Cengage Unlimited

Cengage Unlimited is a subscription service that provides students access to a vast library of digital textbooks and course materials. It offers a cost-effective alternative to purchasing individual textbooks, allowing students to access materials for multiple courses under a single 12-month subscription cost of $180.

Instructors can adopt a single e-book or multiple books and courseware (homework platforms) per course. That way, you can build the best textbook resources that work for your course. Courseware like MindTap offers interactive auto-graded activities, embedded quizzes and assessments, tutorials, and even adaptive learning. 

choosing a textbook

Step 1: Create a Cengage Faculty Account. You will need to verify your faculty status by taking a photo of your ID, onboarding document, or a screenshot of your Canvas dashboard. 

Step 2: Search for a textbook. Preferably choose a textbook that has MindTap to get the most available resources. You can filter for MindTap when you search by platform. 

Step 3: Add the e-text or platform to you Library.

ADDING A TeXTBOOK to your CANVAS Course

Please note that students must be able to access the Cengage book through their Canvas course for their Unlimited account to work. 

Step 1: Go to your Canvas course. Under Settings from the left sidebar, drag the Cengage label to the top of your course after the Modules lable. Be sure to click the Save button!

Step 2: Click on the Cengage label from the left sidebar. Now you can add an e-textbook or the complete platform. If you have chosen to only uses an e-textbook, you can add the entire book or one chapter at a time. This book will then import as its own course Module. Drag the chapter or book to its designated module. 

If using a platform like MindTap, you will need to set up your course and sections. If you are the coordinator for a course taught by adjunct faculty, you can quickly set up all the sections from one course master. Setting up a course master with sections makes coordinating easier. 

For help setting up your Cengage Unlimited textbook, contact cetl@lincoln.edu