The Student Assistant is a generative AI assistant that provides students with guidance, but it will not reveal answers. It offers personalized feedback based on the student's input, the topic they are working on and the Cengage textbook used in your course. It will not use material outside of Cengage.
The Student Assistant is not available for all MindTap courses, activity types or question types. On compatible questions, students can click Student Assistant to open the tool.
Enable at the Course Level
The Student Assistant will be automatically enabled for all supported assignments except quizzes, exams and tests. You can turn it off for individual assignments later.
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Click
your name > Course Settings.
- Click Student Assistant Settings.
- Select Enable Student Assistant.
- Click Save Settings.
Enable or Disable at the Activity Level
Enable or disable the Student Assistant for an individual assignment.
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At the top of the activities list, turn on Edit
.
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Click
Edit next to the activity.
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Next to an activity, click
> 
Manage activity settings.
This is sometimes labeled Manage activity title and settings.
If any students have already started work on the activity, you are warned.