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SAM Path Assignments
SAM Paths are assignments consisting of sequential combinations of exams and training. Supported path combinations include the following:
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials
You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.
Schedule Individual Projects
To schedule an individual project, use this procedure:
Schedule Individual Training
To schedule an individual training, use this procedure:
Schedule Individual Assignments
SAM lets you schedule exams, training, projects and SAM Paths and assign them to specific students in a section.
Schedule Individual Exams
When students have to make up work schedule an individual exam assignment for those select students. Applicable for all exam types including exams and Critical Thinking Challenge exams.
SAM Path Report Descriptions
The following table provides a brief description and list of fields for available SAM Path Reports. Some reports enable you to select the student identifier to display.
Schedule a Critical Thinking Challenge Exam
Schedule a Critical Thinking Challenge exam to help students build critical thinking skills. In this exam type, students are given a scenario and challenged to achieve the best results based on a series of decisions.
Copy a SAM Course to a New Schoology Course
Copy an existing SAM course to a new Schoology course. You can copy your own SAM course or another instructor's course.
Create and Schedule an Exam
Create and schedule exams associated with a textbook chapter.
Create and Schedule an Exam
Create and schedule exams associated with a textbook chapter.
Copy a Keyboarding in SAM Course to a New Schoology Course
Copy an existing Keyboarding in SAM course to a new Schoology course. You can copy your own Keyboarding in SAM course or another instructor's course.
Schedule SAM Path
SAM Path assignments are sequential combinations of exams and training.
Schedule Training
Assign training to your class.
Schedule a Project
Assign a project to your class.
Schedule a Project
Assign a project to your class.
Create and Schedule a Training Assignment With Express Creation
Create and schedule training assignments associated with a textbook chapter.
Schedule an Exam
Assign exams to your class.
Schedule an Exam
Assign exams to your class.
Schedule a MOS Exam
Prepare students for the real MOS exam by scheduling a practice MOS exam.
Schedule a MOS Exam
Prepare students for the real MOS exam by scheduling a practice MOS exam.
SAM Path Exam > Training > Exam Options
Configure assignments to test students on a topic, provide remedial training for any errors, then re-test students for proficiency.
Create a New Schoology-Integrated SAM Course
If you have not created the SAM course you want to integrate with Schoology, create it from Schoology.
Scheduling Individual SAM Paths
To schedule an individual SAM Path, use this procedure:
Create a New Schoology-Integrated SAM Course
Open your Schoology course. If you do not have a default grade category in your Schoology course, create one. A default grade category is required to sync grades between Schoology and SAM. Click Grade Setup . In Categories , click Add . Enter information for your category and click Create . To use this category for SAM assignments, click . On the Materials tab, click Add Materials › Cengage LMS Integration . If prompted, sign in to your Cengage instructor account to link your Schoology and...
Create a New Schoology-Integrated Keyboarding in SAM Course
Open your Schoology course. If you do not have a default grade category in your Schoology course, create one. A default grade category is required to sync grades between Schoology and Keyboarding in SAM. Click Grade Setup . In Categories , click Add . Enter information for your category and click Create . To use this category for Keyboarding in SAM assignments, click . On the Materials tab, click Add Materials › Cengage LMS Integration . If prompted, sign in to your Cengage instructor account...
Maintenance
To perform system maintenance, backup and upgrade functions, we anticipate that there will be eight (8) hours of scheduled maintenance downtime per quarter. We schedule downtime during a low usage time, typically Sunday mornings. For normal maintenance, Cengage Learning will make all reasonable efforts to notify SAM instructors, administrators and supervisors of the scheduled maintenance two (2) weeks prior to the maintenance.
Add a Link to Technical Support
After linking your Schoology and SAM courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to SAM activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.
Add a Link to Student Dashboard
After linking your Schoology and SAM courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to SAM activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.
SAM Assignments
You can schedule all SAM Assignment Types (exams, training, projects and SAM Path assignments) by clicking the Assignments tab under SAM Assignments and using the following procedures.
Add a Link to Technical Support
After linking your Schoology and Keyboarding in SAM courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to Keyboarding in SAM activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.
Add a Link to Student Dashboard
After linking your Schoology and Keyboarding in SAM courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to Keyboarding in SAM activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.
