Adding Norton eBook to Your Course

Follow the steps in this section to add the Norton eBook to your D2L course using an LTI link provided by Norton, allowing students to access the eBook directly from the your D2L course shell.

1. Create a new module named eBook. Click [Add Existing Activities] → [Third-party Integrations].

   

2. On the Add Activity window, scroll all the way to the bottom of the list, then select [Create a New LTI Link].

   

3. Enter the eBook Title and LTI URL provided by your Norton representative. In this example, the title is eBook Gateway to Art. Once you click away from the URL field, the Tool field auto-populates. When finished, select [Create and Insert].

   

4. Back on the eBook Module page, select [Bulk Edit].
   
   


5. Towards the bottom-right of the module, select [Open as External Resource], then select [Done Editing].

   

Create a Student Set for Norton eBook

Follow the steps below to link the eBook with your D2L course. Completing this process ensures the eBook is properly connected and ready for student access.

1. Select the [eBook Gateway to Art] link that was created from the previous section.

   

2. Log in to your Norton account.
   1. If you have an existing Norton account, sign-in using your LSCS email and Norton password.
   2. If you do not have an existing Norton account, you will be prompted to register here. 

      

3. Norton eBook should be open in a new browser tab. Select [Create a new Student Set from scratch], then click [Next].

   

4. Enter the course information:
   1. Title: Auto-filled from D2L
   2. Country: Auto-filled
   3. State/Province: Texas
   4. School Type: College OR High School
   5. School Name: Select your Lone Star College campus
   6. Start Date: Course start date
   7. End Date: Two days after grades due date
   8. Self Enrollment: Students can self-enroll at any time
   9. Campus or School ID: No

   When finished filling out the above, click [Create Student Set].

   

5. Select [Yes] if your course participates in the STAR Bundle, then click [Save].

   

6. The green [CONNECTED TO LMS] button and the yellow course banner at the bottom-left confirm the course is properly linked.

   

Add an Ungraded Gradebook Item for eBook

Use this section to create an Ungraded Gradebook item for the eBook. This prevents the eBook from contributing to students’ final grades while allowing the link to remain accessible in the course.

1. From within your Norton eBook Content Module, under Assessment, select [Add a grade item…].
   
   
2. Select the [+] sign.
   
   

Option A: For Points Based Gradebook

Follow the steps below only if you have a Points Based Gradebook

1. Within the New Grade Item popup, Enter Ungraded eBook for the name.
   
   
   
2. Scroll further down, select [Exclude from Final Grade Calculation] → [Hide from Users] → [Create].
   
   

Option B: For Weighted Gradebooks

Follow the steps below only if you have a Weighted Gradebook.

1.  Within the New Grade Item popup, enter the name for the grade item [Ungraded eBook], then select [New Category] to create an ungraded grade item.
   
   
   
2. Within the New Category popup:
   1. Enter Ungraded category for the name.
   2. Enter [0] for weight.
   3. Select [Distribute weights by points across all items in the category].
   4. Click [Save].
      
      
3. Back under the New Grade Item popup, scroll down and select [Hide from Users] → [Create].
   
   
   
4. Click [Save] to save the newly created category and grade item.
   
   
5. Navigate to the newly created Ungraded Category, select the [down arrow] → [Hide from Users].