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Blackboard LTI 1.3 Integration

Introduction

Welcome to the HelioCampus Blackboard LTI 1.3 Integration Guide. The HelioCampus LTI 1.3 Tool allows students and instructors to access a HelioCampus Assessment & Credentialing course section within a related Blackboard course. This document provides step-by-step instructions for configuring the integration between HelioCampus Assessment & Credentialing and Blackboard using the LTI 1.3 standard and completing the HelioCampus Assessment & Credentialing LMS Information Form.

Register LTI 1.3 Tool on Blackboard

A Blackboard Administrator must register the LTI 1.3 Tool within the institution's Blackboard instance by following these steps:

1. Navigate to Administrative Tools

Depending on your version of Blackboard, choose the steps that will get you to the LTI Tool Providers menu.

Ultra:

  1. Log into Blackboard as an Admin.

  2. Navigate to Admin on the left-hand menu.

  3. Under Integrations click LTI Tool Providers

Classic:

  1. Log into Blackboard as an Admin.

  2. Navigate to System Admin on the top right menu.

  3. Under Integrations click LTI Tool Providers

2. Create Registration

  1. Click Register LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool

  2. Paste the Blackboard Application ID your HelioCampus implementation team provided in the Client ID field.

  3. Click Submit

3. Accept LTI 1.3 Tool

  1. Find the Deployment ID and copy the value

  2. Paste the Deployment ID into the LTI 1.3 Deployment ID field on the HelioCampus Assessment and Credentialing LMS Information Form.

  3. Click Submit on the HelioCampus Assessment and Credentialing LMS Information Form.

  4. Update Tool Status to Approved.

  5. Under Institution Policies, check all options under User Fields to Send.

  6. Click Submit

4. Manage Placements

Locate the newly created LTI 1.3 tool, which should be named something like: "HelioCampus <Your Institution Name> Production."

  1. Hover over the tool name and click the dropdown arrow.

  2. Select Manage Placements from the menu.

  3. Click Create Placement to proceed.

  4. Update the fields in the placement dialog, enter the following details:

Note: Replace <HelioCampus_URL> with your institution’s HelioCampus Assessment & Credentialing URL.

Field

Value

Placement Information

Label

This is the LTI 1.3 tool name the users see in Blackboard, we suggest, HelioCampus Tools

Description

HelioCampus is a web-based assessment management solution that facilitates the collection and application of real-time assessment data.

Handle

1

Availability

Choose Yes

Type

Choose Course Tool

Type: Course Tool

Check Allow student access

Tool Provider Information

Target Link URI

https://<HelioCampus_URL>/index.cfm/page/AefisFramework.login?authenticatorcode=advantage

Tool Provider Custom Parameters

See Customizing the LTI 1.3 Connection, allows you to custom the LTI link including changing the user value LTI 1.3 is matching on.

  1. Click Submit

Customizing the LTI 1.3 Connection

If you want to customize the LTI 1.3 connection between Blackboard and HelioCampus Assessment & Credentialing, refer to the Blackboard Customizing LTI 1.3 guide. A custom configuration allows you to:

  • Modify the user match for the tool.

  • Modify the landing page for the tool.

  • Modify the menu items shown the tool.

Once all steps are completed, return to the main Blackboard guide to finalize the integration.