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Add Links in Canvas LTI Advantage to MindTap Activities

After setting up your MindTap course, create links from Canvas™ to activities or other content in MindTap. Linked graded activities are included in the Canvas gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.

Prerequisites
Create a New Canvas-Integrated MindTap Course

The following procedure is for LTI Advantage integrations. If the Cengage link in your course navigation works, see LTI 1.0.

  1. Open your Canvas course.
  2. Click Modules in the course navigation.
  3. Locate or create the module that will contain your activity links.

    The Cengage tool might not be available in both of the following locations depending on your Canvas admin's settings.

    To add activity links in a new module:

    1. Click more options next to +Module.
      more options next to +Module in Canvas
    2. Click the Cengage tool.

    To add activity links to an existing module:

    1. Locate the module and click add content.
    2. Set the dropdown to External Tool.
    3. Click the Cengage LTI Advantage tool.

      Look for magnifying glass to confirm that the tool is LTI Advantage.

    Alternatively, click Assignments in the course navigation and click more options to add activity links to the Assignments page.

    more options next to +Assignment in Canvas
    Note Non-graded activities are linked under Modules and will not create corresponding assignments in Canvas.
  4. Click Select Content and select activities to include in your class.
    Note Selecting a group of activities does not select all activities in the group. You must select each activity individually.

    Expand or collapse the course outline if needed.

    A selected activity is labeled "This activity is imported in your LMS" and a warning message says "You are about to re-import already existing assignments."

    Graded activities that have already been added are marked This activity is imported in your LMS. To avoid duplicate activity links and gradebook columns, do not import the same activity twice.

    Due dates set in your MindTap course are synced to Canvas. If your school uses a Canvas Partner integration, available dates are also synced to Canvas.

    Date changes in your MindTap course overwrite dates set in your Canvas course. For consistency, make sure your MindTap and Canvas courses are set to the same time zone.

    If needed, change gradebook syncing for specific activities.

    By default, when you include a graded activity it is added to the Canvas gradebook.

    To remove an activity from the gradebook, clear Add to Gradebook.

    To sync an activity to the gradebook without creating an activity link, first select Add to Gradebook and then clear the Add to Course checkbox on the left.

    Scores sync automatically when assignment attempts are submitted in MindTap and when you enter or edit scores in your MindTap gradebook.

  5. Click Continue.
  6. If needed, click Add Item.

The selected activity links are added to the module.

If needed, you can reorganize the links in Canvas.