Copy in WebAssign and Link in Canvas

To allow assignment editing and preserve custom settings, first copy a course in WebAssign, then integrate the WebAssign course with your Canvas™ course.

Prerequisites: Course Copy Options

Copy a Section to a New Course

You can create a new single section course by copying an existing section with scheduled assignments that you want to reuse. After you create the course, you can change the assignment schedule and add more sections if needed.

Alternatively, see Create a New Single Section Course.

If you manage your K-12 course through NGLSync, see Copy Course in NGLSync.

This creates a new single section course with all of the assignments scheduled from the section being copied. In addition, many of the settings from the original section are copied.

The section being copied is not changed.

Note Do not use the same course across multiple academic terms. Create a new course at the start of each term. If needed, you can copy one of your previous courses.

From the menu bar, click Classes > Create Class.
When prompted, select Create a new course with no assignments and click Continue.
Type a Course Number.
Optional: Type a Course Title for the course.

Best Practice Use Course Name and Course Number in your Course Title, for example, MATH 110.
Optional: Type a Section.
Select the primary Instructor.
Select how to manage the course roster.

The available rostering options are set for each school. For more information, see Rostering Options.
Select the Term, Start Date, and End Date.

You can type the dates or use the calendar tool.

The grace period when students can access WebAssign without payment is shown based on your entered start date.
Specify when the Class Meets.
- Click the days on which the class meets, and type the start and end times.
- If there are no scheduled class meetings, select No scheduled class meetings.
Select the primary Textbook for the course.
1. Select a discipline to see the available textbooks.
2. Optional: To filter the list of textbooks, type part of the textbook author, title, publisher, or edition.
  
  Tip Combine multiple search terms with a comma. For example, stewart,calculus,7 finds the short list of textbooks that match all three terms.
Important
- You can only use a textbook's content in your assignments if you adopt that textbook for your course.
- After you create a course, you cannot change its primary textbook.
If you are not using a textbook, select No Textbook.
Optional: If your textbook includes the Personal Study Plan® feature, select Enable Personal Study Plan to enable it for your course.

If you are using a textbook bundle, selecting Enable Personal Study Plan enables it for all textbooks in the bundle that offer a Personal Study Plan. You can enable or disable the Personal Study Plan for an individual textbook after creating your course.
Optional: If your textbook includes premade Course Pack assignments, select how you want to add your first assignments.
- I will build my own assignments from scratch
- I want to look at ready-to-use assignments as a starting point
Select the check box certifying your use of the selected textbook in your class.
Optional: Select free additional question sets or Personal Study Plans for your course.

The availability of these resources varies by discipline.
1. Click Free Additional Content.
2. Select the resources you want to use.
3. Click Apply.
Click Create Course.

If you selected I want to look at ready-to-use assignments as a starting point, the available Course Pack assignments for your textbook are displayed. See Add Course Pack Assignments.

Always review the section schedule after copying. Usually, some changes are required for the new course. See Reschedule Assignments.

If your school should be billed for WebAssign access — common for high schools — set the student fee payment method for your new section to Bill Institution.

Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course With Canvas

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Canvas — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

Note Course templates, courses with student enrollments, and courses that are already linked to an LMS can't be linked.

Open your Canvas course.
Add the Cengage app to your course navigation if it is not already listed.

The app is copied when you copy a Canvas course.
1. From the course navigation, click Settings > Navigation.
2. Drag the Cengage app to the course navigation.
3. Click Save.
From the course navigation, click Cengage.

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

If prompted, sign in to your Cengage instructor account to link your Canvas and Cengage accounts.
Click Add Homework Platform.
Select the textbook or product you want to use from the available course content.
- To search the available content, type a search term.
- To see only WebAssign results, click Filter and set Filter By to WebAssign.
- To filter the list by license type, click Filter and set the dropdown to Student Purchase Required or Inclusive Access.
- To select an item, click Link to Course.
The selected title is shown with WebAssign course creation and linking options.

Note If you don't see your content, contact your Cengage representative. If needed, see cengage.com/repfinder/ https://www.cengage.com/repfinder/postSecondaryEdFacultyCanada/ https://www.cengageasia.com/Contact-Us http://www.cengage.co.in/Rep_Locator https://www.cengage.co.uk/education/contact-us-2/ https://au.cengage.com/repfinder/ https://latinoamerica.cengage.com/contacto/ (Latin America) or https://www.cengage.com.br/contato/ (Brazil).
Select Link to an existing course or section.

Your unlinked courses and course sections with no student enrollments for the selected title are listed.
Select the course or section you want to link and click Continue.
Click the link to your WebAssign course.

First time only: Confirm that Canvas can access your account.

If prompted, read and accept the service agreement.