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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 LMS course is integrated with Cengage courseware like MindTap, SAM, or WebAssign.

This procedure is not available for K–12 schools, and might also be unavailable to other institutions.

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 This is an outdated version of the integration that will be removed soon.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. Click Add eBook.
  5. Search for your textbook by title, author, or ISBN.
  6. To select an item, click Link to Course.
  7. Click Continue.