HOW TO ACCESS YOUR
COURSE RESOURCES IN
BLACKBOARD
Blackboard
• Nelson’s digital resources will be accessible via your Blackboard
course
• This provides a Single Sign On experience for both faculty and
students
• You do not need to sign into Nelson’s companion site to access
your content as all of your content is right on Blackboard for
your course
• Your First Time logging in will require you to go through the
following steps …
Verify/Create a Cengage/Nelson Account
• Verify that you have an account at: http://login.cengage.com
• Make sure you know your username and password
• If you do not have a Cengage/Nelson account contact your
sales representative as this is required to access your Nelson
resources. To find your sales rep click here:
http://replocator.nelson.com/
• Once an account is set up you will receive an e-mail from
[email protected] which you must
open to activate your account
Log into your Blackboard course
Login into your Blackboard course
and click on the Course Content
link on the left hand menu
Course Content tab
Click on the Partner Content tab,
and then select Commercial
Content
Commercial Content tab
1. Click on the Cengage Learning
icon
2. Click anywhere inside the
Cengage Learning box to select
your digital solution
Register at Nelson Education
Enter your Nelson/Cengage Instructor Resource account
information. This is a one-time activity to associate your
Blackboard account with your Cengage Learning faculty
account . If you do not have one, please see Slide #3.
Cengage Learning MindLinks
Click on link that is for your textbook digital
solution, OR use the search box at the top right to
find it.
Please Note: You can only use your chosen
textbook and not combine other textbook
resources from other courses.
Cengage Learning MindLinks
Choose the button to Create a new
Course or Copy an existing course.
You will then be prompted to input
your Course Name, Start/End Date
and Time Zone.
Cengage Learning MindLinks
You also have the option to add a
column into your Blackboard
GradeCenter. Choose Yes or No,
and then click Continue.
Cengage Learning MindLinks
Confirm the folder where you
would like to place the digital
solution and then click on Submit.
Cengage Learning MindLinks
Your core digital solution will now
show up in your Course Content
folder or in the folder that you
placed it in. Click on the link to
access the content.
CengageNOW
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CengageNOW offers online homework assignments and robust
assessment tools
Provides immediate and detailed feedback.
Content is written to accompany your course textbook
If you would like training on using
CengageNOW please contact your sales
representative: http://replocator.nelson.com/
Deep Linking
• Deep Linking allows you to select individual chapter material,
rather than the choosing to show the whole digital solution
• Deep Linking also allows a direct shortcut to the specific chapter
material that you want students to see
• This is not required, and is just an option.
• You must add the core digital solution to your Blackboard course
before you can begin Deep Linking
• If you wish to use Deep Linking, then please continue to the
next slide
Deep Linking
Click on your core digital solution
Deep Linking
Click on the Assignments tab
Deep Linking
Click on Create Assignment
Deep Linking
Choose the Assignment
type that you would like,
and then select Continue.
Deep Linking
Create your Assignment
name, Available and Due
Date, and then click on
Continue.
Deep Linking
Choose the chapter
content that you want, and
then select Continue.
Deep Linking
Choose your Assignment
Grading Options, and then
select Create Assignment.
Deep Linking
Go back to your Blackboard course
and click on the Partner Content
tab, and then select Commercial
Content
Deep Linking
1. Click on the Cengage Learning
icon
2. Click anywhere inside the
Cengage Learning box to select
your digital solution
Deep Linking
Click on link that is for your
textbook digital solution, OR use
the search box at the top right to
find it.
Deep Linking
Select the assignments that you
previously created that you wish to
show in your Blackboard course.
Deep Linking
Confirm your selections by clicking
on Save, or click Cancel to go back
to the previous screen.
Deep Linking
Confirm the folder where you
would like to place the digital
solution and then click on Submit.
Deep Linking
Your individual assignments will
now show up in your Course
Content folder or in the folder that
you placed it in. Click on one of the
links to access the content.
Student View
• Student View is identical to that of the instructor view
• Students will not be asked for a code to log in
Faculty Support
• Level 1 – Log in to Blackboard and your course
• Algonquin Blackboard Administration Team
• [email protected]
• Level 2 – Course Content
• Troy Verriez, Digital Solutions Manager at Nelson
• [email protected]
• Level 3 – Your Cengage/Nelson account
• Nelson Customer Support
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1-800-268-2222
[email protected]
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 6:00 pm EST
After hours, http://www.nelson.com/coursecare/ to submit a web
form