Register a Tool
Step 1: As an Admin in Brightspace, click the Settings cog
Step 2: Manage Extensibility
Step 3: LTI Advantage tab - Note: If LTI Advantage is unavailable (not visible): As a Brightspace Admin navigate to Roles and Permissions for the Admin Role, then select External Learning Tools. You should see LTI Advantage permissions. Give the Admin Role all permissions, then Save the changes. If you need additional help with enabling LTI Advantage please reach out to your D2L Brightspace support.
Step 4: Register Tool
Step 5: Select Standard
Step 6: Add the following:
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- Create a Name: TestOut LTI Advantage
- Description: TestOut LTI Advantage
- Domain: https://partner.testout.com
- Redirect URLs: https://partner.testout.com/openid/idtoken
- OpenID Connect Login URL: https://partner.testout.com/openid/authorize
- Leave Target Link URI blank
- Keyset URL: https://partner.testout.com/openid/keyset
- Click away from the keyset URL to enable the next step
- Select All Extensions
- Leave "Send Institution Role" selected
- Select + Add Substitution Parameters and add the following:
Name: course_start_date Value: $CourseSection.timeFrame.begin
Name: course_end_date Value: $CourseSection.timeFrame.end
Step 7: Register the tool
Step 8: Take the Brightspace Registration Details and fill out the form registration link form provided to you by your TestOut Representative. Note: If you do not have a TestOut Representative and/or have not received a registration link/form, please fill out this form, and a TestOut representative will reach out to you: https://hs.testout.com/lms-integration-setup-or-training
Step 9: Leave the TestOut Form Open for a later step
Step 10: Click on View Deployments
Deployments
Step 1: New Deployment
Step 2: Adding the following:
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- In Tool dropdown, select the Registered Tool completed in the first phase of this install. Probably is "TestOut LTI Advantage"
- Create a name, something like TestOut LTI Advantage
- Leave Description blank
- Under Extensions, check boxes the following boxes
- Assignment and Grade Services
- Deep Linking
- Names and Role Provisioning Services
- Under Security Settings, check the following boxes
- Org Unit information
- User Information
- Name
- First Name
- Middle Name
- Last Name
- User ID
- Username
- Org Defined ID
- Name
- Link Information
- Title
- Description
- Classlist including users not known to this deployment
- Within Configuration Settings check the box for "Grades created by LTI will be included in Final Grade".
- Click Add Org Units
- Search for and select the desired Org Units you want this tool to be available to
- Click Add
Step 3: Click Create Deployment
Step 4: Copy the Deployment ID and fill out the first field on the form provided to you by your TestOut Representative (saved from the step above), then click Send.
Step 5: In Brightspace, click View Links
Step 6: New Link
Step 7: Name the link something like TestOut LTI Advantage
Step 8: URL https://cdn.testout.com/lms-gate/index.html
Step 9: No Description is needed
Step 10: Select Deep Linking Quicklink from Type dropdown
Step 11: Change the Width 1000 and height 800
Step 12: Save and Close
You are now setup and ready to create content.
Your integration is now fully setup
Note: Thinking ahead to your first course, it is important that each course contains a with a start date.