Add Links in LMS to WebAssign Activities and Resources
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.
After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from LMS to activities or other content in WebAssign. Linked graded activities are included in the LMS gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Linked graded activities are included in the LMS gradebook.
This feature is not available to instructors
using the old LMS integration.
Note Category scores and overall course scores can not be
synced to LMS.
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.
Links created in this way are sometimes called deep
links because they are not just web links but allow data to be exchanged
between LMS and WebAssign.
Open your LMS course.
Follow the steps for your LMS to access the Cengage tool.
Click Add Content > Add Learning App.
Click the Cengage tool.
If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
On the Materials tab, click Add Materials > Cengage LMS Integration.
Go to a content area in your course and open the Content
Market.
Select your linked WebAssign course from the list of
content sources.
A list of assigned activities for your linked WebAssign course is shown.
Click the Cengage tool.
If the tool is not available, contact your administrator.
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.
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.
Click Continue.
Blackboard Original: Review the settings, select where to put your
course links, and click Submit.
Save your changes at the bottom of the page.
Click either Save and return to course or
Save and display.
Optional: Repeat these steps to add another link.
The content page displays
all the links you have added to your WebAssign course
and activities.