Wooclap integrates with Canvas via the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) 1.3 standard. Once the integration is installed, it is added to your list of available tools and allows you to create and present a Wooclap event, along with all of its features, from within your Canvas instance.
Our LTI 1.3 integration is available for Wooclap users with a Campus or Corporate licence.
Install the LTI 1.3 integration
To use the LTI integration, you will need Wooclap access keys. Your institution's LMS administrator can request these through your organization's Customer Success Manager. They will also be able to guide the administrator in installing the required keys.
Are you your organization's LMS administrator? You can find our setup guide here.
☝️ If you wish to install the plugin on multiple Canvas instances (e.g., staging server and production server), each instance must have its own set of keys to avoid any unintended behaviour.
Add a Wooclap event to your course
To add a Wooclap event to your course, log in to Canvas and choose the course in which you would like to add a Wooclap activity. Then, go to Assignments (1) and click on + Assignment (2).
Fill in the details on the page that appears: name, description, and points (1). Under Submission Type, choose External Tool (2). Then, click on Find (3). We recommend you activate the option to load the tool in a new tab (4), but this is optional.
Choose the Wooclap integration, and you will be asked to link a resource: this can be an event created from scratch, a duplicated event, or a template.
Create your event from scratch
Create your event from scratch
First, select Create from scratch and click on Continue. Then, give your new event a title and select whether to record live attendance and customize your grades. If you enable either setting, you can choose which grades to synchronize and set up automatic syncing. You can also configure or update these options later. To learn more, see the following chapter: Synchronize results, attendance, and participation.
Once your event is created, you will go back to your tool selection screen. Here, click on Select to add it to your course. Then, save your new assignment, and you will be redirected to your Wooclap event.
You will be able to create questions, import questions, and change settings, as you would on Wooclap.
💡 Do you wish to edit your event later? You can always find your event back in your Assignments list. Note that you can also edit your course from Wooclap to use it in Canvas. However, you need to present your event from Canvas to later synchronize grades.
Duplicate an existing event
Duplicate an existing event
Once you have added your new assignment, select Duplicate an existing event. Choose the event you wish to duplicate and click on Confirm choice. Give your new event a title and select whether to record live attendance and customize your grades. If you enable either setting, you can choose which grades to synchronize and set up automatic syncing. You can also configure or update these options later. To learn more, see the following chapter: Synchronize results, attendance, and participation.
Click on Continue to create the new duplicated event. You will then go back to your tool selection screen. Here, click on Select to add it to your course. Then, save your new assignment, and you will be redirected to your Wooclap event.
You can then edit your course from Canvas (through your Assignment page) or from Wooclap. Note that this duplicated event will have a different code than the original one. Additionally, you will need to present your event from Canvas to later synchronize grades.
☝️ Once you have duplicated your event, you will need to select whether you want to present the original event or the duplicated event. Remember to enter your event once before presenting it.
Choose a template
Choose a template
You can also choose to import a template to present your event through Canvas. To do this, once you have added your new assignment, select Choose a template. Click on Continue and choose or search for your template - whether from your organization or a public one. Once you have selected your template, click on Confirm choice. Give your event a name and select whether to record live attendance and customize your grades. If you enable either setting, you can choose which grades to synchronize and set up automatic syncing. You can also configure or update these options later. To learn more, see the following chapter: Synchronize results, attendance, and participation.
Finally, click on Continue. You will then go back to your tool selection screen. Here, click on Select to add it to your course. Then, save your new assignment, and you will be redirected to your Wooclap event.
You can then edit your course from Canvas (through your Assignment page) or from Wooclap. Note that this event will have a different code than the original one. Additionally, you will need to present your event from Canvas to later synchronize grades.
Once your Wooclap event is ready, you can add it to your Canvas course. To do so, go to Home (1) and click on the plus sign + (2) next to the module you wish to add the event to.
Next, choose Add Assignment (1) and select your Wooclap event (2). Finally, click on Add Item (3).
💡 Note that you can also create a new assignment from here by selecting the corresponding option on top of the assignment list.
You will then find your event in the Canvas module. Here you can click on the event to edit or present it.
Authentication through an LMS
When you edit and present your event through an LMS, the correct authentication method (LMS login) is automatically and permanently activated to seamlessly synchronize the Wooclap event with your Canvas gradebook.
Because this setting is mandatory for integration and grade synchronization, it cannot be deactivated or modified while accessing your event through the LMS.
This has the added advantage of restricting students' access to the activity. By activating the LMS authentication, only students in your course will be able to participate in the activity.
☝️ Results, attendance, and participation synchronisation only work for participants who are connected to the event via their Canvas account. If you activate other authentication methods, you will not be able to synchronize grades for participants not authenticated through their Canvas account.
