XYZ Homework Help

Blackboard Integration - Using Import

Go to Course Items → Export, select the items you want to export, select your LMS, and Download the Export Cartridge

To import the cartridge in BlackBoard:

• Go to Packages and Utilities, then Import Package
• Click Import Package
• Select the export file from your computer, click Select All to select all course materials, then click Submit.
• If you have an LTI 1.3 connection or global LTI 1.1 college-wide key and secret, skip ahead. If you need to set up a course-level configuration, follow these steps.
  • To to Packages and Utilities, then Manage LTI Links
  • If the links are listed as Working, then you have an existing configuration, and do not need to continue.
  • For one of the links with status listed as Broken, use the drop-down menu that shows when hovering over the link name and select Edit Credentials.
  • For the Tool Provider Key, enterthe Key listed in the Export screen in your XYZ Homework course.
  • For the Tool Provider Secret enter the secret you set up in your Course Settings
  • Check the box "Apply these credentials to all links"
  • Click Submit
• If importing a Common Cartridge, to enable grade return Blackboard requires some additional steps:
  • Return to the main course page in Blackboard.
  • For each assessment link that was imported, use the drop-down menu and select Edit
  • Set the Enable Evaluation option to Yes, specify the points possible (it does not need to match the points possible in XYZ Homework), and set a Due Date if desired.

Next you will need to establish the connection between your XYZ Homework course and BlackBoard course

• In BlackBoard, click one of the assessment links in your course.
• If this is your first time using this key and secret, XYZ Homework will ask you, the teacher, to sign into your XYZ Homework account. This is necessary to establish a connection between your LMS account and your XYZ Homework account. You will not need to do this step again.
• Follow the prompts to associate the LMS course with your existing XYZ Homework course or create a copy.
• Once complete, all the LTI links in your LMS should work.
• Be aware:
  • Links, files, forums, and and text items were imported into your LMS. Changing them in XYZ Homework will not change them in your LMS
  • If you change assessment settings or the questions in an assessment in XYZ Homework, those changes will show up when the assessment is launched from the LMS
  • If you change due dates in XYZ Homework, they will be enforced by XYZ Homework, but the due dates in the LMS will not automatically be updated.
  • Any new items added in XYZ Homework, including new assessments, will not automatically show up in the LMS; you would need to repeat the export/import process.
  • If configured, grades will be sent from XYZ Homework to the LMS immediately every time the student completes a question, but the LMS may delay updating the grade.

Note: When configuring a course-level configuration, the use of a key in the form LTIkey_###_1 is recommended. With this type of key, students will not have or need a username for XYZ Homework, and they must access assignments via the LMS. This is usually desired when doing integration, and is necessary to ensure grades are passed from XYZ Homework back to the LMS. If, however, you are not interested in grade return, and simply want to provide single-signon from your LMS into XYZ Homework while allowing direct login to XYZ Homework as well, then you can use a key of the form LTIkey_###_0 instead. This will require students to have or create an account on XYZ Homework, which they'll have to log into once to establish the connection.