Add Macmillan Achieve to Your D2L Course

Last Modified on 04/02/2026 11:21 am CDT

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The Macmillan Achieve integration has been enabled for all D2L courses.

Make sure you are NOT logged into Macmillan Achieve. If you opened Achieve previously, please close and re-open your browser to be sure you are not still logged in.

Adding Macmillan Achieve to a D2L Course

This section walks you through the steps to add Macmillan Achieve to your D2L course so students can access required content from within Brightspace.

  1. From the Navbar, select [Content].

    Shows the Content option selected on the D2L Navbar.
  2. Select or create the module where you want to insert your Macmillan Achieve content. You can name the module Macmillan Achieve.

    Shows a content module named Macmillan Achieve selected in the D2L course.
  3. From the module, select [Add Existing Activities] followed by [Third-party Integrations].

    Shows the Add Existing Activities button with Third-party Integrations selected.
  4. From the Add Activity window, select [Macmillan Course Tools launch].

    Shows the Macmillan Course Tools launch option selected in the Add Activity window.
  5. The Macmillan Course Tools launch integration link will appear.

    Shows the Macmillan Course Tools launch link added to the D2L content module.

Linking Macmillan Achieve to a D2L Course

  1. Select the [Macmillan Course Tools launch] link you added in the previous steps above.

    Shows the Macmillan Course Tools launch link selected in the D2L content module.
  2. Select [Connect with Achieve].

    Shows the Connect with Achieve button.
  3. An authentication message will appear. Select [Authenticate].

    Shows the authentication message with the Authenticate button.
  4. Select [Do not ask me again for this application] followed by [Continue].

    Shows the Do not ask me again for this application checkbox and the Continue button.
  5. You should receive a message indicating the registration was successful. Select [Continue].

    Shows the successful registration message with the Continue button.
  6. Locate the course you want to pair and select [Associate].

    Shows the course selection screen with the Associate button.
  7. Select [Yes, Associate This Course].

    Shows the Yes, Associate This Course confirmation button.
  8. You should see a success message. Select [OK].

    Shows the success message with the OK button.
  9. You will see a message similar to the one below. You may close the window or tab.

    Shows the final message indicating the linking process is complete with an option to close the tab.

Adding Macmillan Content to a D2L Course

For more information about adding Macmillan content to a course, see Macmillan's help article.

Copying a Course with Macmillan Content

For more information about copying a course with Macmillan content, see Macmillan's help article.

  1. Copy your D2L course.

  2. Follow the steps above in Linking Macmillan Achieve to a D2L Course.

  3. Follow the steps in the video below.

    NOTE: The video is for Copy a D2L course integrated with LaunchPad, but this process is also similar for Macmillan Achieve.

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