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.

Open your Blackboard course.
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 This is an outdated version of the integration that will be removed soon.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.
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.

Configure grade syncing with Blackboard.

Note Depending on your course and Blackboard configuration, some of the following options might not be available.

To do this	Do this
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.

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.