Learning MindLinks

Document Last Update: August 4, 2021

Product: Learning MindLinks

Name
Product Name

Learning MindLinks
Description
Vendors description of the product
Learning MindLinks provides an integration with your institution’s Learning Management System (LMS), allowing instructors to add Cengage Learning content to their courses, synchronizing scores and eliminating multiple logins for students. 
Purpose
Requester intended use of the product. What will the tool accomplish? What benefits to the university, students, others?
The Cengage LMS integration reduces the time and energy to set up courses, sign into the system, find the materials for the current unit or assignment, correct assignments, and post scores. 
ASE Product Report Card
Product Report Card URL
 
Installation Type
Only one will apply
  • Approved - Campus
  • Approved - Online
  • Approved - Campus & Online
  • Semi Approved - Individual only 
Approved- campus. 

Tool Information

Communication Path
Communication paths for product changes and emergencies,…
  • When do the owner, stakeholders, employees and students need to be notified?
  • Path for back end issue - upgrades, bugs, ...
  • Path for Interface issue - upgrades, bugs, ...
  • Emergencies (major, minor)

Involved in determining this - Corey Moore, Ben Wilson, Dane Bohman, Dean Allen

 

The process for incident/maintenance communication for I-Learn products and the roles of portfolio managers and system owners is highlighted in the IT Incident Management and IT Change Management documents which are linked here.  

Product Owner
The person who can make the ultimate decisions for the product - funding, road map, vision, governance and retirement.
  • Please include name, email, phone, job title.

Sean Murdock

murdockse@byui.edu

(208) 496-3774

Stakeholders
A person or group of people who have an interest in the product and its success. Can influence product decisions. Are impacted (directly or indirectly) by the product. e.g. requester, department, developer, ASE, portfolio manager, product manager
  • Please include name, email, phone, job title.

Stakeholders: n/a 

 

Platform Services Director   

ASE List:  

  • Amber Gneiting - gneitinga@byui.edu / 208-496-7015  
  • Ben Wilson - wilsonbe@byui.edu / 208-496-1550  
  • Dane Bohman - bohmand@byui.edu / 208-496-7217  

Director, Software Engineering  

Portfolio Management   

Academics Product Manager  

  • Dean Allen - allende@byui.edu/(208) 496-7211
Audience
Who will use the product? (campus, online, pathway, Ensign, employees - more specific like - nursing students, specific department or course(s))
 
Campus, Students, Faculty

Purchasing

  • Purchaser and requester information - name, email, phone
  • Licensing (description of the license agreement - site license, per user, per computer, ...)
  • How is the license renewed?
  • Next renewal date?
  • When should this product be reviewed again for purpose and outcome? Usually, this happens every 3-5 years.
  • BYUI Purchasing Agent  - name, email, phone

Licensing Contract (How many licenses were purchased for the product?) 

Pricing Agreement. No licenses. 

Who is the contract contact? (Purchasing Department) 

N/A 

What is the technology use cap of this product? 

N/A

Other
  • Product documentation (URL)
  • Support and/or training documentation (URL)
  • ASE - maintenance needs and yearly maintenance estimate
  • Any custom code developed? (where can it be found)
  • Is this ADA compliant (URL to their official vendor statement)
  • Other
 
Data
  • Give description of all data and how it interacts with the university systems.
  • List all university systems used.
  • Installation instructions - URL or direction how to find the instructions.
  • Who is responsible for installation - please include email, phone, job title.

What system is this coming from (push/pull)? 

 

Push Destination 

  • Canvas gradebook 

Pull Source 

  • Canvas course 

 

First name 

Last name 

User role 

Login id 

Primary email 

Vendor Information

Product Name Learning Mindlinks
Product URL https://www.cengage.com/lms/
Company Name Cengage

Vendor Account/Sales Rep
Please include Name, email, phone, job title.

Cengage Investor Contact, investors@cengage.com

Vendor Support Rep
Please include Name, email, phone, job title.

 

 

Details

Article ID: 9083
Created
Wed 8/4/21 7:42 PM