Integration With Learning Management Systems

WebAssign can be integrated with several learning management systems (LMS). This lets you use the LMS and WebAssign together to teach your class.

(LTI 1.0) Other LMS

If your LMS is not specified, there are general LMS integration resources available.

(WebAssign 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.

(LTI Advantage) Other LMS

If your LMS is not specified, there are general LMS integration resources available.

Other LMS

If your LMS is not specified, there are general LMS integration resources available.

Other LMS

If your LMS is not specified, there are general LMS integration resources available.

Other LMS

If your LMS is not specified, there are general LMS integration resources available.

Other LMS

If your LMS is not specified, there are general LMS integration resources available.

Other LMS

If your LMS is not specified, there are general LMS integration resources available.

Other LMS

If your LMS is not specified, there are general LMS integration resources available.

Other LMS

If your LMS is not specified, there are general LMS integration resources available.

Integrate WebAssign With Your Brightspace Course

If your institution uses the old WebAssign - Brightspace integration, see Set Up LMS Integration (Old) . Your Brightspace administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Brightspace. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Brightspace. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Brightspace and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same...

Integrate WebAssign With Your Canvas LTI Advantage Course

If your institution uses the old WebAssign - Canvas integration, see Set Up LMS Integration (Old) . Your Canvas administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Canvas. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Canvas. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Canvas and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same Canvas course. How do I know if...

(LTI Advantage) Other LMS

If your LMS is not specified, there are general LMS integration resources available.

Integrate WebAssign With Your Moodle Course

If your institution uses the old WebAssign - Moodle integration, see Set Up LMS Integration (Old) . Your Moodle administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Moodle. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Moodle. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Moodle and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same Moodle course. General Procedure...

Integrate WebAssign With Your Blackboard Course

If your institution uses the old WebAssign - Blackboard integration, see Set Up LMS Integration (Old) . Your Blackboard administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Blackboard. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Blackboard. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Blackboard and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same Blackboard...

(LTI 1.0) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New LMS Course

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.

(LTI 1.0) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course With LMS

If your LTI 1.0 LMS is not otherwise specified, the following steps apply to any LTI 1.0 compliant LMS. If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with LMS — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

Integrate WebAssign With Your Sakai Course

Your Sakai administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Sakai. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Sakai. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Sakai and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same Sakai course. Create your course in Sakai. Choose one of the following: Create a New Sakai-Integrated WebAssign Course Copy a WebAssign...

Integrate WebAssign With Your Schoology Course

Your Schoology administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Schoology. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Schoology. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Schoology and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same Schoology course. Single-Section Courses Create your course in Schoology. Choose one of the following: Create a New...

Cengage Listed Twice in LMS Content Market

When integrating a WebAssign course with your LMS, you see two versions of the Cengage tool listed in your LMS.

Copy a WebAssign Course to a New LTI Advantage LMS Course

If your LTI Advantage LMS is not otherwise specified, the following steps apply to any LTI Advantage compliant LMS. Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new LTI Advantage LMS course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

(LTI 1.0) Create a New LMS-Integrated WebAssign Course

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. 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...

Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course With LTI Advantage LMS

If your LTI Advantage LMS is not otherwise specified, the following steps apply to any LTI Advantage compliant LMS. If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with LTI Advantage LMS — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

Add Assignments to LMS

Create links from your LMS to content in WebAssign.

Add Links in LMS to WebAssign Activities and Resources

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.

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.

Add Links in LTI Advantage 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. After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from LTI Advantage LMS to activities or other content in WebAssign. Linked graded activities are included in the LTI Advantage LMS gradebook.

Integrate WebAssign With Your LMS Course

Your LMS administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in LMS. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from LMS. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both LMS and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same LMS course. Create your course in LMS. Choose one of the following: In your WebAssign course, assign the activities you want to use. Related...

Copy Your WebAssign-Integrated Course in LMS

Copy a WebAssign-integrated LMS course to copy all content and course settings in both LMS and WebAssign at the same time.

(LTI Advantage) Create a New LMS-Integrated WebAssign Course

If you have not created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with LMS, create it from LMS.

Sync Scores to LMS

After adding activity links from your LMS, your students' WebAssign scores sync automatically to your LMS based on your settings. Syncing WebAssign scores should take 5 minutes or less.

Integrate WebAssign With Your LMS LTI Advantage Course

Your LMS administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in LMS. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from LMS. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both LMS and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same LMS course. General Procedure Create your course in LMS. Choose one of the following: In your WebAssign course, assign the activities you want to...

Create a New LTI Advantage LMS-Integrated WebAssign Course

If you do not know where to find the Cengage tool, try searching the LMS help system or ask your administrator. Open your LTI Advantage LMS course. Follow the steps for your LMS to access the Cengage tool. Click the Cengage tool. If the tool is not available, contact your administrator. If prompted, sign in to your Cengage instructor account to link your LTI Advantage LMS and Cengage accounts. If you don't have a Cengage instructor account, click Create Account . On the Integrate with Cengage...

(LTI Advantage) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New LMS Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new LMS course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

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.

(LTI Advantage) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course with LMS

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with LMS — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

LMS Proctoring Solutions

The proctoring solutions available to you will vary depending on which Cengage platform and LMS you use.

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 WebAssign sections are linked to an LMS in the Instructor Center.

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.

(LTI Advantage) Create a New LMS-Integrated WebAssign Course

If you have not created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with LMS, create it from LMS.

WebAssign Course is not in Your LMS

After selecting Link to an existing course or section in your LMS, your WebAssign course does not display as an option.

(LTI Advantage) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New LMS Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new LMS course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

(LTI 1.0) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New LMS Course

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.

Added Wrong Cengage Product or Course in LMS

When you add Cengage content to your LMS, you select a product, then create or copy a course using that product. If you accidentally select the wrong product, or copy the wrong course, you can easily change your selections in the Cengage tool.

Sync Scores to LTI Advantage LMS

After adding activity links from LTI Advantage LMS, your students' WebAssign scores sync to LTI Advantage LMS based on your settings. If needed, you can manually sync scores to LTI Advantage LMS.

Import Test Banks to LMS

Import test banks based on your textbook from Cognero to your LMS. Refer to the appropriate documentation for your LMS to take advantage of their secure testing measures.

(LTI 1.0) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course With LMS

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. If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with LMS — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI Advantage) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course with LMS

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with LMS — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

Copy Your WebAssign-Integrated Course in LMS

Copy a WebAssign-integrated LMS course to copy all content and course settings in both LMS and WebAssign at the same time.

Course Copy Options

There are two ways to copy a LMS-integrated WebAssign course. Choose the method that best fits your needs. Copy in LMS This is the quickest and easiest method. This method is recommended for: Instructors reusing their course from a previous term. Instructors who are copying a course from a template or another instructor and do not need to edit assignments. Copy in WebAssign and link in LMS This method is more time-consuming, but preserves certain settings and lets instructors edit assignments....

(LTI 1.0) Create a New Schoology-Integrated WebAssign Course

Open your Schoology course. If you do not have a default grade category in your Schoology course, create one. A default grade category is required to sync grades between Schoology and WebAssign. Click Grade Setup . In Categories , click Add . Enter information for your category and click Create . To use this category for WebAssign assignments, click . On the Materials tab, click Add Materials › Cengage LMS Integration . If prompted, sign in to your Cengage instructor account to link your...

Create a New LTI Advantage LMS-Integrated WebAssign Course

If you have not created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with LTI Advantage LMS, create it from LTI Advantage LMS.

Copy Your WebAssign-Integrated Course in LTI Advantage LMS

Copy a WebAssign-integrated LTI Advantage LMS course to copy all content and course settings in both LTI Advantage LMS and WebAssign at the same time.

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.

Copy a WebAssign Course to a New LTI Advantage LMS Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new LTI Advantage LMS course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course with LTI Advantage LMS

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with LTI Advantage LMS — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

Integrate WebAssign With Your LMS Course

If your institution uses the old WebAssign - LMS integration, see Set Up LMS Integration (Old) . Your LMS administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in LMS. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from LMS. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both LMS and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same LMS course. How do I know if I'm using this...

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 WebAssign sections are linked to an LMS in the Instructor Center.

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 WebAssign sections are linked to an LMS in the Instructor Center.

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 WebAssign sections are linked to an LMS in the Instructor Center.

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 WebAssign sections are linked to an LMS in the Instructor Center.

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 WebAssign sections are linked to an LMS in the Instructor Center.

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 WebAssign sections are linked to an LMS in the Instructor Center.

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 WebAssign sections are linked to an LMS in the Instructor Center.

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 WebAssign sections are linked to an LMS in the Instructor Center.

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 WebAssign sections are linked to an LMS in the Instructor Center.

Integrate WebAssign With Your Canvas Course

If your institution uses the old WebAssign - Canvas integration, see Set Up LMS Integration (Old) . Your Canvas administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Canvas. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Canvas. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Canvas and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same Canvas course. How do I know if...

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.

Add a Link to Student Dashboard

After linking your LMS and WebAssign courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to WebAssign activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.

Add a Link to Technical Support

After linking your LMS and WebAssign courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to WebAssign activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.

Link to WebAssign Activities and Resources

After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from LMS to activities or other content in WebAssign.

Integrate WebAssign With Your LMS LTI Advantage Course

If your institution uses the old WebAssign - LMS integration, see Set Up LMS Integration (Old) . Your LMS administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in LMS. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from LMS. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both LMS and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same LMS course. How do I know if I'm using LTI...

(LTI 1.0) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Schoology Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Schoology course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

Integrate WebAssign With Your LTI Advantage LMS Course

Your LTI Advantage LMS administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in LTI Advantage LMS. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from LTI Advantage LMS. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both LTI Advantage LMS and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same LTI Advantage LMS course. Create your course in LTI Advantage LMS. Choose one of the...

LMS Troubleshooting

Sometimes problems can occur with WebAssign and your Learning Management System.

Integrate WebAssign With Your LTI Advantage LMS LTI Advantage Course

Your LTI Advantage LMS administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in LTI Advantage LMS. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from LTI Advantage LMS. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both LTI Advantage LMS and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same LTI Advantage LMS course. General Procedure Create your course in LTI Advantage LMS....

Export Blackboard Course Settings and Content

As an alternative to copying your Blackboard course and its WebAssign integration settings into a new Blackboard course, you can export your Blackboard course settings and content to a file and then import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Integrate WebAssign With Your Google Classroom Course

Your Google Classroom administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Google Classroom. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Google Classroom. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Google Classroom and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same Google Classroom course. Google Classroom Versions How you add WebAssign content to your...

Sync All Scores to Canvas

You can request a manual sync of all assignment scores to Canvas. This option is available for the new integration method only.

Sync All Scores to Moodle

You can request a manual sync of all assignment scores to Moodle. This option is available for the new integration method only.

Sync All Scores to Schoology

You can request a manual sync of all assignment scores to Schoology. This option is available for the new integration method only.

Sync All Scores to Brightspace

You can request a manual sync of all assignment scores to Brightspace. This option is available for the new integration method only.

Sync All Scores to Blackboard

You can request a manual sync of all assignment scores to Blackboard. This option is available for the new integration method only.

Links to WebAssign Courses or Activities Don't Work

When you click a link to a WebAssign course or activity from your LMS, the link doesn't open a new browser window with the course or learning activity.

Create a New Google Classroom-Integrated WebAssign Course

This task is different depending on the version of Google Classroom your school uses. 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 Google Workspace for Education Plus. If your assignment does not have Add-ons , your school uses Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals/Standard. Open the Cengage integration tool. If your school uses Google Workspace for Education Plus: This integration...

(LTI 1.0) Create a New Blackboard-Integrated WebAssign Course

Open your Blackboard course. Add WebAssign content to your course. Blackboard Original Click Content › Build Content › Cengage Content . If the Cengage tool is not shown under Build Content , see. Blackboard Ultra Click + › Content Market . Click Cengage Content under Institution Tools . 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 . If the...

Add a Link to Technical Support

After linking your LMS and WebAssign courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to WebAssign activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.

Add a Link to Student Dashboard

After linking your LMS and WebAssign courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to WebAssign activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.

Grade Sync Problems

Student grades in WebAssign do not sync to your LMS, or sync very slowly.

(LTI 1.0) Create a New LMS-Integrated WebAssign Course

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. This task is different depending on the version of Google Classroom your school uses. 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 Google Workspace for Education Plus. If your assignment does not have Add-ons , your school...

(LTI Advantage) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Canvas Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Canvas course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

(LTI Advantage) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course with Brightspace

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Brightspace — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI 1.0) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course With Blackboard

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Blackboard — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI 1.0) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course With Canvas

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Canvas — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI 1.0) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course With Moodle

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Moodle — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI 1.0) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course With Schoology

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Schoology — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI 1.0) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course With Sakai

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Sakai — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI Advantage) Create a New Brightspace-Integrated WebAssign Course

If you have not created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Brightspace, create it from Brightspace.

(LTI Advantage) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course with Canvas

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Canvas — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI Advantage) Create a New Canvas-Integrated WebAssign Course

If you have not created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Canvas, create it from Canvas.

Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Google Classroom Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Google Classroom course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course With Google Classroom

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Google Classroom — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI 1.0) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Blackboard Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Blackboard course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

(LTI 1.0) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Moodle Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Moodle course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

(LTI 1.0) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Canvas Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Canvas course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

(LTI 1.0) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Sakai Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Sakai course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

Add a Link to Technical Support

After linking your Schoology and WebAssign courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to WebAssign activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.

Add a Link to Student Dashboard

After linking your Schoology and WebAssign courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to WebAssign activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.

Link to WebAssign Activities and Resources

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.

(LTI 1.0) Create a New Moodle-Integrated WebAssign Course

Open your Moodle course. 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. If prompted, sign in to your Cengage instructor account to link your Moodle and Cengage accounts. If you don't have a Cengage instructor account, click Create Account . On the Integrate with Cengage page, click Select Platform . On the Select Title page, select the textbook or product to use in your...

(LTI 1.0) Create a New Sakai-Integrated WebAssign Course

Open your Sakai course. 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. If prompted, sign in to your Cengage instructor account to link your Sakai and Cengage accounts. If you don't have a Cengage instructor account, click Create Account . On...

(LTI 1.0) Create a New Canvas-Integrated WebAssign Course

Open your Canvas course. Add the Cengage app to your course navigation if it is not already listed. The app is copied when you copy a Canvas course. From the course navigation, click Settings › Navigation . Drag the Cengage app to the course navigation. Click Save . From the course navigation, click Cengage . If you get an error message when you click Cengage , see the following: Create a New Canvas-Integrated WebAssign Course Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Canvas Course Add Links in Canvas...

Copy Your WebAssign-Integrated Course in Canvas

Copy a WebAssign-integrated Canvas course to copy all content and course settings in both Canvas and WebAssign at the same time.

Copy Your WebAssign-Integrated Course in Brightspace

Copy a WebAssign-integrated Brightspace course to copy all content and course settings in both Brightspace and WebAssign at the same time.

Copy Your WebAssign-Integrated Course in Blackboard

Copy a WebAssign-integrated Blackboard course to copy all content and course settings in both Blackboard and WebAssign at the same time.

(LTI Advantage) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Brightspace Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Brightspace course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

Add Links in Canvas LTI Advantage to WebAssign Activities

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.

Course Copy Options

There are two ways to copy a Canvas-integrated WebAssign course. Choose the method that best fits your needs. Copy in Canvas This is the quickest and easiest method. This method is recommended for: Instructors reusing their course from a previous term. Instructors who are copying a course from a template or another instructor and do not need to edit assignments. Copy in WebAssign and link in Canvas This method is more time-consuming, but preserves certain settings and lets instructors edit...

Course Copy Options

There are two ways to copy a Brightspace-integrated WebAssign course. Choose the method that best fits your needs. Copy in Brightspace This is the quickest and easiest method. This method is recommended for: Instructors reusing their course from a previous term. Instructors who are copying a course from a template or another instructor and do not need to edit assignments. Copy in WebAssign and link in Brightspace This method is more time-consuming, but preserves certain settings and lets...

Course Copy Options

There are two ways to copy a Blackboard-integrated WebAssign course. Choose the method that best fits your needs. Copy in Blackboard This is the quickest and easiest method. This method is recommended for: Instructors reusing their course from a previous term. Instructors who are copying a course from a template or another instructor and do not need to edit assignments. Copy in WebAssign and link in Blackboard This method is more time-consuming, but preserves certain settings and lets...

Course Copy Options

There are two ways to copy a Moodle-integrated WebAssign course. Choose the method that best fits your needs. Copy in Moodle This is the quickest and easiest method. This method is recommended for: Instructors reusing their course from a previous term. Instructors who are copying a course from a template or another instructor and do not need to edit assignments. Copy in WebAssign and link in Moodle This method is more time-consuming, but preserves certain settings and lets instructors edit...

Course Copy Options

There are two ways to copy a Sakai-integrated WebAssign course. Choose the method that best fits your needs. Copy in Sakai This is the quickest and easiest method. This method is recommended for: Instructors reusing their course from a previous term. Instructors who are copying a course from a template or another instructor and do not need to edit assignments. Copy in WebAssign and link in Sakai This method is more time-consuming, but preserves certain settings and lets instructors edit...

Course Copy Options

There are two ways to copy a Schoology-integrated WebAssign course. Choose the method that best fits your needs. Copy in Schoology This is the quickest and easiest method. This method is recommended for: Instructors reusing their course from a previous term. Instructors who are copying a course from a template or another instructor and do not need to edit assignments. Copy in WebAssign and link in Schoology This method is more time-consuming, but preserves certain settings and lets instructors...

Add a Link to Technical Support

After linking your Brightspace and WebAssign courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to WebAssign activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.

Add a Link to Student Dashboard

After linking your Brightspace and WebAssign courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to WebAssign activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.

Add a Link to Technical Support

After linking your LTI Advantage LMS and WebAssign courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to WebAssign activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.

Add a Link to Student Dashboard

After linking your LTI Advantage LMS and WebAssign courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to WebAssign activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.

Link to WebAssign Activities and Resources

After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from LTI Advantage LMS to activities or other content in WebAssign.

Proctorio

Use Proctorio for your LMS-integrated course to ensure academic integrity.

Honorlock

Use Honorlock for your LMS-integrated course to ensure academic integrity.

Add Links in Moodle to WebAssign Activities and Resources

After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from Moodle to activities or other content in WebAssign. Linked graded activities are included in the Moodle gradebook.

Add Links in Blackboard to WebAssign Activities and Resources

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

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.

Add a Link to Student Dashboard

After linking your Blackboard and WebAssign courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to WebAssign activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.

Add a Link to Technical Support

After linking your Blackboard and WebAssign courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to WebAssign activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.

Add a Link to Technical Support

After linking your Moodle and WebAssign courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to WebAssign activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.

Add a Link to Student Dashboard

After linking your Moodle and WebAssign courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to WebAssign activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.

Add a Link to Student Dashboard

After linking your Canvas and WebAssign courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to WebAssign activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.

Add a Link to Technical Support

After linking your Canvas and WebAssign courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to WebAssign activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.

Add Links in Canvas LTI Advantage to WebAssign Activities

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.

Add Links in Google Classroom to WebAssign Activities and Resources

After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from Google Classroom to activities or other content in WebAssign.

Add Links in Sakai to WebAssign Activities and Resources

After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from Sakai to activities or other content in WebAssign.

Add Links in Schoology to WebAssign Activities and Resources

After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from Schoology to activities or other content in WebAssign.

Link to WebAssign Activities and Resources

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

Add a Link to Student Dashboard

After linking your Sakai and WebAssign courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to WebAssign activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.

Add a Link to Technical Support

After linking your Sakai and WebAssign courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to WebAssign activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.

Export Blackboard Course Settings and Content

As an alternative to copying your Blackboard course and its WebAssign integration settings into a new Blackboard course, you can export your Blackboard course settings and content to a file and then import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Export Blackboard Course Settings and Content

As an alternative to copying your Blackboard course and its WebAssign integration settings into a new Blackboard course, you can export your Blackboard course settings and content to a file and then import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Export Blackboard Course Settings and Content

As an alternative to copying your Blackboard course and its WebAssign integration settings into a new Blackboard course, you can export your Blackboard course settings and content to a file and then import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Export Blackboard Course Settings and Content

As an alternative to copying your Blackboard course and its WebAssign integration settings into a new Blackboard course, you can export your Blackboard course settings and content to a file and then import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Export Blackboard Course Settings and Content

As an alternative to copying your Blackboard course and its WebAssign integration settings into a new Blackboard course, you can export your Blackboard course settings and content to a file and then import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Export Blackboard Course Settings and Content

As an alternative to copying your Blackboard course and its WebAssign integration settings into a new Blackboard course, you can export your Blackboard course settings and content to a file and then import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Export Blackboard Course Settings and Content

As an alternative to copying your Blackboard course and its WebAssign integration settings into a new Blackboard course, you can export your Blackboard course settings and content to a file and then import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Export Blackboard Course Settings and Content

As an alternative to copying your Blackboard course and its WebAssign integration settings into a new Blackboard course, you can export your Blackboard course settings and content to a file and then import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Export Blackboard Course Settings and Content

As an alternative to copying your Blackboard course and its WebAssign integration settings into a new Blackboard course, you can export your Blackboard course settings and content to a file and then import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Add a Link to Student Dashboard

After linking your Google Classroom and WebAssign courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to WebAssign activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.

Add a Link to Technical Support

After linking your Google Classroom and WebAssign courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to WebAssign activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.

Exams

You can create and manage tests in WebAssign, and you can set restrictions like a password or time limit to ensure academic integrity. If your course is LMS integrated, you can link your test from your LMS to take advantage of proctoring solutions that might be available to you depending on your institution.

Remove or Edit Links to WebAssign Courses or Activities

You can delete a link if needed, rename links, or add descriptions to be shown after each link.

Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials

You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.

Import Blackboard Course Settings and Content

After you have exported Blackboard course settings and content to a file, you can import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

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 .

Cognero Test Banks

Cognero test banks are based on your textbook content. Create and administer online tests in Cognero, or import test banks to your LMS.

Rescore Assignments for Courses

If a problem with assignment scoring affects many students in one or more sections of your class, rescore the assignment for the entire class. For LMS-integrated courses, a rescore also syncs scores to your LMS. Rescoring is faster than a manual sync because it syncs only the rescored assignments.

Rescore Assignments for Affected Students

If a problem with assignment scoring affects only one or a few students, do not rescore the assignment for the entire class. Instead, rescore the assignment just for the affected students. For LMS-integrated courses, a rescore also syncs scores to your LMS. Rescoring is faster than a manual sync because it syncs only the rescored assignments.

Courses

You can create a single section course or a multisection course, grant other instructors access to your class, and integrate your course with an LMS.

Rescore Assignments That Have a Changed Question

If you need to change a question that you have already scheduled in an assignment — for example, to correct your answer or allow alternative correct responses — rescore assignments containing the question after you save it. For LMS-integrated courses, a rescore also syncs scores to your LMS. Rescoring is faster than a manual sync because it syncs only the rescored assignments.

Access Cognero Test Banks

Access Cognero test banks from your Instructor Center. Create and administer online tests in Cognero, or import test banks to your LMS.

Transfer a Student Between Courses

Transfer a student from their current course section to a section in a different course. If either course section is integrated with an LMS, ask customer support for help with the transfer.

Add Links in Canvas LTI Advantage to WebAssign Activities

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.

proctoring-symbols

While Cengage supports our learning platform integrations with several Learning Management Systems, proctoring solutions are third party services that we do not directly support. The LMS and proctoring solution versions we have tested might not be the same versions you use. For this reason, your process and results might vary and Cengage cannot guarantee support for any third party proctoring service. Students should download the Proctorio extension ahead of time, or they will be prompted to do...

Add Links in Brightspace to WebAssign Activities and Resources

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

Enable Proctorio Exam Proctoring for Canvas-Integrated WebAssign

If you use Canvas, you can prevent cheating by using Proctorio. Create a Canvas quiz that requires Proctorio and use it to link to WebAssign. Your students will continue to be monitored by Proctorio while they complete their exam in WebAssign.

Enable Honorlock Exam Proctoring for Canvas-Integrated WebAssign

If you use Canvas, you can prevent cheating by using Honorlock. Link your test from Canvas and enable Honorlock. Your students will continue to be monitored by Honorlock while they complete their exam in WebAssign.

Use eBooks and Resource Materials

Access eBooks from your student dashboard and your WebAssign course. If your course uses a Learning Management System (LMS), you can access your eBook from there if enabled by your instructor. Your instructor might also have shared additional resource materials.

Enable Honorlock Exam Proctoring for Blackboard Ultra-Integrated WebAssign

If you use Blackboard Ultra, you can prevent cheating by using Honorlock. Create a Blackboard Ultra test that requires Honorlock and use it to link to WebAssign. Your students are monitored by Honorlock while they complete their exam in WebAssign.

Enable Proctorio Exam Proctoring for Blackboard Ultra-Integrated WebAssign

If you use Blackboard Ultra, you can prevent cheating by using Proctorio. Create a Blackboard Ultra test that requires Proctorio and use it to link to WebAssign. Your students are monitored by Proctorio while they complete their exam in WebAssign.

Enable Proctorio Exam Proctoring for Blackboard-Integrated WebAssign

If you use Blackboard, you can prevent cheating by using Proctorio. Create a Blackboard test that requires Proctorio and use it to link to WebAssign. Your students will continue to be monitored by Proctorio while they complete their exam in WebAssign.

Hide Gradebook

Hide the WebAssign gradebook from your students if you are using a different gradebook such as the one in your LMS. This helps you to ensure that your students are using the correct gradebook to check their progress.

Sync Scores to Canvas

After adding activity links from Canvas, your students' WebAssign scores sync to Canvas based on your settings. If needed, you can manually sync scores to Canvas.

