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Create a Brightspace-Integrated Spark Course

Create your Spark course from your Brightspace® course to connect the two courses.

You will be able to click a link in your Brightspace course that:
  • opens your integrated Spark course
  • signs you in to Spark
Your students will be able to click a link in your Brightspace course that:
  • opens your integrated Spark course
  • signs them in to Spark
  • enrolls them in your Spark course
Important You cannot connect an existing Spark course to Brightspace.

Before you begin:

  • Create your Brightspace course.
  • The following steps assume your administator has configured Spark content tools.
  1. Sign in to Brightspace and go to your course.
  2. In Brightspace, navigate to the Content page.
  3. Click Add a module....
    1. Create a name for your module.

      We recommend using a name that easily identifies the program and level.

      Example: World Link 1

  4. Click Add Existing Activities.
    1. Select External Learning Tools from the dropdown menu.
  5. Click the LTI link that was created.
  6. Click Bulk Edit.
  7. Select Open as External Resources.
    1. Click Done Editing.
  8. Click the course link you just created.
    Note Your browser might require you to open the link in a new window.

    Accept the notifications about cookies, terms of use, and privacy policy.

    1. If the Cookie Files prompt displays, click Got it.
    2. Read the linked Terms of use and select the checkbox.
    3. Read the linked Privacy Policy and select the checkbox.
    4. Click Update.

Your new Spark course is created.