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Sign in through a Learning Management System
Some institutions use a learning management system (LMS) to sign in to WebAssign instead of https://webassign.com .
About Shibboleth
Created by Internet2, Shibboleth is open-source middleware designed to allow access to protected resources, such as WebAssign, based on credentials provided by your institution.
Need Login Credentials to Start Live Virtual Machine Labs
When starting a Live Virtual Machine Labs activity, you are prompted to enter login information and a domain.
Sign In Through Your LMS
Pop-up windows and cookies must be allowed in your browser. See Browser Settings . Sign in to your LMS. Navigate to your course. Your course includes links to Cengage content added by your instructor. Click a Cengage link. You might have to ask your instructor which link to click, or try clicking a few links to find the right one. The first time you access your Cengage course from your LMS, the Cengage Sign In page opens. If you already have a Cengage account, sign in with your email and...
Sign In with NGLSync
These instructions are for K–12 teachers who access MindTap courses through NGLSync. Other teachers should sign in at login.cengage.com or their learning management system. Go to nglsync.cengage.com . Search for your school by name or location. Select your school from the search results and click Continue . Your school's sign-in page opens. Bookmark your school's sign-in page for quicker access. Related information Launch NGLSync Course Sign Out
Single Sign-On (SSO) Application
Use your institution or school district's Single Sign-On (SSO) experience to access your learning platform. Your institution may use Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) or an SSO application such as Clever or Classlink.
What if I sign in through an LMS like Blackboard or Canvas?
You will continue to sign in through your LMS just as you do now.
What are the Resources by Chapter?
The Resources by Chapter ancillary is provided to each teacher as part of their resource package. The high school ancillary is a valuable addition to the teaching materials and contains Family Communication Letters, Start Thinking, Warm Up, Cumulative Review Warm Up, Practice, Enrichment and Extension, Puzzle Time, and Cumulative Review worksheets. The middle school ancillary includes Family and Community Involvement, Start Thinking! and Warm Up, Extra Practice, Enrichment and Extension, Puzzle Time, Technology Connection, and Project worksheets. The Resources by Chapter is available in print and can also be found in the online teacher Course Resources.
Different Name or Institution Displayed
If you see someone else's name and institution displayed at the top of any page in WebAssign, you are signed in to that person's WebAssign account. Most likely, that person did not sign out of WebAssign completely before you started working.
Need Sign-In Credentials for Virtual Labs
The sign-in information for virtual machines is located on the Resources tab of the Instructions pane.
Sign In
Where you sign in to access course materials depends on how your course was set up. If you're not sure where to sign in, ask your instructor.
Login and SAM Access Issues
The online help that displays on the SAM Login Page at sam.cengage.com provides help in configuring your specific browser for use with SAM and avoiding any additional warnings or pop-up boxes from appearing while using the site.
What does Big Ideas Math do to provide Study Help?
Students are provided with Graphic Organizers and other study tools to assist in concept mastery and promote positive organization and study skills. Middle school teachers can find the Graphic Organizers by searching the online Course Resources and students can find them as an embedded link in their eBook on the Study Help page prior to the chapter quizzes, or in their Resource Library. High school teachers can find them under Math Tool Paper in the online Course Resources, and students can find them in their Resource Library. High School students also have Study Skills tips on every mid-chapter What Did You Learn? page before the chapter quiz.
Sign Out
Protect your NGLSync account by signing out when you are finished.
Export the Institutional Report
Export and download the institutional report in Spark.
Logic Tool
Practice writing proofs using the standard rules of logic in an environment that provides explanations of the logic rules and gives immediate feedback on proofs.
Sign In for the First Time
Upon opening the app for the first time, you will need to sign in and be connected to the Internet. Successful log in to the app will be possible only with a valid teacher account.
Roster Columns for Institutions Other Than U.S. Higher Education
For institutions other than U.S. higher education, an email address is not required. Instead, specify a valid Cengage username for each student in the roster.
Bill Institution
Some institutions purchase WebAssign for their students. If your institution is one of these, your students will not be billed.
Accessing Free Resources
To gain access to the Big Ideas Math website, you can use your login information at www.BigIdeasMath.com . If you do not have login credentials, you may access free materials by choosing your grade, state, and clicking on the Easy Access to Book link at the bottom of the login screen.
Scroll Through the eBook in Cengage Read
Scroll vertically or horizontally through the pages of your eBook.
