BlackBoard LTI 1.3 Placement Creation by Admin

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LTI 1.3 BB Placement Creation by Admin

  1. Log into your Blackboard administrator account and search for Admin in the left panel.

    The Stream page showing the left navigation with links for Institution Page, user menu, Activity Stream, Courses, Organizations, Calendar, Messages, Grades, Tools, and Sign Out. The Admin link in the navigation highlighted.

  2. Click LTI Tool providers under Integrations header
  3. Click on the link displayed under the Placements column corresponding to the Tk20 tool provider created above.

    The Integrations section showing links for Data Integration, Authentication, Building Blocks, Web Services, LTI Tool Providers, Respondus Proctoring Integration, and REST API Integrations. The LTI Tool Providers link highlighted.

    The LTI Tool Providers page showing a table with columns Tool/Provider, Tool Type, Status, Credentials, Sends User Data, User Acknowledgment Page, Placements, and Usage Count. The Placements column header highlighted.

  4. Click the Create Placement button.

    The Manage Placements page showing the domain name in the heading and showing a Create Placement button highlighted above the placements table listing placement names and types.

  5. Enter the following to create a placement:
    • Enter a Label name of your choice
    • Enter a unique identifier in the Handle field
    • Select Course content tool for the Type
    • Check the box for Allows grading

      The placement settings showing Availability options with Yes selected and Type options showing Deep Linking content tool unselected and Course content tool selected with Allows grading checked.

    • Copy the Launch URL and Custom parameters from Integration Information under tab LTI Advantage (v1.3) of LTI Tool Provider setup menu in Tk20.

      The Integration Information section showing LTI Coursework Integration Information with fields for Launch URL and Custom Parameters.

    • Paste it into Tool Provider/Target Link URI and custom parameters fields respectively:

      The Tool Provider Information section showing a Target Link URI field and a Tool Provider Custom Parameters text area.

  6. Click Submit
  7. Click the LTI Tool Providers button
  8. Click Manage Global Properties
  9. Verify that Allow configured tool providers to post grades is enabled, and click the Submit button.
    The Manage Global Properties page showing Feature Availability settings with options for creation of tool provider links and a setting labeled Allow configured tool providers to post grades highlighted. The Default Configuration section showing Send User Data options. The Submit button at the bottom right highlighted.
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