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Blackboard LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3 Upgrade

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Blackboard LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3 Upgrade

If your LMS currently has the Barnes & Noble Education Course Materials LTI 1.1 tool configured, the steps below will guide you through the process of upgrading the existing 1.1 tool to a 1.3 configuration. Once this process is complete, the existing LTI 1.1 Course Materials link will be automatically updated to an LTI 1.3 link.

Navigate to System Admin → LTI Tool Providers → Register LTI 1.3 Tool Providers

  1. Click Register new LTI 1.3 tool
  2. Enter the Client ID provided by your BNC implementation contact and click Submit.
  3. A message prompt will appear asking if you wish to Migrate from LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3.
    • Click OK
    • Fields will auto-populate
      1. NOTE: Updated fields may indicate that some links are pointing to VitalSource. This is expected behavior when updating existing tooling from LTI version 1.1 to 1.3. 
  4. Confirm fields and click Submit
  5. Provide the Deployment ID to your BNC implementation contact in a one-time secret link to complete the setup.

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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