How do I connect Gateway to Canvas with a LTI Connection?
How do I connect Gateway to Canvas with a LTI Connection?
How do I connect Gateway to Canvas with a LTI Connection?
Prior to being able to connect your LTI links in Canvas, your IT administrators must first add Carolina Science Online (CSO) in Canvas as a LTI Tool Provider/External Learning Tool Provider. Please see “How to set up Carolina Science Online as a new tool provider in Canvas?” for assistance on this step.
There are 2 different ways to add an LTI link to a course, depending on how the instructor plans to grade the activities performed in the linked resource.
- Graded Content: if the instructor wants the score from the auto-graded pre-assessment portion of the Gateway resource to be included in the gradebook, set up the LTI tool as an Assignment. This will create a gradebook column for this item. To integrate this way, see “Create an Assignment” below.
- The pre-assessment is a pass/fail activity; students must earn 100% on the pre-assessment to access the activity protocols and the lab notebook within the Gateway resource. The instructor will also need to create a second, separate Assignment where students can submit their lab notebook PDF files.
- Ungraded Content: if the instructor does not want to include the pre-assessment score from the Gateway resource in the gradebook, set up the LTI tool as a External Tool within a module. The instructor can still create a standard Assignment where students can submit their lab notebook PDF files. To integrate this way, see “Create and External Tool” below.
Create an Assignment – Graded Content
- Go to the course and click into the "Assignments" page, then click the "+ Assignment" button to create a new assignment.
- In the new assignment settings, go to the Submission Type drop down menu and select "External Tool" from the list of options.
- Paste the LTI link (launch URL) you want to add in the External Tool URL field and check the box to load the tool in a new tab. Then make sure the other assignment settings are configured according to your preferences.
- If you cannot locate your URL, contact our support team at distancelearning@carolina.com for assistance.
- Click "Save and Publish" if you want to publish the assignment right away, or just "Save" if you will publish it later. Once the assignment is saved, it can then be added to a module.
Create an External Tool – Ungraded Content
- Go to the course and click into the "Modules" page.
- Locate the Module where you'd like to add the content or create a new Module by clicking the "+ Module" button at the top of the page. Click the "+" button on the Module where you want to add an item. This will open the Add Item dialog box.
- In the Add Item box, select "External Tool" from the list of content types available to add.
- In the Add External Tool options, paste the LTI link (launch URL) for the Gateway resource you wish to add in the URL field. Give the resource a name in the Page Name field.
- The Carolina tool configured previously does not need to be selected from the list of tool providers that appears upon selecting “External Tool” from the content type dropdown.
- The new item should now appear in the Module. Make sure to click the publish button when you are ready for it to appear to students.
NB 11/20/2023