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.
Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new LMS 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.
Before you begin, your LMS administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in your LMS, and you must have received an email from Cengage containing a Cengage Course URL.
Note
This task is different depending on if your school uses the paid or free version
of Google Classroom.
To see which version your school uses, open the assignment
editor and look for the Add-ons panel.
If your assignment has Add-ons, your school uses
the paid version.
If your assignment does not have Add-ons, your
school uses the free version.
Open your LMS course.
Follow the steps for your LMS to access the Cengage
tool.
Confirm the Lessons tool is enabled.
Select Site Info from your navigation.
Click Manage Tools.
Scroll down to confirm that Lessons is
selected.
Select Lessons from your navigation.
Click Add Content > Add Learning App.
Click the Cengage tool.
If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
Create a link to the Cengage tool.
You only have to do this once.
Navigate to your external tools.
Third party content like Cengage is listed as an
external tool or app in your LMS.
Click the Cengage link.
This might be named Cengage or
MindLinks. If you are not sure, ask your LMS admin.
In the URL field, paste the Cengage Course URL from
your email.
Click Save.
Click the link you created.
On the Materials tab, click Add Materials > Cengage LMS Integration.
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.
The Willo tool is created and named by your Moodle administrator.
If a Willo tool is not
listed:
Select External tool and click
Add.
Under General > Preconfigured tool, select the Willo tool.
Under General, click Select
content.
Note The Activity Name and Tool
URL are set automatically after selecting the
content.
Important If you see a Cengage tool shown
under Content Market, do not select it. This is
an outdated version of the integration that will be removed soon.
Only add the Cengage tool under
Institution Tools.
In the Content tab, click Related Tools > Course Builder.
If you have not already done so, create a module in your course.
Drag from Build Outline to
the course outline.
Alternatively, click and
select the module location.
Enter a name for your module, such as WebAssign.
Optional: Enter a note for your students.
Optional: If the WebAssign component of your course has
a different start or end date from your course in Brightspace®, enter those dates in
Restrictions.
Click Create.
Drag from Add Content to your
module.
Alternatively, click and
select your module.
Open the Cengage integration tool.
If your school uses the free version of Google Classroom:
This integration method is also available for paid Google Classroom users and can be used to import multiple
links at once.
Click > Cengage.
If your school uses the paid version of Google Classroom:
This integration method imports one link at a time.
Open your LMS course.
Open the assignment editor.
In Add-ons, click Cengage Classroom.
First time only: Grant Cengage permission to access
your LMS.
Click Sign in with Google.
Select the account you use with LMS.
Click Continue.
The permissions Cengage needs to integrate
with your LMS are listed.
Click Allow.
Free LMS only: Select your LMS
class.
Click a class in the Google Classroom Class
dropdown list.
Optional: Select a LMS topic.
Select whether to import your WebAssign
assignments as drafts or immediately assign them to students.
Click Continue.
If prompted, sign in to your
Cengage instructor account to link your LMS and Cengage accounts.
If you don't have a Cengage instructor
account, click Create Account.
This window might not be shown if your
browser does not allow pop-ups for the LMS domain.
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.
On the License Type page, select the payment method applicable to your class.
Very often, only one license type is available.
Click Continue.
On the Course Option page, select a copy option.
To copy your own course:
Select Copy an existing course.
Your courses for the selected title are listed.
Select the course you want to copy.
Click Continue.
To copy another teacher's course:
Select Copy another instructor's course with a course key.
Enter the course key and click Verify.
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
This date is set automatically by Willo.
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
This date is set automatically by Willo.
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 LMS.
To create direct links to learning activities:
You can also create a course link with this option.
Click Select Content.
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 LMS. If your school uses a LMS Partner
integration, available dates are also synced to LMS.
Date changes in your WebAssign course overwrite dates set in your LMS course. For consistency, make sure your WebAssign and LMS courses are set to the same time zone.
Due dates set in your WebAssign course do not sync
to your LMS course.
If needed, change gradebook syncing for specific activities.
By default, when you include a graded activity it is
added to the LMS 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:
Click Add Course Link.
Blackboard Original: Review the settings, select where to put
your course link, and click Submit.
Click Continue.
Save your changes at the bottom of the page.
Click either Save and return to course or
Save and display.
Click the Content tab.
Click the link to your WebAssign course and verify
that it's set up how you want.
First time only: Confirm that LMS can
access your account.
If prompted, read and accept the service agreement.
> Turn editing on.
from Build Outline to
the course outline.
from Add Content to your
module.
> 
Cengage.
Cengage Classroom.
. To avoid
duplicate activity links and gradebook columns, do not import the same activity
twice.