VB Suite Account - Institutional Site Subscription
This article is for anyone interested in accessing Visible Body Suite and is affiliated with an institution that has an institutional site subscription.
Sign In
Click the language selector menu in the upper-right corner to select your preferred language. Sign in at learn.eltngl.com . Click Sign in . Enter your Username and Password . Click Sign in .
Sign in to Courseware
This article is for any student, administrator or instructor who has a Courseware subscription and wants to access the platform.
Access WebAssign from Blackboard
If enabled, you can sign in to WebAssign directly from your Blackboard class.
LMS Integrated SAM Guide
SAM and Keyboarding in SAM integrate with both partner and non-partner Learning Management Systems (LMS) through Cengage Learning MindLinks (Web service).
Sign in with Google Classroom
Sign in to Google Classroom. In your Google Classroom class, click Classwork . Click the link under Cengage Resources to open your Cengage course.
Take Proctored Exams Through Your LMS
If you use an LMS like Blackboard, Canvas, or Moodle, your instructor can administer exams through the LMS with a proctoring service. Proctoring services ensure academic integrity in multiple ways and often block you from opening any new tabs while taking your test.
Require Student IDs
You can require your students to provide their institutional student ID when they sign in to your course if it is not already associated with the student’s account.
Sign-In Problems
Sometimes problems can occur when signing in to WebAssign.
Manage Account
Use your Cengage account to sign in to WebAssign.
K–12 Sign In
Related information NGLSync Sign In Sign Out Change Password Google Classroom
Sign Out of SAM
Keep your account secure by signing out of SAM after each session.
Moodle Integration
For WebAssign, many schools now use an integration method in the following instructions. These integration methods are only available for courses using Cengage products. If your school uses the old integration method, this process is not needed. WebAssign provides instructors with all the information they need to integrate their classes with Moodle. For more information, see Instructor Help . Features available with LTI advantage integration: Single sign on to Cengage Deep linking from Moodle...
Sign In
At myadamath.com , enter the username and password provided to you, and click Log In .
The Resources By Chapter
The Resources by Chapter is available in print and can be found in the online teacher Course Resources at the chapter and section levels. The Resources by Chapter are available in PDF and Microsoft Word.
Install and Register the Cengage Content Tool
To enable Cengage and Google Classroom integration, install and register the Cengage Content tool for your institution.
Add the Cengage Tool
To enable instructors to integrate their Canvas and Cengage courses, add the Cengage tool to your account.
Can't Sign in to Take Math Placement Test (North Carolina State University)
Sometimes, new students have problems signing in to take their math placement test.
Repeated Requests to Sign In
Certain pages in WebAssign might ask you to sign in repeatedly. Usually, this occurs after an extended period of inactivity, for example, if you forgot to sign out of WebAssign.
(MindTap LMS) December 2024
Based on feedback from instructors, Cengage has improved the process for integrating Cengage content into your LMS classes. You start the integration in your LMS just as always, but the new Cengage workflow takes you step by step through selecting your content, your students' purchase options, your course settings, and creating, copying, or linking your course.
Edit Institutional Settings
Institutional administrators for Spark control their school's settings, including if teachers can create their own courses or manage student accounts.
SAM Sign In / Create Account
Sign in to SAM at sam.cengage.com unless you are using a learning management system (LMS).
What is the Skills Review Handbook?
Similarly to the Basic Skills Handbook, the Skills Review Handbook provides practice worksheets for previously learned skills. It is an excellent review tool for back-to-school to ensure students have not lost basic concept understanding over an extended classroom absence. This tool is accessible through the online Resource Library for middle and high school programs and in print for middle school programs.
Make the Cengage Tool Deployment Available to Org Units
Institutions should use only one deployment of the Cengage tool and share it as necessary to the respective organizational units. If separate deployments are necessary, contact your account representative or Cengage support to request unique configuration parameters for each deployment.
Calculate Averages by Points or Percentages
Choose to calculate your students' overall grades by weighting activities by point value or averaging their percentage scores.
Enroll with Learning Management System
If your course uses a Learning Management System (LMS) like Canvas, Blackboard, or a school-specific platform, enroll in your Cengage section by clicking an assignment link in your LMS.
Sign in to Cengage Read
Sign in to your Cengage account to access your eBooks on Cengage Read.
Access Codes
Access codes are provided to schools that use the self-registration method as a means of accessing the Big Ideas Math online platform.
