Brightspace

Intergrate Spark resources within your institution's Brightspace® Learning Management System.

Create a New Course Template

Note We recommend you create a course template for each NGL program.

In Brightspace, navigate to Course Management.
1. Click Create a new course template and a new course offering that has never been offered before.
Create a name for your course.

We recommend using NGL, the program, level (Example: NGL World Link Level 1).

Enter the following information:

Field	Value
Title	Name and level of the National Geographic Learning program (Example: World Link 1).
URL	`https://learn.eltngl.com/lti/v1/launch`
Key/Secret	Select Sign messages with key/secret with. Select Link key/secret. In the Key field, enter the key you were given in the configuration document. In the Secret field, enter the secret you were given in the configuration document.
Custom Parameters	Click + Add custom parameters. In the Name field, enter: custom_isbn. In the Value field, enter the ISBN you were given in the configuration document.
Security Settings	Select Use link security settings. Select all the settings that apply.

In Brightspace, navigate to Content.
Click in the Add a module... field on the left side of the screen.
1. Create a name for your module.
  
  We recommend using a name that easily identifes the program and level.
Click Add Existing Activities.
1. Select External Learning Tools from the dropdown menu.
Select the LTI link that was created.
Click Bulk Edit.
Select the Open as External Resources check box.
Click Done Editing.
Click the external learning tool link you created to confirm a successful launch of the course in Spark.