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Add Links in Moodle to WebAssign Activities and Resources

After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from Moodle™ to activities or other content in WebAssign. Linked graded activities are included in the Moodle gradebook.

This feature is not available to instructors using the old Moodle integration.
Note Category scores and overall course scores can not be synced to Moodle.

Before adding links to WebAssign activities, make sure your WebAssign course is set up the way you want it.

  • Add and organize the assigned activities and course materials for your WebAssign course.
  • Configure assignment settings such as grading, attempts, feedback, time limits, due dates, point values, and grade categories.
Best Practice Use consistent assignment settings and a consistent schedule for due dates and times.
Prerequisites
Integrate WebAssign With Your Moodle Course

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

  1. Open your Moodle course.
  2. Click actions menu > Turn editing on.
  3. Click Add an activity or resource.
  4. Select the Cengage tool and click Add.

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

  5. Under General, click Select content.
    Note The Activity Name and Tool URL are set automatically after selecting the content.
  6. 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.

    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 Moodle.

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

    If needed, change gradebook syncing for specific activities.

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

  7. Click Continue.
  8. Save your changes at the bottom of the page.

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

The content page displays all the links you have added to your WebAssign course and activities.

If needed, you can reorganize the links in Moodle.