LMS Integration
Before setting up Spark integration with LMS, contact your Cengage representative to request configuration details for your institution. For WebAssign, many schools now use an integration method in the following instructions. These integration methods are only available for courses using Cengage products. If your school uses the old integration method, this process is not needed. WebAssign provides instructors with all the information they need to integrate their classes with LMS. For more...
Create Questions by Duplication
If you find a question that is similar to the one you want to create, you can create a copy of the question. The copy is a new question that is just like the original, except you are the owner and can change it to suit your needs.
Filter Dataset by Values
To restrict the dataset used for statistical operations, create filters for dataset variables. The filtered data can also be saved to create a new dataset.
The Videos App
The Big Ideas Math Videos app provides videos for every Extra Example in all high school programs as well as the common core 2014 and A Bridge to Success middle school programs. The videos can be played in either English or Spanish.
Manually Adding a User
School and District admins have the ability to add users manually through the Math & YOU portal.
LTI Advantage LMS Integration
Integrate your LTI Advantage enabled LMS with Cengage to let instructors and students access Cengage content and activities directly from the LMS and return Cengage grades to the LMS gradebook.
Disable Homework Help in Chrome
You can disable the Homework Help feature in Google Chrome that provides AI-generated answers to educational content.
Add the National Geographic Learning Spark App to Your Blackboard Site
Integrate Spark resources within your institution's Blackboard learning management system, using LTI 1.3.
What is the Student Journal?
As high school students work through discovery Explorations and direct instruction Lessons, this consumable workbook serves as a valuable component where they can work extra problems, take notes about new concepts and classroom lessons, and internalize new concepts by expressing their findings in their own words.
Create an External Tool in Canvas for LTI 1.0 Integration
Integrate Spark resources within your institution's Canvas Learning Management System, using LTI 1.0.
Canvas Integration
For WebAssign, many schools now use an integration method in the following instructions. These integration methods are only available for courses using Cengage products. If your school uses the old integration method, this process is not needed. WebAssign provides instructors with all the information they need to integrate their classes with Canvas. For more information, see Instructor Help . New institutions will be integrated using LTI Advantage, while institutions already using LTI 1.0 with...
Brightspace Integration
For WebAssign, many schools now use an integration method in the following instructions. These integration methods are only available for courses using Cengage products. If your school uses the old integration method, this process is not needed. WebAssign provides instructors with all the information they need to integrate their classes with Brightspace. For more information, see Instructor Help . New integrations will use LTI 1.3 Advantage. Existing LTI 1.1 integrations should migrate to a LTI...
View Report Details by Item
View detailed information about your students' performance on individual items.
Google Classroom Integration
Features available with Google Classroom integrations vary depending on if an institution uses Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals/Standard or Google Workspace for Education Plus. Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals/Standard Google Workspace for Education Plus Single sign on to Cengage Deep linking from lms-name to Cengage activities Sync grades from Cengage to lms-name Sync due dates from Cengage to lms-name Copying a lms-name course also copies the linked Cengage course View...
Create Account
Create an account to access the Spark platform.
Admins
Impersonate other admins in your district through their NGLSync profile.
Blackboard Integration
Starting in 2024, institutions integrating with Blackboard for the first time will use a native Blackboard LTI 1.3 integration method. Blackboard integration includes: Single sign on to Cengage Deep linking from Blackboard to Cengage activities Sync grades from Cengage to Blackboard Sync due dates from Cengage to Blackboard Copying a Blackboard course also copies the linked Cengage course Cengage Infuse integration of eBook and learning/assessment content directly in Blackboard Institutions...
Register the Cengage Tool
To enable instructors to integrate their Brightspace and Cengage courses, register the Cengage tool.
Dynamic Registration (Sakai 21.x and later)
If you are using Sakai 21.x or later, register the Cengage tool with dynamic registration.
Set Student Feedback Settings by Assignment
Show or hide answer keys, correctness marks (Correct/Incorrect), help links, Practice Another Version, and previously submitted answers for all questions in your assignment.
Set Student Feedback Settings by Question
Add a custom hint for any question in the assignment. You can also override your assignment settings to make Help Content or Practice Another Version available earlier for certain questions.
Manual Update or Registration (Sakai 19.x / 20.x)
If you are using Sakai 19.x or 20.x, register the Cengage tool or update your existing tool to LTI advantage.
Update Cengage Tool to LTI Advantage (Sakai 21.x and later)
If you are using Sakai 21.x or later, check if you have an existing Cengage tool that can be updated to LTI Advantage before registering a new one.
What is the Assessment Book?
