the wrong class, simply click the drop button to the right of the class

and find the correct class. Remember that in order to apply your selection, you MUST click apply at the bottom right. A

key stroke on the “enter” key will take you out of the pop up but not save your selection(s).

Final review:

If you have completed all the steps, you will have done the following-

1. Purchased the LabSim courseware title(s) required for class.

2. Created your account on testout.com

3. Activated your courseware materials within LabSim.

4. Join your appropriate School in LabSim.

5. Enrolled in the correct class(es) within LabSim.

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SUPPORT CONTACTS:

If you have any issues with creating your account or using LabSim. Please email the instructor or call TestOut support

support@testout.com

(800)-877-4889

TESTOUT SCHOOL ACCOUNT MANAGER:

Jeff Hanks

(800) 877-4889 ext 221

jhanks@testout.com