Setting up your Norton course in Blackboard through Willo

Step 1: Setting up your Norton course

  1. The deep linking tool is accessed from any Content area in Blackboard. If you don’t have any Content areas yet, first add one.Course navigation menu showing options to add content and links. 
    • In Blackboard Classic/Original View, from any content area click on the Build Content menu, and select Follett-Willo Digital Delivery 1.3  from the dropdown menu (note the name might vary slightly at your campus).Build Content menu showing option to create Mashup Image Gallery.
    • In Blackboard Ultra Course, click the + from Course Content and select Content Market.   Course home page for WilloLabs Testing for P H L showing content menu options.
  2. Select Follett-Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 from the listed Institution Tools.
  3. Click Continue in a New Window. 
  4. Select Add Publisher Links      Course Management page showing options to add product and publisher links.
  5. If your course materials have not yet been paired, you will be prompted to enter a Product Token. See here for more information on Product Tokens.
  6. In Course Management, select Continue to W. W. Norton Add Publisher Links page with button to continue to W W Norton.
  7. Log in using the email and password tied to your Norton account. If you don’t have a Norton account yet, reach out to your Norton rep for help.    W W Norton login page with email and password fields.
  8. Follow the steps in the wizard to create a Norton course, which is matched to your Blackboard course. You’ll need to set this up just once per Blackboard course
  • Step 1. This step confirms that you’re connected with your Blackboard course. Norton Learning Tools page confirming successful L M S connection.
  • Step 2Confirm 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.     Confirm Course Material page selecting Give Me Liberty Fourth Edition.
    • If applicable, confirm whether your course is participating in your school’s inclusive or equitable access program. Note that this program can be called different names.Inclusive Access prompt asking if the course is participating.
  • Step 3. Enter some required course details. Enter Course Details form with school type, country, and school fields.
  • 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.)    Course setup summary page showing L M S connection, material, and course details.

Step 2: Adding deep links to course material

Choose your integration type

For graded assignments, you may choose to send individual assignment links (most popular), or product homepage links.


  • Choose individual assignment links if you want your students to access separate links for each assignment in Blackboard. This will create separate grade columns in the Blackboard gradebook for each assignment per student.


  • Choose product homepage links if you want your student to have one link in Blackboard for each Norton product. This will create one grade column for each Norton product in the Blackboard gradebook per student. This grade is a cumulative average of all assignments for that product.   Gradebook example comparing individual assignment links with separate grade columns.

Add Links

  1. Choose course material to add to your Blackboard course
  2. Select Norton Learning Tools for Blackboard page listing available graded tools. If LMS Grade Column is on, the link will be sent as a link in the Content of the course, and will create a grade column with the specified LMS point value. Edit the LMS point value by typing a new value in the box.  InQuizitive graded tool selected with homepage link and grade column enabled.
  3. Due dates can be set for graded, individual assignment links.    Thinking Like a Historian exercises with due date setting window open.
  4. If you turn LMS Grade Column off, the link will be sent to the Content of the course, and no grade column will be created in the Blackboard course gradebook
  5. InQuizitive graded section showing homepage link with grade column off.
  6. Click the Review button at the bottom of the screen. You'll see a summary of the links you selected. Confirm, and Send To Blackboard
  7. Send Course Content to Blackboard confirmation with homepage link selected.
  8. When complete, close the LTI Launch Return tab, and refresh your course to view the new content in your Blackboard course.  You can reorganize or regroup your content in Blackboard so that your course is laid out the way you want.  If you have sent Product Homepage links, you can set due dates on individual assignments within the product. Launch the product homepage link from Blackboard and set due dates or edit assignments within the product. 
  • Classic View:Norton Course Materials page listing ebook and InQuizitive links.
  • Ultra View:Blackboard course page showing ebook and InQuizitive assignments with due dates.

Step 3: Relaunching deep linking tool

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

  1. From Blackboard Modules, relaunch the deep linking tool.
    • In Blackboard Classic/Original View, from any content area click on the Build Content menu, and select Follett-Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 from the dropdown menu (note the name might vary slightly at your campus)Blackboard Build Content menu highlighting Mashup Image Gallery option.
    • In Blackboard Ultra Courses
      • Click the + from Course Content and select Content Market   WilloLabs Testing for P H L course page with content creation menu open.
      • Select Follett-Willo Digital Delivery 1.3 from the Institution Tools.
  2. Click Continue in a New Window.
  3. In Course Management, click Add Publisher Links, and then Continue to W. W. Norton Course Management page with options to add product or publisher links.Add Publisher Links page with Continue to W W Norton button.
  4. Follow the steps listed here: Adding course material deep links to Blackboard
    • Note that the tool will indicate which links you have already added to your courseNorton tool selection page showing graded and ungraded content options.