The Assessment Book is provided to both middle school and high school teachers to aid them in assessing students throughout the year.
Shibboleth
WebAssign can use Shibboleth to integrate with your school's registration servers.
The Solutions App
The Big Ideas Math Solutions app provides access to the worked-out solutions of odd exercises in all Big Ideas Math high school programs. Step-by-step solutions help students find and fix their own mistakes and grow as independent learners.
Migrate Brightspace Integration from LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3 Advantage
Register and deploy the new Cengage tool to start using LTI 1.3 Advantage, then enable migration so that copies of old courses will use the upgraded integration.
Create an External Tool in LMS for LTI 1.0 Integration
Instructors at your school can use the external tool to add course links from LMS to Spark without needing the shared key and secret. This is easier for instructors and improves security.
Browser Plugins
Some content and tools might require the following browser plugins.
Students Asked for Payment
Your K–12 school district has purchased access to Cengage for its students, but when students create accounts and sign in at the main Cengage home page, they are told their trial access will expire and asked for payment.
(LTI Advantage) Create a New LMS-Integrated Explore Course
If you have not created the Explore course you want to integrate with LMS, create it from LMS.
Add the National Geographic Learning Spark App to Your Schoology Site
Integrate Spark resources within your institution's Schoology learning management system, using LTI 1.3.
Moodle Integration
For WebAssign, many schools now use an integration method in the following instructions. These integration methods are only available for courses using Cengage products. If your school uses the old integration method, this process is not needed. WebAssign provides instructors with all the information they need to integrate their classes with Moodle. For more information, see Instructor Help . Features available with LTI advantage integration: Single sign on to Spark Related information Request...
Create an External Tool in Schoology for LTI 1.0 Integration
Instructors at your school can use the external tool to add course links from Schoology to Spark without needing the shared key and secret. This is easier for instructors and improves security.
Brightspace Integration
For WebAssign, many schools now use an integration method in the following instructions. These integration methods are only available for courses using Cengage products. If your school uses the old integration method, this process is not needed. WebAssign provides instructors with all the information they need to integrate their classes with Brightspace. For more information, see Instructor Help . Features available with Brightspace integrations: LTI Advantage API App Single sign on to Spark...
Set Up LMS Integration (Old)
Integrate WebAssign in your LMS class so you and your students can access your WebAssign assignments from your LMS.
Add the Cengage Tool
To enable instructors to integrate their Canvas and Spark courses, add the Cengage tool to your account.
Study with a Study Center Study Guide
You can study using a Study Guide provided by the Study Center.
Schoology Integration
Features available with LTI advantage integration: Single sign on to Cengage Deep linking from Schoology to Cengage activities Sync grades from Cengage to Schoology
My Course Pricing Doesn't Match What I Was Told
The courseware price at checkout is different than what you were told by your instructor. This generally happens because an incorrect institution is saved in your account profile.
Use SAM With Cengage Unlimited at Multiple Schools
Condition You enrolled in a SAM course at one school with Cengage Unlimited, then were unable to use your Cengage Unlimited account to enroll in a SAM course at a different school. Cause Your SAM account is linked to the first school you enrolled in using Cengage Unlimited. Remedy Contact customer support to request help enrolling in SAM courses in multiple schools. United States Higher education: support.cengage.com Secondary education: cengageorg.my.site.com/Service/s/k12login?language=en_US...
Deploy the Cengage Tool
Institutions should use only one deployment of the Cengage tool and share it as necessary to the respective organizational units. The same registration key cannot be used for multiple deployments. If separate deployments are necessary, contact your account representative or Spark support to request unique configuration parameters for each deployment.
MindTap Course is not in Your LMS
After selecting Link to an existing course or section in your LMS, your MindTap course does not display as an option.
LMS Administrator Help
Information for LMS administrators to support integration with Cengage learning platforms.
Canvas LTI 1.0 with APIs Integration
Use this procedure for any Cengage learning platform to allow instructors in your institution to link their Canvas and Cengage courses.
Impersonate Users
Impersonate students, teachers, and admins by launching their accounts through their NGLSync profiles. You can use this feature to troubleshoot user issues, or to submit work or grades on their behalf.
The Skills Review Handbook
Similarly to the Basic Skills Handbook , the Skills Review Handbook provides practice worksheets for previously learned skills. It is an excellent review tool for back-to-school to ensure students have not lost basic concept understanding over an extended classroom absence.
