Integrate an Existing MindTap Course With Blackboard

If you already created the MindTap course you want to integrate with Blackboard® — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

Note Course templates, courses with student enrollments, and courses that are already linked to an LMS can't be linked.
  1. Open your Blackboard course.
  2. Open the Content Market.
    1. Go to a content area in your course.
    2. Blackboard Ultra: Click + > Content Market.
    3. Blackboard Original: Click Partner Content > Content Market.
  3. On the Content Market page, click Cengage in the list of providers.
  4. If prompted, sign in to your Cengage instructor account to link your Blackboard and Cengage accounts.

    This window might not be shown if your browser does not allow pop-ups for the Blackboard domain.

  5. Click Add Homework Platform.
  6. Select the textbook or product you want to use from the available course content.
    • To see only MindTap results, click Filter and set Filter By to MindTap.
  7. Select Link to an existing course or section.

    Your unlinked courses and course sections with no student enrollments for the selected title are listed.

  8. Select the course or section you want to link and click Continue.
  9. If prompted, select whether to synchronize the overall course score or individual activity scores to the Blackboard gradebook.

    This option is not available for all courses.

    Note Category scores can not be synced to Blackboard.
    1. Click Continue to confirm your choice.
    2. Blackboard Original: Review the settings, select where to put your course link, and click Submit.

    A link to the integrated MindTap course is added to your Blackboard course.

  10. Click the link to your MindTap course.

    If prompted, read and accept the service agreement.