Transcript E-Textbook Project 2013

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
Click on the top link to add all of
the core digital solution in your
Blackboard course.
OR
Select individual chapter material
by using Deep Linking. To review
Deep Linking, please go to the next
slide.
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 strictly an option
Cengage Learning MindLinks
Confirm your selections by clicking
on Save, or click Cancel to go back
to the previous screen.
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 or
individual chapter material 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.
CourseMate
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CourseMate offers online practice and study tools
Also includes an eBook (online only)
Instructor can choose to create a course so they can track which
resources students are accessing and how long they are spending in
the program
If you would like training on using
CourseMate please contact your sales
representative: http://replocator.nelson.com/
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