Step 2: Creating Apps in Canvas for each lesson (LTI 1.1)

Updated on Aug 08, 2023

This is the second step in setting up your LTI connection between SI Cloud and Canvas. These instructions are similar to those in Step 1: Creating Apps in Canvas, but they will walk you through creating additional apps for each lesson in your course, in order to enable grade transfer.

If you plan to have grades transfer automatically between SI Cloud and Canvas, you need to create additional apps for each lesson in your SI Course (one app per lesson).

1. Navigate to the "Settings" page in your Canvas course, then select the “Apps” tab near the top of the page.

2. Select “View App Configurations”

3. Select the “+ App” button

4. Make sure "Configuration Type" is set to "Manual Entry"

5. Type a name in the "Name" field

The lesson names will be visible to students. We recommend naming each lesson app with the same name as the corresponding SI Cloud lesson.

Note: If you have other lessons/links in Blackboard with similar names, we recommend you add "Science Interactive" to the name (e.g., "Laboratory Safety — Science Interactive")

6. Copy and paste the Tool Provider information from SI Cloud into the appropriate sections in Canvas

For help finding your courses credentials in SI Cloud, see How to find the LTI Credentials for your course

Consumer Key = "Tool Provider Key" in SI Cloud
Shared Secret = "Tool Provider Secret" in SI Cloud
Launch URL= "Tool Provider URL" in SI Cloud

Tool provider fields as shown in SI Cloud

7. Make sure "Privacy" is set to "Public"

8. Copy and paste the first Lesson Hook from SI Cloud into the "Custom Fields" box in Canvas

Make sure to double check that the lesson hook you copy and paste is for the correct lesson (the lesson name above the hook in Cloud should match lesson name in the "Name" field in Canvas.

Lesson Hooks shown in SI Cloud