Create the Cengage Tool

To enable instructors to integrate their lms-name and Cengage courses, create and register the Cengage tool.

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Follow the steps for your LMS to create an LTI 1.3 tool and enable LTI Advantage services. The following information can be used along with the configuration parameters from the Cengage email to complete the tool setup.

General Settings

Name (Might Vary)

Value

Tool name

Cengage

Tool URL

https://gateway.cengage.com

Default launch container

New window

Secure Icon URL

https://gateway.cengage.com/GatewayImages/cengage-icon.svg

Custom Parameters

Name

Value

context_id_history

$Context.id.history

course_start_date

CourseSection.timeFrame.begin

course_end_date

CourseSection.timeFrame.end

Services

Name (Might Vary)

Value

Assignment and Grade Services

Fully enabled

Names and Role Provisioning Services

Optional: Used to retrieve members' information per privacy settings

Privacy

Share user names, email addresses, and roles.

Manual Registration

After creating the Cengage tool in your LMS, register the tool with Cengage.

  1. Open the email message you received from Cengage with your tool configuration details and click Complete Registration.

  2. On the tool registration page, enter the values configured in your LMS for the Cengage tool:

    • Issuer
    • Client id
    • JWKS URI
    • Token endpoint
    • OIDC Auth Request endpoint

    Use the steps for your LMS to retrieve this information for an LTI 1.3 tool.

  3. Click Register.

    A message indicates that the Cengage tool was registered successfully.