How do I add ALEKS to my Canvas course?

Assessment and Learning in Knowledge Spaces (ALEKS) is a Web-based, adaptive assessment and learning system. ALEKS uses adaptive questioning to quickly and accurately determine exactly what a student knows and doesn't know in a course. There are three ways faculty can add ALEKS to their Canvas course; (1) Navigation link, to (2) Modules, and to (3) Assignments.

  1. Access your Canvas course
  2. In the left navigation, click the Settings link
    Navigation links
  3. To add ALEKS to your Navigation link, click the Navigation tab
    Navigation tab
  4. By default, the ALEKS link in the navigation is disabled
  5. Scroll down the Navigation links and enable ALEKS 
    Enable ALEKS link
  6. Click Save to accept the changes
    Save changes to Navigation
  7. The link for ALEKS will now be visible to your students in the left Navigation
    ALEKS Navigation
    The ALEKS link will open in a new window
  8. Faculty will be able to add ALEKS to Modules
  9. Click on the Modules link
    Find Modules
  10. Click +Module to add a new module
    Add New Module
  11. Name the new module, ALEKS Connection and click Add Module
    Name and Save new module
  12. Click the + icon within the ALEKS Connection module to add a new item
    Add module item
  13. Add External Tool item
    Add External tool to Module
  14. Choose the ALEKS external tool
    Choose ALEKS external tool
  15. Click Add Item
    Click Add Item
  16. Publish both the ALEKS Connection module and the ALEKS link
    Publish ALEKS
    The ALEKS link will open in a new window
  17. Faculty will be able to add ALEKS to Assignments
  18. Click on Assignments link and create a new Assignment Group
    Add Assignment Group
  19. Name this new assignment group, ALEKS Assignments
  20. Within this new assignment group, click the + Assignment button
    Add New Assignment
  21. Add information to this new Assignment settings
    Assignments settings
  22. Click More Options
  23. Under Submission Type, choose External Tool
    Add External Tool to Assignments
  24. Click Find to search for External Tool URL
    External Tool Find
  25. Within the window Configure External Tool, click on the ALEKS URL
    Configure and Select External Tool
  26. An information window will appear. Click Done
    Link Resource
  27. Click Select
    SelectExternal Tool
  28. Scroll down and click Save & Publish button
    Save and publish Assignment
  29. The new ALEKS assignment will be available
    New assignment link
  30. The ALEKS link will open in a new window
     

ALEKS Links

All three connection methods will allow students to authorize their accounts and have access to the ALEKS course content. Faculty will have the choice in their ALEKS account to automatically synchronize ALEKS scores with the Canvas gradebook or download the gradebook to a Excel spreadsheet. By default, the option to automatically synchronize ALEKS scores with the Canvas gradebook is disabled.

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