Follett Discover Integration Guide for Blackboard Learn v1 4

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Follett Discover Integration Guide For Blackboard Learn

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Integration Guide for Blackboard Learn

System Administrator Guide

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Purpose

The IMS Global Learning Consortium (www.imsglobal.org ) offers an interoperability specification

called Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI). This specification facilitates the integration of Learning

Management Systems (LMS) such as Blackboard (referred to as the Tool Consumer) and tools suchas Follett ’s Faculty Discover and Student Discover (referred to as the Tool Provider).

Follett has developed an LTI v1.0 Tool Provider and Blackboard is compliant with this specification in

the role of a Tool Consumer. Follett is a Contributing member of IMS Global Learning Consortium.

This guide is intended for Blackboard System Administrators and describes how to configure for the

Follett Discover LTI Tool Provider.

Blackboard Learning Management System

According to the IMS website, the following versions of Blackboard Learn are complaint with LTI:

Blackboard v91. SP4

Blackboard v91. SP6

Blackboard v91. SP8

Blackboard v91. SP10

Blackboard v. April 2014

Note that some organizations opt to not go through the conformance process for every product

version. This means that other versions of the product may also be compliant. If your version is not

on the list, consult the product provider. For the most up-to-date information on which versions of

Blackboard Learn are compliant with LTI, consult:

http://www.imsglobal.org/cc/statuschart.cfm

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Open Source Community for Educational Learning Objects and Tools (OSCELOT)

An open-source Basic LTI Building Block written by Steven Vickers is available from OSCELOT, the

Open Source Community for Educational Learning Objects and Tools. Steven, in addition to

maintaining the Basic LTI Building Block in his spare time, is also a program manager with the IMSGlobal Learning Consortium, the standards body for the LTI standard.

The project page is available at:

http://projects.oscelot.org/gf/project/bb-basiclti/

This method allows LTI Tool Providers, such as the Follett Discover application, to be accessed from

a ‘Module’ on the ‘My Blackboard’ dashboard and as a course Tool from the Tools menu, which is

available in the course navigation links on the left side of the course page.

Step 1: Download the Basic LTI Tools Building Block

1. Download the Basic LTI Tools Building Block from OSCELOT (current version is 3.0.3)

http://projects.oscelot.org/gf/project/bb-basiclti/frs/

Step 2: Install the Basic LTI Tools Building Block

1. From the Administrator tab select Building Blocks

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2. Within the Building Blocks screen, select Installed Tools

3. Select Upload Building Blocks

4. Select Browse and select the saved building block file (Basic LTI is a .war file)


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5. Click Submit 6. Ensure the Basic LTI Tools building block is set to “Available”

Step 3: Configure the Basic LTI Building Block as a Blackboard Admin

1. From the System Administrator tab, select Building Blocks .


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2. Select Installed Tools

3. Select Settings from the context menu for the Basic LTI tools Building Block

4. Click on the Register New Tool button


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5. Fill in the registration details for Follett Discover

a. Name: Follett Discover

b. Description: Faculty can discover and adopt the best course materials, made available

seamlessly to your students. Students can conveniently acquire all materials with

options to choose rental, new, used or digital.

c. Launch URL: https://blti.betterknow.com

d. Consumer key: input the key provided to you

e. Shared secret: input the shared secret provided to you

f. Icon file: https://s3.amazonaws.com/ffdu-static-content/lms-content/Follett_50x50.jpg

g. Select Submit

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6. Select Edit Data Settings from the context menu

7. Within the Data Settings: Follett Discover screen select the following options and submit

a. Context ID: checked

b. Value to use for Context ID : Database key

c. Context SourcedID: checked

d. Context Title : checked

e. User ID: Required by Tool

f. Value to use for user ID: Use whatever is consistent between the LMS and SIS. Use

‘username’ if u nsure.

g. SourcedID: checked

h. Username: Required by Tool

i. Email: Required by Tool

j. User roles: checked

k. Fill in the Role Mappings as appropriate

l. Send administrator role: checked


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8. Select Edit Launch Settings from the context menu

2. Enter the Launch Settings options

a. Open tool in: New Window

b. Select Submit


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3. Enable the tool

4. Enable Follett Discover as a Course Tool

5. Done. You may now add Follett Discover as a Module for placement in ‘My Blackboard .’ or in

course dashboards and as a Course tool for placement in courses in the ‘tools’ area (e.g. the

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Step 4: Add Follett Discover as a Module

1. From the System Administrator tab, select Tabs and Modules .

2. Select Module

3. Click on the Create Module button


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4. Enter the Module details:

a. Title: Follett Discover

b. Module Type : Basic LTI tool

c. Module Category: enter as appropriate for you (student services)

d. Description: Faculty can discover and adopt the best course materials, made available

seamlessly to your students. Students can conveniently acquire all materials with

options to choose rental, new, used or digital.

e. Select the Availability options

i. System Availability: Yes

ii. Available for Use on a Department Module Page: Yes

iii. Available for Users to Select from Module List: Yes

iv. Available to: Everyone

f. Select Submit


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5. The module ‘Content’ editor will automatically appear when ‘Basic LTI tool’ is selected as the

module type. Enter the content details and submit:

a. Name of existing tool: select ‘ Follett Discover ’

b. Content URL: https://oscelot-discover-banner.betterknow.com/

c. Content type: Auto select

d. No data message : Click to access Follett Discover

e. Allow launch: checked (IMPORTANT!)

f. Launch button: checked (IMPORTANT!)

g. Role mappings : select as appropriate for your institution


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6. Follett Discover is now available as a module that can be placed in ‘My Blackboard’ and in

course dashboards.


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Step 5: Add the Follett Discover Module on All Faculty and Student Dashboards

1. From the System Administrator tab select Tabs and Modules

2. Select Tabs

3. Locate the “Top Frame Tab: My Blackboard (or ‘My Organization ’ or ‘My Institution’ )


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4. Within “Top Frame Tab : My Organization” , hover over My Organization and select Default

Content from the drop down menu.

5. Under the " 1. Select Modules " section, locate Follett Discover and check both Displayed andRequired boxes.


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6. Select Submit . You are returned to the Tabs screen.

7. Locate the “Top Frame Tab: Courses”

8. Within “Top Frame T ab : Courses” , hover over Courses and select Default Content from the

drop down menu.


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9. Under the " 1. Select Modules " section, locate Follett Discover and check both Displayed and

Required boxes then Submit to save changes.

10. Verify the module now shows on the My Institution/Organization/Blackboard dashboard as well

as Courses. Move Content block so it displays appropriately.


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Step 6: (Optional) For Instructors to Place the Follett Discover Module in a

Specific Course Dashboard

1. Within the course, turn on Edit Mode .

2. Click on the Add Course Module button


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7. Click the Add button for the Follett Discover module

8. Follett Discover is now available from the course dashboard. Move Content block so it

displays appropriately.

Documents

Follett Discover Integration Guide for Blackboard Learn v1 4