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 Copy assignments and settings from an existing course and click the name of the section you want to copy.
Type a Course Number.
1. Optional: Type a Course Title for the course.
  
  Best Practice Use Course Name and Course Number in your Course Title, for example, MATH 110.
2. 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.
Sections with scheduled meeting times cannot copy to a section without scheduled meeting times or vice-versa.
Optional: If displayed next to your textbook, click Edition Update Available > Update Edition to use the newer edition.

Note Students with multi-term access for the previous edition will need to purchase access to the new edition.
When your new course is created, the scheduled assignments from your original course are copied and the new assignment copies are scheduled to your new course. Your original assignments are not changed. On the new assignments:
- Questions from the previous version of the textbook are replaced with corresponding questions from the newer version.
- Questions from other sources and questions with no corresponding version in the new edition are unchanged.
- Assignment settings are copied from your original assignments.
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.
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.

Optional: Override the default copy settings.

Setting	Description
Copy restrictions (security, time, conditional release)	By default, the following restrictions are copied when each assignment is scheduled: Password Protected IP Address (Location) Restricted LockDown Browser® Required Timed Assignment Conditional Release If an assignment is set to drop restrictions after a certain date, the copied assignment will drop restrictions after its new due date. Group assignment settings and conditional release waivers for students cannot be copied because those settings are unique to the roster of students for each section.
Create a new copy of each assignment	By default, the original assignments are copied and the copies are scheduled to the new section. Keep this setting enabled if you are copying original assignments and their settings to the new section. Note Create a new copy of each assignment if you are copying another instructor's course and want to edit assignments. You cannot override this copy setting when updating your textbook to the newest edition.
Copy additional instructor access	By default, any other instructors or TAs who have access to the section you are copying will have access to the new section.
Copy gradebook settings	If a gradebook was configured for the section you are copying, it will be configured the same way for the new section.

Clear or select check boxes if you need to change the default behaviors.

The following additional section settings are copied to the new section:

Resource materials that were added or enabled¹
Settings for Ask Your Teacher messages
Settings for private messages
Extension request policies

After the new section is created, you can change these if needed.

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 the following:
If prompted, sign in to your Cengage instructor account to link your Canvas and Cengage accounts.
On the Integrate with Cengage page, click Select Platform.
On the Select Title page, select the textbook or product to use in your class.
- To search the available content, type a search term.
- To see only WebAssign results, click Platform and select WebAssign.
- To filter the list by license type, click License Type and select Student Purchase Required or Inclusive Access.
1. Select a product.
2. Click Continue.
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).
On the License Type page, select the payment method applicable to your class.

Very often, only one license type is available.
1. Click Continue.
On the Course Option page, select Link to a course that was already created.

Your unlinked courses with no student enrollments for the selected title are listed.
1. Select the course you want to link.
2. Click Continue.
Create a course link or select learning activities to link from Canvas.

To create direct links to learning activities:

You can also create a course link with this option.
1. Click Select Content.
2. 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.
  
  Graded activities that have already been added are marked . To avoid duplicate activity links and gradebook columns, do not import the same activity twice.
  
  Due dates set in your WebAssign course are synced to Canvas. If your school uses a Canvas Partner integration, available dates are also synced to Canvas.
  
  Date changes in your WebAssign course overwrite dates set in your Canvas course. For consistency, make sure your WebAssign and Canvas courses are set to the same time zone.
3. If needed, change gradebook syncing for specific activities.
  
  By default, when you include a graded activity it is added to the Canvas 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.
To create a course link only:
1. Click Add Course Link.
Click the link to your WebAssign course and verify that it's set up how you want.

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

If prompted, read and accept the service agreement.

¹ Personal Study Plan settings are copied only for the Personal Study Plan associated with the primary textbook. See Secondary Personal Study Plan Settings Not Copied.

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