How Do I Set Up an Integration with Brightspace?

If you have a D2L Brightspace account, here is how to set up an integration with Accredible.

What Does the Integration Do?
Installation Requirements
Setting Up the Integration
Adding To A Course


NOTE: Brightspace is a premium integration only available on our Connect and Growth Plans.

What Does the Integration Do?

It's easy to set up Accredible in your D2L Brightspace instance. Click here to view our IntegrationHub listing

Our integration will:

  • Let you add a module or submodule to any course where Brightspace students can receive and view their badge or certificate.
  • Teachers within a course may click the module to update the badge or certificate settings.
  • Automatically sync your Brightspace course information when the item has been added with Accredible.
  • Automatically create certificates or badges when a student clicks the module.
  • Automatically authorize your Brightspace students to update and interact with their certificates and badges.

Installation Requirements

To set up the Brightspace integration, you need to have:

  1. A Brightspace admin account.
  2. An Accredible account with access to API and integrations.

 

Important Note: The email address of your Brightspace account must match the email address of your Accredible account.


Setting Up the Integration

On Accredible

  1. Select 'Integrations' from the menu bar at the top of your ACMS dashboard.
  2. Input 'Brightspace' in the 'Search for integrations' field.
  3. Click 'View Details' on the Brightspace item.
  4. Enter the URL of your Brightspace instance under 'Brightspace Instance URL (your Brightspace environment URL).'
  5. Click 'Save.'

On Brightspace

  1. Log in as a Brightspace admin.
  2. Click on the Settings / Cog icon on the top right-hand side of the page
  3. Click 'External Learning Tools (LTI)'.Screenshot 2024-01-25 at 3.15.49 PM
  4. Click 'Manage Tool Providers (Legacy)' from the secondary menu.
  5. Click the button below labeled 'New Tool Provider.'Screenshot 2024-01-25 at 3.19.39 PM
  6. Into 'Launch point' enter: https://api.accredible.com/v1/lti/brightspace_launch
  7. Enter the 'Secret' found in your Accredible account (https://dashboard.accredible.com/issuer/dashboard/settings/api_integrations) under Brightspace.Screenshot 2024-01-25 at 3.21.17 PMScreenshot 2024-01-25 at 3.21.52 PM
  8. Click the checkbox labeled 'Use custom tool consumer information instead of default.'
  9. Enter the 'Key' found in your Accredible account (https://dashboard.accredible.com/issuer/dashboard/settings/api_integrations) under Brightspace.
  10. Provide a 'Name' for instructors such as 'Certificates & Badges' or 'Accredible.'
  11. Enter a 'Description' such as 'Accredible certificates and badges.'
  12. Enter 'support@accredible.com' into the 'Contact Email' field
  13. Under 'Security Settings,' tick all the options except for 'Send system Org Defined ID to tool
    provider
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  14. Choose whom to make Accredible available to under 'Make tool provider available to.' Org units define where you want to permit the integration, whether it’s to org units, departments, or course offerings.
  15. Click 'Save and Close.'

Now that the tool is setup we need to generate a link we can use:

  1. On the secondary menu, click 'Manage Tool Links (Legacy)'.
  2. Click 'New Link.'

  3. Choose a Title to show to students, such as 'Certificate' or 'Badge.'

  4. Into 'URL' enter: https://api.accredible.com/v1/lti/brightspace_launch

  5. Leave Description blank unless desired.Screen Shot 2018-12-14 at 4.26.19 PM

  6. Under 'Key/Secret' select 'Tool consumer key/secret'.

  7. Under 'Security Settings', select 'Use tool provider security settings'.

  8. Choose whom to make Accredible available to under 'Make tool provider available to.' Org units define where you want to permit the integration, whether it’s to org units, departments, or course offerings.Screen Shot 2018-12-14 at 4.27.54 PM

  9. Click 'Save and Close.'

 


Adding To A Course

Now that the integration is set up, we need to add it to a course to let students receive certificates and badges.

  1. Log in as a Brightspace instructor. 
  2. Go to a particular course in Brightspace.
  3. Go to the Content for the course.
  4. Click 'Add Existing Activities.'
  5. Select 'External Learning Tools.'
  6. Select the link that you named previously, and this will add the badge or certificate to the course. You can now arrange it accordingly and restrict access like any other content item.
  7. Click the item and select a badge or certificate design for this item.

 Repeat this for each badge or certificate you'd like to add.

Important Note: Access to the badge or certificate can only be restricted through your settings in Brightspace. 


 

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