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.

Note

This task is different depending on the version of Google Classroom your school uses.

To see which version your school uses, open the assignment editor and look for the Add-ons panel.

If your assignment has Add-ons, your school uses Google Workspace for Education Plus.
If your assignment does not have Add-ons, your school uses Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals.

Google Workspace for Education Plus adds links to Google Classroom assignments, while Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals adds links directly to the Classwork tab.

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

A list of assigned activities for your linked MindTap course is shown.
Open the Course Builder tool.

In the Content tab, click Related Tools > Course Builder.
Drag from Add Content to your module.

Alternatively, click and select your module.
Select a location to add your new links.
Click > Turn editing on.
Click Add an activity or resource.
Select the Cengage tool and click Add.

The Cengage tool is created and named by your Moodle administrator.
From the course navigation, click Cengage.
If you get an error message when you click Cengage, see the following:
- Create a New Canvas-Integrated MindTap Course
- Copy a MindTap Course to a New Canvas Course
- Add Links in Canvas LTI Advantage to MindTap Activities
- Integrate an Existing MindTap Course with Canvas
Select your linked MindTap course from the list of content sources.

A list of assigned activities for your linked MindTap course is shown.
Click the Cengage tool.
If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
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.

If you're using the Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals workflow, you can select multiple activities.

Graded activities that have already been added are marked . 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.
Click Continue.
Blackboard Original: Review the settings, select where to put your course links, and click Submit.
Save your changes at the bottom of the page.

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

Video: Blackboard Ultra

Video: Blackboard

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Google Workspace for Education Plus

This integration method imports one link at a time. To import multiple links at once, follow the instructions for Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals.

Open the Cengage integration tool.
1. Open your LMS course.
2. Open the assignment editor.
3. In Add-ons, click Cengage Classroom.
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.

If you're using the Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals workflow, you can select multiple activities.

Graded activities that have already been added are marked . 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.
Click Continue.

Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals

To open the Cengage integration tool, click > Cengage.
Select your LMS class.
1. Click a class in the Google Classroom Class dropdown list.
2. Optional: Select a LMS topic.
3. Select whether to import your MindTap assignments as drafts or immediately assign them to students.
4. Click Continue.
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.

If you're using the Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals workflow, you can select multiple activities.

Graded activities that have already been added are marked . 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.
Click Continue.

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