Exams
Create and schedule exams with task-based and objective-based questions.
Exams
Create and schedule exams with task-based and objective-based questions.
Add a Link to Technical Support
After linking your LMS and SAM courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to SAM activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.
Add a Link to Technical Support
After linking your LMS and Keyboarding in SAM courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to Keyboarding in SAM activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.
Locating and Selecting an Assignment
Before you can edit, schedule an individual student assignment, or preview an assignment, you must locate and select it. To locate and select an assignment, use the following procedure:
Accessibility
Cengage is committed to making its educational materials accessible to users of all abilities. Through a dedicated company-wide task force, the assistance of outside experts and consultants, and feedback from users, Cengage continuously seeks to identify and evaluate opportunities for improving the usability and accessibility of our products and services.
Accessibility
Cengage is committed to making its educational materials accessible to users of all abilities. Through a dedicated company-wide task force, the assistance of outside experts and consultants, and feedback from users, Cengage continuously seeks to identify and evaluate opportunities for improving the usability and accessibility of our products and services.
Accessibility
Cengage is committed to making its educational materials accessible to users of all abilities. Through a dedicated company-wide task force, the assistance of outside experts and consultants, and feedback from users, Cengage continuously seeks to identify and evaluate opportunities for improving the usability and accessibility of our products and services.
Accessibility
Cengage is committed to making its educational materials accessible to users of all abilities. Through a dedicated company-wide task force, the assistance of outside experts and consultants, and feedback from users, Cengage continuously seeks to identify and evaluate opportunities for improving the usability and accessibility of our products and services.
Accessibility
Cengage is committed to making its educational materials accessible to users of all abilities. Through a dedicated company-wide task force, the assistance of outside experts and consultants, and feedback from users, Cengage continuously seeks to identify and evaluate opportunities for improving the usability and accessibility of our products and services.
Locating and Selecting a SAM Assignment
Before you can edit, copy, schedule an individual student assignment, preview or deactivate an assignment, you must locate and select it. To locate and select an assignment, use the following procedure:
Accessibility
Cengage is committed to making its educational materials accessible to users of all abilities. Through a dedicated company-wide task force, the assistance of outside experts and consultants, and feedback from users, Cengage continuously seeks to identify and evaluate opportunities for improving the usability and accessibility of our products and services.
Hiding SAM Assignments
Hide SAM assignments (Exams, Projects, Training or SAM Path Assignments) using the following procedure:
Submit Results for an Assignment
From time to time, your students might experience a problem, such as a browser crash, that prevents them from submitting their work. To resolve this, you can manually submit all unsubmitted in-progress student takes for exams, training and SAM Paths.
Add Links in Google Classroom to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from Google Classroom to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM.
Add Links in Google Classroom to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from Google Classroom to activities or other content in SAM.
Add Links in Schoology to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from Schoology to activities or other content in SAM.
Link to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from Schoology to activities or other content in SAM.
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.
Add Links in Schoology to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from Schoology to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM.
Link 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.
Link to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from Schoology to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM.
Add Links in Sakai to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from Sakai to activities or other content in SAM.
Link to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from LMS to activities or other content in SAM.
Link to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from Sakai to activities or other content in SAM.
Link to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from LMS to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM.
Taking Assignments
You can launch assignments in SAM through the Activity Calendar or Activity List. You can take exams, training, projects, and SAM Path assignments in SAM or launch into the MindTap reader.
Link to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from Google Classroom to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM.
Link to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from Google Classroom to activities or other content in SAM.
Link to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from LTI Advantage LMS to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM.
Link to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from LTI Advantage LMS to activities or other content in SAM.
Add Links in Moodle to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from Moodle to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Moodle gradebook.
Link to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from Moodle to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Moodle gradebook.
Add Links in Moodle to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from Moodle to activities or other content in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Moodle gradebook.
Link to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from Moodle to activities or other content in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Moodle gradebook.
Notifications
System messages display in the Notifications dropdown. Notifications include system downtime or failure to meet system requirements. Plan your schedule accordingly if there are periods when SAM will not be available to you.
Notifications
System messages display in the Notifications dropdown. Notifications include system downtime or failure to meet system requirements. Plan your schedule accordingly if there are periods when SAM will not be available to you.
