Using Cengage MindTap

What Cengage MindTap does

MindTap is the online learning platform that gives instructors complete course control. Craft personalized, engaging experiences that boost performance and deliver access to eTextbooks, study tools and more. For more information on how MindTap can be used in your class, refer to Cengage's website

Integrating MindTap into your course

Here are some resources from the Cengage support site:

• MindTap on Brightspace Training Resources This is Cengage's homepage for their Brightspace support materials. It includes links to user guides, presentations, training videos, quick start guides, and more.
• Integrate MindTap with your Brightspace course Step-by-step instructions for integrating MindTap into your course for the first time as well as using MindTap again in courses you copy.
• Getting Started: MindTap LMS Integration with Brightspace (slide deck) A slideshow tour of training materials.
• LMS Enhanced Course Copy LMS Enhanced Course Copy enables instructors to copy over their integrated courses within the LMS, eliminating the need to re-copy the Cengage course.

There is also an informative knowledge article from Minnesota State:

• Cengage Mindtap Integration (KA #1547)

How do my students use MindTap?

Once again, there are resources available from the Cengage support site:

• Accessing Your Cengage Materials Through Brightspace - Instructions on how students use Cengage products in a Brightspace course.

• MindTap Student Help - Includes system requirements and account access instructions.

Account creation

If this is your first time using a Cengage product, check out the step-by-step instructions for creating a Cengage account.

Assessing student work

If the MindTap elements you selected included graded items that were added to the Gradebook, you can verify the entries by selecting Grades from the course navigation menu and then accessing Manage Grades.

When a student completes an activity designated for grade synchronization, the score will automatically report to the corresponding column in the Brightspace Learn Grade Center. Only items explicitly selected in the Content Selector will have a grade column.

Please DO NOT edit the name of the grade center items after import. Doing so may cause grade synchronization to fail in a course that is copied forward for use in another term.

Relinking MindTap assignments

1. Delete all of the MindTap links within your Content Modules
2. Delete all MindTap grade columns from your gradebook (you have already completed this)
3. Re-link the MindTap assignments
   1. Go to Course Admin
   2. Go to Course Builder
   3. From the Add Content box drag and drop the Cengage icon into the module where you need to link assignments
   4. Click on Select Content of the MindTap course you’re using
   5. On the Content Selector screen click on the assignment(s) that you need to link to that module (be sure that Add to Gradebook is also selected)
   6. Repeat steps c-e as needed
4. Force an LMS sync from your MindTap gradebook to your D2L gradebook
   1. Launch into your MindTap gradebook
   2. Select Gradebook Actions (top right of the screen)
   3. Select Force LMS Sync

You should then see your grades start to trickle through into your D2L gradebook.

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