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 Blackboard gradebook after adding the activity link.
Editing points is not available in Blackboard LTI Advantage.
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 Blackboard and Keyboarding in SAM.
Google Workspace for Education Plus adds links to Google Classroom assignments, while Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals/Standard adds links directly to the Classwork tab.
Open your Blackboard course.
Follow the steps for your LMS to access the Cengage tool.
Click Add Content › Add Learning App.
Click the Cengage tool.
If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
On the Materials tab, click Add Materials › Cengage LMS Integration.
Go to a content area in your course and open the Content Market.
- Blackboard Original: Click Content › Build Content.
- Blackboard Ultra: Click + › Content Market.
Click the Cengage tool.
A list of assigned activities for your linked Keyboarding in SAM course is shown.
Open the Course Builder tool.
In the Content tab, click Related Tools › Course Builder.
Drag
from Add Content to your module.Alternatively, click
and select your module.Select a location to add your new links.
Click
› Turn editing on.Click Add an activity or resource.
Select the Cengage tool and click Add.
The Cengage tool is created and named by your Moodle administrator.
From the course navigation, click Cengage.
If you get an error message when you click Cengage, see the following:
Select your linked Keyboarding in SAM course from the list of content sources.
A list of assigned activities for your linked Keyboarding in SAM course is shown.
Click the Cengage tool.
If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
Click Select Content and select activities to include in your class.
Graded activities that have already been added are marked
. 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 Blackboard 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.
Click Continue.
Blackboard Original:Review the settings, select where to put your course links, and click Submit.
Save your changes at the bottom of the page.
Click either Save and return to course or Save and display.
Repeat these steps to add another link.
The content page displays all the links you have added to your Keyboarding in SAM course and activities.
The selected links are added to the module.
Your link is added to the Sakai Lessons area.
If needed, you can reorganize the links in Blackboard.
Google Workspace for Education Plus
This integration method imports one link at a time. To import multiple links at once, follow the instructions for Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals/Standard.
Click Select Content and select activities to include in your class.
Graded activities that have already been added are marked
. 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 Blackboard 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.
Click Continue.
Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals/Standard
To open the Cengage integration tool, click
› 
Cengage.Select your Blackboard class.
Click a class in the Google Classroom Class dropdown list.
Select a Blackboard topic.
Select whether to import your Keyboarding in SAM assignments as drafts or immediately assign them to students.
Click Continue.
Click Select Content and select activities to include in your class.
Graded activities that have already been added are marked
. 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 Blackboard 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.
Click Continue.