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Barnes & Noble College LTI Tool – Admin Guide – Moodle Last updated 07/30/2014

Barnes & Noble College LTI Tool

Admin Guide – Moodle

Table of Contents

1- Key and Secret Request Form Link and Instructions ................................................................................................................ 1

2- Testing Link Connectivity with BNC .......................................................................................................................................... 2

3- System level external tool configuration ................................................................................................................................... 7

4- Link Authoring within a course................................................................................................................................................ 11

The purpose of this document is to provide details to an institution and the LMS administrator on how to integrate links within the Moodle Learning Management System.

1- Key and Secret Request Form Link and Instructions LMS Administrators will need to request a key and secret in order to successfully author links for courses in the LMS. Below are instructions on how to access and request a key and secret.

1.1 Click or paste the link into your browser https://blti.bncollege.com/registration/consumer to access the

Consumer Key and Secret Request form

1.2 The following fields are listed in the form and must be completed: LMS Type - This drop down box displays a list of multiple LMS's, please choose which LMS your institution is using (example: Moodle, Canvas, Sakai, etc.). This is a required field and must be filled in by an LMS Administrator School - Enter your institution name in this field (example: Manhattan College). This is a free form text box with no character limits. This is a required field and must be filled in by a LMS Administrator Email – Please enter your school email address. An auto-generated email will be sent to this email address when the key and secret is created First Name – Enter your first name in this field Last Name - Enter your last name in this field. Phone - Enter your phone number in this field.

Job Title – We recommend you also enter your title, This will help the BNC Administrator know who they are working with for communication purposes

https://blti.bncollege.com/registration/consumer


. CAPTCHA - CAPTCHA requires that the user type the letters and/or numbers of an image. This step is required and must be successfully completed before the key and secret form can be submitted for processing. Once all the required fields including CAPTCHA are successfully filled out, click on the Submit button to process the key and secret request.

Once the Key request has successfully been submitted, the system will direct you to a success page. Also you will receive a confirmation email from the Barnes & Noble College LMS support team with steps on how to test the connectivity and further instructions to setup the LTI integration.

2- Testing Link Connectivity with BNC

Once you receive the confirmation email with instructions explaining how to test the link, the testing process can begin. Note: This test can be done prior to the key and secret being generated. Below are the steps to test connectivity. Please log into your Moodle LMS with your username and password. Users will need to have LTI link authoring privileges.

1.1 Navigate and click on any active available course


Note: Please make sure the course is an actual course, Launch requests should come from a course that has been properly set up using the established processes the school has implemented.

1.2 Under the Administration section, click on the Turn editing on button.

1.3 Once editing has been enabled, click on the Add an activity from the drop down list.


1.4 Click on the External Tool option.

1.5 You will now be on the Adding a new External Tool page.


1.6 Type in the activity name “BNC Connectivity Test” 1.7 Click on the +Show more… link to expand the screen 1.8 Ensure the Launch Container dropdown is set to “New Window” 1.9 When authoring a link, the LMS administrator should enter in the following URL in the

Launch URL field: https://blti.bncollege.com/lti/1.1/debug

No key and/or secret is required for testing the connectivity.

1.10 Click on the Save and display button. 1.11 You will be directed to the LTI Parameters page. 1.12 The LMS administrator should click on the link called “Send LTI Parameters to Barnes & Noble College”.


1.13 The LMS Administrator will populate their email address, school name and any message they want to BNC administrator to see. When ready to send to the BNC administrator, they should click on the Submit button.


This will send a request to Barnes & Noble College and help us ensure no connectivity issues exist between Barnes & Noble College and the school LMS server. The LMS Administrator will receive a success message letting them know it was submitted successfully.

Once the information is received we will process your request and send you a Key and Secret, which you can use to install our LTI integration.

3- System level external tool configuration

Please log into your Moodle LMS with your username and password. User will need to have LTI link authoring privileges. In this section the LMS Administrator will create two external tools to facilitate link authoring at the course level.

1 Barnes & Noble Bookstore tool

2 FacultyEnlight online adoptions tool

1-Barnes & Noble Bookstore tool

3.1 Click on Site Administrator Plugins Activity Modules LTI


3.1 Next step is to click the link “ Add external tool configuration”

3.1 Please type “Barnes & Noble Bookstore” next to the Tool Name field 3.2 Paste this URL https://blti.bncollege.com/lti/1.1/launch/bn_wcs next to the Tool Base URL field 3.3 Use the Consumer Key & Shared Secret provided by Barnes & Noble College to fill in the fields subsequently 3.4 Please also make sure you check the box next to “Show tool type when creating tool instances” 3.5 Click “Save Changes”

https://blti.bncollege.com/lti/1.1/launch/bn_wcs


2-FacultyEnlight Online Adoptions tool

3.6 Click on Site Administrator Plugins Activity Modules LTI


3.7 Next step is to click the link “ Add external tool configuration”

3.8 Please type “FacultyEnlight Online Adoptions” next to the Tool Name field 3.9 Paste this URL https://blti.bncollege.com/lti/1.1/launch/bn_fe next to the Tool Base URL field 3.10 Use the Consumer Key & Shared Secret provided by Barnes & Noble College to fill in the fields subsequently 3.11 Please also make sure you check the box next to “Show tool type when creating tool instances” 3.12 Click “Save Changes”

https://blti.bncollege.com/lti/1.1/launch/bn_fe


You have finished setting up the Barnes & Noble College LTI tools. If you run into any problems please contact Barnes & Noble College at [email protected].

4- Link Authoring within a course

This section details the step-by-step process to link authoring within a specific course. The LMS administrator or a Faculty

member will create two links within the course.

1 Purchase Course Materials will facilitate students to seamlessly connect to their College bookstore website and

purchase course materials assigned for the class

2 Research and Adopt Course Materials will enable faculty to connect with the online adoption website FacultyEnlight

where they can research and adopt course materials + submit heir request directly to bookstore.

NOTE: References/screenshots to options in this user guide may differ on location based on what version of Moodle the institution has installed.

This guide was written using Moodle v 2.6.

1-Setup “Purchase Course Materials” link

4.1 Sign in to Moodle with your username and password. (Users will need to have LTI link authoring privileges)

4.2 Navigate and click on the desired available course

4.3 Under the Administration section, click on the Turn editing on button


4.4 Once editing has been enabled, click on + Add an Activity drop down list


4.5 Select the External Tool from the drop down list.

4.6 You will now be on the Adding a new External Tool page.

4.7 Type the activity name “ Purchase Course Materials” 4.8 Select “Barnes & Noble Bookstore” from the External tool type drop down list 4.9 Click “Save and return to course” 4.10 Any additional fields listed in this section can be entered/selected if desired by the Institution


2-Setup “Research and Adopt Course Materials” link

4.11 Sign in to Moodle with your username and password. (Users will need to have LTI link authoring privileges)

4.12 Navigate and click on the desired available course

4.13 Under the Administration section, click on the Turn editing on button

4.1 Once editing has been enabled, click on + Add an Activity or resource from the drop down list


4.2 Select the External Tool from the drop down list


4.3 You will now be on the Adding a new External Tool page 4.4 Type the activity name “ Research and Adopt Course Materials” 4.5 Select “FacultyEnlight Online Adoptions” from the External tool type drop down list 4.6 Click “Save and return to course” 4.7 Any additional fields listed in this section can be entered/selected if desired by the Institution

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