Before setting up Spark integration with Blackboard, contact your National Geographic Learning representative to request configuration details for your institution.
This information is emailed to you and includes the following items:
- The for your school.
- The for your school.
- The for the learning platform.
- One or more for the products used at your school.
Sign in to Blackboard as an administrator.
Open the admin panel.
Blackboard Ultra
Click Admin in the left navigation.
Blackboard Original
Click the System Admin tab.
Give instructors the following information so they can create Spark using the tool:
- The for your school.
- The for your school.
- The for each product.
- The tool name, if you set it to anything different from Spark.
Configure placements in Blackboard so your instructors can integrate Spark materials without setting the ISBN for each course.
Select Manage Placements.
Enter the following information:
Field
Value
Label
Create a name for your placement that is easy to identify.
Example: NGL - Book Name - Level (NGL-World Link Level 1)
Handle
Follow your institution's guidelines.
Availability
Yes
Type
Course content tool.
Launch in New Window
Selected
Tool Provider URL
https://learn.eltngl.com/lti/v1/launch
Tool Provider Key
Auto-fills if set globally when the tool was created.
Tool Provider Secret
Auto-fills if set globally when the tool was created.
Tool Provider Custom Parameters
The ISBN number provided for book and level in the documentation you were sent.
Click Submit.