Add Links in Blackboard to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from Blackboard to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Blackboard gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Add Links in Brightspace to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from Brightspace to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Brightspace gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Link to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from Blackboard to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Blackboard gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Link to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from Brightspace to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Brightspace gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Add Links in Canvas to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from Canvas to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Canvas gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Link to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from Canvas to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Canvas gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Add Links in Blackboard to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from Blackboard to activities or other content in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Blackboard gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Add Links in Brightspace to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from Brightspace to activities or other content in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Brightspace gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
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.
Link to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from Blackboard to activities or other content in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Blackboard gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Link to SAM Activities and Resources
After setting up your SAM course, create links from Brightspace to activities or other content in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the Brightspace gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Link 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.
Add Links in LMS to Keyboarding in SAM Activities and Resources
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 Keyboarding in SAM course, create links from LMS to activities or other content in Keyboarding in SAM.
Add Links in LMS to SAM Activities and Resources
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.
Add Links in LTI Advantage 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. After setting up your SAM course, create links from LTI Advantage LMS to activities or other content in SAM. Linked graded activities are included in the LTI Advantage LMS gradebook.
Server Availability
Excluding scheduled maintenance outages, we make every reasonable effort to provide a server Availability of 99.5%. "Availability" is the amount of time SAM is available and capable of receiving, processing and responding to incoming transactions from the requesting users. If the Internet in general is having problems or a customer's Internet service provider is having problems, any downtime resulting from such problems is not deducted from SAM's Availability time.
SAM Path Training > Exam Options
Configure assignments to train students on a topic, then test their proficiency.
SAM Path Exam > Training Options
Configure assignments to test students on a topic, then provide remedial training for errors.
Add Assignments to LMS
Create links from your LMS to content in SAM.
Individual Assignments
You can view the status of individual assignments in the gradebook.
Add Assignments to LMS
Create links from your LMS to content in Keyboarding in SAM.
December 2024
SAM project score changes If you change the overall points for a SAM project to be different from the total points set in the MindTap learning path, you are now prompted to choose which total point value to use. If you change the point value for a SAM project in the MindTap learning path, the point value of the SAM project and its steps are recalculated so long as the number of points is greater than or equal to the number of project steps. Previously disallowed punctuation characters can now...
Accessibility of Tasks
Tasks that are not accessible in Microsoft Office are not accessible in SAM. Students using screen readers are notified if a task cannot be completed using their assistive technology. You can remove inaccessible tasks for affected students in their version of the assignment.
Accessibility of Tasks
Tasks that are not accessible in Microsoft Office are not accessible in SAM. Students using screen readers are notified if a task cannot be completed using their assistive technology. You can remove inaccessible tasks for affected students in their version of the assignment.
Accessibility of Tasks
Tasks that are not accessible in Microsoft Office are not accessible in SAM. Students using screen readers are notified if a task cannot be completed using their assistive technology. You can remove inaccessible tasks for affected students in their version of the assignment.
Accessibility of Tasks
Tasks that are not accessible in Microsoft Office are not accessible in SAM. Students using screen readers are notified if a task cannot be completed using their assistive technology. You can remove inaccessible tasks for affected students in their version of the assignment.
Accessibility of Tasks
Tasks that are not accessible in Microsoft Office are not accessible in SAM. Students using screen readers are notified if a task cannot be completed using their assistive technology. You can remove inaccessible tasks for affected students in their version of the assignment.
SAM Report Descriptions
SAM reports fall into several categories
Keyboarding Assignments
Manage your Keyboarding in SAM assignments.
Enable / Disable Badges
By default, badges are enabled for all assignments labeled Badge available . You can edit this setting on the assignment options page.
View Reports
On the task bar, click Activities › Reports to display Reports view. Select filters for the types of activities to locate ( Exams , Training , Projects or SAM Paths ). To open and view the report for an assignment, click Report in that row. Use the report viewer controls to navigate in the report. Control or Entry Action Go to the first page of the report. Go to the previous page. Enter page number and press Enter . Go to a specific page. Go to the next page. Go to the last page. Select a size...
Projects
Related information Microsoft Office Project Workflow Schedule a Project Student Achievement Badges Enable / Disable Badges
Training
Students can take training assignments as many times as they want before the due date. Their best attempt is used in the gradebook.
