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Brightspace/D2L LTI 1.3 Tool Setup

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Brook Mecham
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Brightspace/D2L LTI 1.3 Tool Setup

Follow these instructions to enable LTI 1.3 launches in the Brightspace (D2L) LMS/VLE.  The first step is to create a new LTI 1.3 Tool Registration. 

LMS/VLE Admin/Course Set-Up

LTI 1.3 Tool Registration

  1. Click on the Settings icon, then click Manage Extensibility.

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  1. Click the LTI Advantage Tab, then click Register Tool.

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  1. Enter the following information in the Register Tool form:
    • Name: VitalSource
    • Description: VitalSource
    • Domain: https://bc.vitalsource.com
    • Redirect URLs: https://bc.vitalsource.com/oauth2callback
    • OpenId Connect Login URL: This will be given to you by your VitalSource Integration Manager
    • Keyset URL: This will be given to you by your VitalSource Integration Manager
    • Under Extensions, choose:
  1. Once the new LTI 1.3 tool is registered, Brightspace will expose a set of configurations that are needed to complete the registration on the VitalSource side. Copy and paste this data and send it to your VitalSource Integration Manager to complete the registration and enable the integration.

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Note: This data can also be seen again by clicking on the LTI Advantage Tool.

Tool Deployment 

Next, create a Deployment for the new tool that was just created, either from the Creation screen or the Edit Tool screen. 

  1. Click the New Deployment button.

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  1. Click the LTI 1.3 Tool Registration that was created in the previous step in the Tool dropdown.
  2. Ensure the following Extensions are selected:
  3. Ensure the following settings are selected/configured:
    • Org Unit Information
    • User Information
      • Name
      • Email
      • User Id
      • Username
      • Org Defined ID
    • Link Information
      • Title
      • Description
  4. Classlist including users not known to tool

Note: Ensure the Deployment is shared with the correct Org Units.

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  1.  After a successful Deployment creation, Brightspace will expose a unique Deployment ID. Copy and paste that value and send it to the VitalSource Integration Manager along with the LTI 1.3 Tool information created before.

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Note: This value can also be seen by clicking the new Deployment in the View Deployments screen.

LTI 1.3 Link Creation 

The last step is creating the links to be used in the courses. There are 2 methods to create links: at the Deployment level or Course level.

Deployment level

  1. Click View Links from the View Deployments screen.
  2. Click New Link and enter the link details.
  3. Once the link is created and shared at the Deployment level it is available to be added in all of the courses that the deployment was shared with above. Navigate to a course, and either choose an existing module or create a new one.
  4. Click Existing Activities → External Learning Tools and click on the LTI 1.3 link created previously.

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Creating LTI 1.3 Links from the course level 

Assuming the LTI 1.3 Tool has been registered and the tool has been deployed and shared with the course, navigate to a course and either choose an existing module or create a new one.

  1. Click Existing Activities → External Learning Tools and scroll down to the bottom of the list.
  2. Click New LTI Link.

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  1. Enter the Title of the link you'd like to display in the Course.
  2. Enter the LTI URL (Launch URL) and choose the correct LTI 1.3 Tool from the drop-down.
  3. Click Create and Insert.

LTI A Deeplinking 

  1. Create a VitalSource LTI 1.3 link that will initiate the Deeplinking flow:
  2. Click the View Links link from the View Deployments screen.
  3. Click the New Link button and enter the deeplink LTI details:
    • Name: VitalSource Content Links
    • URL: https://bc.vitalsource.com/adopt
    • Description: VitalSource Content Links
    • Type: Deeplinking Quick Link
    • Width: 1200
    • Height: 800
    • Click Save and Close
  1. Navigate to the Brightspace course you want to add LTI links to.
  2. In the module, click the Existing Activities button.
  3. Click the VitalSource LTI Deeplink name, ex. VitalSource Content Links. 

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  1. This will launch the instructor to the VitalSource Content Deeplinking tool. Choose your current adoption or search for content (not available for Inclusive Access courses), choose a link to a specific page, then add them back to the course.

 

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