Buying Labsim (PDF)

In this video you’ll learn how to purchase Labsim, and then in later videos you’ll learn how to connect to the your CBC class. I use Labsim in a few different classes, so there will be a couple of places where the actual steps I take in the video might be different from what you’ll do for your specific class. But there are notes in the video that make it pretty clear what you should do for your specific class at these points in the video. And before we start out, I want to point at that there ‘s a document available on Canvas that’ll hold your hand through all of the steps in this video. The document is called the Labsim/Testout – Puchasing Guide and it has the instructions for purchasing the Labsim product. You can either run this video and pause it as you need to complete each step, or use the document.

To start with, let’s just make it clear what Labsim is. Labsim is an online learning product from a company called Testout. Each Labsim product has it’s own video lectures, online labs and online exams, kind of like Canvas, but it’s all done outside of Canvas. You’ll learn all about Labsim in the next few videos. But for now just think of it as the online replacement for a textbook for this class.

Let’s get started with the process for buying Labsim. You have to purchase Labsim, but there are two places you can get it. You can buy it from the CBC bookstore, or you can go online and purchase an access code online directly from Labsim at http://testout.com. If you buy it from Labsim you’ll need a credit card or Paypal account. If you need to use cash or pay with a voucher from financial aid then you’ll have to buy it from the bookstore. In the past it’s usually been a few dollar cheaper to buy directly from Testout, but you probably want to check this out for yourself as the price does change. Either way all you’ll get is a 16 digit code that looks something like V3HY-AZVY-9QZY-2H4T, which you’ll use later in the setup process

If you buy it from the bookstore they’ll give you the code in an envelope. And if you buy it from the bookstore you can skip the rest of this video as the remainder of the video describes how to buy your Labsim product directly from Testout.

Buying Labsim From The Testout Website

If you want to buy it from the Testout, the company that owns Labsim, go to the Testout site at www.Testout.com. The steps I’m going to show you should be close to what you see at Testout, but they also change their site quite often, so some of the links and buttons may in different places. In any case, once you’re at the Testout page find the Purchase menu and select Enter Price Code. You can select Student, but that page is just going to have you return to the Enter Price Code page, so you may as well go directly to the Enter Price Code page. Testout has given the college a great discount, and to get it you need to enter the code 14-232TA in the Price Code box. Enter the code and press the Continue button, which will bring you to the Price List page.

As you can tell this page lists all of the different products you can buy from Testout. Make sure you get the correct product for your class.

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Click on the Add to Cart and that will take you to the Shopping Cart page. If by some chance you’re using Testout in more than one class you can select Continue Shopping, but most likely you’ll click the Checkout button.

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This will bring you to the Checkout page. The first thing you’ll need to enter is the name of the