These are instructions for LTI 1.1. If you wish to use LTI 1.3, please visit this article.
General LTI - IMS & Sowiso
Sowiso has IMS Learning Tools Interoperability to connect to your Learning Management System (LMS), like Canvas, Brightspace or Moodle. The LTI connection will let you sign in automatically without having to insert a username and password again. Those are synchronised with the LMS.
When setting up Sowiso as an external source in the LMS, you must share with Sowiso the e-mail and name of the users.
What information do I need for the Blackboard integration?
In order to connect Sowiso to Blackboard you will need:
- URL
The URL is: https://cloud.sowiso.nl/lti
- Consumer key and shared secret
These are unique to your institution, and you can get those by contacting us.Â
Custom parameters
When creating the Sowiso resource in the LMS, we accept additional
custom parameters that you can pass. To enroll students into a specific class use this custom parameter:
accesscode=class_access_code
You can get the class_access_code in the Teacher menu, under Settings, Access code.
Based on this example, the custom parameter would be: accesscode=hSnGEiyR
Don't want to use custom parameters to add the access code? Use "Automatic access via LTI feature" and read about it here.
Other custom parameters you could use are:
Custom parameter: url=any_url_in_sowiso
This will redirect the resources to the URL provided. For instance, when you want to link to a test with id 3, you could use the URL as url=/content/confirm_test/3
Custom parameter: hidemenu=true
This will hide the top menu in Sowiso platform. Be careful when using this, as teachers and students won't be able to switch between the tabs on the platform.
Setting up the integration between Sowiso and Blackboard: Step-by-step
Step 1: Go to "System Admin"
Go to the "System Admin" page in the top right of your screen.
Step 2: Go to "LTI Tool Providers"
In the section "Integrations" click on "LTI Tool Providers".
Step 3: Go to "Register LTI 1.1 Tool Provider"
Under the title of the page, go to "Register LTI 1.1 Tool Provider".
Step 4: Choose your selection
Provider Domain Status
Provider domain: cloud.sowiso.nl
Default Configuration
Default configuration: Set globally
Tool Provider Key: provided by Sowiso
Tool Provider Secret: provided by Sowiso
Tool Provider Custom Parameters: accesscode=class_access_code
Institution Policies
Send User Data: Send user data only over SSL
User Fields to Send: Role in Course, Name, Email Address
The connection is now established. You can add placements in order to set up Sowiso in different places on Blackboard.
Visit the Blackboard website to learn more about the placements.