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Add Links in LMS to MindTap Activities and Resources

If your LTI Advantage LMS is not otherwise specified, the following steps apply to any LTI Advantage compliant LMS.If your LTI 1.0 LMS is not otherwise specified, the following steps apply to any LTI 1.0 compliant LMS. After setting up your MindTap course, create links from LMS to activities or other content in MindTap. Linked graded activities are included in the LMS gradebook unless you choose to exclude them. Linked graded activities are included in the LMS gradebook.

Note Category scores can not be synced to LMS.
Note In Moodle™ versions older than 3.10, each activity link must be added individually. In this case, consider using the MindTap gradebook to calculate an overall course score for all MindTap activities and syncing that course score to Moodle instead.

Before adding links to MindTap activities, make sure your MindTap course is set up the way you want it.

  • Add and organize the assigned activities and course materials for your MindTap course.
  • Configure assignment settings such as grading, attempts, feedback, time limits, due dates, point values, and grade categories.
Best Practice Use consistent assignment settings and a consistent schedule for due dates and times.
Prerequisites
Integrate MindTap With Your LMS Course
Other LTI Advantage Compliant LMS

The following steps for an LTI 1.0 integration. For LTI Advantage instructions, see Brightspace LTI Advantage.

Prerequisites
Integrate MindTap With Your LMS Course
Other LTI Advantage Compliant LMS

Links created in this way are sometimes called deep links because they are not just web links but allow data to be exchanged between LMS and MindTap.

  1. Open your LMS course.
  2. Follow the steps for your LMS to access the Cengage tool.
  3. Click Add Content > Add Learning App.
  4. Click the Cengage tool.
    If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
  5. On the Materials tab, click Add Materials > Cengage LMS Integration.
  6. Go to a content area in your course and open the Content Market.
    • Blackboard Original: Click Content > Build Content.
    • Blackboard Ultra: Click + > Content Market.
  7. Click the Cengage tool.

    A list of assigned activities for your linked MindTap course is shown.

  8. Open the Course Builder tool.

    In the Content tab, click Related Tools > Course Builder.

  9. Drag New Cengage Learning from Add Content to your module.

    Alternatively, click New Cengage Learning and select your module.

  10. Select a location to add your new links.
  11. Click actions menu > Turn editing on.
  12. Click Add an activity or resource.
  13. Select the Cengage tool and click Add.

    The Cengage tool is created and named by your Moodle administrator.

    The Willo tool is created and named by your Moodle administrator.

    If a Willo tool is not listed:

    1. Select External tool and click Add.
    2. Under General > Preconfigured tool, select the Willo tool.
  14. Under General, click Select content.
    Note The Activity Name and Tool URL are set automatically after selecting the content.
  15. From the course navigation, click Cengage.

    If you get an error message when you click Cengage, see the following:

  16. Select your linked MindTap course from the list of content sources.

    A list of assigned activities for your linked MindTap course is shown.

  17. Click the Cengage tool.
    If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
  18. 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 LMS. If your school uses a LMS Partner integration, available dates are also synced to LMS.

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

    Due dates set in your MindTap course do not sync to your LMS course.

    If needed, change gradebook syncing for specific activities.

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

  19. Click Continue.
  20. Blackboard Original: Review the settings, select where to put your course links, and click Submit.
  21. Save your changes at the bottom of the page.

    Click either Save and return to course or Save and display.

  22. Optional: Repeat these steps to add another link.

The content page displays all the links you have added to your MindTap course and activities.

The selected links are added to the module.

Your link is added to the Sakai® Lessons area.

If needed, you can reorganize the links in LMS.