ALEKS

ALEKS creates an optimized path for students with an ongoing cycle of learning and assessment, celebrating small wins along the way with positive real-time feedback. Rooted in research and analytics, ALEKS ensures improved student outcomes by fostering better preparation, increased motivation and knowledge retention. Use this tutorial for help setting up ALEKS in your courses:

Configuring Your Canvas Assignment 

From your Canvas Dashboard, choose the course you would like to configure the ALEKS assignment in.  

Once in the chosen course, choose Assignments.  

Click +Assignment 

In the Assignment, populate the fields for Name, Points, Assignment Group, and Display Points.  

For Submission Type, select External Tool  

 

Under the field for Enter or find an External Tool URL, select Find. 

 

 

 

 

 

Select ALEKS in the list, then click Select.  

 

 

 

Populate the rest of the remaining fields and click Save. 

 

You will either be redirected to ALEKS automatically, or see a screen displaying “Launching ALEKS in New Window.” If you see the “Launching ALEKS in New Window” screen, click to open ALEKS.  

 

Once in ALEKS, choose from the available options to pair your Canvas course with an ALEKS class.  

 

 

 

 

 

After setting up a new class or choosing an existing ALEKS class, you’ll see a notifications that your ALEKS class has securely been paired with your Canvas course.  

 

 

 

Your ALEKS Assignment 

In the Canvas course you paired, you will now see a new Assignment labeled “ALEKS”. Select that link at any time to navigate to ALEKS. 

Make sure to publish the assignment if it is not already published. 

 

Grading with ALEKS 

To enable automatic gradebook sync, access your ALEKS account and be sure the ALEKS class is paired with the correct Canvas course. Navigate to the Gradebook menu and select Gradebook Setup.  

 

 

Scroll down and locate the LMS Gradebook Sync section. Choose either “Do not synchronize ALEKS scores with your LMS gradebook” or “Automatically synchronize ALEKS scores with your LMS gradebook.” Then select Save.  

 

 

To view the ALEKS Assignment in your Canvas Gradebook, select Grades from the menu on the left.  

A column labeled with the name you gave the assignment (the ALEKS Assignment) will display.  

 

The scores in the ALEKS column will automatically update with the Total scores from the ALEKS Gradebooks after you enable the automatic gradebook sync on the ALEKS Gradebook Setup page shown above.