Canvas LTI 1.3 Deep Linking Set Up and Usage

Enabling Deep Linking as part of SL&L’s LTI 1.3 Set Up in Canvas

Once you have set up an LTI 1.3 integration for SL&L in Canvas, you can enable Deep Linking as part of your LTI 1.3 set up, following the steps below.

Note: If you are setting up a new LTI 1.3 integration for SL&L in Canvas, please follow the steps 6-12 provided in this help center article. Once you are done and want to enable Deep Linking as part of your LTI 1.3 set up, you can use the information provided below while setting up the Placements.

Steps for Deep Linking:

1. In your Canvas administrator account, access your Site Admin page and go to the Developer Keys menu.
2. Locate the Developer Key set up for Canvas' integration with SL&L and click the edit icon.
   
3. In the Placements section, you can set up an access point to SLL’s Deep Linking workflow in 3 different ways, using three different options:
   

   1. 1. By selecting the Course Assignments Menu option: Selecting this option enables an access point to SL&L’s Deep Linking workflow from the ellipses displayed next to the assignment creation button in the Assignments area of your Canvas course.

         Note: The title of the access point would be what you provide for the Text field referred in point #4.4 below.
         

      2. By selecting the Module Index Menu Modal option: Selecting this option enables an access point to SL&L’s Deep Linking workflow from the ellipses displayed next to the module creation button in the Home area and Modules area of your Canvas course.

         Note: The title of the access point would be what you provide for the Text field referred in point #4.d below.
         

          

      3. By selecting the Module Menu Modal option: Selecting this option enables an access point to SL&L’s Deep Linking workflow from the ellipses displayed for each module listed in the Home area and Modules area of your Canvas course.

         Note: The title of the access point would be what you provide for the Text field referred in point #4.4 below.

         
         
         Note: The set up details for each of the three options listed above are similar and have been shared below.
         
         

4. For each of the three options mentioned in point #3 and its sub-points, the following details would need to provided:
   
   

   1. Target Link URL: For this field, enter: https://sll.watermarkinsights.com/via/lti/v1p3/deeplink

   2. Select Message Type: Select the option LtiDeepLinkingRequest for this field.
   3. Icon URL: You can enter URL of your choice here.
   4. Text: Enter the title that you would like for the Deep Linking access point. (Note: It would be good to provide a title that indicates that the option corresponds to Deep Linking or that indicates that this option enables bulk creation and linking of Canvas assignments with SL&L activities.)
   5. Selection Height: These are the dimensions of the dialog in which the Deep Linking workflow gets rendered in Canvas. The ideal value that ensures that the dialog displays correctly on different screen-sizes are: Height = 700
   6. Selection Width: These are the dimensions of the dialog in which the Deep Linking workflow gets rendered in Canvas. The ideal value that ensures that the dialog displays correctly on different screen-sizes are: Width = 1540
5. Click Save.

Using Deep Linking to Bulk Create and Link Canvas Assignments to SL&L Activities

Once you have enabled Deep Linking for your LTI 1.3 integration between Canvas and SL&L, your Canvas Course Admins and Canvas Course Instructors can begin to use it to bulk create and link Canvas assignments based on SL&L activities.

1. Based on the Deep Linking option that has been enabled by your Canvas Admin (you can reach out to your Canvas Administrator to know about the enabled option and its title), the Canvas Course Admins and Canvas Course Instructors can access the Deep Linking workflow from their Canvas Course as follows:
   1. From the ellipses displayed next to the +Module button in the Home area and Modules area.
      
      Note: The title of the Deep Linking option would be set by your Canvas Administrator.
      
      

   2. From the ellipses displayed for each module listed in the Home area and Modules area.

      
      
      Note: The title of the Deep Linking option would be set by your Canvas Administrator.
      
      

   3. From the ellipses displayed next to the +Assignment button in the Assignments area.: This option can be used to

      
      Note: The title of the Deep Linking option would be set by your Canvas Administrator.
      
      

2. Once you access the Deep Linking workflow option, a pop up will be displayed where in you will be able to view a paginated list of activities (20 activities per page) from the course sections that you have access to in SL&L.

   

   1. If you are an administrator in SL&L, you will see a list of activities from open course sections that belong to the hierarchy nodes to which you have access.

   2. If you are an instructor in SL&L, you will see a list of activities from the open course sections for which you an the instructor.

   3. The list only includes activities that have been published, but are not linked to any LMS assignment.

3. You can filter the list of activities in the following ways:

   1. By searching based on Activity Title, Course Code, and Section Name.

   2. Using the View drop-down: This drop-down enables you to filter the list of activities based on three options.
      

      1. Activities from all sections: Selecting this option displays a list of published, but unlinked activities from all open course sections that you have access to in SL&L.

         

         
         Note: If you do not have access to any open course sections as an SL&L Administrator or an SL&L Course Instructor OR if no published activities have been created in the open course sections that you have access to as an SL&L Administrator or an SL&L Course Instructor OR if all activities from the open course that you have access to as an SL&L Administrator or an SL&L Course are already linked to an LMS assignment, an empty state message will be displayed.
         

      2. Activities from matched sections: Selecting this option displays a list of published, but unlinked activities from course sections that you have access to in SL&L, which match the Canvas Course (through which you have accessed the Deep Linking workflow page) based on Section ID or Section Name.

         
         
         

         Note: From among the open course sections to which you have access as an SL&L Administrator or an SL&L Course Instructor, if there are no course sections that match the Canvas course (through which you have accessed the Deep Linking workflow page) based on Section ID or Section Name OR if no published activities have been created in the course sections that match the Canvas course (through which you have accessed the Deep Linking workflow page) based on Section ID or Section Name OR if all published activities from the course sections that match the Canvas course (through which you have accessed the Deep Linking workflow page) based on Section ID or Section Name are already linked to an LMS assignment, an empty state message will be displayed if you select the Activities from matched sections option.

         
         
         

      3. Selected Activities: Selecting this option displays a list of activities that you have selected after accessing the Deep Linking workflow page.

         

         Note: If you have not made any selections on the Deep Linking workflow page, an empty state message will be displayed if you select the Selected Activities option.

         
         When you access the Deep Linking workflow page, if there is an SL&L Course Section or Course Sections that match the Canvas Course (through which you have accessed the Deep Linking workflow page) based on Section ID or Section Name, the list will display activities from the matched Course Section or Course Sections by default i.e. the View drop-down on the page will default to the option Activities from matched sections.
         
         

      4. Search and select the activities that you would like to create and link as Canvas Assignments.

      5. Click the Add Activities button.

Note: The selected SL&L activities will be created as assignments in the Canvas Course and the created Canvas assignments would also be linked to the corresponding SL&L activities.

Additional Information of Note

1. The assignments that get created in Canvas would not be published by default i.e. the assignments would not be straight away visible to students from the Canvas Course.
2. The created assignments can be bulk published either using the Publish all modules and items option available in the Home and Modules areas of the Canvas course OR using the Publish all modules and items option available for each module in the Home and Modules areas of the Canvas course.

Note: The ability to bulk publish would only be available for Canvas Assignments created using the Deep Linking workflow access point from the ellipses displayed next to the +Module button in the Home area and Modules area OR the Deep Linking workflow access point from the ellipses displayed for each module listed in the Home area and Modules area.

3. There is presently no way in Canvas to bulk publish the assignments created using the Deep Linking workflow access point from the ellipses displayed next to the +Assignment button in the Assignments area of the Canvas course. The assignments created from the Assignments area would need to be published one by one.