Enable Enhanced Course Copy
After integrating Canvas with Cengage, you can allow instructors at your institution to use enhanced course copy.
Enable Enhanced Course Copy
After integrating Canvas with Cengage, you can allow instructors at your institution to use enhanced course copy.
Request Site Configuration Info
Before setting up Cengage LTI Advantage integration with Canvas, contact your Cengage representative to request configuration details for your institution.
Blackboard Not Available
If the Blackboard system is unavailable, you can sign in to WebAssign directly if you have previously set your WebAssign password.
Canvas LTI Advantage Integration
Use this procedure for any Cengage learning platform to allow instructors at your institution to link their Canvas and Cengage courses. LTI Advantage is the most up-to-date and supported integration. If you are migrating from a Partner API integration, be careful to prevent grade sync disruption.
View Teachers
Find teachers in your school district.
Conditional Processing and Logic Functions and Operators
The following list includes both WebAssign-specific and commonly-used Perl functions and operators that are available when creating questions.
LTI 1.0 LMS
Create an LTI 1.0 LMS Integrated course in Spark.
View Student Access Logs
The Student Access Log shows when your students have opened and submitted their assignments. The log shows all changes to the student score, including extensions, adjustments, and score overrides.
Request Site Configuration Info
Before setting up Spark integration with LMS, contact your Cengage representative to request configuration details for your institution.
The Chapter Test
Chapter Tests provide an assessment tool for educators to measure chapter concept mastery and allow students to review the chapter materials prior to an in-class chapter test developed by the educator.
Create the Cengage Tool
To enable instructors to integrate their Brightspace and Spark courses, create and register the Cengage tool.
Students
Impersonate students in your district through their NGLSync profile.
Teachers
Impersonate teachers in your district through their NGLSync profile.
Sites to Allow
To ensure that Cengage learning platforms work correctly, the following sites should not be blocked by firewalls. Browsers should also allow cookies and pop-up windows for these sites.
Create an Account (K-12 Using NGLSync)
Create an NGLSync account to access your products and set up your first course.
Search NGLSync Courses
Search NGLSync courses in your school district. You can find the course key required to copy any course in your district.
Brightspace
Intergrate Spark resources within your institution's Brightspace Learning Management System.
Import Multiple Courses
Import multiple courses at once by uploading a course.CSV file.
Install and Register the Cengage Content Tool
To enable Cengage and Blackboard integration, you must configure and register the Cengage Content tool for your site.
Google Classroom Access Blocked
When students try to launch your course from Google Classroom, they see the error message Access blocked: Your institution's admin needs to review NGLSync.
Assessments
On Math & YOU, assessments are provided at point of use in the Learning Path , making it easy to develop assessments and assign them all at the same time. All assessments also come with a practice version to help students prepare for the assessment.
Link to Your Cengage Textbook from LTI Advantage LMS
Link to the eBook from your LTI Advantage LMS course for easy access for you and your students.
Add the National Geographic Learning Spark App to Your Moodle Site
Integrate Spark resources within your institution's Moodle learning management system, using LTI 1.3.
Importing User Records
SAM enables you to import users from an external system, such as your institution's admissions or registration database, by uploading a.txt or.csv file produced by that system.
Create an External Tool in Moodle for LTI 1.0 Integration
Integrate Spark resources within your institution's Moodle Learning Management System, using LTI 1.0.
Create an External Tool in Canvas for LTI 1.3 Integration
Integrate Spark resources within your institution's Canvas learning management system, using LTI 1.3.
Cengage Bulk Rostering
If your school district uses Cengage bulk rostering services or a Single Sign-On (SSO) system, your district technology coordinator works with Cengage to enroll students in your course. To add or remove a student from your NGLSync course, contact your district technology coordinator.
Cannot Change Your Answers Even Though You Have More Submissions
For some assignments, after submitting one or more answers, you cannot change your answer again, even though you have more submissions and the assignment deadline has not passed.
Answer Keys
Depending on how your instructor set up the assignment, you might be able to see answer keys indicated with the key icon in the assignment. The answer key indicates a correct answer provided by the question, but might not be the only acceptable answer.
Create an External Tool in Blackboard for LTI 1.0 Integration
Instructors at your school can use the external tool to add course links from Blackboard to Spark without needing the shared key and secret. This is easier for instructors and improves security.
Sync Scores to LMS
After adding activity links from LMS, your students' WebAssign scores sync to LMS based on your settings. If needed, you can manually sync scores to LMS.
Browser Settings
Configure the following settings in your web browser.