June 2025
Project Instruction File To hide the SAM project instruction file when assigning a project, select Hide Project Instruction File . Students will only see what you add to Instructions . Gradebook Display Student names are now pinned to the left side of the gradebook when you scroll through assignments. Related information Schedule a Project Schedule Individual Projects June 2025 Office 365/2021 Content Release Notes June 2025 Office 365 Content Release Notes June 2025 Office 2019 Content Release...
Deleting a Student's Assignment Take
Occasionally you might need to delete a student's assignment take to remove the grade (for example, if you offer a make-up test) or to adjust a score.
Manage Assignment Type and Weights/Points
Modifications to Assignment Type and Weights/Points depend on whether the Gradebook displays in points or percentages.
Manage Assignment Type and Weights/Points
Modifications to Assignment Type and Weights/Points depend on whether the Gradebook displays in points or percentages.
Projects
Related information Microsoft Office Project Workflow Schedule a Project Student Achievement Badges Enable / Disable Badges Textbook Projects
Projects
Related information Microsoft Office Project Workflow Schedule a Project Student Achievement Badges Enable / Disable Badges Textbook Projects Complete a Project
Reports
Scores for projects submitted late have late submission penalties applied to the score in the reports. The original score without the late penalty is not shown. You can also view study guides for exams and SAM Path assignments. Related information Generate Report Types with Associated Reports View Download Submitted Project Reports Use Playback Report Descriptions Exam Training Project Project Incident SAM Path Sections Users Keyboarding Descriptions Keying Drills Keyboarding Descriptions - All...
Projects
Related information Microsoft Office Project Workflow Schedule a Project Student Achievement Badges Enable / Disable Badges Textbook Projects Complete a Project Exam Assignments Training Assignments Taking Assignments Proctored Exams SAM Path Assignments
Keyboarding in SAM Report Descriptions
Keyboarding in SAM reports fall into several categories
Reports
Related information Generate Report Types with Associated Reports View Download Submitted Project Reports Use Playback Report Descriptions Exam Training Project Project Incident SAM Path Sections Users Keyboarding Descriptions Keying Drills Keyboarding Descriptions - All
Reports
Related information Generate Report Types with Associated Reports View Download Submitted Project Reports Use Playback Report Descriptions Exam Training Project Project Incident SAM Path Sections Users Keyboarding Descriptions Keying Drills Keyboarding Descriptions - All Report View View Reports
June 2025
Gradebook Display Student names are now pinned to the left side of the gradebook when you scroll through assignments. Related information Schedule a Project June 2025 Office 365/2021 Content Release Notes June 2025 Office 365 Content Release Notes June 2025 Office 2019 Content Release Notes
December 2024
Previously disallowed punctuation characters can now be used in custom questions These characters include but are not limited to the following: % # ! \ / > < & ; : | Related information Schedule a Project Custom Questions December 2024 Office 365/2021 Content Release Notes December 2024 Office 365 Content Release Notes December 2024 Office 2019 Content Release Notes
Reports
To track the performance of your students To maintain the Gradebook for a section Related information Generate Report Types with Associated Reports View Download Submitted Project Reports Use Playback Report Descriptions Exam Training Project Project Incident SAM Path Sections Users Keyboarding Descriptions Keying Drills Keyboarding Descriptions - All
System Availability
SAM server availability can be affected by planned system maintenance and upgrades or unanticipated service interruptions.
System Availability
SAM server availability can be affected by planned system maintenance and upgrades or unanticipated service interruptions.
View Upcoming Assignments
View the number of assignments with due dates coming up based on a 7-day period in Upcoming Assignments .
View Upcoming Assignments
View the number of assignments with due dates coming up based on a 7-day period in Upcoming Assignments .
Deleting a Student's Assignment Take
Occasionally you might need to delete a student's assignment take to remove the grade. If you delete a take then the take is added back so the student can attempt the assignment again.
Resetting and Adjusting a Student's Assignments
Occasionally you might need to reset a student's exam to delete the take or adjust a score.
Create Training Assignment
Select tasks and questions to create your own training assignment.
Keyboarding in SAM Student Help
Keyboarding in SAM (Skill Assessment Manager) is a web based application that helps students become more proficient at keying and Microsoft Office skills.