First Day™ Blackboard Ultra Course Set-up: Cengage Content

First Day Course Materials Content

As an instructor for a First Day/Inclusive Access course, you will need to add the First Day Course Materials tool link in your Blackboard Ultra Course Content area so that students can choose to opt-out of the program during the designated period of time.

Cengage-specific First Day course materials such as the eBook and associated courseware, including assignments, quizzes, and other assessments will be accessed by the student through a Course Content link(s) that you will add separately.

 

Adding the First Day Course Materials Link

  1. From the Course Content page, click on an Add Content (+) icon and from the drop-down menu, select Content Market.Location: Blackboard Learn Ultra course page under the "Course Content" view. Step 1 Callout: A red arrow points to the purple plus/close icon located on the divider line below the "Course Content" header. Menu Options: Clicking this icon opens an options menu containing: "Create" "Auto-Generate Modules" "Copy Content" "Upload" "Cloud Storage" "Content Market" (highlighted) "Content Collection" Step 2 Callout: A red box highlights "Content Market" near the bottom of the drop-down menu next to a shopping cart icon.
  2. In the Content Market page, scroll down and locate First Day Course Materials. Click the Add Content (+) icon to add the tool link to the Course Content page.Location: Blackboard Learn Ultra Content Market menu grid. Highlighted Area: A red box outlines the card titled "First Day Course Materials", which displays a green ampersand (&) logo at the top. Specific Action: A red arrow inside the box points directly to the small circle with a plus sign (+) located in the bottom-right corner of the "First Day Course Materials" card. Surrounding Context: The card sits in a grid alongside other institution tools such as "Evolve Link" to its left and "FlatWorld Assignments" to its right.
  3. Newly added items to the Course Content page automatically default to Hidden from students. Click the arrow next to the visibility setting to make the link available to student users. Select the More Options icon (…) to edit the link name, should you want to change First Day Course Materials to a custom title.Location: Blackboard Learn Ultra course page under the "Course Content" area. Highlighted Item: A red box surrounds the newly added item container titled "First Day Course Materials", located directly above the "Start Here - ONL" module. Callout 1 (Visibility): A red arrow on the left points to the visibility drop-down menu, which currently shows a hidden eye icon and the text "Hidden from students". Callout 2 (Options Menu): A second red arrow on the right points to the three-dot icon (...) for accessing additional item settings and options.

 

Linking Cengage Courseware 

Here are the following Cengage training resources listed by digital learning platform:

Here is Cengage's ACC specific instructor support page for First Day Cengage Blackboard Ultra course integration.

Here is Cengage's student support materials for accessing First Day Cengage materials.

Finally, here is the instructor and student support regarding First Day Inclusive Access at Barnes & Noble’s customer care website.

 

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