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Create an External Tool in Blackboard for LTI 1.0 Integration

Instructors at your school can use the external tool to add course links from Blackboard to Spark without needing the shared key and secret. This is easier for instructors and improves security.

SparkLMS AdministratorELT LMS Admin Help

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.

  1. Sign in to Schoology as an administrator.

  2. Click Tools › School Management.

  3. Navigate to your course.

  4. Click Add Materials › Add File/Link/External Tool.

  5. Click External Tool.

  6. Select NGL Spark from the Tool Provider dropdown menu.

  7. Enter the following information:

    Field

    Value

    Title

    Enter a title that students recognize.

    Example: NGL - Book Title

    URL

    Set automatically by the tool. Do not change it.

    Consumer Key

    Set automatically by the tool. Do not change it.

    Shared Secret

    Set automatically by the tool. Do not change it.

    Custom Parameters

    Enter the ISBN provided in the LTI connection document sent to you.

    Example: isbn=9781658234510

  8. Click Save Changes.

  9. Click on the newly created LTI link and confirm:

    1. Your course launches in Spark.

    2. Your LMS course name matches the Spark course name.

  10. Give instructors the following information so they can create Spark using the tool:

    • The for each product.
    • The tool name, if you set it to anything different from Spark.