Automatically sync LMS enrolments
You can automatically collect the list of students enrolled in your LMS course to sync them with your attendance sheet. Further, you can restrict access to your Wooclap event to participants enrolled in your class.
☝️ This restriction only works for participants whose email address matches the one recorded in your LMS roster.
To sync the list of enrolled students, in your LMS, go to the settings of your event and activate Restrict access to roster under Authentication. You will see the list of enrolled participants under Grades.
☝️ Note that SSO authentication must be enabled to activate the roster restriction. Roster restriction cannot be guaranteed while Email & Social authentication is enabled.
If a participant joins late or could not attend the class, you can excuse them from attendance checks prior to their start date or time. In your event's report, open the Attendance Sheet, find the participant, click the pencil icon next to the missed check, and update their status to Excused. Their absence will not be counted in the session's participation grade.
Present your Wooclap event through Canvas
To present your Wooclap event, simply click on the assignment you have created in Canvas. You will be redirected to your event. Then, click on Display or Start event, as you would for an event presented directly from Wooclap.
When entering the event, participants will be automatically redirected to Canvas if they are already connected. Otherwise, they can connect to the event directly through the event itself or through Canvas by selecting the Wooclap activity in the corresponding course.
Synchronize results, attendance, and participation
☝️ Be aware that you need to activate LMS authentication for your event for the grades to be synchronized. Note that the attendance sheet is not an authentication method and will not let you synchronize grades.
When you handle most of your sessions with a Learning Management System (LMS), it can be very useful to find the results of your Wooclap events there, too. Before synchronising your grades, however, you first need to decide what grade(s) you want to synchronise. Wooclap distinguishes 3 distinct grades:
Results are the points acquired based on the correctness of the answer. This is what we call a score in Wooclap. In Canvas, this is converted into a percentage. Questions without a right answer (such as an Open question or a Word cloud) are not taken into account when calculating the results.
Attendance is only available if the attendance sheet is activated. Points are granted once the learner has signed the attendance sheet. The participant will have 100% if they confirmed each attendance check and 0% if they did not confirm any attendance check.
Participation is scored based on the number of questions the participant answered compared to the total number of questions requiring an answer. This score is converted into a percentage in your LMS environment.
Customising grades
First, choose whether to synchronise results, attendance, or participation. You can also choose to synchronise all three and specify the proportions.
To do so, first go into your event's ⚙️ Settings and choose Grading. Here, click on Configure. You will then be able to choose Score, Participation, Attendance (if the Attendance sheet is activated), or Combined Grade.
If you choose Combined Grade, you will be able to set how much the different grades count in the final total grade. If you wish for one of them to not be counted in the final grade, leave 0% for that grade.
Do not forget to click on Confirm once you have made your choice. You will see what grade will be synced in the Grading section of your Settings.
Synchronising grades
☝️ Automatic grade synchronization, as covered in this section, is turned off by default for every account. If your organization wants this feature enabled by default for all members, contact your Customer Success Manager.
By default, you can synchronize your grade(s) by clicking on the checkmark ☑️ in the banner displayed at the top of the interface.
You can choose for grades to be synchronized automatically after your session. To do so, go to your event's ⚙️ Settings and go to Grading. There, toggle the option Synch grades automatically.
When this option is activated, grades are synchronised with your LMS when you reach the end-of-session screen, or 2 hours after the last answer was received in your event. It will synchronize a second time and replace the current grade if you continue your event later.
Grades for self-paced sessions will be synchronized as soon as a participant completes their questionnaires.
☝️ Even with automatic synchronization activated, you can still synchronize grades manually. To do so, click on the checkmark ☑️ in the banner displayed at the top of the interface.
The synchronized grades are then available under Grades. Note that questions without correct answers are not taken into account (Open question, Word Cloud, …).
Exporting questions from Canvas into Wooclap
Exporting questions from Canvas
Exporting questions from Canvas
To export Canvas quizzes, first go to your course and choose Settings (1) on the left side of the screen. Then, click on Export Course Content (2). Here you will be able to choose which quiz(es) you wish to export. Your content will then be downloaded onto your computer.
Importing questions into Wooclap
Importing questions into Wooclap
In your Wooclap interface, click on Import event and choose Other sources. This will let you use the Importer AI agent to import your questions. Here you will be able to add your XML file, so your questions are created in Wooclap.
Collaborating on a Wooclap event
You can add collaborators to your Wooclap event, just like you would in an event created through Wooclap.
☝️ Note that if you have collaborators linked to your Canvas course, these will automatically be collaborators to any Wooclap assignment in your course.
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