Cengage Roster Data

Reference guide for completing the Cengage Roster template.

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  • Each row of data represents the enrollment of one student in a course.
  • To add students to an existing course, match the existing course name, teacher, and school exactly.

    To find course information, modify a row from a previous roster file or see Search Courses (NGLSync).

    If you are not using an optional data field, leave it blank.

Example Cengage Roster row

The following row of data represents a student enrollment in a third grade science course.

School Name

Teacher First Name

Teacher Middle Name

Teacher Last Name

Teacher Email Address

Teacher Password

Teacher LMS ID

Course Name

Course Grade

Course Start Date

Course End Date

Course SourceId

Copy From Course Key

Student First Name

Student Middle Name

Student Last Name

Student SIS

Student Grade

Student Password

Student Username

Student LMS ID

ISBN

Disable Google Classroom

Cengage Elementary

Sarah

Williams

sarah-williams@cengage-elementary.edu

Password1

Earth Science

3

08/04/2025

05/15/2026

Jason

Washington

111623

3

Orange-17

jason-washington@cengage-elementary

9788999321931

If the following entities are not already in NGLSync, they would be created when the roster is uploaded and processed:

  • Earth Science course using the product associated with ISBN 9788999321931
  • Teacher account for Sarah Williams
  • Student account for Jason Washington

Cengage Roster template fields

Column

Field

Required or optional

Information

A

School Name

Required

The school name must match the name used in NGLSync. To find a school name, see View District Information.

Maximum 50 characters

B

Teacher First Name

Required

Maximum 80 characters

C

Teacher Middle Name

Optional

Maximum 80 characters

D

Teacher Last Name

Required

Maximum 80 characters

E

Teacher Email Address

Required

Maximum 225 characters

F

Teacher Password

Required

Enter a unique password for each teacher or a generic password such as Password1. Teachers should pick a secure password when they sign in.

  • 6–50 characters
  • Case-sensitive
  • Any characters except:* \ # < >

G

Teacher LMS ID

Optional

Use if required for your district's single sign-on (SSO) integration.

H

Course Name

Required

Course names should remain consistent throughout the term. Uploading a roster file with a different course name will create additional courses for teachers and students.

Maximum 255 characters

I

Course Grade

Required

K–12

For multi-grade courses, enter a default grade and select Ignore Course Grade when uploading the roster file.

J

Course Start Date

Required

MM/DD/YYYY

K

Course End Date

Required

MM/DD/YYYY

L

Course Source ID

Optional

Enter a course source ID from OneRoster to copy a previous course. For LTI Integration only.

M

Copy From Course Key

Optional

Enter a course key to copy customizations from a previous course.

Copied courses do not copy:

  • due dates
  • roster details
  • gradebook settings

To find a course key, see Search Courses (NGLSync).

N

Student First Name

Required

Maximum 80 characters

O

Student Middle Name

Optional

Maximum 80 characters

P

Student Last Name

Required

  • Maximum 80 characters
  • No special characters
  • Accepts hyphens

Q

Student SIS

Required

Student ID number

Maximum 50 characters

R

Student Grade

Required

K–12

S

Student Password

Required

Enter a unique password for each student. Students cannot change their own passwords.

  • 6–50 characters
  • Case-sensitive
  • Any characters except:* \ # < >

T

Student Username

Required

Student usernames must be unique in NGLSync.

To ensure uniqueness, consider formatting usernames like email addresses with student name@school name.

  • Maximum 100 characters
  • Any characters except:* \ # < > space

U

Student LMS ID

Optional

Use if a student has a different ID number in the LMS.

Maximum 50 characters

V

ISBN

Required

13-digit ISBN of the digital product used in the class (not the print textbook ISBN).

To find an ISBN, see Find Product ISBN.

W

Disable Google Classroom

Optional

To disable Google Classroom linking, leave blank.

To enable Google Classroom linking, enter false.