Add Links in Blackboard to MindTap Activities and Resources
After setting up your MindTap course, create links from Blackboard® to activities or other content in MindTap. Linked graded activities are included in the Blackboard gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
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.
Links created in this way are sometimes called deep
links because they are not just web links but allow data to be exchanged
between Blackboard and MindTap.
Open your Blackboard course.
Go to a content area in your course and open the Content
Market.
A list of assigned activities for your linked MindTap course is shown.
Select activities to include in your course.
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.
By default, when you include a graded activity it is
added to the Blackboard gradebook.
If your
school uses a Blackboard LTI Advantage integration, due dates
set in your MindTap course are synced to Blackboard. Any changes you make to
due dates in your MindTap course overwrite
dates set in your Blackboard course. For consistency, make
sure your MindTap and Blackboard courses are set to the same time zone.
Configure grade syncing with Blackboard.
Note Depending on your course and Blackboard configuration, some of the following
options might not be available.
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Add a graded activity to the Blackboard gradebook
Select Add to Gradebook for the activity.
Exclude a graded activity from the Blackboard gradebook
Clear Add to Gradebook for the activity.
Add a graded activity to the Blackboard gradebook without adding the
activity link
Select Add to Gradebook.
Clear Add to Course.
Sync only the overall course score and not individual activity scores
Click Activity Scores > Course Score.
Click Synchronize Overall Course Score.
Sync individual activity scores (after previously choosing to sync the course
score)
Click Course Score > Activity Scores.
Click Synchronize Individual Activity Scores.
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.
The content page displays
all the links you have added to your MindTap course
and activities.
If needed, you can reorganize the links in Blackboard.