Integrating McGraw Hill Content to Blackboard Original Courses

The following information provides instructions on locating and activating LTI tools and content from third party publishers like Cengage, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, and Pearson into a Blackboard course using the Original course view.

About Third Party Publishers

Instructors have the option to use third party publishers to add textbook chapters, assignments, quizzes, and more content into their courses digitally. The process for integrating a course with a publisher’s content varies by publisher. Additionally, with the transition from Building Blocks to LTI, REST API, and cloud integrations; it is important to make sure the content is integrated into courses correctly so that instructors and students can access it without difficulty. If an instructor experiences issues with integrating their course to Blackboard, please submit a support ticket to IT. More specific questions about third party publishers and their content should be directed to the support staff for the selected publisher.

About McGraw Hill Content

There are currently two primary products from McGraw Hill that are integrated into CSU Pueblo’s Blackboard. These are Connect and SIMnet.

Connect is the digital teaching and learning platform for higher education.

SIMnet offers development opportunities specifically for Microsoft Office applications, file management, operating systems, and computer concepts.

Integrating Content Using Connect

To integrate Connect content from McGraw Hill into a Blackboard Original course, start by creating a new content area in the sidebar or folder in the course specifically for the McGraw Hill integration.

Here's an example of a new content area in the course sidebar:

A screenshot of the navigation menu of a Blackboard original course with a blue arrow pointing to the McGraw Hill folder where the Connect integration will be added.

After navigating to the desired content folder in the course, complete the steps listed below.

Hover over the Build Content [1] area to open the drop-down menu.
In the drop-down menu, click McGraw Hill Connect LTIA [2].

A screenshot of the McGraw Hill content folder in a Blackboard original course with two blue arrows. One points to the Build Content option, and the second points to the McGraw Hill Connect LTIA 1.3 option in the Build Content drop-down menu.

After selecting this option, the McGraw Hill Connect Screen will open.

From here the option to Pair with a Connect Section can be selected to begin linking content from McGraw Hill Connect into the course.

A screenshot of the webpage that appears after selecting the option to use the McGraw Hill Connect LTIA with a link to pair the course with a Connect section. The phrase Delivered with LTI Advantage is marked with a blue box for added emphasis.

Note: This page states that Connect is being "Delivered with LTI Advantage", which means that the correct LTI tool from McGraw Hill has been selected.

Once the option to pair the course with a Connect section has been selected, the course will need to be set up within McGraw Hill Connect before being deployed in Blackboard.

If issues are encountered while attempting to set up or deploy content after this point, please contact McGraw Hill Support.

Integrating Content Using SIMnet

To integrate SIMnet content from McGraw Hill into a Blackboard Original course, start by creating a new content area in the sidebar or folder in the course specifically for the McGraw Hill integration.

After navigating to the desired content folder in the course, complete the steps listed below.

Hover over the Build Content [1] area to open the drop-down menu.
In the drop-down menu, click McGraw Hill SIMnet LTIA [2].

In the tool screen that appears, type "CSUPUEBLO" into the URL space provided.
Select the CSUPUEBLO option from the drop-down menu.
Click Continue and continue setting up your course integration through SIMnet from McGraw Hill.

A screenshot of the SIMnet screen that appears after setting up the LTI in a Blackboard original course. A blue arrow points to the space in the provided URL where the user will search for the relevant campus. A blue textbox says "Type CSUPueblo into the URL space to find the CSU Pueblo campus."

Once the course settings and options have been selected in SIMnet and the content deployed to Blackboard, the content will be paired with the Blackboard course. If issues are encountered while attempting to set up or deploy content after this point, please contact McGraw Hill Support.

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