Fill-In-The-Blank Questions
Type a word or short answer into the answer box provided.
Product Architecture Review
The SAM product architecture consists of a server environment hosted by Cengage Learning and a set of executables and assets installed locally or accessed via the web at each customer site. The SAM server and the SAM Content Player communicate over the Internet using HTTPS. A user logs in to the SAM server through a browser and works with web pages to launch the SAM LMS and Content Player.
Register the Cengage LTI Advantage Tool in Canvas
Before you can make the Cengage LTI Advantage tool available to instructors, you must register it in Canvas.
Links to Cengage Courses or Activities Don't Work
When you click a link to a Cengage course or activity from your LMS, the link doesn't open a new browser window with the course or learning activity.
Performance Tasks
The Performance Tasks allow students to apply their knowledge of multiple content standards and work through realistic scenarios.
What are Performance Tasks?
The Performance Tasks allow students to apply their knowledge of multiple content standards and work through realistic scenarios.
Sakai Integration
Before setting up Spark integration with Sakai, contact your Cengage representative to request configuration details for your institution. For WebAssign, many schools now use an integration method in the following instructions. These integration methods are only available for courses using Cengage products. If your school uses the old integration method, this process is not needed. WebAssign provides instructors with all the information they need to integrate their classes with Sakai. For more...
Request Site Configuration Info
Find your Cengage representative at cengage.com/repfinder cengage.com/repfinder/postSecondaryEdFacultyCanada/ cengageasia.com/Contact-Us cengage.co.in/Rep_Locator cengage.co.uk/education/contact-us-2/ au.cengage.com/repfinder latinoamerica.cengage.com/contacto/ (Latin America) or cengage.com.br/contato/ (Brazil) . This information is emailed to you and includes the following items: Login Initiation URI A web address. Example:...
Dynamic Registration (Sakai 21.x and later)
If you are using Sakai 21.x or later, register the Cengage tool with dynamic registration.
Canvas Integration
For WebAssign, many schools now use an integration method in the following instructions. These integration methods are only available for courses using Cengage products. If your school uses the old integration method, this process is not needed. WebAssign provides instructors with all the information they need to integrate their classes with Canvas. For more information, see Instructor Help . You can use either integration, but LTI 1.0 with APIs is no longer actively supported. Consider using...
Forgot Password
If you forget your password, reset it from the sign-in page.
(LTI Advantage) Other LMS
If your LMS is not specified, there are general LMS integration resources available.
Manual Update or Registration (Sakai 19.x / 20.x)
If you are using Sakai 19.x or 20.x, register the Cengage tool or update your existing tool to LTI advantage.
Request Site Configuration Info
Find your Cengage representative at cengage.com/repfinder cengage.com/repfinder/postSecondaryEdFacultyCanada/ cengageasia.com/Contact-Us cengage.co.in/Rep_Locator cengage.co.uk/education/contact-us-2/ au.cengage.com/repfinder latinoamerica.cengage.com/contacto/ (Latin America) or cengage.com.br/contato/ (Brazil) . This information is emailed to you and includes the following items: Login Initiation URI A web address. Example:...
Faculty Memos
When you log on to WebAssign, you might see a memo that displays near the top of every page that contains information from WebAssign administrators.
Sakai Integration
Integrate Sakai with Cengage to let instructors and students access Cengage content and activities directly from Sakai. If you're using Sakai version 21.x or later, follow the steps to update your existing tool or for dynamic registration. If you're using Sakai version 20.x or 19.x, follow the manual steps to update or register the tool.
Update Cengage Tool to LTI Advantage (Sakai 21.x and later)
If you are using Sakai 21.x or later, check if you have an existing Cengage tool that can be updated to LTI Advantage before registering a new one.
Manage NGLSync Account
Update your NGLSync account information and change your password. If you forget your NGLSync password, you can reset it on the sign-in page.
Network Testing
SAM provides a media rich, interactive learning experience for Cengage customer institutions and their students. The considerable size of media objects can have a negative impact on SAM's overall performance (network communications congestion and latency).
Browser Displays a Message That WebAssign is Not Supported
If you sign in to WebAssign from a browser version or system that is not explicitly supported by WebAssign, a message is displayed.
What is the Chapter Test?
Chapter Tests provide a formative assessment tool for educators to measure chapter concept mastery, and allow students to review the chapter materials prior to an in-class chapter test developed by the educator. The tests can be found at the end of every chapter in the textbooks. There are also two versions of the chapter tests in the Assessment Book, as well as two versions of the Chapter Test online in the Dynamic Assessment System.
