Blackboard: How to configure the Learning Science LTI 1.3 (Advantage) tool (Admin)

Blackboard: How to configure the Learning Science LTI 1.3 (Advantage) tool (Admin)

Notes
These instructions are intended for a Blackboard administrator at your institution

The LearnSci resources fully integrate with your Blackboard platform. All of your resources are hosted, maintained and updated by Learning Science and are added to Blackboard as an LTI 1.3 Deep Linking Tool in just a few steps. 

For help and support email support@learnsci.com

Step 1: Go to your Blackboard Administrator panel → Integrations block → LTI Tool Providers


Step 2: Click Register LTI1.3/Advantage Tool


Step 3: Paste the Client Id provided to you by LearnSci into the field and click submit.


The other fields should be filled in automatically. Click submit.

Step 4: Set the Tool Status to Approved

Step 5: Give the tool permission to receive course related information and user related information. This is used to automatically create accounts on the LearnSci platform from the LMS information.


NotesNote: If your institution requires that users remain anonymous, you can uncheck the name and/or email fields, however this will impact reporting and academics’ ability to identify individual students on the LearnSci platform. Please get in touch if you need more information about this.

Step 6: Send back to LearnSci the Default deployment ID (On the LTI Tool Providers page, select the dropdown menu next to the tool name and select Manage Deployments)


LearnSci will then configure your registered LTI integration to allow traffic from the deployed tool in your LMS and authorise it correctly. Once this is confirmed you can continue to test.

Step 7: In Blackboard Original you can then add content in a course using the Build Content menu.


In Blackboard Ultra, from within your course click on the plus (+) to add Content, Select Content Market, then locate the LearnSci tool.


Open the tool and you should be able to select any LearnSci resources that have been made available to you to add to the course.


Once you’ve made your selections, scroll to the bottom of the page and click ‘add content’. You may then need to close the window and refresh the course page to see the new content.

Step 8: If you experience any difficulty opening resources, or (particularly in the case of Smart Worksheets) the content is not fully visible, you can set each added resource to open in a new window. This ensures maximum compatibility and allows the full resources to be shown.

Step 9: The tool should now be ready for testing with users. Teaching users will see the full interface of the LearnSci platform when they launch resources, and students should see the resources open full screen only.