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Add Links in LMS to SAM Activities and Resources

If your LTI Advantage LMS is not otherwise specified, the following steps apply to any LTI Advantage compliant LMS.If your LTI 1.0 LMS is not otherwise specified, the following steps apply to any LTI 1.0 compliant LMS. After setting up your SAM course, create links from LMS to activities or other content in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the LMS gradebook unless you choose to exclude them. Linked graded activities are included in the LMS gradebook.

Note In Moodle™ versions older than 3.10, each activity link must be added individually.

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, and grade categories.
  • SAM activities are worth 100 points. To change this, edit the points for an activity in the LMS gradebook after adding the activity link.

    Editing points is not available in Blackboard® LTI Advantage.

Best Practice Use consistent assignment settings and a consistent schedule for due dates and times.
Prerequisites
Integrate SAM With Your LMS Course
Other LTI Advantage Compliant LMS

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

Prerequisites
Integrate SAM With Your LMS Course
Other LTI Advantage Compliant LMS

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

Note

This task is different depending on the version of Google Classroom your school uses.

To see which version your school uses, open the assignment editor and look for the Add-ons panel.
  • If your assignment has Add-ons, your school uses Google Workspace for Education Plus.
  • If your assignment does not have Add-ons, your school uses Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals/Standard.

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.

  1. Open your LMS course.
  2. Follow the steps for your LMS to access the Cengage tool.
  3. Click Add Content > Add Learning App.
  4. Click the Cengage tool.
    If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
  5. On the Materials tab, click Add Materials > Cengage LMS Integration.
  6. Go to a content area in your course and open the Content Market.
    • Blackboard Original: Click Content > Build Content.
    • Blackboard Ultra: Click + > Content Market.
  7. Click the Cengage tool.

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

  8. Open the Course Builder tool.

    In the Content tab, click Related Tools > Course Builder.

  9. Drag New Cengage Learning from Add Content to your module.

    Alternatively, click New Cengage Learning and select your module.

  10. Select a location to add your new links.
  11. Click actions menu > Turn editing on.
  12. Click Add an activity or resource.
  13. Select the Cengage tool and click Add.

    The Cengage tool is created and named by your Moodle administrator.

  14. From the course navigation, click Cengage.

    If you get an error message when you click Cengage, see the following:

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

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

  16. Click the Cengage tool.
    If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
  17. 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.

    If you're using the Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals/Standard workflow, you can select multiple activities.

    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 LMS 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.

  18. Click Continue.
  19. Blackboard Original: Review the settings, select where to put your course links, and click Submit.
  20. Save your changes at the bottom of the page.

    Click either Save and return to course or Save and display.

  21. Optional: Repeat these steps to add another link.

The content page displays all the links you have added to your 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 LMS.

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.

  1. Open the Cengage integration tool.
    1. Open your LMS course.
    2. Open the assignment editor.
    3. In Add-ons, click  Cengage Classroom.
  2. 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.

    If you're using the Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals/Standard workflow, you can select multiple activities.

    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 LMS 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.

  3. Click Continue.

Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals/Standard

  1. To open the Cengage integration tool, click Google apps >  Cengage.
  2. Select your LMS class.
    1. Click a class in the Google Classroom Class dropdown list.
    2. Optional: Select a LMS topic.
    3. Select whether to import your SAM assignments as drafts or immediately assign them to students.
    4. Click Continue.
  3. 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.

    If you're using the Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals/Standard workflow, you can select multiple activities.

    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 LMS 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.

  4. Click Continue.