Enabling Deep Linking as part of SL&L’s LTI 1.3 Set Up in Blackboard Ultra
Note #1: If you are setting up a new LTI 1.3 integration for SL&L in Blackboard, please follow the steps 1-9 provided under the How to get the Deployment ID heading of 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 Placement Creation.
Note #2: If you have already set up an LTI 1.3 integration for SL&L in Blackboard and want to enable Deep Linking as part of your LTI 1.3 set up, you can use the information provided below.
1. In your Blackboard administrator account, click the Admin Tools > Integrations > LTI Tool Providers
2. Locate your integration set up with SL&L and click the link (in case of a fresh integration set up, the link would display 0; in case of an existing integration set up, the link would display the count of placements that have already been created as part of the set up) displayed under the Placements column.
3. Click the Create Placement button and enter the following information.
a. Enter a Label name of your choice (it would be good to provide a title that indicates that the link corresponds to Deep Linking or that indicates that this link enables bulk creation and linking of Blackboard assignments with SL&L activities)
b. Enter a unique identifier in the Handle field
c. Select Deep Linking content tool for the Type field
IMPORTANT NOTE: DO NOT ENABLE the Allow student access option available under the Deep Linking content tool selection.
d. Enable Launch in New Window in case you would like the Deep Linking workflow page to open in a new window. If you would like the Deep Linking workflow page to open within the same window the Launch in New Window option can be left unchecked/unselected.
e. Enter the Target Link URI: https://sll.watermarkinsights.com/via/lti/v1p3/deeplink
f. Click Submit
4. Click the LTI Tool Providers button
5. Click Manage Global Properties
6. Verify that Allow configured tool providers to post grades is enabled, and click the Submit button.
Using Deep Linking to Bulk Create and Link Blackboard Ultra Assignments to SL&L Activities
Once you have enabled Deep Linking for your LTI 1.3 integration between Blackboard and SL&L, your Blackboard Course Admins and Blackboard Course Instructors can begin to use it to bulk create and link Blackboard assignments based on SL&L activities.
1. The Blackboard Course Admins and Blackboard Course Instructors can access the Deep Linking workflow from their Blackboard Course from the Existing Activities menu for any module in the Content area (you can reach out to your Blackboard Administrator to know about the title of the Deep Linking access point).
2. Once you access the Deep Linking workflow option, a pop up will be displayed OR a new tab will open (based on how your Blackboard Administrator has set up the Deep Linking feature to open) 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
a. 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.
b. 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.
c. 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:
a. By searching based on Activity Title, Course Code, and Section Name
b. Using the View drop-down: This drop-down enables you to filter the list of activities based on 3 options.
i. 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.
ii. 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 Blackboard 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 Blackboard 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 Blackboard 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 Blackboard 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.
iii. 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.
4. Search and select the activities that you would like to create and link as Blackboard Assignments
5. Click the Add Activities button
NOTE: The selected SL&L activities will be created as assignments in the Blackboard Course and the created Blackboard assignments would also be linked to the corresponding SL&L activities.