HOW TO ACCESS YOUR COURSE RESOURCES IN BLACKBOARD

APLIA AND COURSEMATE

Blackboard• Nelson’s text resources (CourseMate and/or Aplia) 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 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 Instructor.eResources@cengagelearning.com which you must open to activate your account

Verify/Create a Cengage/Nelson Account

Log into Blackboard

Login into Blackboard and click the link to access the additional homework and study tools (Aplia or CourseMate)

Select ‘Instructor Tools’

vClick Instructor Tools

Instructor Access Code

You must then enter the Instructor Access Code provided by your Blackboard Administrator.

Register at Nelson Education

Then click Register or Create… to connect and validate your Cengage/Nelson account.

If you have used CourseMate or Aplia in Blackboard before, you may not need to complete this step

Register at Nelson Education

Enter your Nelson/Cengage Instructor Resource account info (see slide 3)

Access Content

Following the completion of these steps, you will be able to access the additional homework tools (Aplia or CourseMate) from your Blackboard account without entering any additional information.

Student View

• Student View is identical to that of the instructor view• Students will not be asked for a code to log in

If you are using CourseMate …• 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/

If you are using Aplia …

• APLIA offers online homework assignments and robust assessment tools

• Provides immediate and detailed feedback.• Content is written to match your course

If you would like training on using Aplia please contact your sales representative: http://replocator.nelson.com/

Faculty Support• Level 1 – Log in to Blackboard and your course

• Algonquin Blackboard Administration Team• bbhelp@algonquincollege.com

• Level 2 – Course content• Andrea Bumstead, Digital Solutions Manager at Nelson

• andrea.bumstead@nelson.com

• Level 3 – Your Cengage/Nelson account• Nelson Customer Support

• 1-800-268-2222• nelson.brain@nelson.com• Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 6:00 pm EST• After hours, http://www.nelson.com/coursecare/ to submit a web

form