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MindTap Instructor Quick Start Guide

This Quick Start Guide provides information to help you start using MindTap.

Create a Course

  1. Sign in at login.cengage.com.
  2. Add the textbook or product you want to use to your library.
  3. Click My Library > Create Course.
  4. Enter your course information and click Next.
  5. Edit the section information and set instructors.
  6. Click Finish, then Set Up MindTap.
  7. Add the textbook or product you want to use to your library.
    1. Under Add a product to your Instructor Resource Center, enter a title or ISBN.
    2. Click search-button to search for the product.
    3. Select a product and click Add Selected to Instructor Resource Center.
  8. Click Create Course.
    • Create a new course
    • Copy an existing course
    • Copy from another instructor’s course
  9. Enter your course and section information, and set instructors.
  10. Click Create Course.

Activities

Customize the list of activities available to your students.

Change Your Activities View

  • Week view: Click week view.
  • Outline view: Click outline view.
  • Filter: Click Filters Filters.

Rearrange Activities

  1. At the top of the activities list, turn on Edit .
  2. Click edit icon Edit beside an activity or folder.
  3. Select Associated Topic to change the topic.
  4. Select Order Within Topic to change the place within a topic.
  5. Click Save.

Unschedule Activities

  1. At the top of the activities list, turn on Edit .
  2. Click Hide beside an activity or folder.
  3. Click OK to confirm.

Edit Activities

  1. At the top of the activities list, turn on Edit .
  2. Click edit icon Edit beside an activity.
  3. In the Editing Activity window, set activity details.
    Title
    Label for the activity in the learning path.
    Description
    Information or instructions displayed when the activity is opened.
    Require Password
    Password protection for scoreable activities to prevent students from accessing them ahead of time.
    Available Date
    When students can start work on the activity.
    Due Date
    When students must end work on the activity.
    Associated Topic
    Textbook topic related to the activity.
    Order Within Topic
    Position in the learning path under the specified topic.
  4. If shown, click Edit Activity Options to edit scoring or other activity settings.
  5. Click Save.

Set Activities to Practice or Graded

Practice activities do not count toward student grades and do not sync to your LMS.

  1. At the top of the activities list, turn on Edit .
  2. Select activities.
  3. Click Batch Actions > Edit Settings.
  4. Select Practice or Graded.

    If the activities are set to Graded, enter a Possible Score.

  5. Click Save > OK.

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Student Enrollment

Give students a course link so they can enroll in your course.

  1. Sign in at login.cengage.com.
  2. Click My Courses.
  3. Locate your course and click expand course.
  4. Click Student Instructions.
  5. Click Copy to Clipboard.
  6. Paste the enrollment instructions in your syllabus or other communication.
  7. Select the textbook or product for your course.
  8. Click Manage Courses.
  9. Click either the Courses or Course Masters & Sections tab.
  10. Click the Course Link Instructions icon (Print student registration instructions) for your course or section.