Applicable products: CertMaster Labs
Note: The following requires that you have an LMS integration with CompTIA already configured in your Canvas instance. If you are interested in setting this up, please contact your Sales representative, who can get you in touch with our integration team. For more info on the configuration process, see our other articles on configuring our products in Canvas.
Method 1 (Recommended): From the Modules view
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In your Canvas course, click Modules in the course navigation bar on the left.
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Find (or create) the module you want to place CertMaster Labs content in.
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Click the '+' icon at the right of the module title bar.
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Select External Tool from the dropdown at the top of the dialogue that appears.
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Select the CertMaster Labs tool from the list that appears and a content selector will open.
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Note: If you’re also using integrated CertMaster Learn content, you may have many Learn tools; one for each course. However, only one CertMaster Labs tool is used for ALL integrated Labs.
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Check the boxes next to as many items as you wish to add to the module, then click the Add Selected Labs button at the top of the content selector.
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Note: As all Labs are accessed from one tool, you may need to scroll down to see the certification that you’re looking to add from. If you still do not see a blue header for the certification you’re looking for (or if the content selector is empty), contact your CompTIA integration specialist, and they can have it remedied within 24 hours, usually much sooner.
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Canvas will process the selected items automatically into Canvas assignments with a default point value of 100, and a corresponding column in the Canvas Gradebook.
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Though the Labs will run embedded in a Canvas frame, we strongly recommend you set them to open in a new tab, as the extra space considerably improves user experience. To do this, navigate to Assignment Settings by clicking each item, then clicking the Edit Assignment Settings button in the upper right. Scroll down to the Submission Type section and check the box to ‘Load This Tool In A New Tab’ and Save.
Method 2: From the Assignments view
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In your Canvas course, click Assignments in the course navigation bar on the left.
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Click the three-dots button in the upper-right, and select the CertMaster Labs tool to display the content selector.
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Follow Steps 6-8 above.
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After that, you can add the Assignments to Modules as you would normally.
Method 3: From the Editor Button
Note: Gradebook links will not be created when using this method. You’ll still need to create Assignments via either Method 1 or Method 2 above in order for grades from these links to pass back to the Canvas Gradebook.
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In any Canvas text editor window (for example, in a Page), click the External tools button, which looks like an electrical plug.
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Select the CertMaster Labs tool from the list. (You may need to click ‘View all’ if it doesn’t show).
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Check the boxes next to as many items as you wish to add to the module, then click the Add Selected Labs button at the top of the content selector.
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Integration links will appear, which you can reformat as desired.
Functionality and Tips
Assignment and Grade Services (AGS) Functionality
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Our tools utilize LTI 1.3’s Advantage Services, including AGS, which allows grades to automatically pass from our platform to the LMS gradebook as they’re scored.
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For this to happen properly:
- A student must fully complete the lab to the point where they see the confirmation message '
- All LTI Advantage Services settings in the Canvas Developer Key configuration that are related to results, submissions, or gradebook must be switched on. If you used the JSON configuration method in our documentation, this will already have been done for you, but it is possible for an LMS Admin to switch it back off after the fact.
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Provided these requirements are met, a grade will return to the LMS gradebook within seconds of students seeing the post-lab review screen.
For more assistance, see the screenshots below.
Location of the Modules '+' icon in Method 1.
1.4 Select ‘External Tool’ at the top, and then click the CertMaster Labs tool.
Select each Lab you’d like to add and click ‘Add Selected Labs’
