LTI 1.3 Integration - Setting up activities for grade return

Student Learning & Licensure's (SL&L) LTI 1.3 integration supports an optional "grade return" feature that allows the score submitted in SL&L to be sent to the gradebook in your Learning Management System (LMS). This article will walk you through the process of setting up a SL&L template and activity for grade return.

Creating a template

  1. To begin, go to Academics & Offices in your administrator account, click on the Organization that you would like to create the template in, and click the Templates tab.
  2. Click Create Template.
  3. Select Activity as the Template Type, enter a title for the template, select a workflow, and click Next.

    *Please note: In order for grade return to work there must be a submission from the student. This means that you cannot use grade return with observational workflows.

  4. In the Assessment Panel on the right side of the page, add a Scoring component.

    The Assessment Panel section showing a menu expanded from the options button, with choices for Rubric, Scoring, and Feedback. The Scoring option highlighted.

  5. Choose a Scoring Method.
    1. Manual Score: the owner of the component will input the score.
    2. Auto Score: the score will be automatically calculated by adding all component scores (scoring must be enabled for at least 1 Submission Input, Question, or Reference component in the template).
  6. Enter the maximum number of Points.
  7. Click the Set as primary score checkbox.

    The Scoring setup panel showing fields for Label, Scoring Method, and Points. The Label field contains ‘Scoring1,’ Scoring Method set to Manual Score, and Points set to 100. Settings include checkboxes for Set as primary score and Mark component as optional, with buttons Cancel and Save in the lower‑right corner.

  8. Click Save.
  9. Add any other desired components to the template and click Save.

Note: Only the Primary Scoring Component can be passed back. Rubrics will not passback including Met/Not Met rubrics.

Creating an activity

If you are an administrator and you would like to add the same activity to multiple courses:

  1. Go to Academics & Offices, click on the Organization that contains the template you created, and click the Templates tab.
  2. Click the "more options" button (three dots) to the right of the template.
  3. Click Create Activity.

    The Templates page in the College of Business section showing a list of activity templates. A template titled Week 1 Activity displayed with details and a View Activity History link. The options menu expanded, showing Create Activity, Copy, Move, Archive, and Delete.

  4. Enter a Title for the activity.
  5. Select one or more Sections.
  6. For each selected section, select a student value.

    The Create Activity page showing a Title field and a read‑only template label ‘Week 1 Activity.’ The Sections table lists two course sections with columns for Hierarchy Node, Course, Course Code, Term, Section Name, and Student, each row including a remove‑section button, with Publish and Save as Draft appear in the upper‑right corner.

  7. If necessary, change the Visible and Open for submission dates and select a Due Date.
  8. Click the Enable grade return to LMS grade book checkbox.

    The section showing three checked options: Students can withdraw submission, This activity is required, and Enable grade return to LMS gradebook.

  9. Click Publish.

If you are a faculty member, or if you are creating an activity for a single course:

  1. Navigate to the course where you would like to create the activity.
    1. Faculty: Go to the In Progress tab and click on the name of the course.
    2. Administrators: Go to Academics & Offices, click on the organization that contains the course, click the Courses tab, click on the course, then click the edit icon to the right of the course section.
  2. Click Create Activity.
  3. Enter a Title for the activity.
  4. Select your Template.
  5. Select the Student role.
  6. Click the Enable grade return to LMS grade book checkbox.
  7. If necessary, change the Visible and Open for submission dates and select a Due Date.
  8. Click Publish.

The Create Activity page showing the Activity Details panel. Fields include Title set to ‘Week 1 Activity,’ a Template field showing ‘Week 1 Activity’ with a View Template link, and a Student dropdown set to Student. Three checked options below: Students can withdraw submission, This activity is required, and Enable grade return to LMS gradebook, with buttons to Save as Draft and Publish in the upper‑right corner.

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