Visible Body Courseware integrates with Schoology for a seamless teaching and learning experience. Once integrated, Courseware content appears within Schoology for easier access and course management. This integration is available for both site license and student purchase (including bulk codes) customers.
To get started, follow the steps below. You'll need an administrator to access both Schoology and Courseware to complete the setup.
If, at any point, you need assistance during this setup, contact us at implementation@visiblebody.com or send us a support ticket.
Administrator Setup
In order to successfully complete the Visible Body (LTI 1.3) setup within Schoology, you will need the help of a Visible Body Courseware administrator as well as a Schoology LMS administrator. They can be the same person. If you don’t have a Courseware administrator account associated with your institution’s Visible Body account, please request one.
We do not recommend using linked sections with Schoology, as it does not allow deep linked assignments or grade reporting. However, Schoology users who link their sections together to manage multiple sections of students in one course can see here for specific instructions on course linking.
Part 1: Install Visible Body (LTI 1.3) from the Schoology App Store
- Sign up for a Visible Body admin account if you do not already have one. Reach out to implementation@visiblebody.com to be provided a setup link.
- In Schoology, navigate to the App Center.
- Under Categories select Science.
- Scroll to Visible Body (LTI 1.3) and click it.
- On the app page, select Install LTI 1.3 App. Click Agree.
You now have the app available to use in Schoology.
If you'd like to register the Schoology integration manually, contact the support team for a walkthrough of those steps.
Part 2: Manage Placement and Confirm Setup
With the tool set up in Schoology, you can now manage placements on the platform (if not already installed to All Courses). We recommend adding Visible Body (LTI 1.3) directly into a course.
- Navigate to a course where you would like to add Visible Body. You must be logged into Schoology as an admin.
- On the left hand menu, click the link to Install Your App(s).
- "Visible Body (LTI 1.3)" should appear as an application to install. Select it and click Submit.
- "Visible Body (LTI 1.3)" should now be available in your course as a navigation item. Click to access the Visible Body 1.3 Course Home and start the account pairing process.
- You will be asked to sign in with a Visible Body Administrator account.
- Then confirm that you will set up this integration. Please read through the information and confirm that you agree. Select Connect when done.
- You will see a notice confirming that you have successfully connected your
institution with Visible Body.
- If you do not see this prompt, try refreshing the page and clicking the Visible Body tool again.
You will need to link a course to complete this integration. If you don’t have one, you can choose a sample course or create a new course from the course linking page.
- Select Manage Sync Options from the Course Home, or select the
settings icon within the Assignment Library to link a course. Once any
course has been linked, this integration is ready to go. Note, your
instructors will link their own courses.
- You can verify your connection by going into the Courseware LMS Integration page and checking the 1.3 Schoology tab for Connected.
Important: Once the integration is set up, any student added to the Schoology Course will have access to Visible Body. Once they click a Courseware link, they will either be counted as part of the site license arrangement (if the integration is set up as a site license) or start the purchase process.
Instructor Setup
This section of the article assumes your administrator has already registered and managed the placement of Visible Body (LTI 1.3) in Schoology. If they have not, they will need to follow the instructions for Administrator setup.
These steps are for instructors who want to use Visible Body with their Schoology course. When students are added to your Schoology course, they will be automatically added to Visible Body after the student selects a link or accesses an assignment. With this setup, you will also be able to more easily deep-link to your assignments.
Each Visible Body assignment deep-linked (graded or ungraded) to Schoology will create a column in the Schoology gradebook. Scores from your students will automatically update in the gradebook as your students work on those activities. You can edit the activity points as you add the links or set activities not to count toward your grades. You can edit any Visible Body scores in the Schoology gradebook, but you will need to update the changes in Courseware as well.
Important: By default, anyone in a course who isn’t the course creator is counted by Schoology as a Learner. To add additional instructors, an admin will need to change teacher or staff access to “course administrator”. Otherwise, they’ll encounter role mismatch scenarios.
Log into Courseware and Link Your Courses
Visible Body (LTI 1.3) should be available in your course’s left-hand navigation already. Your administrator may have named this tool something else. We recommend that your admin add our Course Home to all courses using Visible Body. This makes it easier to manage course content and gives students and instructors one-click access to the full Visible Body Suite app.
However, if they have not installed Courseware Home you can still manage your courses in the Assignment Library. Additionally, if your administrator has given you permission to add external tools to your course, you can follow below to add Course Home yourself.
To log in and link your courses:
- Once you select Visible Body (LTI 1.3), you’ll be prompted to sign in using your Visible Body email and password. You’ll only have to do this once in Schoology.
