Add Links in Brightspace to MindTap Activities and Resources
After setting up your MindTap course, create links from Brightspace® to activities or other content in MindTap. Linked graded activities are included in the Brightspace 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 Brightspace and MindTap.
Open your Brightspace course.
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.
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 Brightspace gradebook.
If
your school uses a Brightspace Partner integration, due and
available dates set in your MindTap course are
synced to Brightspace. Any changes you
make to due and available dates in your MindTap course sync to your Brightspace course. For consistency, make sure your MindTap and Brightspace courses
are set to the same time zone.
Configure grade syncing with Brightspace.
Note Depending on your course and Brightspace configuration, some of the following
options might not be available.
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Add a graded activity to the Brightspace gradebook
Select Add to Gradebook for the activity.
Exclude a graded activity from the Brightspace gradebook
Clear Add to Gradebook for the activity.
Add a graded activity to the Brightspace 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.
The content page displays
all the links you have added to your MindTap course
and activities.
If needed, you can reorganize the links in Brightspace.