Canvas

Setting up your Norton course in Canvas through VitalSource 

 

Setting up your Norton course: 


  1. From Canvas Modules, click on the 3 dots in the upper right, and launch the VitalSource tool 

 

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  1. You will see the Norton text and courseware that have been paired with your course. Click Open Publisher Tool. If your course pairing is not complete, reach out to your bookstore.  

 

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  1. Log in using the email and password tied to yourNortonaccount. If you don’t have a Norton account yet, reach out to your Norton rep for help. 

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  1. Follow the steps in the wizard to create a Norton course, which is matched to your Canvas course. You’ll need to set this up just once per Canvas course. 

    Step 1.This step confirms that you’re connected with your Canvas course. 

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Step 2. Confirm that the course material paired to your course is correct. If this is not correct, please contact your bookstore to get it updated to the correct material before proceeding. 

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If applicable, confirm whether your course is participating in your schools inclusive or equitable access program. Note that this program can be called different names. 

 

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Step 3.Enter some required course details. 

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Step 4.Confirm all your course information and create the course. (Or, to correct anything, use the “Previous” button to go back and edit it.) 

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Adding deep links to course material:  


  1. Choose course material to add to your Canvas course 

 

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Resource links such as Videos, Documents, or unassignable Ebooks, will be sent to Canvas as links in theModulessection 

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Assignable activitieslike Norton Illumine EbookInQuizitiveSmartwork, Tutorials,etc. will be sentto Canvas as assignments in the  CanvasAssignmentsarea, with a corresponding Gradebook column 

For assignments, you may set a due date, and adjust the LMS point value 

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  1. Click theReview & Send to LMSbutton at the bottom of the screen. You’ll see a summary of the links you selected. Confirm, and Send to LMS. 

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  1. When complete, the modal will close, and you will see the content in your Canvas course You can reorganize or regroup your content in Canvas so that your course is laid out the way you want. Publish items when you want to make them available to students.  

 

 

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Relaunching deep linking tool: 

 

 

You don’t have to select all your links at once. You can launch this tool from your Canvas course to add additional links throughout the semester . 

 

  1. From Canvas Modules, click on the 3 dots in the upper right, and launch the VitalSource tool 

 

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  1.  Click Open Publisher Tool  

 

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  1. Follow the steps listed here for adding deep links to course materials.

4. Note that the tool will indicate which links you have already added to your course 

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