Sync Scores to Moodle

After adding activity links from Moodle, your students' WebAssign scores sync to Moodle based on your settings. If needed, you can manually sync scores to Moodle.

Sync Scores to Schoology

After adding activity links from Schoology, your students' WebAssign scores sync to Schoology based on your settings. If needed, you can manually sync scores to Schoology.

Sync Scores to Brightspace

After adding activity links from Brightspace, your students' WebAssign scores sync to Brightspace based on your settings. If needed, you can manually sync scores to Brightspace.

Sync Scores to Blackboard

After adding activity links from Blackboard, your students' WebAssign scores sync to Blackboard based on your settings. If needed, you can manually sync scores to Blackboard.

Integrate WebAssign With Your Brightspace LTI Advantage Course

If your institution uses the old WebAssign - Brightspace integration, see Set Up LMS Integration (Old) . Your Brightspace administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Brightspace. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Brightspace. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Brightspace and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same...

Integrate WebAssign With Your Blackboard LTI Advantage Course

If your institution uses the old WebAssign - Blackboard integration, see Set Up LMS Integration (Old) . Your Blackboard administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Blackboard. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Blackboard. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Blackboard and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same Blackboard...

Integrate WebAssign With Your Moodle LTI Advantage Course

If your institution uses the old WebAssign - Moodle integration, see Set Up LMS Integration (Old) . Your Moodle administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Moodle. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Moodle. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Moodle and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same Moodle course. General Procedure...

Add Links in Canvas LTI Advantage to WebAssign Activities

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.

Add Links in Canvas LTI Advantage to WebAssign Activities

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.

Add Links in Canvas LTI Advantage to WebAssign Activities

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.

Add Links in Canvas LTI Advantage to WebAssign Activities

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.

Add Links in Canvas LTI Advantage to WebAssign Activities

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.

Add Links in Canvas LTI Advantage to WebAssign Activities

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.

(LTI 1.0) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course With Brightspace

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Brightspace — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

Link 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.

Link to WebAssign Activities and Resources

After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from Moodle to activities or other content in WebAssign. Linked graded activities are included in the Moodle gradebook.

Link to WebAssign Activities and Resources

After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from Sakai to activities or other content in WebAssign.

Link to WebAssign Activities and Resources

After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from Schoology to activities or other content in WebAssign.

Link to WebAssign Activities and Resources

After setting up your WebAssign course, create links from Google Classroom to activities or other content in WebAssign.

Link to WebAssign Activities and Resources

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

Manually Apply Penalty or Bonus Points

You can change a student's assignment score by applying a penalty or a bonus. When you do so, the points you add or subtract are factored into the total, which is the adjusted score.

Remove Adjustments to Scores

You can specify which type of score to use in the Adjust Score box. For example, you might decide to remove score adjustments and revert to the raw score if you gave a student a bonus in error.

Blackboard Ultra

Use the following proctoring solutions to ensure academic integrity in your Blackboard Ultra-integrated course.

Canvas

Use the following proctoring solutions to ensure academic integrity in your Canvas-integrated course.

Blackboard Original

Use the following proctoring solutions to ensure academic integrity in your Blackboard-integrated course.

Blackboard Problems

Sometimes problems can occur with WebAssign and Blackboard.

Brightspace Problems

Sometimes problems can occur with WebAssign and Brightspace.

Canvas Problems

Sometimes problems can occur with WebAssign and Canvas.

General Error Message Displays

A General Error message displays and the action you were attempting is not successful.

Moodle Problems

Sometimes problems can occur with WebAssign and Moodle.

Sakai Problems

Sometimes problems can occur with WebAssign and Sakai.

Schoology Problems

Sometimes problems can occur with WebAssign and Schoology.

Signed out of Moodle While Using Cengage Tool

You are signed out of Moodle when you try to add WebAssign activity links while using Google Chrome.

Course Creation Error

An error message displays when you try to create a course.

Upload a Roster File

You can add students to a class roster by uploading a roster file containing information for each student.

View an Assignment as a Student

When you create a course, you can interact with assignments as if you were a student. This is a good way to test an assignment.

Blackboard Not Available

If the Blackboard system is unavailable, you can sign in to WebAssign directly if you have previously set your WebAssign password.

Blackboard Syncing Errors

Some users who created their WebAssign course in Blackboard are unable to sync data between WebAssign and Blackboard. Courses must be created in WebAssign, then linked to in Blackboard.

Multi-Term Access Code Not Applied When Linking From Blackboard

If you purchased multi-term access to WebAssign and your current or previous class uses Blackboard to link to WebAssign, your multi-term access code might not work automatically.

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.

Import Blackboard Course Settings and Content

After you have exported Blackboard course settings and content to a file, you can import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Import Cognero Question Sets to Canvas

Use question sets from Cognero to build quizzes or tests in Canvas.

Import Cognero Question Sets to Moodle

Use question sets from Cognero to build quizzes or tests in Moodle.

Import Cognero Question Sets to Brightspace

Use question sets from Cognero to build quizzes or tests in Brightspace.

Import Cognero Question Sets to Blackboard

Use question sets from Cognero to build quizzes or tests in Blackboard.

Integrate WebAssign With Your Google Classroom LTI Advantage Course

Your Google Classroom administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Google Classroom. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Google Classroom. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Google Classroom and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same Google Classroom course. General Procedure Create your course in Google Classroom. Choose one...

Integrate WebAssign With Your Schoology LTI Advantage Course

Your Schoology administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Schoology. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Schoology. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Schoology and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same Schoology course. General Procedure Create your course in Schoology. Choose one of the following: Create a New...

Integrate WebAssign With Your Sakai LTI Advantage Course

Your Sakai administrator must have set up the Cengage tool in Sakai. With this integration: You and your students access your WebAssign courses from Sakai. To help your students, use clear and consistent naming for your courses and sections in both Sakai and WebAssign. This is especially important if you integrate more than one WebAssign section from the same Sakai course. General Procedure Create your course in Sakai. Choose one of the following: Create a New Sakai-Integrated WebAssign Course...

Can't Find Cengage Content in Blackboard

When setting up your WebAssign course in Blackboard, you cannot find Cengage content under Content (Blackboard Original) or Institution Tools (Blackboard Ultra).

(LTI 1.0) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Brightspace Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Brightspace course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

WebAssign Instructor Help

Provide engaging content, challenge every individual and build student confidence with WebAssign, the platform that gives you complete control over your course.

Manage Account

Use your Cengage account to sign in to WebAssign.

What's New in WebAssign

WebAssign software releases include improvements and bug fixes.

Troubleshooting and Support

Sometimes, WebAssign might not behave as expected. This could be the result of a technical problem, a limitation, or user error. Whatever the cause, these topics can help you understand and address some of the most common issues before contacting Customer Support.

Can't Open Assignment

Your assignment does not open when you click it.

Course Copy Options

There are two ways to copy a LMS-integrated WebAssign course. Choose the method that best fits your needs. Copy in LMS This is the quickest and easiest method. This method is recommended for: Instructors reusing their course from a previous term. Instructors who are copying a course from a template or another instructor and do not need to edit assignments. Copy in WebAssign and link in LMS This method is more time-consuming, but preserves certain settings and lets instructors edit assignments....

Course Copy Options

There are two ways to copy a LTI Advantage LMS-integrated WebAssign course. Choose the method that best fits your needs. Copy in LTI Advantage LMS This is the quickest and easiest method. This method is recommended for: Instructors reusing their course from a previous term. Instructors who are copying a course from a template or another instructor and do not need to edit assignments. Copy in WebAssign and link in LTI Advantage LMS This method is more time-consuming, but preserves certain...

Excuse Students from Assignments

You can excuse a student from an assignment. When you do so, they receive no points for the assignment. The lack of points does not factor into their class grade or the GradeBook in any way. It is as if the student was never scheduled to take that assignment.

Using the Help System

Open the help system by clicking at the top of any page in WebAssign.

Access Resources

Access additional resources such companion sites and Cognero test generator.

Let Students Self-Enroll

Instead of creating and distributing usernames and passwords to your students, you can give students a link to enroll themselves in your course.

Enroll Students Using a Roster File

Instead of letting students enroll themselves, you can enroll students by uploading your students' data to create their Cengage accounts.

Configure Browser Settings in Chrome

If needed, configure your browser settings in Chrome.

Allow Pop-Up Windows in Chrome

Go to chrome://settings/content/popups. Next to Allowed to send pop-ups or use redirects , click Add and add each of the following domains: The domain used by your Learning Management System (LMS), for example, ncsu.blackboard.com [*.]cengage.com [*.]webassign.com [*.]webassign.net Related information Chrome help: Block or allow pop-ups

FAQ

This section addresses some frequently asked questions.

Allow Pop-Up Windows in Safari

If not open already, open WebAssign in a browser tab. Click Safari › Settings . Click the Websites tab. Click Pop-up Windows . Select Allow for the following domains, if listed: The domain used by your Learning Management System (LMS), for example, ncsu.blackboard.com [*.]cengage.com [*.]webassign.com [*.]webassign.net Related information Safari help: Block pop-ups and unnecessary content

Configure Browser Settings in Safari

If needed, configure your browser settings in Safari.

Create an Account (K-12 Using Cengage School)

Create an Cengage School account to access your products and set up your first course.

Prepare a Roster File

Before you upload a roster file to enroll students in your class, make sure that the roster file includes the required information and structure.

Sync Scores to Google Classroom

After adding activity links from Google Classroom, your students' WebAssign scores sync to Google Classroom based on your settings. If needed, you can manually sync scores to Google Classroom.

Sync Scores to Sakai

After adding activity links from Sakai, your students' WebAssign scores sync to Sakai based on your settings. If needed, you can manually sync scores to Sakai.

Remove or Edit Links to WebAssign Courses or Activities

You can delete a link if needed, rename links, or add descriptions to be shown after each link.

Remove or Edit Links to WebAssign Courses or Activities

You can delete a link if needed, rename links, or add descriptions to be shown after each link.

Remove or Edit Links to WebAssign Courses or Activities

You can delete a link if needed, rename links, or add descriptions to be shown after each link.

Remove or Edit Links to WebAssign Courses or Activities

You can delete a link if needed, rename links, or add descriptions to be shown after each link.

Remove or Edit Links to WebAssign Courses or Activities

You can delete a link if needed, rename links, or add descriptions to be shown after each link.

Remove or Edit Links to WebAssign Courses or Activities

You can delete a link if needed, rename links, or add descriptions to be shown after each link.

Remove or Edit Links to WebAssign Courses or Activities

You can delete a link if needed, rename links, or add descriptions to be shown after each link.

Remove or Edit Links to WebAssign Courses or Activities

You can delete a link if needed, rename links, or add descriptions to be shown after each link.

Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials

You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.

Remove or Edit Links to WebAssign Courses or Activities

You can delete a link if needed, rename links, or add descriptions to be shown after each link.

Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials

You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.

Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials

You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.

Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials

You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.

Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials

You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.

Copy Your WebAssign-Integrated Course in Moodle

Copy a WebAssign-integrated Moodle course to copy all content and course settings in both Moodle and WebAssign at the same time.

Copy Your WebAssign-Integrated Course in Sakai

Copy a WebAssign-integrated Sakai course to copy all content and course settings in both Sakai and WebAssign at the same time.

Copy Your WebAssign-Integrated Course in Schoology

Copy a WebAssign-integrated Schoology course to copy all content and course settings in both Schoology and WebAssign at the same time.

Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials

You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.

Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials

You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.

Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials

You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.

Copy Your WebAssign-Integrated Course in Google Classroom

Copy a WebAssign-integrated Google Classroom course to copy all content and course settings in both Google Classroom and WebAssign at the same time.

Add Links to Techcheck and Training Materials

You can create links to help your students easily check the status of Cengage platforms or access training materials.

(LTI 1.0) Create a New Brightspace-Integrated WebAssign Course

Open your Brightspace course. Open the Course Builder tool. 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. Enter a note for your students. If the WebAssign component of your course has a different start or end date from your course in Brightspace, enter those dates in...

(LTI Advantage) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Moodle Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Moodle course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

(LTI Advantage) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Sakai Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Sakai course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

(LTI Advantage) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Schoology Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Schoology course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

(LTI Advantage) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Google Classroom Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Google Classroom course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

(LTI Advantage) Copy a WebAssign Course to a New Blackboard Course

Copy an existing WebAssign course to a new Blackboard course. You can copy your own WebAssign course or another instructor's course.

Import Blackboard Course Settings and Content

After you have exported Blackboard course settings and content to a file, you can import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Import Blackboard Course Settings and Content

After you have exported Blackboard course settings and content to a file, you can import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Import Blackboard Course Settings and Content

After you have exported Blackboard course settings and content to a file, you can import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Import Blackboard Course Settings and Content

After you have exported Blackboard course settings and content to a file, you can import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Import Blackboard Course Settings and Content

After you have exported Blackboard course settings and content to a file, you can import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Import Blackboard Course Settings and Content

After you have exported Blackboard course settings and content to a file, you can import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Import Blackboard Course Settings and Content

After you have exported Blackboard course settings and content to a file, you can import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

Import Blackboard Course Settings and Content

After you have exported Blackboard course settings and content to a file, you can import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with WebAssign.