- Select the Visible Body course you want to associate with your Schoology course. If you don’t have one set up yet, you can choose to create one from the course list.
- Click Link Course. There will be a confirmation message asking if you are sure. Click OK.
- Your course is now linked. From the Visible Body (LTI 1.3) Homepage, selecting Go To Courseware will take you and your students to the associated course in Courseware.
Add Course Home
If you have permission and your admin hasn’t already added Course Home to your Visible Body courses, you can set this up to give your students easier access to the Courseware website and Visible Body’s apps.
- In Materials, navigate to the Add Materials dropdown
- Click Add Materials and select Visible Body’s 1.3 Course Home on the right side of the dropdown.
- Select Save.
Linked Sections
Schoology users who rely on the linked sections feature to manage multiple sections of students in one course will also need multiple courses in Visible Body to connect to each individual section. We do not recommend using linked sections with this integration as it does not allow for deep linking and grade syncing. However, you will still be able to access Courseware Home, and your students will access their Visible Body courseware assignments directly in the course. The process will be:
- Create a new course or make copies of your original course in Courseware.
- Manage assignments in each individual Visible Body course.
- Link each Visible Body course with each Schoology section (see above for instructions).
- Check out our instructions on how to export your gradebook if you want student grades reported.
Link an Assignment
The Visible Body Assignment Library displays all published assignments within your linked course. Click on any assignment to open it and view its activities, you'll see a toggle next to each activity that allows you to mark it as graded or ungraded - this will determine whether or not the assignment populates your LMS gradebook. Select the checkbox next to the assignment to link it to your course.
To make edits or publish new assignments, simply click Manage Assignments, and you will be taken directly to your linked Courseware course.
To update your linked course, click the settings cog in the upper right corner.
To link an assignment, follow these steps:
- In Materials, navigate to the Add Materials dropdown
- Click Add Materials and select Visible Body’s 1.3 assignment library on the right side of the dropdown. If you haven’t yet signed in and linked your Visible Body course, you will be prompted to do so. See below for more information on this step.
- Back in the Assignment Library, check off the assignments and activities you want to link.
- Select Link Assignments and a deep link to your assignments will appear in the course! These assignments will appear in your gradebook when you continue editing the assignment with a grade category.
Course Management
Adding and Transferring Students & Instructors
To ensure students and co-instructors can access the Visible Body materials in your course, add them to your Schoology course or section. You no longer need to use the Invite People feature in the Courseware platform to do this. Once added, they can click the Visible Body (LTI 1.3) homepage for immediate access.
To transfer your students, make sure that the students have been transferred to the correct course in Courseware first, then transfer them into the corresponding course in the LMS and students will still have Courseware access.
If you transfer your students in the LMS before transferring them in Courseware, they will have access to both courses. They will need to be dropped from the initial course in Courseware to ensure they’re only in the course you intend.
Unlink Your Courseware and Schoology Courses
If you've accidentally linked the wrong Courseware course to your Schoology course, you can follow these steps to unlink your courses.
- Navigate to the Visible Body (LTI 1.3) homepage and select Manage Sync Options. Alternatively, navigate to the Visible Body (LTI 1.3) assignment library and click the settings icon.
- On the subpage that shows the currently connected course, select Unlink Course. A confirmation message will ask if you are sure. Click Yes.
Now that your Courseware course is unlinked from Schoology you may connect a new Courseware course to your Schoology course by selecting the “Connect Course” option that will appear on “Manage Sync Options” after unlinking a course is complete. Selecting this option will bring you back to the course connection process. You can also connect the existing Courseware course to another Schoology course.
Student Help
You can share this LMS student help article with your students for extra help accessing their Visible Body material in your LMS.
Common Setup Questions
- As an admin, why am I not being prompted to accept the integration? Does that
mean I’m done?
You need to accept by confirming the integration and linking a course, Visible Body (LTI 1.3) will not be connected until you finish this process. Check that you are logged into Schoology with an admin account and that you are not impersonating a teacher or student.
- My LMS integration page says connected, so why do my teachers see an error that
the admin has not completed the integration?
Check that the course is in the same sub-account. If all courses are considered their own sub-account or the LTI is added to each course separately, the admin may need to accept the integration for each course.
- Why do I not see the LTI 1.3 tab in the Courseware LMS Integration page?
Email your Visible Body sales representative or implementation@visiblebody.com
- How can I fix my students seeing third party cookie errors?
Check out our full LTI 1.3 integration FAQ for more information. If you have further questions, contact us at implementation@visiblebody.com or send us a support ticket.