Before adding links to CNOWv2 activities, make sure your CNOWv2 course is set up the way you want it.
- Add and organize the assigned activities and course materials for your CNOWv2 course.
- Configure assignment settings such as grading, attempts, feedback, time limits, due dates, point values, and grade categories.
Links created in this way are sometimes called deep links because they are not just web links but allow data to be exchanged between Brightspace and CNOWv2.
Open your Brightspace course.
Click the Content tab.
In your module, click Add Existing Activities ›
Cengage.The Cengage tool may be named differently for your school. Ask your LMS Admin if you are unsure.
If you do not see the Cengage tool, try this instead.
- Click Related Tools › Course Builder.
- Drag
from Add Content to your module.
Click Select Content and select activities to include in your class.

Graded activities that have already been added are marked
. To avoid duplicate activity links and gradebook columns, do not import the same activity twice.
If needed, change gradebook syncing for specific activities.
By default, when you include a graded activity it is added to the Brightspace gradebook.
To remove an activity from the gradebook, clear Add to Gradebook.
To sync an activity to the gradebook without creating an activity link, first select Add to Gradebook and then clear the Add to Course checkbox on the left.
Click Continue.
The content page displays all the links you have added to your CNOWv2 course and activities.
If needed, you can reorganize the links in Brightspace.