(LTI Advantage) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course with Moodle

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Moodle — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI Advantage) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course with Sakai

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Sakai — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI Advantage) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course with Schoology

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Schoology — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI Advantage) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course with Google Classroom

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Google Classroom — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI Advantage) Integrate an Existing WebAssign Course with Blackboard

If you already created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Blackboard — and no students are enrolled — integrate your existing course.

(LTI Advantage) Create a New Moodle-Integrated WebAssign Course

If you have not created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Moodle, create it from Moodle.

(LTI Advantage) Create a New Sakai-Integrated WebAssign Course

If you have not created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Sakai, create it from Sakai.

(LTI Advantage) Create a New Google Classroom-Integrated WebAssign Course

If you have not created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Google Classroom, create it from Google Classroom.

(LTI Advantage) Create a New Blackboard-Integrated WebAssign Course

If you have not created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Blackboard, create it from Blackboard.

(LTI Advantage) Create a New Schoology-Integrated WebAssign Course

If you have not created the WebAssign course you want to integrate with Schoology, create it from Schoology.

Assignments

In WebAssign, you create, update, and manage your assignments independent of a class context. Then, schedule your assignments to one or more course sections to assign work to your students.

Create Questions

In addition to its extensive library of textbook questions, WebAssign supports creating your own questions for use in assignments. You can share questions with other instructors, you can create questions based on existing questions from the WebAssign library, and you can create questions from scratch.

Assignments

Assignments are the work you do for your class in WebAssign, and might include homework assignments, labs, quizzes, or tests, depending on your instructor.

Create a New Assignment

Create your own assignments in WebAssign using textbook or custom questions.

Students

After creating your courses in WebAssign, you can manage your class rosters.

Question Types

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Schedule Assignments

To assign work to your students, schedule assignments to your classes on the Schedule page.

Assignment Questions

Add, remove, or rearrange the questions on your assignment as needed. Use questions from your textbook, other resources, or questions you write yourself.

Cengage School K–12 Teacher Help

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GradeBook

Use the WebAssign GradeBook to calculate category averages or totals, final scores, and assign grades based on the work your students do in WebAssign and any other scores you want to add.

Scores and Answers

You can easily track your students' progress. You can see your students' scores and their work on assignments before or after the assignment is due. This way you can see how they are progressing or how they have done on past assignments — for individual students or for the whole class. ScoreView scores are raw scores and does not take category weighting into account. Within ScoreView you can get detailed analysis of assignments, whole course, or individual students' progress.

Communications

WebAssign provides a number of features for communicating with students and other instructors at your institution without having to use email.

eBooks and Resources

You can use WebAssign to manage and share resource materials for your courses. Using WebAssign, you can access all of your course materials in one place, and you can make selected course materials available to your students when they sign in to WebAssign.

Create Math Questions

You can create questions for your math and science courses that allow your students to enter formatted mathematical notation or work with number lines or two-dimensional graphs. And, you can display correctly formatted mathematical notation in your questions using several different methods.

Assignment Problems

Sometimes problems can occur when you are working on assignments in WebAssign.

Question Behavior

You can configure many aspects of your question's behavior in WebAssign.

Study Tools

Depending on your class, some of the following study tools might be available in WebAssign.

Set Up a GradeBook

Set up the WebAssign GradeBook to calculate assignment category averages, final scores, or letter grades from assignments completed in WebAssign and scores you enter or upload.

Assignment Scoring Settings

Set how assignment questions and question parts are submitted and scored and select the gradebook category for the assignment. Optionally, configure bonus or penalty points, allow students to show their work, or override the recommended tolerance or significant figures behaviors.

Create Chemistry Questions

You can create questions for your chemistry courses that let your students enter correctly formatted chemical notation or draw chemical structures and reactions that are scored automatically. You can also use tools to display chemical notation or chemical structures in your questions.

Personal Study Plan

The Personal Study Plan helps your students identify which sections of the textbook they have mastered and which sections require more study, and provides each student a customized selection of instructional resources that address the student's deficiencies.

Rostering Options

Depending on your institution, you might be able to enroll students in more than one of the following ways.

Extensions

You can grant extensions to give your students more time to complete their work in WebAssign. You also have the option to set up automatic extensions or disallow extension requests for specific classes or assignment categories.

Cengage Read Mobile App

Download the Cengage Read app to read Cengage eBooks on your iOS or Android device.

Best Practices for Creating Assignments

These recommendations might help you when creating assignments for your classes.

Class Insights

Class Insights gives you an analytical view of your students' performance on the textbook topics for which you've assigned work.

Courses

Create and manage your WebAssign courses in Cengage School.

Create General-Purpose Questions

In WebAssign, you can create a wide variety of questions for use in your classes. This section provides step-by-step instructions with examples for creating many kinds of general-purpose questions. These questions reflect the kinds of questions most commonly used in the classroom, but do not include some advanced or discipline-specific question types.

Edit GradeBook Settings

You can edit your GradeBook settings at any time before the end of a course. Some GradeBook settings, like weighting or dropping individual assignments, can be configured only after the GradeBook is set up and assignments are scheduled.

System Requirements

Supported Browsers Windows Chrome 135 and later Edge 134 and later macOS Chrome 135 and later Safari 17 and later iOS Safari 18 and later (iPad only) LockDown Browser assignments cannot be accessed on iOS. Features and content are not optimized for a small screen size and might be difficult to use. Other browsers and versions, such as Firefox, might also work but are not supported. If you have problems when using an unsupported browser version, try using a supported browser version before...

Add Images, Media, or Documents to Your Coursework

You can add images, media such as audio or video files, or documents to your questions, assignments, or announcements.

Assignment Restrictions

You can add security and time restrictions to an assignment, require students to pass one or more prerequisite assignments before starting work on an assignment, or schedule an assignment to be completed as group work.

Personal Study Plan

If available, you can use Personal Study Plan practice quizzes and tutorials to review and learn material covered in your textbook, to identify which sections you need to study, and to quiz yourself as many times as you need until you understand the material.

Video Tutorials

Video tutorials show how to use some features of WebAssign.

Schedule

You can schedule an assignment to a class section on the Schedule page. You drag the assignment from a list of assignments to the class week for which you want to schedule it and provide details about the due date and availability.

Students

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View Student Scores

Your students' assignment scores are a proxy for their understanding of the material and the effort they are making to learn. WebAssign provides a number of ways to review student scores on assignments.

Forums

Instructors can create forums that help instructors and students communicate with each other within WebAssign about course work at any time of the day or night.

Add Questions to an Assignment

Add questions to your assignments from textbooks, your question resources, questions you have created, and public collections.

Enter or Upload Scores

You can include scores to your GradeBook for work completed outside of WebAssign.

K–12 Sign In

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Other Problems

The following issues are not specific to a particular area of the application.

Work with Other Instructors

You can work together with other instructors or TAs in WebAssign. You can authorize others to manage various class activities in WebAssign, and you can share assignments and questions with other instructors.

Adjust or Override Scores

You can change a student's score for an assignment by applying a penalty or a bonus, or by overriding the score. You can also excuse a student from an assignment so no score is associated with that assignment and the assignment is not part of the student's overall grade.

Announcements

You can post class announcements for all your students.

Ask Your Teacher Messages

Your students can send Ask Your Teacher messages about specific questions in their assignments. Each message includes the student's version of the assignment question and their current answers so you can read the message in context.

Create Engineering Questions

You can create questions for your engineering courses that allow your students to answer questions with correctly formatted engineering notation. And, you can display correctly formatted notation in your questions using several different methods.

Create Multi-Part and Tutorial Questions

Single-part questions work well for assessment and practice of simple factual material. But you can provide a richer learning experience for your students by creating multi-part or tutorial questions. You can format your questions with expandable headings to group question parts.

Create Numerical Questions

Numerical questions are fill-in-the-blank questions that are graded for numerical accuracy.

Create Physics Questions

You can create questions for your physics courses that allow your students to answer questions with correctly formatted physics notation. And, you can display correctly formatted notation in your questions using several different methods.

Edit Course or Section

You can change most details of a course or section after creating it.

Grant Extensions

Grant extensions to give your students more time to complete their work in WebAssign. You can grant individual extensions, and you can grant extensions for multiple students or multiple assignments at once.

Organize Your Course Materials

You can use folders to access and organize all of your assignments, questions, images, and files.

Schedule Assignments for Multisection Courses

Generally, when you schedule assignments for multisection courses, you first schedule the assignments you want to a single section and then add new sections to your course. Each new section copies the original section.

Assignment Templates

Assignment templates are sets of assignment settings that help you create assignments quickly. WebAssign provides default assignment templates, or you can customize and save your own assignment templates.

Create chemPad Questions

You can create chemPad questions to let your students enter chemical notation that includes correctly formatted subscripts, superscripts, and reaction arrows.

Display Notation with WaTeX

WebAssign provides a markup language—WaTeX—that you can use to display well-formatted math notation in your questions and assignments. WaTeX is similar in some respects to LaTeX in that both markup languages let you focus more on content and spend less time solving layout problems.

Enter Math Expressions in Your Show My Work Grading Comments

You can enter mathematical expressions in your comments.

Get Started Creating Questions in WebAssign

WebAssign provides tools for finding, duplicating, creating, editing, and testing your own questions.

Numerical Questions

If enabled by your instructor, an answer format tip is displayed below the answer box when it is selected and provides information about the form of the answer that is expected. The answer format tip indicates that a number is expected and might also specify whether significant figures or units will be checked. If your instructor has enabled it, the sigfig icon is displayed beside the answer box for questions that check for significant figures. Type your answer using the indicated notation. Not...

Perl Variables

The following reserved Perl variables are used to return information or set behaviors in questions that you create in WebAssign.

Scores and Grades

You can view your scores and grades for previous assignments, as well as the scores you have for assignments you are currently working on.

Set Assignment and Question Points

Each question on your assignment is assigned by default 1 point for each question part; question pools are assigned 1 point for each question used in the pool. The point value of the assignment is the sum of the points for each question part and question pool. If needed, change point values for question parts, questions, question pools, and the assignment.

Cengage School Troubleshooting

Sometimes problems can occur when managing your WebAssign courses through Cengage School.

calcPad Questions

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calcPad Questions

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Create Graphs Using WAPlot

Create WebAssign plot, or WAPlot, graphs and charts for your questions using Mathematica syntax. Use WAPlot images as conceptual illustrations, representations of functions or data, and multiple-choice answers. WAPlot images can be randomized to match your question variables.

Create Marvin JS Questions

You can create questions that use the Marvin JS tool to allow your students to create or complete drawings of chemical structures and reactions that are scored automatically. You can also use Marvin JS to display chemical structures in your questions.

Create mathPad Questions

WebAssign's mathPad and calcPad tools let your students quickly enter the standard mathematical notation that is displayed in their textbook.

Create Number Line Questions

There are two types of number line questions that use the NumberLine tool: one in which students locate points and graph intervals and inequalities on a real number line graph, referred to as default mode, and another, referred to as points mode, where students indicate point positions on a number line graph.

Give Exams in Cognero

Create and administer exams in Cognero using test banks based on your textbook.

Grade Answers

Grade answers to short answer, essay, file-upload, and Show My Work questions using the Grade Answers button on the Scores page of an assignment.

List of Symbols

Symbols that you can add to your questions using the WebAssign s: tag are listed in the following sections.

Perl Variables and Functions

Most question behaviors in WebAssign are controlled by variables or functions in Perl, a programming language. You do not need to learn Perl to write good questions in WebAssign using the documentation and examples. But, knowing some basics about Perl and how it is implemented in WebAssign questions lets you create more sophisticated questions that use randomized values, provide meaningful feedback based on your student's answers, or grade answers automatically in novel ways.

Set Up Personal Study Plan

To use a Personal Study Plan in your course, you must enable it for the course, set the plan options, and select the chapters and sections to be covered.

Use Your Own Resource Materials

You can copy images, media, and document files from your computer to WebAssign for use in your classes.

Points Adjustment

Use automatic points adjustment to provide incentives that encourage or discourage student behaviors—for example, guessing or procrastination. You can also make specific assignment questions count as extra credit.

Private Messages

You can use private messages to communicate with your students and other instructors or teaching assistants who are helping you with your class. With private messages, you can send messages to some or all of your students using your WebAssign class roster.

Add Students

Students can be added to your Cengage School roster in multiple ways, depending on how your school district is set up.

Browser Settings

Configure the following settings in your web browser.

Calendar

You can use your calendar to keep track of events and to publish events to students.

Format Questions

You can insert videos, sound files, or mathematical notation in your questions.

List of Prompts

Prompts that you can add to your questions using the WebAssign <p> tag are listed in the following sections.

Open an Assignment

You can open an assignment to view it or work on assignment questions from either your Home page or My Assignments page for a class.

