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Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course With Google Classroom

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

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Before you begin, your Google Classroom administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in your Google Classroom, and you must have received an email from Cengage containing a Cengage Course URL.

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

  1. Open your Google Classroom course.

  2. Follow the steps for your LMS to access the Cengage tool.

  3. Confirm the Lessons tool is enabled.

    1. Select Site Info from your navigation.

    2. Click Manage Tools.

    3. Scroll down to confirm that Lessons is selected.

  4. Select Lessons from your navigation.

  5. Click Add Content › Add Learning App.

  6. Click the Cengage tool.

    If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.

  7. Create a link to the Cengage tool.

    You only have to do this once.

    1. Navigate to your external tools.

      Third party content like Cengage is listed as an external tool or app in your Google Classroom.

    2. Click the Cengage link.

      This might be named Cengage or MindLinks. If you are not sure, ask your LMS admin.

    3. In the URL field, paste the Cengage Course URL from your email.

    4. Click Save.

  8. Click the link you created.

  9. If you do not have a default grade category in your Google Classroom course, create one.

    A default grade category is required to sync grades between Google Classroom and WebAssign.

    1. Click Grade Setup.

    2. In Categories, click Add.

    3. Enter information for your category and click Create.

    4. To use this category for WebAssign assignments, click Set default category.

  10. On the Materials tab, click Add Materials › Cengage LMS Integration.

  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. Add WebAssign content to your course.

    Blackboard Original

    1. Click Content › Build Content › Cengage Content.

      If the Cengage tool is not shown under Build Content, see Can't Find Cengage Content in Blackboard.

    Blackboard Ultra

    1. Click + › Content Market.

    2. Click Cengage Content under Institution Tools.

      If the Cengage tool is not shown under Institution Tools, see Can't Find Cengage Content in Blackboard.

  15. 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.

  16. From the course navigation, click Cengage.

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

  17. Open the Course Builder tool.

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

  18. If you have not already done so, create a module in your course.

    1. Drag Create a module from Build Outline to the course outline.

      Alternatively, click Create a module and select the module location.

    2. Enter a name for your module, such as WebAssign.

    3. Enter a note for your students.

    4. If the WebAssign component of your course has a different start or end date from your course in Brightspace, enter those dates in Restrictions.

    5. Click Create.

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

    Alternatively, click New Cengage Learning and select your module.

  20. Open the Cengage integration tool.

    If your school uses 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 assignment editor.

    If your school uses Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals/Standard:

    1. Click Google apps › Cengage.

  21. First time only: Grant Cengage permission to access your Google Classroom.

    1. Click Sign in with Google.

    2. Select the account you use with Google Classroom.

    3. Click Continue.

      The permissions Cengage needs to integrate with your Google Classroom are listed.

    4. Click Allow.

  22. Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals/Standard only: Select your Google Classroom class.

    1. Click a class in the Google Classroom Class dropdown list.

    2. Select a Google Classroom topic.

    3. Select whether to import your WebAssign assignments as drafts or immediately assign them to students.

    4. Click Continue.

  23. This window might not be shown if your browser does not allow pop-ups for the Google Classroom domain.

  24. On the Integrate with Cengage page, click Select Platform.

  25. 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.

  26. 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.

    If you selected Create a new copy of each assignment when creating the course, you will need to delete any preexisting WebAssign links and grade columns.

    1. Select the course you want to link.

    2. Click Continue.

  27. Create a course link or select learning activities to link from Google Classroom.

    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.
      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.

      Due dates set in your WebAssign course are synced to Google Classroom. If your school uses a Google Classroom Partner integration, available dates are also synced to Google Classroom.

      Date changes in your WebAssign course overwrite dates set in your Google Classroom course. For consistency, make sure your WebAssign and Google Classroom courses are set to the same time zone.

      Due dates set in your WebAssign course do not sync to your Google Classroom course.

    3. If needed, change gradebook syncing for specific activities.

      By default, when you include a graded activity it is added to the Google Classroom 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.

    2. Blackboard Original:Review the settings, select where to put your course link, and click Submit.

  28. Save your changes at the bottom of the page.

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

  29. Click the Content tab.

  30. Click the link to your WebAssign course and verify that it's set up how you want.

    First time only: Confirm that Google Classroom can access your account.

    If prompted, read and accept the service agreement.