WileyPLUS
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What is WileyPLUS
WileyPLUS is an online courseware and assessment platform used primarily in higher education to support Wiley textbook-based courses. It provides instructors with tools to assign and grade homework, quizzes, and practice activities, and it gives students access to learning content and feedback. The product is typically adopted at the course level (often bundled with specific Wiley titles) and is designed to integrate with common learning management systems for roster and grade passback.
Textbook-aligned courseware
WileyPLUS is closely aligned to Wiley-published textbooks and related digital resources, which can reduce course setup time for instructors using those titles. Content, problem sets, and assessments are structured around specific courses and disciplines. This alignment supports consistent coverage and pacing across sections when departments standardize on a Wiley text.
Built-in assessment workflows
The platform supports online homework, quizzes, and practice with automated scoring for many question types. Instructors can assign work, manage due dates, and review performance within the same environment. This is useful for high-enrollment courses where manual grading would be time-intensive.
LMS integration support
WileyPLUS is commonly deployed alongside institutional LMS environments and supports integration patterns such as single sign-on and grade/roster synchronization (capabilities vary by institution and configuration). This can reduce duplicate user management and streamline student access. Integration helps instructors keep grades centralized in the LMS gradebook.
Publisher ecosystem dependency
WileyPLUS is most compelling when a course uses Wiley textbooks and Wiley-authored digital materials. Programs that prefer open educational resources or mixed-publisher content may find the platform less flexible for standardizing across departments. Switching texts can require significant course rebuild or migration effort.
Limited community features
The product focuses on courseware delivery and assessment rather than community-building. It typically offers fewer native capabilities for cohort communities, creator-style memberships, or social learning experiences than platforms designed around communities. Institutions often rely on their LMS or separate tools for discussion and engagement.
Course-level licensing complexity
Access is often sold per student and tied to specific courses or materials, which can create administrative overhead for departments and bookstores. Students may face access-code logistics and time-limited access depending on the purchase model. These constraints can be a drawback compared with institution-wide licensing approaches.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (per-course, per-student, per-term)
Free tier/trial: 14-day free trial (opt-in during student registration).
Example costs (from WileyPLUS course pages):
- Calculus: Early Transcendentals — Single-term $76.95 USD; Multi-term $131.95 USD. (price shown on course product page).
- College Algebra — Single-term $76.95 USD.
- Introductory Statistics — Single-term $76.95 USD.
- Business Statistics (selected title) — Single-term $109.95 USD.
Notes:
- Wiley announced "Wiley Advantage Pricing" (effective May 1, 2020) stating most WileyPLUS courseware would be $69 per term and offering free extended access for students retaking a course. However, individual course product pages on the WileyPLUS site display course-specific single-term and multi-term prices that vary by title (examples above).
- Institutions can arrange Inclusive Access agreements, bundles, and other institutional pricing options through Wiley (institution-level discounts and day-one access programs are available).
Discount options: Inclusive Access programs, institutional agreements, bundle/rental options through campus retailers and Wiley partners (availability varies by campus/title).
Seller details
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
1807
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https://www.wiley.com/
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