Randomize Question Values

Your questions in WebAssign can use randomly-selected values. The simplest use of this is a math question that uses different numbers for different students, but you can also show different chemical equations, text, images, or other information appropriate to the question.

Show My Work

Some questions include a final question part labeled Show My Work. Use Show My Work to demonstrate your reasoning or the process you used to answer the question.

Textbooks, Costs, and Billing

By default, your students are expected to purchase access to your WebAssign course.

Video Tutorials: Creating Questions

These video tutorials provide an introduction to creating your own questions in WebAssign.

View Assignment Scoring Details

After you submit answers for an assignment, you can see your earned and total points for the assignment, for each question, and for each question part.

Accessibility in Cengage Read

Use accessibility features to read eBooks aloud, change text font and size, and display alternative text.

Calculate Final Grades Based on Category Averages

From the menu, click Grades › GradeBook . If needed, select a class section. Click Wizard . Select Use WebAssign's GradeBook — Specify my GradeBook settings now and click Next . For Assignments to Use in Calculations , select which assignments GradeBook uses to calculate averages. Past Due Assignments Only : Students can't see how progress on assignments that are not yet due impacts their grade. All Assignments : Assignments are included as soon as they are available to students. Students might...

Calculate Final Grades Based on Points

The point value of each assignment is set in the assignment itself. If needed, you can adjust the weights of scheduled assignments in the GradeBook settings after setting up your GradeBook. From the menu, click Grades › GradeBook . If needed, select a class section. Click Wizard . Select Use WebAssign's GradeBook — Specify my GradeBook settings now and click Next . For Assignments to Use in Calculations , select which assignments GradeBook uses to calculate averages. Past Due Assignments Only :...

Class Insights Analytics for a Class Section

Use Class Insights to see an overview of what assigned textbook topics your class understands and what topics need more work.

Don't Calculate Final Grades

From the menu, click Grades › GradeBook . If needed, select a class section. Click Wizard . Select Use WebAssign's GradeBook — Specify my GradeBook settings now and click Next . For Assignments to Use in Calculations , select which assignments GradeBook uses to calculate averages. Past Due Assignments Only : Students can't see how progress on assignments that are not yet due impacts their grade. All Assignments : Assignments are included as soon as they are available to students. Students might...

Email

You can send email messages from WebAssign to your students and instructors with student access. You can also receive an email message that lets you know when you receive an Ask Your Teacher request, a private message, or an extension request.

Enter or Upload Assignment Scores to GradeBook

Scores for assignments completed in WebAssign are automatically added to the GradeBook per your GradeBook settings. You can also add assignment scores to your GradeBook for work completed outside of WebAssign, such as independent research or a paper-based test.

Manage Courses

Change your course name, edit start and end dates, control student enrollment into your course, and enable notifications when students join your course.

Manage Students

Change your students' passwords and edit profile information such as names, usernames, and student identification numbers. Students cannot edit their own profile information.

Marvin JS Problems

Some problems have been reported in specific situations when you are using the Marvin JS tool in WebAssign.

Perl Functions and Operators

The following list includes both WebAssign-specific and commonly-used Perl functions and operators that are available when creating questions.

Question Feedback

After you submit a question, question part, or assignment, you usually receive feedback on your answers. This feedback might be a mark indicating whether or not you answered a question correctly, or it might include information to help you understand the problem. After the due date, you might see the answer key or a worked solution to the problem. Use this feedback as an opportunity to learn, and if you have more time and submissions, to change your answers on questions that you missed.

Sign-In Problems

Sometimes problems can occur when signing in to WebAssign.

Submit Your Answers

You must submit your answers to assignment questions to receive credit. How you submit answers depends on the Assignment Submission rule displayed at the top of your assignment.

Use WebAssign as a Student

Use Student View to experience WebAssign as a student. Switch to Student View when you create courses, set up Personal Study Plans, configure scoring and grading, schedule assignments, etc. to ensure that everything is working as you intended. This is also a great way to troubleshoot problems, like assignments not scoring correctly.

Access Study Tools in Cengage Read

Use notes, highlights, or bookmarks in Cengage Read to study or prepare for tests.

Ask for More Time or Submissions

If your instructor allows you to request more time or more submissions for an assignment, a Request Extension link is displayed in the assignment.

Class Insights Analytics for a Textbook Topic

Use Class Insights analytics for a specific topic to see which assignments and questions your students might be struggling with. You can also identify students who might need extra help with the topic.

Create Integer or Decimal Number Questions

You can create numerical questions that ask your students to answer with an integer or decimal value.

Create Multiple-Choice Questions

Multiple-choice questions present mutually exclusive choices with only one correct response. By default, the choices are displayed in random order when the question is used.

Download Scores and Responses

You can download reports of student scores for each question on an assignment or for each assignment in a section. You can also download student responses for an assignment.

Edit Category Average Calculation

After setting up your GradeBook, you can change how each category average is calculated.

Enter or Upload Category Scores to GradeBook

You can enter or upload category scores to your GradeBook for categories you don't want GradeBook to calculate, such as attendance or independent research.

Forums

Forums are for discussions with all of the members of your class. If your instructor creates a forum, you can then create topics within the forum or contribute to a current topic by posting a message.

Grant Manual Extension Requests

When your students request a manual extension within the assignment, you receive a manual extension request notification in WebAssign. You can grant the request and set the duration, penalty, and any extra submissions to allow for the extension.

Group Work

Group work helps both to foster working together and problem-solving skills, and to provoke discussion of the subject matter. Questions on group assignments should be more challenging than homework questions, and often require students to synthesize the concepts they have learned or to apply concepts in novel ways.

List of Tags

Use the following tags in questions that you create in WebAssign.

Manage Cengage School Account

Update your Cengage School account information and change your password. If you forget your Cengage School password, you can reset it on the sign-in page.

Mastery Sets

Include mastery sets in your assignment to give students the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of a key concept.

Math Questions with Calculator Notation

Type an answer using calculator notation.

Parts of a Personal Study Plan

A Personal Study Plan includes the following parts:

Play Media Files in Your Coursework

You can include media files such as video tutorials or audio clips in your assignments, questions, or class announcements.

Question Pools

A question pool is a list of questions from which a specified subset of questions are randomly selected for each student's assignment. You can use question pools to give your students several different versions of the same assignment.

Reschedule Assignments

You can change dates for your scheduled assignments on the Reschedule Assignments page.

Rescore Assignments

Your students' work on assignments is scored automatically when they submit it using the assignment's Scoring Answers setting. This behavior ensures that your students' assignments are scored correctly based on the assignment your student completed. However, you might need to occasionally rescore an assignment. When an assignment's Scoring Answers setting is set to Last , you can rescore the assignment to use the best answer for each question part instead of scoring using the last submission. When an assignment's Scoring Answers setting is set to any value other than Last , you can only rescore the assignment using your current setting for the assignment.

Reuse Text with Quick Notes

If you use the same text repeatedly in your WebAssign communications — announcements, private messages, and responses to Ask Your Teacher messages or extension requests — you can simplify your work by using Quick Notes to store and insert text.

Schedule Page

Use the Schedule page to schedule assignments.

Score/GradeBook Problems

Sometimes, problems can happen with assignment scores or the WebAssign GradeBook.

View a Student's Answers for an Assignment

You can see a student's answers on an assignment if needed to review the student's work or respond if a student believes that a question has been scored incorrectly.

WebAssign in Science Labs

Although science labs are group activities by nature, your students should come to each lab having individually prepared by reading the assigned information about equipment, safety procedures, and the course materials. And, your students must individually be able to synthesize what they learned from the experiments performed with their lab groups. For this reason, the lab work for WebAssign is often best assigned in three parts: a pre-lab assignment, a group in-lab assignment, and a post-lab assignment.

Use Textbook Resource Materials

To use textbook resource materials, you must adopt a textbook for your course that includes resources when you create your course in WebAssign. To know if your selected textbook includes resources in WebAssign, look for the textbook resources icon below the textbook description when you are creating your course.

Google Classroom Troubleshooting

Sometimes problems can occur when syncing your course with Google Classroom.

Accessibility

Cengage is committed to making its educational materials accessible to users of all abilities. Through a dedicated company-wide task force, the assistance of outside experts and consultants, and feedback from users, Cengage continuously seeks to identify and evaluate opportunities for improving the usability and accessibility of our products and services.

Ask Your Teacher for Help With a Question

You can send an Ask Your Teacher message to your instructor for any assignment question.

Calendars

When an instructor schedules an assignment, it is automatically displayed on your calendar. Your calendar shows all of your assignments on their due dates. It also shows class start and end dates.

Classes

To complete assignments in WebAssign, you must be enrolled in a class created by your teacher. In most cases, you also have to purchase access to the class.

Co-Teachers

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Cognero Test Generator

Create and administer online tests in Cognero. Cognero test banks are based on your textbook content.

Course Pack Assignments

Most textbooks include ready-to-use Course Pack assignments created specifically for the textbook by subject matter experts. You can use them as they are or edit them to meet your needs.

Create Graphing Questions

A graphing question provides a graphing tool in the question for students to graph points, lines, segments, rays, circles, parabolas, and inequalities on a Cartesian coordinate plane. Graphing questions are automatically scored.

Create Multiple-Select Questions

Multiple-select questions present several non-exclusive choices, allowing your students to select all the choices that apply. By default, the choices are displayed in random order when the question is used.

Create physPad Questions

The physPad tool lets your students enter correctly formatted mathematical expression that might include symbols.

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.

Drop Students From a Course

You can drop a student from a course at any time. When you drop a student from a course, the student's information is not deleted from WebAssign. The student is added to the dropped roster list, and the work they completed is retained. How the student was added to the course, either through self-enrollment or uploading a roster, does not matter when dropping them from a course.

Edit Questions

Edit questions you created or questions that have been shared with you.

Make Notes About a Question

You can add a note to yourself in any question. Your note can be about anything; for example, you might remind yourself to use a specific formula.

Multiple-Part Questions

Many questions have more than one part. Each part of a multiple-part question can be a different type of question — for example, fill-in-the-blank, multiple-choice, or mathPad.

My Class Insights

Homework scores — especially when multiple submissions are allowed — often don't indicate how well you understand the material. A better indicator is your performance on the first attempt for each question part. Class Insights uses this criterion to rate your proficiency on the assigned textbook topics. On the first attempt, you earned at least 90% of the points available. On the first attempt, you earned between 60% and 90% of the points available. On the first attempt, you earned less than...

Respondus Monitor

Respondus Monitor is a remote proctoring solution that records students taking high-stakes assignments. After the assignment is submitted, you can review recordings to ensure academic integrity. Respondus Monitor automatically flags recordings that might include suspicious activity.

Schedule a Conditional Release Restricted Assignment

You can require your students to achieve a threshold score on a specified assignment before they can move on to the next assignment.

Send Items to the Trash

You can remove a file or a question from a folder by sending it to the Trash.

Student Feedback Settings

Choose if and when students receive help and feedback during assignments.

Student Rosters

Sometimes problems can happen with your student rosters.

Transfer a Student

Transfer a student to a different course or a different section in the same course.

View Assignment Scores for Your Class

You can get an overall idea about how your class is doing by reviewing assignment scores for your class. You can spot assignments on which many of your students performed poorly, or identify students who are struggling.

Add Students from Google Classroom

Link your Cengage School course to your Google Classroom class to add students. Students access their course directly from Google Classroom and do not need to use a separate username and password.

Answering Numerical Questions That Check Significant Figures

Numerical questions that check significant figures require you both to calculate the correct answer and to specify that answer using the correct number of significant digits, for example, 2.3e4 to indicate 2 significant digits. The kind of answer that is expected should be clear from the question.

Archive Announcements

You can archive an announcement to remove it from your students' Home page, but still allow students to view the announcement if needed.

chemPad Questions

Use chemPad to enter chemical formulas and equations that are automatically displayed in correct chemical notation.

Create Matrix Questions

When you create a matrix question, you have the option to use an expandable or static matrix in your answer key. By default, matrix answer keys are expandable, which means you are not providing the dimensions of the answer matrix to your students.

Create Polling Questions

You can configure one or more question parts as polling questions in order to grant students credit for any response. You can use polling questions to gather opinions from your students (as in a poll) or to record observational information, for example, the results of an experiment, when any response should be considered correct.

Deactivate a Course

If you created a course for practice, you can deactivate it to remove it from your current course list.

Download All Submitted Files for Grading

If you do not want to open your students’ answers to file-upload questions in your browser, you can download students’ submitted files to your computer.

Drop Lowest Assignment Scores from GradeBook

You can drop each student's lowest assignment scores in an assignment category from GradeBook calculations. For example, you can drop each student's lowest two quiz scores.

eBook Features

The features and implementation of each eBook is dependent on the publisher. Some eBooks are distributed as Web pages and some are PDF documents. Many eBooks include help information from the publisher that describes how to use the features that are available for that eBook.

Edit an Assignment

Edit assignments that you created or assignments that have been shared with you.

Enable Manual Extensions for Your Class

You can allow your students to request manual extensions from their assignments in WebAssign. You must approve and set the terms for each granted extension.

