Assignment types
- Reading assignment
A section of the book for students to read.
- Concept check
A quick activity that checks if students have completed assigned readings.
- Quiz
A longer activity that assesses students' understanding of an entire chapter.
Open your Blackboard course.
Click
› Turn editing on.Click Add an activity or resource.
Select the Cengage tool and click Add.
The Cengage tool is created and named by your Moodle administrator.
Confirm the Lessons tool is enabled.
Select Site Info from your navigation.
Click Manage Tools.
Scroll down to confirm that Lessons is selected.
Select Lessons from your navigation.
Click Add Content › Add Learning App.
Click the Cengage tool.
If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
Add Cengage Infuse content to your course.
Blackboard Original
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
Click + › Content Market.
Click Cengage Content under Institution Tools.
If the Cengage tool is not shown under Institution Tools, see Can't Find Cengage Content in Blackboard.
Add the Cengage app to your course navigation if it is not already listed.
The app is copied when you copy a Canvas course.
From the course navigation, click Settings › Navigation.
Drag the Cengage app to the course navigation.
Click Save.
From the course navigation, click Cengage.
If you get an error message when you click Cengage, see the following:
Open the Course Builder tool.
In the Content tab, click Related Tools › Course Builder.
If you have not already done so, create a module in your course.
Drag
from Build Outline to the course outline.Alternatively, click
and select the module location.Enter a name for your module, such as Cengage Infuse.
Enter a note for your students.
If the Cengage Infuse component of your course has a different start or end date from your course in Brightspace, enter those dates in Restrictions.
Click Create.
Drag
from Add Content to your module.Alternatively, click
and select your module.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, click Create Account.
This window might not be shown if your browser does not allow pop-ups for the Blackboard domain.
On the Integrate with Cengage page, click Select Cengage Infuse.
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.
Click Link to Course next to your textbook.
Click Continue.
Complete the details for your Blackboard course.
Field
Notes
Course Name
Start date
Set the start date to the first day of class. It is the first day students can access your course and the beginning of your students' temporary access period. It cannot be changed after students access the course.
End date
To allow your students to view their grades and complete late work, consider setting this 1 week after the last day of class.
Click Continue.
Select content to include in your course and Blackboard gradebook.
You can return to add more content at any point during your course.
To preview an assignment, click
.The assignment opens in a new tab.
Click Continue.
Set how many attempts students have for each type of Cengage Infuse assignment.
Click Save.
Blackboard Original:Review the settings, select where to put your course links, and click Submit.
If you get an error message when you click Cengage, see LTI Advantage.