These are the steps required to link your Science Interactive Lab Portal lessons to your Canvas course. Please ensure that the instructions are followed to allow for proper functionality between the LMS and Lab Portal. Failure to follow the instructions will result in no grade pass back and other limited functionality. If assistance is needed, please reach out to the Science Interactive Implementation team.
Once configured, the integration between Canvas and SI Lab Portal should be tested by linking from Canvas to a SI Lab Portal assignment, attempting the assignment as a student, and checking that grades are pushed back to Canvas.
IMPORTANT: Only one unique link can be created through the Modules section in your Canvas course. For grades to be pushed back to Canvas, you must create multiple links through the Assignments section as shown below.
To use the configured LTI App to add an activity link to your Canvas course:
1. Open your Canvas course that has access to the SI Lab Portal LTI App, and click Assignments.
2. Click Add Assignment.
3. Fill in the Name, Points, and any other details required for the assignment.
4. Complete the fields under the Submission Type heading.
- Submission Type: Select External Tool from the drop-down list.
- External Tool URL: Click Find and select the SI Lab Portal app.
- Select the Load This Tool In A New Tab check box.
5. Click Save & Publish.
6. The SI Lab Portal mapping menu will appear for configuration of the link destination.
Check out the following for details on completing this configuration:
- Activity Mapping: for details on linking to individual SI Lab Portal activities
- Class Homepage Mapping: for details on how to create a link that takes a user directly to the Class Homepage in SI Lab Portal, rather than individual lessons
- Gradebook Mapping: for details to create an LTI link directly to the class gradebook
- System Homepage Mapping: for details on how to create an LTI link that takes a user directly to the System Homepage
