Configuring CertMaster Learn or Labs (2023 or prior) in D2L Brightspace via LTI 1.3

Part 1: Register the LTI Advantage tool

1. Logged in as an Admin, navigate to the gear icon in the upper right (Admin Tools), and then, in the Organization Related section, select Manage Extensibility.

2. Select the LTI Advantage tab, then click the Register Tool button.

   • Note: Make sure you click the LTI tab; the default screen under the ID Key Authorization tab has a very similar button that will put you in the wrong place.

3. Select Standard, and click the Register button.

4. Use the parameter document sent to you by your CompTIA integration specialist to fill in the fields as indicated below:

   • Name: CertMaster <Product>

     • For example, ‘CertMaster Learn’, ‘CertMater Labs’, or ‘CertMaster Practice for Network+ (008) Learner Modules’

   • Description: <Leave blank>

   • Domain: (Copy and paste the Domain from your documentation)

   • Redirect URLs: (Copy and paste the Redirect URL(s) endpoint from your documentation)

     • If your documentation contains multiple Redirect URLs, click +Add Redirect URL so that each one has its own field.

   • OpenID Connect Login URL: (Copy and paste the OpenID Connect Login URL endpoint from your documentation)

   • Target Link URI: (Copy and paste the Target Link URI endpoint from your documentation)

   • Keyset URL: (Copy and paste the Keyset URL endpoint from your documentation)

   • Extensions: Check all three boxes

   • Roles: Check Send Institution Role

   • Substitution Parameters and Custom Parameters: Most integrations will not require these, but if your documentation lists them, please fill them out appropriately.

5. Click the Register button at the bottom.

6. In the tool list that appears, click the name of the tool you just created to view its details.

7. Scroll to the bottom to the Brightspace Registration Details section. Copy each of the fields listed (Client ID, Brightspace Keyset URL, Brightspace OAuth2 Access Token URL, OpenID Connect Authentication Endpoint, Brightspace OAuth2 Audience, and Issuer), and paste them into an email to your CompTIA integration specialist, but do not send it yet.

8. Just under these values, click the View Deployments link.

Part 2: Create Deployment

1. (If you arrived here from the last step of the previous section, skip this:) Click the gear icon in the upper right, and in the Organization Related section, select External Learning Tools.

2. Click the New Deployment button.

3. Fill out the form as indicated below:

   • Tool dropdown: Select the tool you created in Part 1.

   • Name: Enter the same name as the Tool title.

   • Description: Can be left blank.

   • Extensions: These should automatically all be checked, but if they aren’t, check each box.

   • Security Settings: Check the boxes for Org Unit Information, User Information, and Link Information, which will also automatically check off every box in those sections.

   • Configuration Settings: Check each box (Open as External Resrouce, Grades created by LTI will be included in Final Grade, and Auto Create Grade Items)

   • Substitution Parameters and Custom Parameters: Most integrations will not require these, but if your documentation lists them, please fill them out appropriately.

   • Make tool available to: Click the Add Org Units button to choose where this tool should be available to course designers. If selecting a higher-level Org Unit, be sure to select an option that includes "Descendants" from the right column, depending on where your courses will be living.

4. Click the Create Deployment button.

5. In the Deployment list that appears, click the name of the one you just created to view its details.

6. Scroll to the bottom. Under Brightspace Deployment Details, click the icon to copy the Deployment ID and paste it in the email to your CompTIA Specialist with the other integration details. If this is the last tool you’re configuring, you may send the email.

7. Back in Brightspace, click the View Links link beneath the Deployment ID.

Part 3: Create 'Links'

1. (If you arrived here from the last step of the previous section, skip to step 2:) Click the gear icon in the upper right, and in the Organization Related section, select External Learning Tools. Select the tool, scroll to the bottom, and click the View Links link.

2. In your documentation, scroll to the section for the tool you’re working on, and you’ll see a table called CertMaster <Product> Link Creation Settings.

   • Click the New Link button.

   • Fill out the fields as per your documentation.

     • Description: This may be left blank.

     • Substitution Parameters and Custom Parameters: Most integrations will not require these, but if your documentation lists them, please fill them out appropriately.

   • Click Save and close.

   • If there are multiple rows in your Link Creation Settings table for this product, repeat Step 2 for each row.

After your CompTIA Technical Implementation specialist has received your return parameters and finished configuration on their end, they will notify you, and your system will be ready for testing!

Part 1 Screenshots

Step 1.2 and 1.3

Step 1.4

Step 1.7 and 1.8

Part 2 Screenshots

Step 2.3 -- Fill out Deployment settings

Step 2.6 and 2.7 - Copy Deployment ID, click View Links

Part 3 Screenshots

Do not enter these values -- these are purely here for example. Please consult your institution's specific parameter documentation sent by your CompTIA rep.