Macmillan Canvas Integration (Macmillan LTI 1.3)

Video Instructions

Macmillan provided this video walkthrough of how to use the LTI 1.3 technology within your Canvas course.

Written Instructions

1. Prepare your Achieve and Canvas Courses.

   1. Make sure your Achieve and Canvas courses are created and ready for integration. Without prepared courses, the integration cannot proceed.

2. Go to your Achieve dashboard.

   1. Locate the Achieve Course you want to connect to Canvas.

   2. Click the ellipsis menu for the course.

   3. Select Edit Course.

3. Edit Course Settings:

   1. Enter your course name, course code, and institution.

   2. Confirm/select the term and year.

   3. Set Course Status = Active on Date.

   4. Confirm/set the Activate on and Course End Dates. The course end date must be set to a future date for the integration to work.

   5. Confirm/set Start Week On.

   6. Set LMS Integration = Yes.

   7. Enter the remaining fields as desired.

   8. Click Save.

4. Log in to the Canvas course that you want to link to your Achieve course.

   1. Go to Modules.

   2. Click the +Module button to create a new module.

   3. Enter a module name.

   4. Click Add Module.

5. Click the + (plus) icon on the new module. (Figure 1)

   1. Select External Tool from the Add drop-down.

   2. Scroll and click on Macmillan LTI Advantage Course Tools (1.3).

   3. Click Add Item. You will be returned to your Modules list.

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Figure 1. Clicking the + (plus) icon opens the add Item panel. Select External Tool and scroll until you find the desired tool. Click on the tool then click Add Item to add it to your module.

5. Locate the Module and tool link you just added.

   1. Click on the tool link.

   2. Click on Load Macmillan LTI Advantage Course Tools (1.3) in a new window button. This will open course tools in a new browser tab. (Figure 2)

   3. Click on Connect with Achieve. (Figure 3)

   4. Select Authorize. If prompted, confirm your email address for Achieve and Canvas match.

   5. Confirm the Course Name is as expected then click Connect Course. (Figure 4)

   6. Click Link Course on the link course panel. This will open your Achieve course in a new browser tab.

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Figure 2. Click on the button to access the course tools.

6. Assign and link content from within your Achieve course.

   1. Click the More Options menu (looks like an ellipse) for the content you want to assign.

   2. Click Edit Resource Details to open settings.

   3. Check Assign to students.

   4. Set the Due Date.

   5. Enter a Point Value.

   6. Check the desired student visibility.

   7. Check Sync to Canvas.

   8. Choose or create a Canvas module as the container for the resource.

   9. Confirm the remaining settings as desired.

   10. Save Changes. If prompted, click Go To Canvas Course. (Figure 5)

7. From within Modules in the Canvas course,

   1. Go to Modules.

   2. Click the More Options menu for the module (looks like three stacked dots). (Figure 6)

   3. Select Macmillan LTI Advantage Content (LTI 1.3).

   4. Click Add to Modules to add the latest synced content to the desired Modules. Check the box and choose the desired modules if adding multiple resources at once.

   5. Click Add to Modules. You will be returned to your Module list. Note: Generic Macmillan resources such as Home, E-book, and Student Registration will be made available to your students in Canvas as well as any ongoing content releases you perform.

8. Publish synced resources within Canvas once the sync process is complete.