How to use Wooclap's LTI 1.3 integration in Blackboard
Wooclap integrates with Blackboard 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 Blackboard 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.
☝️ If you wish to install the plugin on multiple Blackboard 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 Blackboard and choose the course in which you would like to add a Wooclap activity. Then, click on the plus sign + in the module of your choice (1) and select Content Market (2).
Once you access the Content Market, choose your Wooclap instance. You will be asked to link a resource: this can be creating an event from scratch, choosing a duplicated event, or a template.
Create from scratch
Create from scratch
First, select Create from scratch and click on Continue. Then, you can give your new event a title and click on Continue. This will create your event.
Once your event is created, go back to your course or module and select the created activity. You will then be able to create questions, import questions, and change settings, as you would on Wooclap.
Note that you can also edit your course from Wooclap to use it in Blackboard. However, you need to present your event from Blackboard to later synchronize grades.
Duplicate an existing event
Duplicate an existing event
Select Duplicate an existing event and choose the event you wish to duplicate. Click on Confirm choice, give your new event a title, and click on Continue. This will create the new duplicated event.
Once your duplicated event is created, go back to your course or module and select the created activity. You will then be able to edit your course and add questions.
Note that you can also edit your course from Wooclap to use it in Blackboard. However, you need to present your event from Blackboard to later synchronize grades.
Choose a template
Choose a template
Select Choose a template and choose the template you wish to use. Click on Confirm choice, give your new event a title, and click on Continue. This will create the new activity.
Once your event is created, go back to your course or module and select the created activity. You will then be able to edit your course and add questions.
Note that you can also edit your course from Wooclap to use it in Blackboard. However, you need to present your event from Blackboard to later synchronize grades.
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 Blackboard 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 Blackboard account. If you activate other authentication methods, you will not be able to synchronize grades for participants not authenticated through their Blackboard account.
Present your Wooclap event through Blackboard
To present your Wooclap event, click on the event you have created in Blackboard. You will be redirected to your event. Then, click on Display (1) or Start event (2), as you would for an event presented directly from Wooclap.
When entering the event, participants will be automatically redirected to Blackboard if they are already connected. Otherwise, they can connect to the event directly through the event itself or through Blackboard by selecting the Wooclap event in the corresponding course.
Synchronizing grades
☝️ 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.
In Blackboard, you can synchronize results, attendance, or participation for one event. You can only synchronize one of the three grades at a time. To discover the meaning of each grade, refer back to this article.
You can synchronize grades once your session is over by clicking on Synchronize with LMS in the banner displayed at the top of the interface.
The corresponding grades are then available in the Gradebook. Note that questions without correct answers (such as Open questions or Word Clouds) are not taken into account. If you synchronize your grades multiple times, the most recent synchronized grade will be shown.
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 Blackboard course, these will automatically be collaborators to any Wooclap assignment in your course.
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