LMS Integrations

Watermark's Advanced Canvas Integration with Planning & Self Study allows for greater flexibility in data collection from the LMS in order to gain better insights into student learning and performance. Required Data The Planning & Self-Study Advanced Canvas Integration requires additional files to be uploaded to System Administration. The table below lists the files req...

It is best practice for a designated account to be created for the purpose of setting up the integration. An existing Canvas Administrator account can be used, but if those accounts are deactivated (ie., someone departs your organization), the integration will need to be reauthorized. Setting Up the Advanced Canvas Integration Create an account role within Canvas, spec...

When setting up the Advanced Canvas integration, the institution will need a Canvas Administrator account that has been allocated the permissions laid out below. By providing these permissions, we ensure that Planning & Self Study can access all necessary data required for integration. Account-level settings - manage Planning & Self Study needs account-level permissi...

It is strongly recommended that all institutions create NEW measures for aligning Canvas results, rather than repurposing existing or previously-created measures. This is because of the following considerations: If Advanced Canvas alignments are added to an existing measure, ALL previous results will be removed. A measure that is aligned with Canvas results can ONLY c...

Course Section Mapping Purpose: To associate Canvas courses with System Administration course sections using SIS ID. SIS ID Mapping: In Canvas, every course has a SIS ID.   This SIS ID must be added to the course section in System Administration in the section ID field. Process: Obtain the SIS ID from Canvas. Navigate to the corresponding course section in ...

If your institution is part of a consortia/shares an instance of Canvas with other institutions or systems, you will need to set up the Canvas integration at a Sub-Account level so that only data for your institution will be pulled in. You will need two separate Canvas Accounts to establish the integration. One is a Canvas Admin Account created at the sub-account level ...

Creating an Alignment to a Measure The first step of pulling Canvas data into Planning & Self Study is to create a Measure against an Outcome.  Once this is complete, Alignments can be created, to connect the Measures to Rubrics or Activities in Canvas.  The steps below are divided by type:   Adding an Alignment to a Rubric Adding an Alignment to an Activity Adding an...

Users have the ability to define the Met Criteria, which involves specifying the thresholds that must be achieved for criteria to be defined as having been Met.  The process for defining the Met Criteria for rubric alignments includes two options: using the overall rubric score using specific rubric criteria results   Using the Overall Rubric Score With this method, ...

Users have the ability to define the Met Criteria, which involves specifying the thresholds that must be achieved for criteria to be defined as having been Met.  The following steps outline how to define the met criteria for each type of activity alignment.  Point-Based Activities Navigate to the activity alignment section, and select "Define Met Criteria". Enter the r...

A cross-listed course is a single course that is offered as part of a track or curriculum by multiple disciplines, potentially under multiple departments.  The Advanced Canvas Integration accounts for cross-listed courses. If multiple courses are cross-listed into a course shell in Canvas, the data for those courses will still be linked to the original course sections t...

Incorporate Measure Results Directly from D2L Brightspace Assessment Leads now have the option to incorporate rubric assessment results directly from D2L Brightspace into measure results in Watermark P. The results pulled will be reflected in the plan’s annual reports.   Activate Integration Similar to the Canvas integration, the Planning & Self-Study system administrat...

Activate Integration   The Planning & Self-Study system administrator or administrator must first activate the integration to establish the connection with your institution's instance of Blackboard Learn or Blackboard Ultra.    To activate this integration, an administrator will follow these easy steps:   1.  In Planning & Self-Study, go to Admin > Integrations > Other...