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Set up the Blackboard integration with LTI

Angela Konijn
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error_outline LTI 1.2 will be deprecated on the 23rd of April 2023. If you currently have any LTI 1.2 integrations configured on university level, you can continue to use these until then. New LTI 1.2 integrations can no longer be configured on university 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.

If you are ready to start with the Blackboard integration through LTI 1.3, you will need to activate the integration on school level in Ans. You will need to set up the integration both in Ans and Blackboard.

The steps below will take you through this process, which is divided into different sections. First, you will need to prepare the set-up of the integration in Ans, after which you will need to prepare the integration in Blackboard Developer. You can then register the application in Blackboard, after which you can finish setting up the integration in Ans. Then you will need to set up a Developer Key in Blackboard, so you can finalise the set-up in Blackboard as well.  

Prepare the integration in Ans - part 1 

  1. Click the domain School name in the menu on the left.
  2. Click settings Settings in the menu at the top.
  3. Click Integrations in the menu on the left. 
  4. Click the dropdown menu Configure in the Blackboard-section

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A pop-up will show up containing 3 personal links, which you will need to create the Developer Key in Blackboard in the next section. You can identify the different links by the word they end on: logins, launches or lti/keys. Keep these links handy for the next section. You will be filling in the open fields in this pop-up after you are done setting up the integration in Canvas. 

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Prepare the integration in Blackboard Developer

You will need to navigate to the Blackboard Developer Portal to create a new registration for your LTI integration. This needs to be done for every integration, you can create multiple registrations on the same Ans environment as well as on the separate environments. 

  1. Sign in to the Blackboard Developer Portal.
  2. Click on Register a new application. 
  3. Fill in the information as shown below. 
  4. Turn on the switch My integration supports LTI 1.3. 
  5. Click on Register Application.

 

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A new page will open up with the information you will need to finish setting up the integration in Ans by getting the Developer Key from Blackboard. On this page you will see multiple links and codes. You will need to copy the Application ID to use in Blackboard, which is where it will be called the ClientID.

The information on this page will also be needed to set up the integration in Ans. 

Prepare the integration in Ans - part 2

  1. Open Ans again. 
  2. Fill in the information as shown below. 
  3. Wait with clicking on Activate until you've finished the steps in the next section. 

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Create the Developer Key in Blackboard

  1. Open a new tab in your browser and sign into Blackboard
  2. Navigate to System admin in the top right corner. 
  3. Click on LTI Tool Providers under the Integrations section. 
  4. Click on Register LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool. 
  5. Fill in the Client ID (also know as the Application ID). 
  6. Click on Submit. 
  7. Copy the Deployment ID and fill it into Ans. Click on Activate in Ans. 
  8. Fill in the information as shown below. 
  9. Click on Submit. 

 

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Finalise the setup in Blackboard

  1. Navigate to System admin.
  2. Click on Course Settings under the Courses-section. 
  3. Click on Course Tools.
  4. Scroll down to LTI and turn it on. 
  5. Choose to apply the changes to either only new or both new and existing courses. 
  6. Click Submit. 

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     7. Navigate back to System admin.
     8. Click on LTI Tool Providers under the Integrations section.
     9. Click on the Tool Provider for Ans.
     10. Click on Create placement.
     11. Fill in the information as shown below. 
      Make sure to check the box for 'Launch in New Window'. 
     12. Click Submit. 

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