Applicable products: CertMaster Labs
Note: The following is for users with a standalone CertMaster Labs integration already configured in their LMS. If you are using both CertMaster Learn and Labs, please see the article for CertMaster Learn. If you don't yet have an integration set 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 LMS integration.
Note: The locations of buttons/menus mentioned in this article are based on the default Moodle user interface. As Moodle is highly customizeable, it’s possible that the instructions here may not reflect what you see if you have a custom theme or user interface. That said, customization almost always simply moves things around, rather than removing them completely; if you’re having trouble finding a given button or menu, reach out to your Moodle host or developer.
Adding CertMaster Labs content to your Moodle course
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In your Moodle course, click the Turn editing on button in the top right.
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Scroll to (or create) the topic you want to place CertMaster Labs content in.
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Click + Add an activity or resource at the bottom right of the topic to open the Activity Chooser.
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Find and select the desired CertMaster Labs tool in the All or Activites tabs, or search for it using the Search bar at the top.
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The tool name can be set to anything your LMS Admin wants, but if you followed our recommended configuration, it will be called ‘CertMaster Labs’. Note that if you are also using CertMaster Learn, you may see a tool for each course for that product. Labs uses only one tool that provides access to ALL certification content that is published to your institution.
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If you cannot find the tool in the Activity Chooser, your LMS Admin may have chosen to not show it there. In this case, select External tool from the Activity Chooser, and in the dialogue that appears, select ‘CertMaster Labs’ from the Preconfigured tool dropdown second from the top.
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In the External tool dialogue that appears, leave the Activity Name blank, and click the Select content button near the top. After a few seconds, the content selector will appear.
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Check the boxes next to as many items as you wish to add to the module, then click the blue Submit button at the bottom of the content selector.
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Version note: Selecting multiple items from the content selector simultaneously is only available in Moodle version 3.10 or above. If you are on 3.9, you will need to add a single item at a time, and repeat steps 3-6 for each item you wish to add.
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Moodle will process the selected items automatically and show you a confirmation screen: each Lab will be processed into graded Moodle activities with a corresponding column in the Moodle course gradebook. Graded items default to 100 points (or 1 point for older Lab series that pass complete/incomplete), but the point value can be edited after the items are added to the course.
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Click Save and return to course and your selected items should now appear under the desired Topic.
Assignment and Grade Services (AGS) Functionality
Our tools utilize LTI 1.3’s Advantage Services – specifically Deep Linking and Assignment and Grade Services (AGS) – to allow grades to automatically pass from our platform to the LMS gradebook as they’re completed. See our article LMS Integration: Assignment and Grade Services (AGS) for Technical Requirements, Frequently Asked Questions, and other information on this process.
For more assistance, see the screenshots below.
Step 3. Select + Add an activty or resource. Clicking the highlighted one in the screenshot will add the selected content to the Moodle topic 'Demo Topic'.
Step 4. The Moodle Activity Chooser. You can search for ‘CertMaster’ at the top and then select the desired tool directly (such as ‘CertMaster Labs’), or select ‘External tool’ and then pick the specific tool from the ‘Preconfigured Tool’ dropdown in the dialogue that appears.
Step 6. The CertMaster Labs content selector. Select as many Labs as you like, then click ‘Add Selected Labs’ in the top right.