Welcome to this guide on configuring and using the Nudgis LTI integration within Blackboard.
 

Table of content

1/ Configuration

2/ Usage

2A/ Adding content to a course

2B/ Assignment submission

Configuration

The first step is to visit developer.blackboard.com to register an application. Click on "My applications", then "Register a REST or LTI application".
 

Fill in the fields as shown below. In the "Domains" field, enter your Nudgis platform's domain name. Finally, click "Register Application".

You will find the various links required in the Nudgis administration section under Administration > Authentication settings and services > LTI (Manual Registration section).

Once the application is created, an Application ID is assigned to it

Keep this ID handy, as it will be used in the next step.

Now, go to your Blackboard platform to add the LTI tool. To do this, click on "LTI Tool Providers" in the Integrations section of the Administrator Panel

Then click "Register LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool".

In the Client ID field, enter the Application ID created earlier

On the resulting page, set "Tool Status" to Approved, check all fields in "User fields to send", set "Allow grade service access" to Yes.

Then, click on Submit.

A new entry for your LTI tool will now appear in the list :

Next, we will create a Placement. Click the arrow next to your tool's name and select "Manage Placements". 

Click "Create Placement" and fill in the fields as follows. The Label field corresponds to the button your users will see when adding content. You can enter any character string in the Handle field, but it must be unique for each placement. Be sure to check the "Allow student access" option if you want students to be able to use this feature.

Finally, enter the content selection link in the Target Link URI field. You can find it in Nudgis (Administration > Authentication settings and services > LTI, Manual Registration section) :

Finally, you must register the Blackboard integration within Nudgis. Go to Administration > Authentication settings and services > LTI, scroll down to the LMS Definitions section, and click "Register a new LMS".
 

You will find the different pieces of information to complete as follows: First, retrieve the Client identifier (Application ID on developer.blackboard.com).

 Then, in the application editing section :

Issuer : Issuer

Login Endpoint : OIDC auth request endpoint

Authorization Endpoint : Auth token endpoint

JWKS Endpoint : Public keyset URL

The deployment identifier can be found in your blackoard platform, in the editing section of your LTI tool, under the label "Default Deployment ID".

Save the page in Nudgis. Your new LMS is now listed :

The Nudgis integration in Blackboard is now complete ! We will see in the next section how to use the feature.

Usage

Adding content to a course 

In your Blackboard course, click "Add content"

Then "Content Market"

In the next page you will find your placements, including the one created previously :

This allows to access the Nudgis LTI manager that offers the possibility to select an existing media or channel, to upload a new media or to open the WebStudio in order to record directly from the computer :

Here we add a new video that now appears in the course :

When we access the video as Instructor we have editing permissions :

As a student, the access only has reading rights :

Assignment submission

Students can also use the Nudgis integration to submit video assignments.

First, the instructor must create a "Test" type activity in the course.

Then, add an "Essay" type question.

Remember to make the activity visible to students once the question is ready.

Now, let's see how the student views the assignment. The user accesses the course and can click on the test.

He then clicks on "Start attempt" to answer the question.

In the text editor field, the student clicks on "Add content", then "Content Market".

He selects the LTI tool.

Three choices are now available :

After recording, uploading, or selecting a video, it is embedded into the editor :

The student then clicks "Submit".

Now, as a teacher, you can access the course and go to the "Gradebook" tab, then click on the test.

The list of users that have submitted an assignment is available :

When accessing it, we can see our student's answer :

You now know everything about the Nudgis integration in Blackboard! Feel free to check out the sections for Moodle and other LMS.

To continue : "Enriching your videos with A.I."