Graphing Questions

Plot figures on the Cartesian coordinate plane. Your graph is scored automatically by WebAssign when you submit the assignment for grading.

JME Questions

Click Open JME Editor . The JME Editor opens in a new window. Use the toolbars to draw a chemical structure. When you are done, click Save Drawing . The JME Editor closes and your drawing is entered in the answer box as a SMILES string. Click Submit . Related information Fill-In-The-Blank Questions Matching Questions Multiple-Choice Questions Multiple-Select Questions Identification Questions Essay Questions Upload Files for Questions Answer Scored Tutorial Questions Answer Unscored Tutorial...

Marvin JS Questions

Draw chemical structures for your response. Marvin JS supports drawing and grading of Lewis structures, reactions and mechanisms. Answers are automatically scored in WebAssign.

Numeric Values in Questions

WebAssign provides a number of options for displaying numeric values in your questions.

Question Browser

Use the Question Browser to select questions to add to your assignments, to change the question order on your assignments, and to create pools of questions so different students receive different sets of questions for the assignment.

Remove Announcements

You can send an announcement to the trash to make it unavailable to your students.

Reply to Ask Your Teacher Messages

You can reply to your students' Ask Your Teacher messages.

Require Units in Numerical Questions

You can require your students to enter a unit with their response by adding the correct unit after the numeric value in Answer .

SALT Questions

Some WebAssign statistics questions include a button. Click the button to open SALT in a new tab with the dataset or frequency table defined by the WebAssign question. Use SALT to perform your statistical analyses. Then, enter your answers in the WebAssign question.

Search for Questions to Add to Assignments

Use multiple criteria to search for questions to add to your assignments. You can add a mix of different types of questions to your assignment, like multiple-choice, physPad, and numerical. You can add questions that another instructor shared with you using a permission group. Or, you can add questions that use a specific term in the question or answer key.

Send Your Teacher a Private Message

A private message is a message that you can send to your instructor. The message might also be delivered to someone the instructor designated to read and respond to them, such as a Teaching Assistant.

Sign In with Cengage School

These instructions are for K–12 teachers who access WebAssign courses through Cengage School. 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 Cengage School Course Sign Out

Unschedule Assignments

You can remove an assignment from your class schedule if you no longer want it to be a part of your class.

Upload a File to Show Your Work

You can upload one or more files that explain how you arrived at your answer. You can also open or remove files that you uploaded.

Upload Files for Questions

Prepare the requested file in the required format and then upload it. Your file cannot be larger than 15 MB.

View All Assignment Scores for a Single Student

You can get an impression about how a student is doing in your class by reviewing their assignment scores. You might want to do this before meeting with the student or deciding whether or not to grant an extension for an assignment.

View All Students' Scores for a Single Assignment

You can identify students who might need extra help with the course material by reviewing individual assignment scores.

View GradeBook

After you set up your GradeBook, you can view it to see your students' progress and GradeBook calculations.

View Student Answer Distribution for an Assignment

You can see the number and percentage of students in your class selecting each answer provided for questions on your assignment.

Open eBooks

Open your eBook. Depending on how your course was set up, some options might not be available. To do this Do this Open eBook from your Cengage dashboard Open your Cengage dashboard at login.cengage.com or click Home in the sidebar. On the tile for your course, click View eBook . From your WebAssign class In the toolbar, click My eBooks , then click your eBook. From your learning management system Click the reading link to open your eBook in a new window. Open an eBook section and start reading....

Upload Images, Media, or Documents to My Folders

You can copy image, media, or document files from your computer to WebAssign for use as part of your course materials.

Upload Images, Media, or Documents to the Resources Tab

You can copy image, media, or document files from your computer to WebAssign for use as part of your course materials.

Best Practices for Using Your GradeBook

These recommendations might help you get the most out of the GradeBook feature.

More Information

See the following resources for more information or help with specific issues.

In Category Averages to Calculate, select the categories for which you want GradeBook to calculate averages, then click Next . For each selected category, the GradeBook calculates each student's average and includes it as a part of the final grade. Even if your GradeBook is based on points, you must either calculate or manually enter category averages for each student in order for the category to be included in final grade calculations. For each assignment category, select how you want to...

In Category Averages to Calculate, select the categories for which you want GradeBook to calculate averages, then click Next . For each selected category, the GradeBook calculates each student's average and includes it as a part of the final grade. Even if your GradeBook is based on points, you must either calculate or manually enter category averages for each student in order for the category to be included in final grade calculations. For each assignment category, select how you want to...

Access Costs and Textbook Features

The cost of WebAssign access for your students is dependent on the primary textbook selected for the class.

Access WebAssign from Blackboard

If enabled, you can sign in to WebAssign directly from your Blackboard class.

Account Verification Pending (K-12 Using Cengage School)

You can't access your courses or materials and your Cengage School dashboard shows the error message: To access courses and materials, finish providing documentation to verify your status as an instructor.

Add a Dropped Student Back to a Course Roster

You can add a dropped student back to a class from the Roster page.

Add a Personal Study Plan for Credit

When you make the Personal Study Plan count toward your students' final grade, the Personal Study Plan is added as a category in the WebAssign GradeBook. You can specify the category weighting for the Personal Study Plan.

Add a Personal Study Plan for Self-Study

When you add a Personal Study Plan for self-study, your students can take the Personal Study Plan quizzes as often as they want to without affecting their grade.

Add a Teaching Assistant

You can request a Teaching Assistant (TA) account for your course by creating a support case on the customer support site.

Add Course Pack Assignments

Select individual assignments from your Course Pack to assign in your course. By default, Course Pack assignments are scheduled to be available on the first day of class and due on the last day of class.

Add Expandable Sections to Multi-Part Questions

Because multi-part and multi-mode questions can be long, you can use the <accordion> and <part> tags to subdivide your question into sections that your students can individually expand or collapse. This lets your students work through the question in whatever order they choose. Each expandable section can include one or more question parts or instructional content.

Add Files to Show My Work Grading Comments

When reviewing your students' work, you can add files to your comments to show students how to solve a problem. You can upload files from your computer and remove files that you uploaded.

Add Free Additional Content

WebAssign provides discipline-specific question sets and Personal Study Plans that can be used in your courses. Availability varies by discipline.

Add Honor Code Certification to Assignments

Sometimes, you want your students to certify that they have completed an assignment on their own or that they have followed your school's honor code. You can add a question to your assignment that asks your students to certify that they have complied with an honor code or that they did not receive help with their assignment.

Add Item-Specific Feedback to Multiple-Choice Questions

You can help your students learn by providing feedback — sometimes called rejoinders — after your students submit responses for multiple-choice questions. For each distractor, your feedback should help your students understand why that response was not correct without giving away the answer. You can also provide feedback for the correct answer to reinforce or supplement the concept.

Add Mastery Sets to Assignments

Create and add a mastery set to your assignment.

Add Posts to Topics

When you add a topic to a forum the topic is displayed to everyone enrolled in a class with that forum.

Add Question Pools to Assignments

You can add a question pool to your assignment.

Add Questions from Public Collections to Assignments

Add questions to your assignments from the publicly available question collections. Question collections include questions contributed by other WebAssign instructors and are organized by subject classification.

Add Questions from Question Resources to Assignments

Add questions to your assignments from the question resources you are using in your current classes. Question resources are authored collections of questions that are organized like a textbook and have been created with help from WebAssign.

Add Questions to a Mastery Set

You can add questions to an existing mastery set.

Add Questions to an Existing Question Pool

You can add questions to an existing question pool.

Add Questions to Assignments Using Question IDs

Add questions to your assignments using the question ID (QID), if known. This lets you add questions that other instructors have shared with you by giving you the question ID.

Add Questions You Created to Assignments

Add questions you created in WebAssign to your assignments.

Add Resource Links in Your Coursework

You can display links to your resource materials in your questions, assignments, or announcements.

Add Search Metadata to Questions

If you make your questions publicly available, you might want to add search metadata to your questions that indicate the covered subject matter or discipline. You might also want to indicate whether the question is still being edited or provide a comment about the question.

Add Standard Text Prompts to Questions

You can use the special WebAssign prompt <p> tag to add a number of commonly used text prompts to your questions.

Add Symbols to Questions

You can use the WebAssign <s> tag to add a number of symbols to your questions. Some symbols are displayed as characters, and others are displayed as images.

Add Teachers to a Class

This feature is not available for all courses. If you cannot edit your course, contact your district's technology coordinator. If your course is linked with Google Classroom, add a teacher in your Google Classroom roster and this change will sync to your Cengage School course roster. If changes you make in Google Classroom do not appear in Cengage School after a few minutes, refresh your Google Classroom roster . Under the course you want to manage, open the Manage Course menu and click Manage...

Add Textbook Questions to Assignments

Add questions to your assignments from the textbooks you are using in your current classes.

Add Topics to Forums

When you add a topic to a forum, the topic is displayed to everyone enrolled in a class with that forum.

Add, Change, or Remove a Textbook

You cannot change the primary textbook for a course. To add, change, or remove a secondary textbook, contact support.

Additional Submissions

When you respond to extension requests, you have an option that is not available in an automatic extension policy: you can give your students more submissions for the assignment. You might choose to do this if, for example, the assignment is more difficult for your students than you expected.

Adjust Class Insights Settings

You can adjust the thresholds for Class Insights status icons and for flagging questions. You can also specify a different set of thresholds for a particular assignment category, for example, to set a higher standard for tests than for homework.

Administer Tests and Examinations

As high stakes assessments that are typically worth at least 10% of your students' final grades, tests and examinations require special consideration in WebAssign.

Advanced Mode Automatic Point Adjustments Can't Be Updated for an Assignment Template

When editing automatic point adjustments for an assignment template, the conditional points formula in advanced mode can't be updated. Clicking Update has no effect.

Advanced Points Adjustment Using Formulas

If none of the standard points adjustment methods meets your needs, write your own points adjustment formula for the question.

Algebraic Notation

The following algebra notation can be entered in Show My Work boxes.

Allow Cookies in Chrome

Go to chrome://settings/cookies. Select Allow third-party cookies .

Allow Cookies in Microsoft Edge

Click ⋯ › Settings . Click Cookies and Site Permissions . Click Manage and delete cookies and site data . Turn on Allow sites to save and read cookie data (recommended) .

Allow Cookies in Safari

You can't allow cookies only for specific sites. Click Safari › Settings . Click the Advanced tab. Clear Block all cookies . Click the Privacy tab. Clear Prevent cross-site tracking .

Allow JavaScript in Chrome

Go to chrome://settings/content/javascript. Select Sites can use JavaScript .

Allow JavaScript in Microsoft Edge

In Microsoft Edge, JavaScript is always enabled and you cannot disable it.

Allow JavaScript in Safari

Click Safari › Settings . Click the Security tab. Select Enable JavaScript .

Allow Pop-Up Windows in Microsoft Edge

Click ⋯ › Settings . Click Cookies and Site Permissions . Under Site permissions , click Pop-ups and redirects . Turn off Blocked (recommended) . Related information Microsoft Edge help: Block pop-ups

Answer calcPad Questions on an iPad

Answer Key Objects

The answer key objects (for example, 3.2; (6.45, 6.75]) specify the correct answer for the question.

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.

Answer mathPad Questions on an iPad

Answer physPad Questions on an iPad

Answer Scored Tutorial Questions

Tutorial questions have multiple parts that are completed sequentially to help you work through learning a concept. Scored tutorial questions are displayed in your assignment and count toward your assignment score.

Answer Unscored Tutorial Questions

Tutorial questions have multiple parts that are completed sequentially to help you work through learning a concept. Unscored tutorial questions are displayed in a separate window and do not count toward your assignment score.

Answer-Dependent Numerical Questions

Some numerical questions have multiple parts that require you to enter estimated or measured values and then perform calculations based on the values you entered. These questions are often used for lab classes to record the results of an experiment and perform analysis of the data.

Answers That Cannot Be Understood

If your answer contains one or more syntax errors that prevent WebAssign from being able to grade it, WebAssign displays the message Your answer cannot be understood or graded. If your assignment allows you to submit answers by question part, answers with syntax errors are not counted as incorrect submissions.

Apply Assignment Templates to Existing Assignments

You can apply an assignment template to multiple assignments without having to open each assignment individually. This lets you quickly update a group of assignments to use the same assignment settings, including category, submissions, randomization, and learning tools and feedback settings.

Arrows and Miscellaneous Symbols

You can use these symbols in your questions or assignments.

Ask Your Instructor for an Extension

Your instructor might let you ask for a manual extension of the due date for some assignments in WebAssign. If so, your instructor will review your request and decide whether or not to give you more time.

Assess Student Performance with Quizzes

Frequent short quizzes can serve as a useful checkpoint to identify students who need help before their grades are so seriously affected that they simply stop trying or drop the class. Students can also use them to pinpoint which units they need to study or get help with.

Assign a Test in Cognero

Make Cognero tests available to your students.

Assign Roles

For assignments that require the group to work through a process together to answer each question, you should define roles and let your students make only a few (3-5) submissions.

