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Add Links in Sakai to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources

After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from Sakai® to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM.

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

  • Add and organize the assigned activities and course materials for your Keyboarding in SAM course.
  • Configure assignment settings such as grading, attempts, feedback, time limits, due dates, and grade categories.
  • SAM activities are worth 100 points. To change this, edit the points for an activity in the Sakai gradebook after adding the activity link.
Best Practice Use consistent assignment settings and a consistent schedule for due dates and times.
Prerequisites
Integrate Keyboarding in SAM With Your Sakai 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 Sakai and Keyboarding in SAM.

  1. Open your Sakai course.
  2. Click Add Content > Add Learning App.
  3. Click the Cengage tool.
    If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
  4. 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.

    If needed, change gradebook syncing for specific activities.

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

  5. Click Continue.

Your link is added to the Sakai Lessons area.

If needed, you can reorganize the links in Sakai.