Copy a MindTap Course to a New LTI Advantage LMS
Course
If your LTI Advantage LMS is not otherwise specified, the following steps apply to
any LTI Advantage compliant LMS.
Copy an existing MindTap course to a new LTI Advantage LMS course. You can copy your own MindTap course or another instructor's course.
To copy another instructor's course, ask the instructor for the course key of the course to be copied.
The course instructor can look up the course key in the Instructor Center.
Open your LTI Advantage LMS course.
Follow the steps for your LMS to access the Cengage
tool.
Click the Cengage tool.
If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
If prompted, sign in to your
Cengage instructor account to link your LTI Advantage LMS and Cengage accounts.
If you don't have a Cengage instructor
account, click Create Account.
On the Integrate with Cengage page, click
Select Platform.
On the Select Title page, select the textbook or product to use in your class.
To search the available content,
type a search term.
To see only MindTap results, click
Platform and select .
To filter the list by license
type, click License Type and select
Student Purchase Required or Inclusive
Access.
On the License Type page, select the payment method applicable to your class.
Very often, only one license type is available.
Click Continue.
On the Course Option page, select a copy option.
To copy your own course:
Select Copy an existing course.
Your courses for the selected title are listed.
Select the course you want to copy.
Click Continue.
To copy another teacher's course:
Select Copy another instructor's course with a course key.
Enter the course key and click Verify.
Click Continue.
On the Gradebook settings page, select which scores should be synced to the
LTI Advantage LMS gradebook.
Select either Add activity score or Add overall
scores.
Click Continue.
On the Course Details page, specify the course name, dates, and other
information for your MindTap course.
Field
Notes
Course Name
Include the academic term in the course name.
Time Zone
Assignment dates and times are based on the time zone you
select.
Course start date
Set the start date to the first day of class. It is the first day students can
access your course and the beginning of your students' temporary
access period. It cannot be changed after students access the
course.
Course end date
To allow your
students to view their grades and complete late work, consider
setting this 1 week after the last day of class.
Click Finish.
Create a course link or select learning activities to link from LTI Advantage LMS.
To create direct links to learning activities:
You can also create a course link with this option.
Click Select Content.
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.
Graded activities that have already been added are marked . To avoid
duplicate activity links and gradebook columns, do not import the same activity
twice.
If needed, change gradebook syncing for specific activities.
By default, when you include a graded activity it is
added to the LTI Advantage 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.
To create a course link only:
Click Add Course Link.
Click Continue.
Click the link to your MindTap course and verify
that it's set up how you want.
If prompted, read and accept the service agreement.
. To avoid
duplicate activity links and gradebook columns, do not import the same activity
twice.