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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 Blackboard as an administrator.

  2. Open the admin panel.

    Blackboard Ultra

    1. Click Admin in the left navigation.

    Blackboard Original

    1. Click the System Admin tab.

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

  11. Configure placements in Blackboard so your instructors can integrate Spark materials without setting the ISBN for each course.

    1. Select Manage Placements.

    2. 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.

    3. Click Submit.