Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Moodle Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Moodle™ course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

To copy another instructor's course, ask the instructor for the class key of the course to be copied.

Open your Moodle course.
Click > Turn editing on.
Click Add an activity or resource.
Select the Cengage tool and click Add.

The Cengage tool is created and named by your Moodle administrator.
Under General, click Select content.

Note The Activity Name and Tool URL are set automatically after selecting the content.
If prompted, sign in to your Cengage instructor account to link your Moodle and Cengage accounts.
If you don't have a Cengage instructor account, click Create Account.
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 a copy option.

To copy your own course:
1. Select Copy an existing course.
  
  Your courses for the selected title are listed.
2. Select the course you want to copy.
3. Click Continue.
To copy another teacher's course:
1. Select Copy another instructor's course with a course key.
2. Enter the course key and click Verify.
3. Click Continue.

On the Course Details page, specify the course name, dates, and other information for your WebAssign course.

Field	Notes
Course Name	Include the academic term in the course name.
Time Zone	Assignment dates and times are based on the time zone you select.
Course start date	Set the start date to the first day of class. It is the first day students can access your course and the beginning of your students' temporary access period. It cannot be changed after students access the course.
Course end date	To allow your students to view their grades and complete late work, consider setting this 1 week after the last day of class.

Click Finish.

Create a course link or select learning activities to link from Moodle.

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 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.
3. 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.
To create a course link only:
1. Click Add Course Link.
Click Continue.
Save your changes at the bottom of the page.

Click either Save and return to course or Save and display.
Click the link to your WebAssign course and verify that it's set up how you want.

If prompted, read and accept the service agreement.