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EBSCO Curriculum Builder and LTI Transition Guide: LTI Faculty Guide

LTI End-User Documentation for Faculty

After you've set up your LTI v1.3 tools, this guide offers end-user instructions for each LMS / VLE to help you train your faculty on LTI (see the CB Deprecation tab for LTI setup instructions):

  • Blackboard
  • Canvas
  • D2L / Brightspace
  • Moodle
  • Schoology

Feel free to reuse these LibGuide boxes on your own LibGuides. 

Please note that many LTI features are controlled by the LMS / VLE vendor, rather than by EBSCO. As you put together your faculty training plan for LTI, it might be helpful to reach out for support from your LMS / VLE in addition to EBSCO.

How to Use EBSCO LTI for Blackboard

  1. Login to Blackboard
  2. Click on Courses and select your course
  3. Click on Content; at the top right make sure that Edit Mode is: ON
  4. Click on Content Market and then scroll down to your EBSCO LTI tool and click on it - this opens the EBSCO search box
    • Note: There may be other LTI tools to choose from, so ask your Blackboard Administrator or Librarian which one should be used for your EBSCO databases
  5. Enter your search terms into the EBSCO search box and review the search results, revising your search terms and filters if necessary
  6. When you find an item that you'd like to add to your course page, click +Add Item; the item will show at the bottom of the Blackboard reading list. You can edit the display in the following ways:
    • Hover your mouse to the left of the title, when a purple bar appears, click and drag the item higher up in the reading list
    • Immediately to the right of the title there's a small arrow pointing down - click that to be presented with several options for editing the display; click Edit from this list to change the title and add a description, using a full text editor. 
  7. At the top right of the Blackboard page, next to the Edit Mode is another icon that looks like an eye - hover your mouse over this and click to Enter Student Preview, then click Content and find your item in the Reading List: click the title to open it and confirm what your students will see and what access options they have. When done, click Exit Preview at the top right.
  8. Back in your faculty account, repeat steps 3 - 6 for each item you'd like to add to your Reading List. 

How to Use EBSCO LTI for Canvas

  1. Login to Canvas
  2. Click on Courses and select your course
  3. Click on Modules
  4. Click on the Plus (+) sign at the top right of the module that you'd like to add a full text link to
  5. From the dropdown menu, select External Tool
  6. Scroll down to your EBSCO LTI tool and click on it - this opens the EBSCO search box
    • Note: There may be other LTI tools to choose from, so ask your Schoology Administrator or Librarian which one should be used for your EBSCO databases
  7. Enter your search terms into the EBSCO search box and review the search results, revising your search terms and filters if necessary
  8. When you find an item that you'd like to add to your course page, click +Add. 
  9. Resize the External Tool window to see the URL for the item you chose; decide whether to tick the box to Load in a new tab and click Add Item - you'll see the item you just added at the bottom of the reading list for your course
  10. Click the Publish icon so your students can see it. 
  11. At the top right of your Course Modules page, click Student View to confirm what the student's view will be of your Reading List, the record detail page, and the full text. 
    • If you chose to load the item in a new tab, after clicking on the title click on the gray box that says Load...[title] to see the item in a new tab, just as your students will. 
  12. Repeat steps 2-11 to add additional items to your course reading list.

How to Use EBSCO LTI for D2L / Brightspace

  1. Login to D2L / Brightspace
  2. Click on the Grid icon towards the top right and select your course
  3. Click on Content
  4. Navigate to the Module that you'd like to add an EBSCO link to
  5. From the Existing Activities drop-down menu, scroll down to your EBSCO LTI tool and click on it - this opens the EBSCO search box
    • Note: There may be other LTI tools to choose from, so ask your Brightspace Administrator or Librarian which one should be used for your EBSCO databases
  6. Enter your search terms into the EBSCO search box and review the search results, revising your search terms and filters if necessary
  7. When you find an item that you'd like to add to your course page, click +Add item
  8. Back on the Module page, you'll see the item that you just added;
    • click on the title to edit it 
    • immediately to the right of the title is a small arrow pointing down - click that to be presented with several options unique to Brightspace - select Edit Properties in Place to add a description, due dates, etc. 
  9. Make sure your Module is set to Visible, using the eye icon towards the top right
  10. Repeat steps 2-9 to add additional items to your course reading list. 

How to Use EBSCO LTI for Moodle

  1. Login to Moodle
  2. Under Courses find and select your course
  3. Towards the top right, click Turn editing on
  4. On the bottom right of the section you'd like to add an EBSCO resource to, click Add an activity or resource
  5. In the window that opens, find your EBSCO LTI tool and click on it
    • Note: There may be other LTI tools to choose from, so ask your Moodle Administrator or Librarian which one should be used for your EBSCO databases
  6. On the next page titled "Adding a new External tool," click Select content - this opens the EBSCO search box
  7. Enter your search terms into the EBSCO search box and review the search results, revising your search terms and filters if necessary
  8. When you find an item that you'd like to add to your course page, click +Add item and it takes you back to the "Adding a new External tool" page with the title of the item you just added. Click Show more... to change the title, add comments with a full text editor, along with many other options. When you're finished editing the item, click Save and display to see a preview of what your students will see; or click Save and return to course to continue editing your course. 
  9. Repeat steps 4-8 to add additional items to your course reading list.
  10. When you're finished adding items, click Turn editing off

How to Use EBSCO LTI for Schoology

  1. Login to Schoology
  2. Click on Courses and select your course
  3. From the Add Materials dropdown menu, select your LTI App for EBSCO and this will open the EBSCO search box 
    • Note: There may be other LTI apps to choose from, so ask your Schoology Administrator or Librarian which one should be used for your EBSCO databases
  4. Enter your search terms into the EBSCO search box and review the search results, revising your search terms and filters if necessary.
  5. When you find an item that you'd like to add to your course page, click Add Item. You'll see the item you just added at the bottom of the reading list for your course.
  6. Click the Gear Icon to:
    • edit the title of the reading assignment
    • publish the item so your students can see it
  7. Under Course Options click View Course As and select a student account to confirm what the student's view will be of your Reading List, the record detail page, and the full text. 
    • Note: Being able to view your course as a student requires your Schoology Administrator to enable this functionality, so if you don't see it, ask them!
  8. Repeat steps 2-7 to add additional items to your course reading list.
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