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Add Links in Canvas to WebAssign Activities and Resources

After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from Canvas™ to activities or other content in WebAssign. Linked graded activities are included in the Canvas gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.

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

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 Canvas 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 Canvas and WebAssign.

  1. Open your Canvas course.
  2. From the course navigation, click Cengage.

If you get an error message when you click Cengage, see LTI Advantage.

  1. Select your linked WebAssign course from the list of content sources.

    A list of assigned activities for your linked WebAssign course is shown.

  2. Select activities to include in your course.

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

    If your school uses a Canvas Partner integration, due and available dates set in your WebAssign course are synced to Canvas. Any changes you make to due and available dates in your WebAssign course sync to your Canvas course. For consistency, make sure your WebAssign and Canvas courses are set to the same time zone.

  3. Configure grade syncing with Canvas.
    Note Depending on your course and Canvas configuration, some of the following options might not be available.
    To do this Do this
    Add a graded activity to the Canvas gradebook Select Add to Gradebook for the activity.
    Exclude a graded activity from the Canvas gradebook Clear Add to Gradebook for the activity.
    Add a graded activity to the Canvas gradebook without adding the activity link
    1. Select Add to Gradebook.
    2. Clear Add to Course.
  4. Click Continue.

The selected links are added to the module.

If needed, you can reorganize the links in Canvas.