View Forums, Topics, and Posts
You can access the forums for your class either through your class Home page or by using the Communication menu.
Copy Your CNOWv2-Integrated Course in LMS
Copy a CNOWv2-integrated LMS course to copy all content and course settings in both LMS and CNOWv2 at the same time.
Create the Cengage Tool
To enable instructors to integrate their Moodle and Cengage courses, create and register the Cengage tool.
View Cengage Deep Linking Quicklink
Instructors can use the Cengage deep linking quicklink to adopt products and add content to courses. When you register the Cengage tool, the deep linking quicklink is automatically created.
Install the Cengage LTI Advantage Tool
Install the Cengage LTI Advantage tool to make it available to instructors.
What do students see in the Progression Benchmark report?
Students see their progress related to each domain and grade level. By selecting one of the domains, they can view the subdomains within that domain. Students can also see the specific objectives they were tested on within the subdomain, and if they answered correctly or incorrectly. Students are also provided with remediation for the items they answered incorrectly or partially correct.
Configure Browser Settings in Safari
If needed, configure your browser settings in Safari.
Configure Browser Settings in Chrome
If needed, configure your browser settings in Chrome.
Schoology Integration
Features available with LTI advantage integration: Single sign on to Spark Related information Request Site Configuration Info Create an External Tool in for LTI 1.0 Integration
The End-of-Chapter Quiz
Similarly to the Mid-Chapter Quiz, the End-of-Chapter Quiz provides educators with an opportunity to assess student concept comprehension for the second-half of the chapter. The End-of-Chapter quiz can be found at the end of every chapter in the middle school textbooks. There is also an end-of-chapter quiz online for the middle and high school programs in the Dynamic Assessment System.
Communications
WebAssign provides a number of features for communicating with students and other instructors at your institution without having to use email.
Check Your System
Use the browser check tool to see if you need to update your browser or install missing plugins.
What is the End-of-Chapter Quiz?
Similarly to the Mid-Chapter Quiz, the End-of-Chapter Quiz provides educators with an opportunity to assess student concept comprehension for the second half of the chapter. The End-of-Chapter Quiz can be found at the end of every chapter in the middle school textbooks and Assessment Books. There is also an End-of-Chapter Quiz online for the middle and high school programs in the Dynamic Assessment System.
Copy a Course
If you are teaching multiple sections of a course or teaching a course you have previously taught, you can simplify course setup by copying an existing course. Your assignments, tests, and their settings will be copied from your original course to your new course and assigned to all students who enroll in the new course.
Sync Zero Scores to LMS
By default, if a student has not attempted an activity when the due date passes, no score will be sent to the LMS gradebook. You can change the default setting to send a score of zero to the LMS gradebook. This will negatively affect students' final grades.
Import Multiple Students
Add multiple students to your course at the same time by uploading a roster CSV file.
Share Registration URL with Teachers
If enabled for your district, share the self-registration URL with teachers so they can create their own accounts.
SALT Help
Salt is a data analysis tool for introductory level statistics courses that helps students gain improved conceptual understanding of statistics through visualization and analysis of datasets. Salt can be used on its own or with WebAssign to answer SALT-enabled questions.
What are Activities and Explorations?
Each section in the program begins with a discovery Activity or Exploration that encourages conceptual understanding. These provide students with the opportunity to explore, question, explain, and persevere as they seek to answer Essential Questions that encourage abstract thought.
Students
Manage your course roster in Spark by adding students to your course, editing their information, and resetting their passwords if they cannot access their accounts.
Create Tutorial Questions
You can transform part or all of a multi-part or multi-mode question into a tutorial that guides your students step by step through the solution of a problem.
Request Site Configuration Info
Before setting up Spark integration with Schoology, contact your Cengage representative to request configuration details for your institution.
Request Site Configuration Info
Before setting up Spark integration with Brightspace, contact your Cengage representative to request configuration details for your institution.
Request Site Configuration Info
Before setting up Spark integration with Blackboard, contact your Cengage representative to request configuration details for your institution.
(LTI Advantage) Copy a MindTap Course to a New LMS Course
Copy an existing MindTap course to a new LMS course. You can copy your own MindTap course or another instructor's course.
Request Site Configuration Info
Before setting up Spark integration with Canvas, contact your Cengage representative to request configuration details for your institution.
