How to Manually Set Up the McGraw-Hill Connect Textbook

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Part 1: Duplicating your Connect Sections If you are teaching more than one of the same courses in Moodle, then you will first need to make copies of the Connect section. If you are only teaching one course, skip to Part 2: Pairing your Connect section. First, you will want to go to [connect.mheducation.com](http://connect.mheducation.com). Log in with your OCCC email and your McGraw-Hill account password.

A McGraw Hill Sign In screen showing an email field filled in, a masked password field, a Forgot your password link, a terms‑agreement notice, and a red Sign In button at the bottom.

Locate the course that you will be teaching. Click on the three stacked dots on the right-side of the course rectangle.

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Choose the option “Duplicate this section”.

A McGraw Hill course options menu with a green arrow pointing to the Duplicate this section option within the expanded three‑dot actions list.

Rename the section to match your course in Moodle. Then press “Continue to new section”.

A McGraw Hill Duplicate section window showing the new section name field prefilled with Copy of AHP‑1013 Fall 23 and a green arrow pointing to it, along with another green arrow pointing to the Continue to new section button at the bottom.

Click on “My Courses”.

A McGraw Hill Connect dashboard page with a green arrow pointing to the My Courses link near the top left.

You will see that you now have a new Connect section. Repeat this process until you have a Connect section for each of the course you are teaching.

Part 2: Pairing your Connect Section You will complete the pairing process in Moodle. To get to Moodle, go to [online.occc.edu](http://online.occc.edu) and login with your OCCC credentials. First, click on “My courses” at the top of the page.

A Moodle welcome page with a green arrow pointing to the My courses link in the top navigation bar.

Find the course that you will be teaching and pairing with Connect, then click on its name.

A Moodle My courses page showing a list of courses, with a green arrow pointing to the course titled BIO 2343 Example Course 3.

Turn on **Edit mode** (located at the top-right corner of the page).

A Moodle course page showing the top‑right corner with the Edit mode toggle switched off and a green arrow pointing toward the toggle.

Scroll-down until you see the “Add an activity or resource” link, then click on it.

A Moodle course page showing an Add an activity or resource button highlighted with a green arrow beneath existing course items.

Click on McGraw-Hill Connect LTI 1.3.

A Moodle activity‑chooser screen showing various activity icons, with a green arrow pointing to the McGraw Hill Connect LTI 1.3 option.

DO NOT name the activity. Instead, click on “Select content”.

A Moodle External tool setup page with a green arrow pointing to the Select content button under the General settings section.

Click “Pair with a Connect Section”.

A McGraw Hill Select content window showing the Quick links area, with a green arrow pointing to the Pair with a Connect Section option.

Click “Pair with existing Connect course”.

A McGraw Hill Connect page with a green arrow pointing to the button labeled Pair with existing Connect course.

Select the course that matches your Moodle section.

A McGraw Hill section‑selection screen showing two course sections, with a green arrow pointing to the 23F AHP‑1013‑MW01F option and its Select button.

You have now paired your Moodle course with Connect. Continue to Part 3: Deploying Connect Assignments into Moodle. Part 3: Deploying Connect Assignments into Moodle If you are still on the page that says, “You have paired your Moodle course with Connect”, click on “Go to Section Home”.

A confirmation screen showing the paired Moodle and Connect courses, with a green arrow pointing to the Go to Section Home button for the connected section.

If you accidentally closed out of this tab, repeat steps e-g in Part 2: Pairing your Connect Section, then click on “Go to my Connect Section.”

A McGraw Hill Select content window showing the Quick links section, with a green arrow pointing to the Go to my Connect Section option and the paired section listed beneath it.

Click on the “Assignments” tab next to Dashboard.

A McGraw Hill Connect page with a green arrow pointing to the Assignments tab in the top navigation menu.

Check the box next to the assignments that you want added to your course or “Select all assignments”. Make sure the assignments you are checking have points.

A McGraw Hill Connect Assignments page listing multiple assignments, with green arrows pointing to the checkboxes for selecting assignments and an oval highlighting the points column on the right.

Click on the three stacked dots on the right side of the **blue** row.

A McGraw Hill Connect Assignments page showing a list of assignments, with a green arrow pointing to the three‑dot options menu on the right side of an assignment row.

Choose the option “Deploy to Moodle”

A McGraw Hill Connect Assignments page with a green arrow pointing to the Deploy to Moodle option in the expanded bulk assignment options menu.

Choose your preferred Grade Type, then click “Deploy”.

A McGraw Hill deployment screen showing grade type options and a green arrow pointing to the Deploy button on the lower right.

Wait until the page is finished loading. DO NOT click anywhere.

A McGraw Hill Connect pop‑up showing a message that assignment deployment is in progress and instructing the user not to close the page.

Once the assignments are listed out, click on “Save and return to course”. It may take the page awhile to load, DO NOT click off the page or refresh.

A Moodle confirmation screen listing newly added graded activities, with a green arrow pointing to the Save and return to course button.

Once the assignments are in Moodle, click on the three stacked dots on the right side of their name to and select “Move” in order to place them somewhere else in the course.

A Moodle course page showing several external tool activities, with green arrows pointing to the three‑dot menu for one item and the Move option within that menu.

Part 4: Adding a link to the Textbook To add a link to the Connect Section Home where students can also access their textbook, click on “Add an activity or resource”.

A Moodle button labeled Add an activity or resource with a green arrow pointing toward it.

Then click on McGraw-Hill Connect LTI 1.3.

A Moodle activity chooser screen with a green arrow pointing to the McGraw Hill Connect LTI 1.3 option.

Name the activity something that lets students know it will lead them to their textbook or to the Connect course page.

A Moodle External tool setup screen with a green arrow pointing to the Activity name field, which is filled with Textbook/Connect Link.

Click on Privacy and uncheck “Accept grades from the tool”. Click “Save and return to course”.

A Moodle External tool setup screen showing the Privacy section with Accept grades from the tool highlighted, and a lower panel with a green arrow pointing to the Save and return to course button.

Please reach out to the Center for Learning & Teaching at [CLT@occc.edu](mailto:CLT@occc.edu) or 405-682-7838 for questions or concerns.