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Add Links in Canvas to SAM Activities and Resources

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

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

  • Add and organize the assigned activities and course materials for your SAM 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.
Prerequisites
Integrate SAM With Your Canvas 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 Canvas and SAM.

  1. Open your Canvas course.
  2. From the course navigation, click Cengage.

If you get an error message when you click Cengage, see LTI Advantage.

  1. Select your linked SAM course from the list of content sources.

    A list of assigned activities for your linked SAM course is shown.

  2. Select activities to include in your course.

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

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

The selected links are added to the module.

If needed, you can reorganize the links in Canvas.