Use a Brightspace LTI-link in your assignment – Ans

If you want to set up the integration for an assignment, you’ll need an LTI-link. This LTI link is generated from Brightspace. Linking your assignment will allow your students to open the assignment through your LMS. Once the assignment has finished, you are also able to synchronise the results from within Ans.

Create a link for an assignment with LTI 1.2

error_outline LTI 1.2 will be deprecated on the 27th of August 2023. If you currently have any LTI 1.2 integrations configured on school level, you can continue to use these until then. New LTI 1.2 integrations can no longer be configured on school level. We advise institutions to replace their LTI 1.2 integration to version 1.3 as soon as possible as IMS Global stopped supporting version 1.2 on June 30, 2022. You can find more information on how to setup LTI 1.3 here.

To learn how to create a LTI-link for an assignment, follow the steps below.

Set up the Brightspace integration on school level in Ans.
Sign in to Brightspace.
Click Courses in the menu at the top.
Click on your course or use the search bar.
Click External learning tools in the menu at the top.
Click Manage external learning tool links in the menu at the top
Click New link.
Go to External Learning Tools in the Administration-panel.
Click Manage External Learning Tools Links.
Click New link and fill in a title.
Sign in to your LMS, go to the assignment and create a LTI link.
Click on the link and choose the assignment you want to link to.
If the students click on the link in your LMS, they will be redirected to the assignment in Ans. There is a possibility to export the grades to your LMS automatically.
Click on the LTI-link bar in the overview and you will be redirected to Ans.
Select the assignment and click Create.
The LTI-link is created.
If the students click on the link in Brightspace, they will be redirected to the assignment in Ans. There is a possibility to export the grades to your Brightspace automatically.

Create a link for an assignment with LTI 1.3

To learn how to create a LTI-link for an assignment, follow the steps below.

Set up the Brightspace integration on school level in Ans.
Sign in to Brightspace.
Click Settings in the top right corner.
Click on LTI Advantage Deployment and click on View Links.
Click on New Link.

6. Fill in your preferred name.
7. Enter your personal Launch link from Ans. image-1_18.39.44.png
8. Keep the selection of the dropdown menu on Deep Linking Quicklink.
9. The Width & Height can be left empty or set to a preferred size.
10. Click Save and Close.
11. Go back to your Brightspace homepage.
12. Select your Course in Brightspace.
13. Click Add Existing in the top right.

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14. Select External Tool Activity.

15. Select the tool you just created under Third Party.

16. Select the course in Ans that you want to link.

17. Select the assignment in Ans that you want to link

18. The link has been created.

Check or uninstall your LTI-link

If you want to check and/or uninstall the LTI-link, you can do so by following the steps below.

Click your domain School name in the menu on the left.
Click label_important Courses in the menu at the top.
Select your course or use the search bar.
Select your assignment or use the search bar.
Click on the settings Settings tab
Scroll down to the Integrations tab in the left menu
Click on your LTI-link. You are now able to remove the LTI-link by uninstalling it.

Synchronise the results

Once you have set up the integration for an assignment and received an LTI-link, you can synchronise the results.

To learn how to synchronise the results, follow the steps below.

Click your domain School name in the menu on the left.
Click label_important Courses in the menu at the top.
Select your course or use the search bar.
Select your assignment or use the search bar.
Click beenhere Results in the menu at the top.
Click on Send marks to LMS.

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