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Integrate MATLAB Grader with Brightspace (D2L) — LTI 1.3

To add MATLAB® Grader™ to Brightspace® External Tools, follow the steps in this section.

Note

In each step of this procedure, make sure there are no leading or trailing spaces in the text you copy and paste from this page. Otherwise, the integration might not work.

Step 1. Sign in to Brightspace as an LMS Administrator

Sign in to your university’s LMS instance of Brightspace as a user with administrator privileges, specifically the ability to create developer keys and configure LTI apps.

Step 2. Create New LTI Advantage Tool

  1. Go to Settings > Manage Extensibility.

  2. Click LTI Advantage.

  3. Click Register Tool.

  4. Select Standard registration and then click Register.

Step 3. Register a new LTI Advantage Tool

  1. Make sure Enabled is on.

  2. Use the following values to configure the LTI Advantage tool. Make sure you copy, not click, the link text, and be sure to remove any leading or trailing spaces after you paste.

    Field NameField Value
    NameMATLAB Grader LTI 1.3
    Description

    Automatically grade MATLAB code

    Domainhttps://learningtool.mathworks.com
    Redirect URLshttps://learningtool.mathworks.com/lti/redirect
    OpenID Connect Login URL https://learningtool.mathworks.com/lti/oidc
    Target Link URI https://learningtool.mathworks.com/v1p3/launch
    Keyset URLhttps://learningtool.mathworks.com/lti/jwk
    Extensions

    • Assignment and Grade Services—Selected

    • Deep Linking—Not selected

    • Names and Role Provisioning Services

      Select to include learner names and email addresses in reports accessible to instructors

      • You must also select this option when creating the new deployment (Step 4), but you must select it here first.

      • To select this option after creating the MATLAB Grader integration, enable the setting in the registration first and then enable it in the deployment.

    Roles

    Select Send Institution Role.

    Substitution parameters

    Leave empty.

    Custom parameters

    Leave empty.

    From Brightspace Registration Details, copy the following information to where you can find it again easily for a later step:

    • Client Id

    • Brightspace Keyset URL

    • Brightspace OAuth2 Access Token URL

    • OpenID Connect Authentication Endpoint

    • Issuer

  3. Save your tool configuration, but don’t close. Click View Deployments and then go to the next step.

Step 4. Create a New Deployment

  1. Make sure Enabled is on and Auto Migrate Links is disabled.

  2. Use the following values to configure the deployment. Make sure you copy, not click, the link text, and be sure to remove any leading or trailing spaces after you paste.

    Field NameField Value
    ToolThe value in this field is inherited from the tool configuration.
    NameMATLAB Grader LTI 1.3
    Description

    Automatically grade MATLAB code

    Extensions

    • Assignment and Grade Services—Selected

    • Deep Linking—Not selected

    • Names and Role Provisioning Services

      Select to include learner names and email addresses in reports accessible to instructors.

      • You must first select this option when creating the new registration (Step 2). If you do not, then this option won't be available when creating the deployment.

      • You must also select the Name and Email fields in Security.

      • To select this option after creating the MATLAB Grader integration, enable the setting in the registration first and then enable it in the deployment.

    Security

    • Org Unit Information—Selected

      You must select this option to access the assignment created with this tool.

    • Name

      Select Name and all subfields to include learner names and email addresses in reports accessible to instructors.

      • First Name

      • Middle Name

      • Last Name

      • Email

      You must also select Names and Role Provisioning Services in Extensions.

      To set these fields after creating the deployment, edit the existing deployment and then select these fields. Save your changes.

    • User ID—Selected

      MATLAB Grader uses this ID so it can know when the same user is returning.

    • Link Information (and Title and Description)—Selected

      The title and description tell MATLAB Grader the name of the course that launched the tool, which can be useful for reporting and content management.

    Configuration Settings

    • Select Grades created by LTI will be included in Final Grade. Checking this setting allows instructors the option to create assessments whose grades are part of the final grade.

    • Select Auto Create Grade Items. If this option is not checked, no grade columns are created.

    Substitution parameters

    Leave empty.

    Custom parameters

    Leave empty.

    Org Units

    If you do not have a default set of Org Units already selected that will have access to the tool, add one at this time.

    To add one or more Org Units, use Add Org Units.

    Brightspace LTI 1.3 dialog for add org units

  3. Click the copy icon next to the Deployment Id to copy it. Then, paste it somewhere you can find it easily, with the rest of the information you gathered from the register tool page. This information is required for the next step.

    Image showing Brightspace deployment ID

  4. Click Save.

Step 5. Register Tool Information with MATLAB Grader

  1. Go to MATLAB Grader.

    Sign in to MATLAB Grader as an LMS Administrator and click LMS Integration. Alternatively, you can access the page directly at https://grader.mathworks.com/lti_credentials.

    When you sign in to MATLAB Grader, use the MathWorks® Account associated with the LMS administrator. The account holder must also be a license administrator for managing MathWorks licenses and must have been given access to MATLAB Grader by MathWorks Customer Support or by another license administrator at your university.

  2. Enter integration values on the LMS Integration page.

    1. Under Step 1, choose LTI version LTI 1.3.

    2. Under Step 3, using the information that you copied from the tool configuration and the deployment configuration, provide the following values.

      For this MATLAB Grader LMS Integration field…Enter the value you copied from this field in Brightspace (D2L):
      IssuerIssuer
      Client IDClient Id
      Public keyset URLBrightspace Keyset URL
      Access token URL or endpointBrightspace OAuth2 Access Token URL
      OIDC auth request endpointOpenID Connect Authentication Endpoint
      Deployment IDDeployment Id

    3. Click Submit.

The integration is now complete and instructors can add content from MATLAB Grader to their LMS courses.

Note

You must provide instructors with this URL: https://learningtool.mathworks.com/v1p3/launch. They need this URL to create a new activity.

Get Help

If at any point in this process you require assistance integrating MATLAB Grader with your LMS using LTI 1.3, contact MathWorks Technical Support.

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