Before you begin, your LMS administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in your LMS, and you must have received an email from Cengage containing a Cengage Course URL.
- Open your LMS course.
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Create a link to the Cengage tool.
You only have to do this once.
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Navigate to your external tools.
Third party content like Cengage is listed as an external tool or app in your LMS.
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Click the Cengage link.
This might be named
Cengage
orMindLinks
. If you are not sure, ask your LMS admin. - In the URL field, paste the Cengage Course URL from your email.
- Click Save.
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Navigate to your external tools.
- Click the link you created.
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If prompted, sign in to your
Cengage instructor account to link your LMS and Cengage accounts.
If you don't have a Cengage instructor account, click Create Account.
- Click Add Homework Platform.
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Select the textbook or product you want to use from the available course
content.
- To search the available content, type a search term.
- To see only MindTap results, click Filter and set Filter By to .
- To filter the list by license type, click Filter and set the dropdown to Student Purchase Required or Inclusive Access.
- To select an item, click Link to Course.
The selected title is shown with MindTap course creation and linking options.
Note If you don't see your content, contact your Cengage representative. If needed, see cengage.com/repfinder/ https://www.cengage.com/repfinder/postSecondaryEdFacultyCanada/ https://www.cengageasia.com/Contact-Us http://www.cengage.co.in/Rep_Locator https://www.cengage.co.uk/education/contact-us-2/ https://au.cengage.com/repfinder/ https://latinoamerica.cengage.com/contacto/ (Latin America) or https://www.cengage.com.br/contato/ (Brazil). - Select Create a new MindTap course.
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Complete the details for your MindTap course.
Field Notes Course Name Tip Include the academic term in the course name.Course Start Date This date is both 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.
Course Days/Times Optional: Include the days and times of class meetings.
Section Optional: If you teach multiple sections of the same course, specify the section here.
Time Zone Assignment dates and times are based on the time zone you select.
- Click Continue.
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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.