Open your Google Classroom course.
If prompted, sign in to your Cengage instructor account to link your Google Classroom 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.
Select a product.
Click Continue.
On the Course Option page, select Create a new course from scratch.
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 Google Classroom.
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.
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 Google Classroom 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.
Create a New Google Classroom-Integrated MindTap Course
If you have not created the MindTap course you want to integrate with Google Classroom, create it from Google Classroom.
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