Link to Your Cengage Textbook From Blackboard

If your LTI Advantage LMS is not otherwise specified, the following steps apply to any LTI Advantage compliant LMS. Link to the eBook from your Blackboard course for easy access for you and your students.

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

  1. Open your Blackboard course.

  2. Follow the steps for your LMS to access the Cengage tool.

  3. Confirm the Lessons tool is enabled.

    1. Select Site Info from your navigation.

    2. Click Manage Tools.

    3. Scroll down to confirm that Lessons is selected.

  4. Select Lessons from your navigation.

  5. Click Add Content Add Learning App.

  6. Click the Cengage tool.

    If you do not see the Cengage tool, try the procedure for Sakai LTI 1.0.

    If you continue to experience issues, contact your administrator.

  7. Click actions menu Turn editing on.

  8. Click Add an activity or resource.

  9. Select the Cengage tool and click Add.

    The Cengage tool is created and named by your Moodle administrator.

  10. First time for each Moodle course: Select the academic term and click Submit.

  11. 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.

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

  12. Add the Cengage app to your course navigation if it is not already listed.

    The app is copied when you copy a Canvas course.

    1. From the course navigation, click Settings Navigation.

    2. Drag the Cengage app to the course navigation.

    3. Click Save.

  13. From the course navigation, click Cengage.

    If you get an error message when you click Cengage, see the following:

  14. Click the Content tab.

  15. If you have not already done so, create a module in your course.

    1. Click Add a module and enter your module title.

  16. 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.

    1. Click Related Tools Course Builder.
    2. Drag New Cengage Learning from Add Content to your module.
  17. On the Materials tab, click Add Materials Cengage LMS Integration.

  18. Click the Cengage tool.

    If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.

  19. 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.

  20. On the Integrate with Cengage page, click Select eBook Only.

  21. 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.

  22. Click Continue.

  23. Save your changes at the bottom of the page.

    Click either Save and return to course or Save and display.

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