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Link to Your Cengage Textbook From Blackboard

Link to the eBook from your Blackboard® course for easy access for you and your students.

Important Do not use this procedure if your Blackboard course is integrated with Cengage courseware like MindTap, SAM, or WebAssign.

This procedure might not be available for your school. Alternatively, see Other/Manual.

  1. Open your Blackboard course.
  2. Add Cengage content to your course.
    Blackboard Original
    1. Click Content > Build Content > Cengage Content.
      If the Cengage tool is not shown under Build Content, see Can't Find Cengage Content in Blackboard.
    Blackboard Ultra
    1. Click + > Content Market.
    2. Click Cengage Content under Institution Tools.
      Important If you see a Cengage tool shown under Content Market, do not select it. This is an outdated version of the integration that will be removed soon. Only add the Cengage tool under Institution Tools.

      If the Cengage tool is not shown under Institution Tools, see Can't Find Cengage Content in Blackboard.

  3. If prompted, sign in to your Cengage instructor account to link your Blackboard and Cengage accounts.

    If you don't have a Cengage instructor account, request one here.

    This window might not be shown if your browser does not allow pop-ups for the Blackboard domain.

  4. On the Integrate with Cengage page, click Select eBook Only.
  5. On the Select Title page, select the textbook to use in your class.
    • To search the available content, type a search term.
    • To filter the list by license type, click License Type and select Student Purchase Required or Inclusive Access.
    1. Depending on the book, click either Link Full eBook or Link Individual Chapters > Link Full eBook.
    2. Click Continue.
  6. Click Continue.