How to configure an external tool on D2L/Brightspace LMS
- Login into D2L/Brightspace as an admin user.
- Navigate to Settings and select Manage Extensibility.
- Under the LTI Advantage tab, click Register Tool.
- Select the tool type as Standard.
- Enter the following information
- Domain: – Copy Domain of Launch URL from LTI Platform table in admin
- OpenID Connect Login URL: – Copy OPENID LOGIN URL from LTI Platform table in admin
- Redirect URLs: – Copy LAUNCH URL from LTI Platform table in admin
- Keyset URL: – Copy PLATFORM KEYSET URL from LTI Platform table in admin
- Under Extension, check Deep Linking
- Click Register
- Select View Deployments and create New Deployment
- Click the LTI 1.3 Tool Registration that was created in the previous step in the Tool drop-down.
- Ensure the following settings are selected/configured:
- Org Unit Information
- User Information
- Name
- User Id
- Username
- Org Defined ID
- Link Information
- Title
- Description
- Class list including users not known to tool
Note: Ensure the Deployment is shared with the correct Org Units. After a successful Deployment creation, Brightspace will expose a unique Deployment ID. Record that value.
- Fill Out Necessary Details/Parameter/Values in Frost:- Edit LTI Platform in Frost and copy fields from the D2L Tool Configuration to LTI Platform
- Audience/Issuer: – Issuer (from D2L)
- Client Id: – Client ID (from D2L)
- JWT Key Set URL: – Brightspace Keyset URL (from D2L)
- Access Token URL: – Brightspace OAuth2 Access Token URL (from D2L)
- Authorization URL: – OpenID Connect Authentication Endpoint (from D2L)
- Click Save
- Once the tool is registered and the tool has been deployed and shared with the course, navigate to a course and either choose an existing module or create a new one.
- Click Existing Activities and select External Learning Tools and scroll-down to the bottom of the list
- Click New LTI Link
- Enter the Title of the link you’d like to display in the Course
- Enter the LTI URL (Launch URL) and choose the correct LTI 1.3 Tool from the drop-down.
- Click Create and Insert.
Note: On successful configuration, users can access and add LOR objects in the D2L/Brightspace Course.
- Add LOR Objects to the Course Module
- Open Course content in d2l.
- Click Add Existing.
- Choose the Configured tool from the list.
- Picker will be opened.
- Select a LOR object and click Add Selected.
- Finally, click Add Item to add the LOR objects to the course module.
Note: All the objects present in LO Repository will be available to be inserted in the course module.