LTI User Guide - Blackboard

 

LTI Installation and Configuration

Interplay Learning Courses are preloaded into your Blackboard course and the LTI is installed using a Common Cartridge file. Once the Common Cartridge file import is complete, the Interplay Learning content will appear in your course, but you will still need to complete the LTI configuration before learners will be able to access it. Systems Administrator permissions are required to complete the configuration.  

 

What you will need

• A Blackboard course
• Ability to import Course Packages 
• Ability to add LTI Tool Providers 
• Your Interplay Learning LTI Key and Secret

 

Download the Common Cartridge Course Package

1. Go to: https://skilledtrades.interplaylearning.com/scorm.html
2. Enter in your Interplay Learning LTI Key when prompted to enter a SCORM token.
3. Once in, click on the catalog and pick the courses you want to download for import into your LMS:
4. You can select as many courses as you want. Once you are done selecting your courses, scroll to the bottom and select Download Selected Courses. You will then be presented with an options window.
   1. Type: LTI 1.1Select the following required options for Course Level Linking:
   2. Download Mode: Course Mode
   3. Platform: Common Cartridge  
      
   Note: If you wish to use Chapter Level linking, you should select “Chapter Mode” as the Download Mode option in the step above. Chapter Level Linking will work as course uploads do, only once uploaded, the course chapters are separated within the LMS to assign and move individually. When you import a Common Cartridge file that was downloaded in Chapter Mode, it will pre-load ALL the chapters within the course or courses you included into your Blackboard course. 
   

6. Next, select 'Download Content'. This will download a Common Cartridge file to your computer. Then proceed to the next section to Add the Interplay Learning Courses to your Blackboard course. 

 

Adding Content to Your Blackboard Course

 

1. In the Course Management menu, select Packages and Utilities and then Import Package/View Logs. 

 

2. Select Import Package at the top of the page. 
3. Under Select a Package, select the Course Cartridge file you previously downloaded.
4. Select the parts of the course package you want to import under “Select Course Materials.”

5. Click “Submit”.

6. A message will appear at the top of the screen indicating the action has been queued. You will also receive an automated confirmation email.

7. After the process is complete, a new content area will appear in the main navigation menu titled “Interplay Learning”. Your imported materials are located in this area. Inside each industry folder are the Interplay Learning courses related to that industry. If you chose “Chapter Mode” when you downloaded the Course Cartridge package, the courses will be broken out into individual chapters. 

 

Note: The links to the Interplay Learning courses or chapters will not be functional until you complete the LTI configuration. A Blackboard Systems Administrator is required to complete the process. 

Completing LTI Configuration

Turn On LTI Tools

1. Log into Blackboard and make sure you have Administrator permissions.
2. In the upper right corner, select the “System Admin” tab.

3. Scroll down until you see the Tools and Utilities module and select “Tools”.

 

4. Scroll down until you see the LTI header. 

 

Tip: Control+F" (or "Command+F" on a Mac) is the keyboard shortcut for the Find command. If you're in a document or in a web browser, pressing the Ctrl key + the F key will bring up a search box in the top right corner of the screen.

 

5. Ensure the ‘Course Tool’, ‘Organization Tool’, and ‘Content-Type’ is ON. 

6. Click “Submit” to proceed.

 

 

Configure the Interplay Learning LTI

1. Go back to the Systems Admin tab
2. Under the Integrations side menu select “LTI Tool Providers”.

3. Next, hover over “api.interplaylearning.com” and click on the arrow next to it. Click on “Edit” from the drop-down menu.

 

 

4. Input “api.interplaylearning.com’ by typing in the “Provider Domain” field. Select “Approved” for the “Provider Domain Status” field. In the “Secondary Hostnames” field, type interplaylearning.com. 

5. Scroll down until you see “Default Configuration”. From here select, “Set globally”. Input your “Tool Provider Secret” by typing in the field.

 

 

6. Then, scroll down to the bottom of the page until you see, “Institution Policies.” From here select the parts that are shown below (view screenshot).

7. Click "Submit" when you are done.

 

Scoring and Grades

Grade transfer is not currently available with the Interplay Learning LTI for Blackboard.