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Blackboard External Tool Configuration – LTI 1.3 New Installation

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Blackboard LTI 1.3 Tool Setup and Link Placement

System Requirements

LTI 1.3 and LTI Advantage integrations are available on SAAS Learn deployments and Learn 9.1 Q4 2019 Self and Managed hosted versions and above.

LMS Admin/Course Set Up

  1. Navigate to System Admin → Integrations → LTI Tool Providers, and click Register LTI 1.3 Tool.
  2. Enter the Client ID provided by your BNC Implementation contact and click Submit.
  3. Verify and set the following information:
    • Tool Status
      • Client ID: Should be the same as the one your BNC Implementation contact sent you
      • Name: VitalSource LTI 1.3 Production
      • Description: VitalSource LTI 1.3 Production
      • Deployment ID: Copy this value and send to your NC Implementation contact
      • Initiate Login URL: https://bc.vitalsource.com/lti1-3/blackboard/login_initiations
      • Tool Redirect URLs: https://bc.vitalsource.com/oauth2callback
    • Domains
      • bc.vitalsource.com
    • Tool Status: Approved
    • Tool Provider Custom Parameters
      • blackboard_username=@X@user.id@X@
      • blackboard_course_id=@X@course.pk_string@X@
      • blackboard_user_external_uid=@X@user.batch_uid@X@
      • blackboard_course_external_uid=@X@course.batch_uid@X@
      • blackboard_user_id=@X@user.pk_string@X@
  4. Institution Policies 
    • User Fields to Send
      • Role in Course
      • Name
      • Email Address
    • Allow grade service access: Yes
    • Allow Membership Service Access: Yes
  5. Click Submit.

Note: S fields may indicate that some links are pointing to VitalSource. This is expected behavior when installing our LTI 1.3 integration.

Managing Link Placements

After you have set Barnes & Noble Education up as an LTI 1.3 Tool, you can place LTI links into courses. Depending on the BNC tool you are using, there are different options for doing this.

Manage Placements

  1. Go to the System Admin panel.
  2. Click on LTI Tool Providers and find the Tool/Provider for BNC Course Materials 1.3 (lti.bncollege.com).
  3. Click the arrow next to the provider domain and click Manage Placements.
  4. Click Create Placement and enter the following:
  5. Placement Information
    • Label: Enter what you would like to have appear in the course, for example, BNC Course Materials
    • Handle: bnc_coursematerials
    • Availability: Yes
    • Type: Course tool
    • Check “Allow student access”
    • Launch in New Window: Check
    • Tool Provider URL: https://lti.bncollege.com/materials
    • Tool Provider Custom Parameters
      1. blackboard_username=@X@user.id@X@
      2. blackboard_course_id=@X@course.pk_string@X@
      3. blackboard_user_external_uid=@X@user.batch_uid@X@
      4. blackboard_course_external_uid=@X@course.batch_uid@X@
      5. blackboard_user_id=@X@user.pk_string@X@
  6. Click Submit.

 

BNED Deep Linking Tool

The next step is to set up deep linking, a powerful feature of our existing LTI tooling that significantly improves course integration. Note that deep linking doesn’t require a new installation.

Using the BNED Deep Linking Tool

If your school is configured to use the BNED Content Deeplinking Interface, you can add deep links to specific locations of the content back into your Blackboard course.

  1. Go to the System Admin panel.
  2. Click on LTI Tool Providers and find the Tool/Provider for BNC (lti.bncollege.com).
  3. Click the arrow next to the provider domain and click Manage Placements.
  4. Click Create Placement and enter the following:
    • Label: Enter what you would like to have appear in the course, for example, BNED Deep Linking Tool
    • Handle: bnc_deeplinks
    • Availability: Yes
    • Type: 
      •  Deep Linking content tool
        • Do not select “Allow student access”
    • Tool Provider URL:
      • https://lti.bncollege.com/adopt
    • Tool Provider Custom Parameters
      • blackboard_username=@X@user.id@X@
      • blackboard_course_id=@X@course.pk_string@X@
      • blackboard_user_external_uid=@X@user.batch_uid@X@
      • blackboard_course_external_uid=@X@course.batch_uid@X@
      • blackboard_user_id=@X@user.pk_string@X@
  5. Click Submit.

 

Course-Level Setup: Course Materials (Classic View)

Once installed, the Course Materials link will be available in each course from the “Tools” or “Course Tools” (Ultra experience) menu. We recommend that the Blackboard administrator, instructional designer, or instructor set the link up in the course menu for more direct student access.

  1. Navigate to the desired course.
  2. Click the + sign in the left-hand navigation.
  3. Select Tool Link from the drop-down options.
  4. For Name, type BNC Course Materials.
  5. Next, click the drop-down next to Type and select BNC Course Materials.
  6. Check the box for Available to Users.
  7. Click Submit.

Course-Level Setup: Course Materials (Ultra View)

  1. Navigate to the desired course.
  2. Under Books & Tools in the left-hand navigation, click “View course & institution tools”
  3. Locate the BNC Course Materials tool and click the + sign.
  4. This will add a link to your Course Content area.
  5. The link will be hidden from students by default. Click the eye icon to make the link available to students.

API Setup

To complete the Blackboard API Integration - Roster Exchange Setup, follow this link:  

https://success.vitalsource.com/hc/en-us/articles/360055302193-Blackboard-API-Integration-Roster-Exchange-Setup

Blackboard Merges + Cross-listing Mapping

To communicate any merged or cross-listed courses, please use the template found on our Blackboard Merges + Cross-listing Mapping Template page. 

 

 

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