Assignment Loads Slowly

Sometimes, assignments load slowly in WebAssign. Often, this is because a large assignment has been configured to display all questions at once.

Assignment Score

The Current Score at the top of the assignment displays the number of points you have earned followed by the number of points possible for the assignment.

Assignment Time Estimates

Assignment times are the estimated amount of time a student spent online working on assignments. Assignment time estimates can be viewed on the Scores pages.

Assignments List

The Assignments list on the Schedule page shows your assignments.

Bases, Exponents, Roots, and Logarithms

The following base, exponent, root, and logarithm notation can be entered in Show My Work boxes.

Best Practices for Communicating With Your Students

These recommendations might help improve communication between you and your students using WebAssign.

Best Practices for Organizing Course Materials

These recommendations might help you when organizing your course materials using folders.

Best Practices for Polling

These recommendations suggest approaches you can try in your WebAssign classes.

Best Practices for Scheduling Assignments

These recommendations might help you when scheduling assignments for your classes.

Best Practices for Using Media in WebAssign

These recommendations can help you when using media such as videos in your WebAssign coursework.

Bill Institution

Some institutions purchase WebAssign for their students. If your institution is one of these, your students will not be billed.

Browse Textbooks

Well before the start of your school term, you should decide which textbooks to use in your classes. You can browse WebAssign's textbook collection to research feature and cost information for the textbooks you are considering.

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.

Browser Plugins

Some content and tools might require the following browser plugins.

calcPad Answers That Cannot Be Understood

If your answer contains one or more syntax errors that prevent WebAssign from being able to grade it, WebAssign displays the message Your answer cannot be understood or graded. If your assignment allows you to submit answers by question part, answers with syntax errors are not counted as incorrect submissions.

calcPad Examples

The following examples illustrate entry of some common expressions.

calcPad Notation

You can enter the following notation in calcPad.

Calculator Notation for Symbolic Questions

Calculator notation for symbolic questions includes a number of operators and functions.

Calculus

The following calculus notation can be entered in Show My Work boxes.

Can I create a Cengage account without an email address?

In most cases, you are required to use an email address as your Cengage username. There are situations, including accounts for K–12 students using Cengage School, when using an email address is not advisable or permitted. Some features, such as username recovery, password resets, and email notifications, can't be used without an email address associated with your account.

Can I Purchase Homework Only Access Without the eBook?

For some classes, you can choose whether or not to purchase eBook access. For other classes, the textbook publisher does not allow WebAssign to offer a Homework Only option.

Can WebAssign Email Me If a Due Date Changes?

You can set up email reminders for upcoming assignments, due date changes, and communications from your instructor. Click in the menu bar to set this up.

Can't Download Student Scores or Responses

When trying to download student scores, grades, or responses, An error occurred while processing your request is displayed.

Can't Open Class or Submit Assignments

You can't open your class or submit assignments. Other problems might also be related to this issue.

Can't Practice Another Version

The Practice Another button isn't displayed in your question header.

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.

Can't Transfer Student Between Sections

You can't transfer a student between sections, or some of the student's work is not transferred.

Can't Upload a File

When trying to upload a file, an error message is displayed.

Can't View Data for Archived Section

You can't view student responses, question scores, or log data, or you can't change section dates, GradeBook settings, or scores, for a section that ended more than six years ago.

Cannot Add Question to Assignment

You cannot update your assignment after adding an inline tutorial question or a mastery set.

Cannot Apply Assignment Template

In the Assignment Templates Manager , you cannot select some assignments when applying or updating a template.

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.

Cannot See Datasets in SALT

Datasets might not load or transfer properly in SALT questions if browser extensions are enabled. They can disrupt the data transfer in SALT even if it initially appears successful.

Cannot Submit Assignment

When you attempt to submit an assignment, WebAssign indicates that the assignment is past due, even though your clock indicates that it is not yet time for the assignment to be due.

Cannot View Question

WebAssign displays an error in place of your question.

Categorical

categorical In a SALT dataset, qualitative values that are used to organize or categorize data. Examples include ICD-9 codes, dates, or names of things or people.

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 Cengage School course, contact your district technology coordinator.

Cengage Read System Requirements

These are the system requirements necessary to install and use Cengage Read.

Change a Student's Nickname or ID Number

You can change the student nicknames and ID numbers shown in your roster.

Change Assignment Behaviors for a Section

If needed, you can change some WebAssign assignment behaviors in your class settings. This lets you use the same assignments for different classes with different behaviors in each class. For example, you might give partial credit for correctly specifying units in a physics survey course, but not give partial credit for units in an introductory course for physics majors.

Change Assignment to Extra Credit

You can change an assignment to be worth extra credit in GradeBooks that are based on points only.

Change Available and View Until Dates for an Assignment

When scheduling an assignment, the Available and View Until dates are set by default to the start and end of the course. If needed, you can change either of these dates or the rule on which each date is based.

Change Instructions for a Personal Study Plan

You can choose one of three default sets of instructions for your Personal Study Plan, or you can customize the instructions. If the Personal Study Plan is for credit, let your students know how much the Personal Study Plan counts toward their grades.

Change Question Order on Assignments

In the right panel of the Question Browser , each question and question pool is preceded by a sequence number. You can edit the sequence numbers to rearrange the order of the questions and pools.

Change Student ID Requirement

After enabling self-enrollment for a section, you can turn on or off the requirement for students to enter their student ID.

Change Student Password

These instructions are for K–12 teachers who access and manage WebAssign courses through Cengage School. Due to privacy regulations, Cengage School does not collect or store student contact information. This means Cengage School cannot send students an email to reset their own passwords. Only teachers and admins can change student passwords. If needed, sign in to Cengage School at nglsync.cengage.com . Find the student whose password you want to change. If the student is enrolled in your...

Change the Conditional Release Threshold Score

You can change the threshold score for a conditional release restricted assignment either before or after some of your students have completed the prerequisite assignment.

Change the Instructor for a Section

You can change the instructor for a course section after the section is created.

Change the Order in Which Students See Announcements

You can specify the order in which current announcements are shown on your students' Home page for a class. You might find this useful when you have a number of announcements and you want the most recent one to be displayed at the top of the announcement list.

Change Tolerance for Numerical Questions

You can set the tolerance for your numerical questions as a numerical value by adding {tab} and the tolerance value after the answer.

Change Your Password

Change your password for increased security.

Characters that can't be graded

When working in a mathPad, calcPad, or physPad problem, a message is shown indicating that your answer contains a number of characters that can't be graded.

Cheating Deterrents Settings

Adjust your assignment settings to deter cheating or encourage collaboration. You can specify if question values are randomized, whether to show one question at a time or the entire assignment, and whether questions are shown in the same order as in the Assignment Editor or in random order.

Check Decimal Places in Numerical Questions

You can require your students to specify a certain number of decimal places in their response by setting the $DECFIGS variable in Answer .

Check If a Personal Study Plan Is Part of Your Grade

Your instructor should let you know if the Personal Study Plan counts toward your grade.

Check If a Personal Study Plan Is Set Up for Your Class

If your instructor has set up a Personal Study Plan for your class, you can access it from your Home page.

Check Significant Figures in Numerical Questions

You can require your students to specify the correct number of significant figures in their response by setting the $SIGFIGS variable in Answer .

Check the Status of Your Extension Request

After you ask your instructor for an extension, check WebAssign to see if your request has been granted.

Check Your System

Use the browser check tool to see if you need to update your browser or install missing plugins.

Chemistry Notation in Questions

Although you can use standard HTML tags like <i> and <sup> to display correctly formatted chemistry notation in your questions, WebAssign provides several tags that can make displaying chemistry notation easier.

Chromebook Problems

WebAssign might not work correctly on devices running Chrome OS (Chromebooks).

Class Analysis Page

You can monitor the class performance on each assignment using the Class Analysis page.

Class Insights Attempted Questions

The bar graph in the Attempted Questions column reflects the selected performance measure.

Class Insights Bar Graphs and Statistics

Each assignment, question, and question part on the Details page displays a horizontal stacked bar graph showing its performance data.

Class Insights Flagged Questions

A question is flagged if one or more of its parts are answered incorrectly by many of your students. If needed, you can adjust the flagging threshold.

Class Insights Status Icons

Status icons provide a thumbnail view of your students' understanding of the topic, based on class performance on assignment questions covering the topic from the assignment with the latest due date.

Class Insights Topic

Each listed topic is the title of a textbook section for which you assigned work in WebAssign.

Class Not Available

A class you enrolled in is not listed on your sidebar or WebAssign home page.

Code a Question in Default Mode

In default mode, the following syntax is used in the answer field.

Code a Question in Points Mode

In points mode, the following syntax is used to code a question:

Coding NumberLine Questions

You can code two types of questions that use the NumberLine tool: one in which students locate points and graph intervals and inequalities on a number line graph, referred to as default mode, and another, referred to as points mode, where students indicate point positions on a number line graph. Note that all code is typed in the answer field.

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.

Configure MacOS/OS X for Keyboard Accessibility

By default, MacOS/OS X is not configured to use the TAB key to navigate to all items in Safari and Firefox.

Contact Support

Contact customer support with additional questions.

Content Security Warning

Your browser displays a warning that a page in WebAssign contains mixed content or content that is not encrypted or secure. In addition, some content in the page might not be displayed.

Copy and Paste Assignment Scores to GradeBook

You can copy and paste scores to your GradeBook for assignments your students completed outside of WebAssign.

Copy and Paste Category Averages from Files

You can copy and paste category average scores from a file to your GradeBook for categories, such as participation, for which no assignments exist.

Copy Items in Folders

You can copy a file, an image, an assignment, or a question that is in a folder into a different folder.

Count Responses With Syntax Errors As Submissions for a Section

Responses with syntax errors are always counted as submissions when assignment or question submission is required. Syntax Errors Syntax errors can occur in responses to numerical, symbolic, and algebraic questions, and often include the following kinds of incorrect notation. Question Mode Problem Incorrect Notation Correct Notation Any Incorrect grouping operator. 4{x+3} 4(x+3) Any Missing operand. 50* 50*3 Any Too many consecutive operators. x++++2 x+2 Any Unrecognized symbol. .00 4&6 4.00 4+6...

Course Pack Elements for Reuse

Most textbooks include ready-to-use Course Pack assignments created specifically for the textbook by subject matter experts. You can use them as they are or edit them to meet your needs.

Create a Cognero Class

You must create a Cognero class before you can assign content to your students.

Create a Folder

Using WebAssign folders, you can easily create new folders and a folder hierarchy that suits your needs.

Create a Forum Topic

You can create a new forum topic if you have a discussion topic that does not belong in an existing topic. When you add a new topic to a forum, the topic is available to everyone in the forum and you cannot delete it. Your instructor has the ability to remove your topic.

Create a NumberLine Question

The NumberLine tool is a palette for students to input solutions to exercises that require the use of a number line. There are two modes: one is used to locate points, graph intervals, and graph inequalities on a number line; the other to indicate point positions on a number line graph.

Create a Test in Cognero

Create a test using Cognero content to assign to your students online.

Create Answer Keys for Questions Using Algebraic Mode with Mathematica

To write answer keys and grading expressions for questions that use Algebraic mode with Mathematica, you must know how to write Mathematica expressions. In addition, you should be aware of the following WebAssign-specific considerations.

Create Answer Keys for Questions Using Symbolic Mode

When typing the answer key for a question in Symbolic mode, you can include a broad range of mathematical expressions.

Create Answer-Dependent Questions

You can create multi-part numerical questions that require your students to enter their observed or estimated data and to perform calculations based on their data. These questions are often used for lab classes to record the results of an experiment and perform analysis of the data.

Create Assignment Templates

You can create new assignment templates to specify the assignment settings that you use for specific kinds of assignments. For example, you can create an assignment template with all of your settings for pre-lab assignments.

Create Assignment Templates from Existing Assignments

Create a new assignment template from an existing assignment to reuse its settings for other assignments.

Create chemPad Questions for Electrochemical Cell Notation

When you create chemPad questions that are answered with electrochemical cell notation, your students must enter the notation in the manner prescribed by the answer key, so, for example, Zn( s ) | ZnSO4( aq ) || CuSO4( aq ) | Cu( s ) can not be substituted for Zn( s ) | Zn+2( aq ) || Cu+2( aq ) | Cu( s ). Your students can specify charges in various ways, for example, either Mg2+ or Mg+2.

Create chemPad Questions for Electron Configuration

When you create chemPad questions that are answered with electron configuration notation, your students can use either numerical or Aufbau order, but answer keys are shown in Aufbau order, for example, [Ar] 4 s 2 3 d 10. You can choose the kinds of electron configuration notation to allow in your students' responses.

Create chemPad Questions for Formulas

When you create chemPad questions that are answered with a chemical formula, you can choose whether to allow chemically equivalent responses or to require your students to enter the standard formula that matches your answer key. You can also create chemPad questions for which the correct response is the keyword NONE.

