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*Note Montana Tech IT Help Desk does not provide support for Alex, if you have any issues reach out to Alex Support. If you have any issues with the LTI you can reach out to the IT Help Desk.*
The ALEKS LTI tool is placed under the Navigation menu, but the tool is not enabled by default.
Select your course shell in Canvas and proceed to the Settings page.
Select the Navigation tab.
Enable the ALEKS tool.
Drag to place ALEKS where you want students to click in the Navigation menu.
Click "Save" at the bottom of the page.
The first time you click through the ALEKS tool as an instructor, you will be asked to pair your Canvas account to your ALEKS account or to set up an instructor account in ALEKS.
Submit your login name and password, then click Continue to jump to the course pairing options.
If you do not have an ALEKS account, one will be created for you by selecting “No, I need a new instructor account.”
ALEKS will try to pull your account details from Canvas, but if they do not populate, make sure to enter your name and email address for your ALEKS account.
Agree to the Terms of Service and click Continue to finalize your account.
If you just created your ALEKS account, you will be presented with the option to make a new course and pair it immediately or create a copy of an existing course that is publicly visible and pair the copy.
Selecting "Create – New Class" will take you into ALEKS’ class creation process where you will select your ALEKS course product, textbook (if using one), and set your Start and End dates for the term.
Once you fill out all required fields and create your course, the ALEKS link from your Canvas Navigation menu will direct to the class in ALEKS when clicked.
Selecting "Copy – by Class Code" will prompt you to submit the ALEKS Class Code of a publicly visible ALEKS course.
Once you enter the Class Code and select the intended Start and End dates for your term, your ALEKS course will be created and paired with the Canvas shell.
From your paired ALEKS course, hover over Gradebook and select Gradebook Setup to begin configuring your gradebook and enable automatic grade sync.
Check the box to enable automatic gradebook sync. This will expand the list of settings associated with your gradebook sync.
Under Assignment Sync, choose which categories to send back into Canvas.
Check the boxes next to each category to add them to the Assignment Sync field.
Further control of the sync behavior is available through the Sync Time setting.
Click "Save" at the bottom of the page to complete your gradebook setup.
For any further assistance, consider reaching out to your institution’s support team.