Add Links in Brightspace to OWLv2 Activities and Resources

After setting up your OWLv2 course, create links from Brightspace® to activities or other content in OWLv2. Linked graded activities are included in the Brightspace gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.

Note Category scores can not be synced to Brightspace.

Before adding links to OWLv2 activities, make sure your OWLv2 course is set up the way you want it.

  • Add and organize the assigned activities and course materials for your OWLv2 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.

The following steps for an LTI 1.0 integration. For LTI Advantage instructions, see Brightspace LTI Advantage.

Links created in this way are sometimes called deep links because they are not just web links but allow data to be exchanged between Brightspace and OWLv2.

  1. Open your Brightspace course.
  2. Open the Course Builder tool.
  3. Drag New Cengage Learning from Add Content to your module.
  4. Select a location to add your new links.
  5. Select activities to include in your course.

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

  6. Configure grade syncing with Brightspace.
    Note Depending on your course and Brightspace configuration, some of the following options might not be available.
    To do this Do this
    Add a graded activity to the Brightspace gradebook Select Add to Gradebook for the activity.
    Exclude a graded activity from the Brightspace gradebook Clear Add to Gradebook for the activity.
    Add a graded activity to the Brightspace 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.
  7. Click Continue.

The content page displays all the links you have added to your OWLv2 course and activities.

If needed, you can reorganize the links in Brightspace.