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Add Links in Sakai to MindTap Activities and Resources

After setting up your MindTap course, create links from Sakai® to activities or other content in MindTap.

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 Sakai Course

Links created in this way are sometimes called deep links because they are not just web links but allow data to be exchanged between Sakai and MindTap.

  1. Open your Sakai course.
  2. Click Add Content > Add Learning App.
  3. Click the Cengage tool.
    If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
  4. Click Select Content.
  5. 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 Sakai gradebook.

  6. Configure grade syncing with Sakai.
    Note Depending on your course and Sakai configuration, some of the following options might not be available.
    To do this Do this
    Add a graded activity to the Sakai gradebook Select Add to Gradebook for the activity.
    Exclude a graded activity from the Sakai gradebook Clear Add to Gradebook for the activity.
    Add a graded activity to the Sakai gradebook without adding the activity link
    1. Select Add to Gradebook.
    2. Clear Add to Course.
    Sync only the overall course score and not individual activity scores
    1. Click Activity Scores > Course Score.
    2. Click Synchronize Overall Course Score.
    Sync individual activity scores (after previously choosing to sync the course score)
    1. Click Course Score > Activity Scores.
    2. 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.

  7. Click Continue.

Your link is added to the Sakai Lessons area.

If needed, you can reorganize the links in Sakai.