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Link 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.
Prerequisites
Integrate MindTap With Your Blackboard 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 Blackboard and MindTap.

  1. Open your Blackboard course.
  2. Add MindTap content to your course.
    Blackboard Original
    1. Click Content > Build Content > Cengage Content.
      If the Cengage tool is not shown under Build Content, see Can't Find Cengage Content in Blackboard.
    Blackboard Ultra
    1. Click + > Content Market.
    2. Click Cengage Content under Institution Tools.
      Important If you see a Cengage tool shown under Content Market, do not select it. This is an outdated version of the integration that will be removed soon. Only add the Cengage tool under Institution Tools.

      If the Cengage tool is not shown under Institution Tools, see Can't Find Cengage Content in Blackboard.

  3. Click Select Content and select activities to include in your class.
    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.

    A selected activity is labeled "This activity is imported in your LMS" and a warning message says "You are about to re-import already existing assignments."

    Graded activities that have already been added are marked This activity is imported in your LMS. To avoid duplicate activity links and gradebook columns, do not import the same activity twice.

    Due dates set in your MindTap course are synced to Blackboard.

    Date changes 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.

    If needed, change gradebook syncing for specific activities.

    By default, when you include a graded activity it is added to the Blackboard 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.

  4. Click Continue.
  5. 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.