Integrate WebAssign With Your Canvas LTI Advantage Course

If your institution uses the old WebAssign - Canvas integration, see Set Up LMS Integration (Old).

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Your Canvas administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Canvas.

With this integration:

  • You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Canvas.

How do I know if I'm using LTI Advantage?

Your Cengage tool will be in a different location depending on which integration you are using.

Older Canvas integrations use a Cengage navigation item in your course navigation. If you do not have a Cengage navigation item, or it no longer works, you are using LTI Advantage.

General Procedure

  1. Create your course in Canvas.

  2. Choose one of the following:

  3. In your WebAssign course, assign the activities you want to use.

  4. Link to WebAssign Activities and Resources

Multisection Courses Using WebAssign Course Templates and Sections

  1. Sign in to Cengage and create your WebAssign course template and sections.

    1. Create your course template.

    2. In your course template, assign the activities you want to use.

    3. From your course template, create your course sections and set each section's information, including section name, meeting time, and instructors or TAs.

  2. Create your first Canvas course section and link it to one of your WebAssign course sections.

    1. Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course with LMS

    2. Link to WebAssign Activities and Resources

  3. Create additional Canvas sections that link to each of your other WebAssign sections.

Multisection Courses (Not Using Course Templates)

  1. Create your first WebAssign course section and assign the activities you want to use.

  2. Create your first Canvas course section and link it to your first WebAssign section.

    1. Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course with LMS

    2. Link to WebAssign Activities and Resources

  3. Copy Your WebAssign-Integrated Course in LMS to create additional Canvas sections that link to new copies of your first WebAssign section.