Request Site Configuration Info
Before setting up Spark integration with Moodle, contact your Cengage representative to request configuration details for your institution.
Request Site Configuration Info
Before setting up Spark integration with Sakai, contact your Cengage representative to request configuration details for your institution.
LTI 1.3 LMS Course Management
Create Spark courses, assignments, and tests within your institution's LTI 1.3 Learning Management System.
View Linked Courses in the Instructor Center Check if Your Course is LMS-Integrated
You can see which of your courses and course sections are linked to an LMS in the Instructor Center. You can see if your MindTap sections are linked to an LMS in the Instructor Center.
Create Account
Create your account to start teaching with Cengage. If you use a learning management system (LMS) like Schoology or Canvas, you can access and create your Cengage account in your LMS.
Join a Course and Purchase Courseware (LMS integration)
This article is for students using Courseware integrated with a learning management system. It explains how to create a Courseware account, make a purchase if needed, and get into a course to see and start assignments.
Other LMS
If your LMS is not specified, there are general LMS integration resources available.
Cengage Listed Twice in LMS Content Market
When integrating a MindTap course with your LMS, you see two versions of the Cengage tool listed in your LMS.
Enable Enhanced Course Copy
After integrating Canvas with Spark, you can allow instructors at your institution to use enhanced course copy.
Enable Enhanced Course Copy
After integrating Canvas with Spark, you can allow instructors at your institution to use enhanced course copy.
(LTI Advantage) Integrate an Existing MindTap Course with LMS
If you already created the MindTap course you want to integrate with LMS — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.
What is the Basic Skills Handbook?
The Basic Skills Handbook provides a reference and practice worksheets so students and educators can review below grade-level math skills. This resource is available in print and online for middle school programs.
Sites to Allow
For the Spark platform to work correctly, ensure the following sites are not blocked by firewalls, and that cookies and pop-up windows are allowed for them.
System Requirements
Supported Browsers Supported browsers for different activity types may vary. If you are using SAM in MindTap, see SAM in MindTap System Requirements . Windows Chrome 135 and 136 Edge 134 and 135 macOS Chrome 135 and 136 Safari 17 and 18 Chrome OS Chrome 135 and 136 iOS Safari 18 (iPad only) Safari current and preceding version (iPad only) Exams, Training, and Office Online Projects are supported on iPad. All other projects require an installed version of Microsoft Office. Student assignments...
Not Automatically Signed in to WebAssign from Blackboard
When you open WebAssign from Blackboard, you should be automatically signed in to WebAssign. Sometimes this does not happen and the WebAssign sign-in page is displayed instead.
Create a Cengage Course in NGLSync
In the upper-left corner, click › My Courses . You can also click My Courses on the K–12 Dashboard Home page. Click Create Course . Select Start from scratch and click Continue . Select your school district and click Continue . Select a product and click Continue . You can scroll through the products purchased by your district, or search by name, subject, author, or ISBN. Set the number of courses to create. You can create up to 5 copies of this course at a time with the same product and...
District Admin Portal
The District Admin Overview page includes information such as the District Admin Access Code, which is used for registering additional administrators. It also shows the number of registered teachers and students, the number of assignments issued and completed, the number of average logins by users, and the Teacher Access Code, which is used for registering additional teachers (only for districts using self-registration). This page also includes information on licenses purchased by the district, their expiration dates, and the books the district purchased.
Create a Schoology-Integrated Spark Course
Create your Spark course from your Schoology course to connect the two courses.
Question Updates
From time to time, WebAssign provides updated versions of existing questions to provide enhanced functionality or enriched content or to correct a problem.
CNOW Activities
CNOW contains a bank of questions to assess your students' understanding of the content in your eBook. You can search through the questions by chapter, section, and question type and use them to create homework assignments and tests.
Create a LMS-Integrated Spark Course
Create your Spark course from your LMS course to connect the two courses.
Customize and Share Dynamic Lessons
Depending on how your institution is set up, you may be able to customize and share Dynamic Lessons with instructors at your institution.
Sync Scores to LMS
After adding activity links from LMS, your students' WebAssign scores sync to LMS based on your settings. If needed, you can manually sync scores to LMS.
What is the Chapter Review?
Students have the opportunity to review skills and concepts learned in the chapter in the Chapter Reviews. Students can utilize the exercises to prepare for the chapter test. The Chapter Reviews can be found in the textbooks before the Chapter Tests. Chapter Review also provided online in the Dynamic Assessment System.