Create chemPad Questions for Kinetic or Equilibrium Expressions

When you create chemPad questions that are answered with a kinetic or equilibrium expression, your students can change the order of compounds (with their exponents) relative only to their position in a fraction.

Create chemPad Questions for Reactions

When you create chemPad questions that are answered with a reaction expression, your students can enter the order of compounds (with their coefficients) differently from the answer key in either the reactants or the products. For example, O2 + CH4 → CO2 + H2O is considered equivalent to CH4 + O2 → H2O + CO2. Your students can also enter solvate dot notation if needed.

Create File Upload Questions

File upload questions allow your students to submit a file — for example, a spreadsheet, presentation, or research paper — as their response.

Create Fill-in-the-Blank Questions

Fill-in-the-blank questions provide an answer box for students to type a short textual response, and are used when the correct answer can be stated in a word or short phrase for which only a small number of acceptable variations exist.

Create Forums

You can create one or many forums for the same class. You can also specify that more than one class or section will use the same forum.

Create Fraction Questions

You can create numerical questions that require your students to answer with a fraction.

Create Free Response Questions

Short-answer and essay questions are free response questions that allow your students to demonstrate their knowledge by providing an extended textual answer in their own words. There is no qualitative difference between the two kinds of questions; whether you describe the question as short-answer or essay generally is a reflection of the length of the expected response.

Create Image Map Questions

An image map question requires your students to identify something in an image by clicking the image. Image map questions are particularly useful when you want your students to identify a named anatomical part in an illustration or geographical feature in a map.

Create List and Rank-Order chemPad Questions

When you create chemPad questions that are answered with a list of items, you can choose whether order is important or not.

Create Marvin JS Questions That Display an Initial Drawing

For some Marvin JS questions, you might want your students to start with an initial drawing — a template — and change it to answer the question. Sometimes the template constitutes part of your prompt, and sometimes the template helps to focus your students by requiring them only to complete the parts of the drawing that relate to the concept being taught.

Create Marvin JS Questions That Require Students to Create a New Drawing

For some Marvin JS questions, you might want your students to draw a structure or reaction starting with an empty drawing area. This kind of question can ask your students to perform both analytical and synthetic thinking, much like an essay question.

Create Marvin JS Questions That Use Canonical or Combinatorial SMILES Strings

Sometimes, you want to display a randomly selected molecule in your question. Or, you might even want to combine molecules — for example, in condensation reactions or peptide sequences. Specifying the chemical structure using SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System) strings instead of the native Marvin JS XML lets you combine or otherwise change the chemical structure programmatically, and offers a space-efficient method for defining arrays of chemical structures that can be used in your question.

Create mathPad Questions Using Algebraic Mode with Mathematica

You can create mathPad questions that use Algebraic mode and a Mathematica grading statement to compare the answer key and your students' responses for mathematical equivalence. Using Algebraic mode and Mathematica lets you accurately evaluate your students' responses in situations where Symbolic evaluation cannot be used — for example, to distinguish between factored and unfactored expressions, or for questions with multiple correct answers.

Create mathPad Questions Using Symbolic Mode

You can create mathPad questions that use Symbolic mode to evaluate arithmetic and algebraic expressions, but not equations, for equivalency to the answer. Because responses are graded for mathematical equivalency, the form of the student's response is not considered. For example, 4 x +12 would be equivalent to ( x +3)4 .

Create Multi-Mode Questions

When different parts of your question use different question modes — for example, numerical and multiple-choice — you can create a multi-mode question to specify a list of the modes used in your question, and indicate where each new mode begins with <SECTION> tags in both Question and Answer .

Create Multi-Part Questions That Have One Question Mode

When all parts of your question use the same question mode — for example, numerical — you can add additional answer placeholder strings <_> in Question and additional answer keys in Answer . For multiple-choice and multiple-select questions, you also need to indicate where each new set of answer choices begins.

Create physPad Questions Using Algebraic Mode with Mathematica

You can create physPad questions that use Algebraic mode and a Mathematica grading statement to compare the answer key and your students' responses for mathematical equivalence. Using Algebraic mode and Mathematica lets you accurately evaluate your students' responses in situations where Symbolic evaluation cannot be used.

Create physPad Questions Using Symbolic Mode

You can create physPad questions that use Symbolic mode to evaluate arithmetic and algebraic expressions, but not equations, for equivalency to the answer. Because responses are graded for mathematical equivalency, the form of the student's response is not considered.

Create Popup Tutorial Questions

You can transform part or all of a multi-part or multi-mode question into an unscored popup tutorial that guides your students step by step through the solution of a problem. Popup tutorial questions are shown as buttons in the assignment, and do not count toward the assignment score. When your students click the button, the tutorial opens in a new window.

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.

Create Questions with the Question Editor

To create or edit questions in WebAssign, you use the Question Editor.

Create Quick Notes

You can create a Quick Note to store text that you can reuse in your WebAssign communications — announcements, private messages, or responses to Ask Your Teacher messages or extension requests.

Create Scored Tutorial Questions

You can transform part or all of a multi-part or multi-mode question into a scored tutorial that guides your students step by step through the solution of a problem. Scored tutorial questions are shown in the assignment itself and count toward the assignment score. In the Assignment Editor, you can set the point value for the entire tutorial or for each question part.

Create True/False Questions

True/false questions are multiple-choice questions with only two choices: True and False.

Create WaTeX Arrays and Matrices

WaTeX provides notation for adding arrays and matrices to your questions.

Create Yes/No Questions

Yes/no questions are multiple-choice questions with only two choices: Yes and No.

Creating chemPad Answer Keys

When you create your chemPad answer key, use the codes described in the following table. Type spaces where they belong in your notation, such as between quantum levels in an electron configuration and between chemical formulas and arrows or plus signs in reaction equations.

Csv

comma-separated value (CSV) A text representation of tabular data delimited by commas. comma-separated value (CSV) CSV

Default Values and Tolerance for Symbolic Evaluation

Your students' responses to symbolic questions are evaluated by substituting numeric values for each variable in the answer key and in your students' responses. If the answer key and response are equivalent to within a specified tolerance for all three values, the answer is considered correct. You can change both the default values and the tolerance that are used when evaluating responses to your symbolic questions.

Delete an Assignment

Trash an assignment if you do not want it to be shown in your assignment lists or available for scheduling or editing. Assignments cannot be permanently deleted.

Delete Assignment Templates

You can delete any of your assignment templates in WebAssign.

Delete Parts of Multi-Mode Questions

If you find a multi-mode question with more parts than you want, you can create a copy of the question to edit. This newly copied question is identical to the original, except you are the owner and can edit it for your needs.

Delete Parts of Single-Mode Questions

If you find a single-mode question with more parts than you want, you can create a copy of the question to edit. This newly copied question is identical to the original, except you are the owner and can edit it for your needs.

Deny Manual Extension Requests or Ask for Information

When your students request a manual extension within the assignment, you receive a manual extension request notification in WebAssign. If needed, you can request more information or deny the request. You can also move requests between Answered and Unanswered .

Designate Key Concepts in a Personal Study Plan

You can optionally flag specific sections as key concepts to let your students know that these sections are especially important. Your students will see a flag icon beside the sections you have flagged when they take the Personal Study Plan.

Determine if a Personal Study Plan is Available

The Personal Study Plan is available for certain textbooks only. If a plan is available, the Personal Study Plan icon is displayed with the textbook description.

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.

Disable Automatic Extensions for Individual Assignments

If you have automatics extensions enabled for your class, you can disable them for individual assignments. This is useful for quizzes or other assessments.

Disable Homework Help in Chrome

You can disable the Homework Help feature in Google Chrome that provides AI-generated answers to educational content.

Display an Image to Show Your Work

You can insert an image in your work from the Web or from a file that you uploaded by specifying its location.

Display Chemical Structures in Questions with Marvin JS

For some questions, you might want your students to interpret drawings of chemical structures or reactions. You can display these using Marvin JS in the question, the answer (for question modes like multiple-choice), or the solution.

Display Choices as a Drop-down Menu

Sometimes, you might want to list the choices for a multiple-choice question as a drop-down menu. This can be especially useful for sentence-completion questions or in tables, where you want the student to select an answer in a specific context.

Display Choices Horizontally or in Tables

By default, the choices for a multiple-choice question are displayed as a vertical list. Sometimes, you might want to arrange the choices horizontally or in a table.

Display Choices in a Fixed Order

By default, the answer choices for multiple-choice questions are listed in random order. You can force the choices to be displayed in a specific order by setting the $ORDERED variable to the number of the correct choice and entering the answer choices in the sequence in which they should be displayed.

Display Images in Your Coursework

You can display images in your questions, assignments, or announcements.

Display Math Notation with HTML Substitution

WebAssign provides several special tags that allow you to render specific kinds of notation using HTML substitution. Like WaTeX — and unlike LaTeX or <symimage> markup — you can include answer boxes in your formatted notation. Using HTML substitution is often simpler than using WaTeX, but its functionality is also much more limited than WaTeX.

Display Multiple-Select Choices Horizontally or in Tables

By default, the choices for a multiple-select question are displayed as a vertical list. Sometimes, you might want to arrange the choices horizontally or in a table.

Display Multiple-Select Choices in a Fixed Order

By default, the answer choices for multiple-select questions are listed in random order.

Display Notation with <symimage>

You can use the <symimage> tag to display well-formatted math notation in your questions and assignments in WebAssign. The markup used in the <symimage> tag is also used in NumberLine questions to display labels for points.

Display Notation with LaTeX

You can include LaTeX markup to display well-formatted math notation in your questions and assignments in WebAssign. Unlike WaTeX, LaTeX is displayed as a static image in your questions and does not offer the flexibility to include answer boxes in your math notation.

Display Numbers to a Specified Precision

You can use the sigform() and decform() functions to display numeric values to a specified number of significant digits or decimal places.

Download Assignment Scores and Statistics

You can download a report of each student's assignment scores for one or more sections of a course.

Download Calendar

After adding calendar events in WebAssign, you can download a month of your calendar to your computer as an.ics file and open it with your preferred calendar app.

Download Course Rosters

You can download student rosters for one or more sections of a course.

Download GradeBook Data

You can save your GradeBook information to a spreadsheet so you can view your students' scores.

Download Question Scores

You can download each student's overall assignment score and individual question scores for a single assignment.

Download Responses

You can download each student's responses to questions for a single assignment. You can choose to download the first response or the response on which the student's score is based. You can also include scores for each question with the responses.

Draw Chemical Structures in JME Molecular Editor

The following table describes how to draw and edit chemical structures in the JME Molecular Editor.

Draw Chemical Structures in Marvin JS

The following sections describe how to draw and edit chemical structures and reactions in Marvin JS.

Drop Specific Assignments from GradeBook

You can drop specific assignment scores from the GradeBook for all students so they are no longer considered in grade calculations. For example, you can drop the scores for the first quiz of the term.

Due Date Changes Unexpectedly for Timed Assignment

If you started a timed assignment and your instructor granted you extra time, the assignment due date changes until you resume work on the assignment.

Duplicate Assignment Templates

You can copy any assignment template and change it as needed. This is a quick way to create a new template that is similar in most respects to an existing template.

eBook Features Tutorials

Learn more about types of Cengage eBooks and their features.

Edit an Announcement

You can edit a current, future, or archived announcement.

Edit an Assignment That Was Shared With You

If an assignment was shared with you using group permissions, you can edit the assignment.

Edit Assignment Templates

You can change any of your assignment templates in WebAssign. If you change an assignment template that is already used in one or more assignments, you can select which assignments should be updated to use the new settings.

Edit Course Information

If needed, you can change the course name, description, discipline, and term.

Edit Final GradeBook Calculation Method

You can set the GradeBook final score calculation to be based either on points or weighted category scores. When based on weighted category scores, you can adjust the weights for each category toward the final score.

Edit Quick Notes

You can edit a Quick Note that you have already created. Editing a Quick Note does not change any communications that have already used the Quick Note text; it only changes the Quick Note text that is inserted after you edit it.

Edit Scores for Assignments Added to GradeBook

You can edit scores that you added for assignments your students completed outside of WebAssign.

Edit Section Information

If needed, you can change the section name, dates, and meeting times.

Edit Student Profile

Change a student's username, ID number, and name.

Edit Student View Settings for the GradeBook

You can specify what GradeBook information you want your students to see.

Edit the Grading Scale

You can change the type of grading scale used in your GradeBook or adjust the minimum scores needed to obtain each grade.

Edit Your Notes About a Question

You can edit the notes you have already saved.

Edit Your Profile

Change your username, name, and email address.

Enable Automatic Extensions for Your Class

You can set up an automatic extension policy for your class, for example, to always allow students a single extension per assignment with a 30% penalty. You can grant extensions manually even if you turn on automatic extensions.

Enable Student Assistant

The Student Assistant is a generative AI assistant that provides students with guidance, but it will not reveal answers. It offers personalized feedback based on the student's input, the topic they are working on and the Cengage textbook used in your course. It will not use material outside of Cengage.

Enable Student Self-Registration in Cognero

Enable student self-registration for your Cognero classes to allow students to register for your class and access assignments.