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EchoVideo: Creating the Deep Link Placement for Embedding Media into Blackboard

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BUILDING BLOCK END-OF-LIFE ANNOUNCEMENT

As of 30 Dec 2024, the Anthology (Blackboard) Building Block will officially reach its end of life for use with EchoVideo.

Prior to the end-of-life date of December 30th, 2024, all Building Block content must be converted to LTI 1.1 Deep Links. For more information from Anthology, please see Convert Building Block Content to LTI.
For more information from us, please see Building Block to LTI Migration Overview and Converting Blackboard Building Block Content to LTI 1.1 Deep Links.
NOTE that while migrating to LTI 1.3 may appear to be an option within Blackboard, it has not been fully tested by us. We are only supporting migrating to LTI 1.1.

Who can do this?
Blackboard Administrators who are also, or in conjunction with, EchoVideo Administrators.

To allow users to embed EchoVideo media into Blackboard courses, EchoVideo can be configured to provide an LTI deep link tool in Blackboard. Deep Link placements are supported for both LTI 1.1 and LTI 1.3 integrations.

The instructions on this page assume you have already created an LTI Tool Provider for your EchoVideo institution. These procedures add a Placement for that tool that allows for embedding media in Blackboard courses. Refer users to Embedding EchoVideo Media in an Ultra-enabled Course or Embedding EchoVideo Media into Blackboard Learn or Original View Courses for instructions on using the tool once configured.

To add a deep link placement for embedding media in Blackboard courses

  1. Log into Blackboard as an Administrator and select Admin from the left panel.
  2. Select LTI Tool Providers from the Integrations module.
  3. Hover over your existing EchoVideo Tool from the list and click the chevron that appears.
  4. From the chevron menu, select Manage Placements as shown in the figure below.
    LTI Tool providers list with chevron menu open and Manage Placements option identified
  5. Click Create Placement from the top of the placements list.
  6. In the Create Placement form, provide a Label for the new tool. This is the name that users will see and select for embedding media, so provide a name that indicates this is the EchoVideo media embed tool.
  7. Provide a Description if desired. This appears in the Placements list and will tell other Admins the purpose of this placement.
    Top section of create placement form with label and description fields as described
  8. Enter a Handle for the placement. This must be unique in the system.
  9. For Availability select Yes.
  10. For Type, select Deep Linking content tool.
  11. Enable the Allow student access checkbox IF you want students to be able to embed EchoVideo media into Blackboard courses (such as for assignment submissions or discussion posts, etc). Otherwise, the tool is only available for non-students to access.
    Middle section of create placement form with Handle field and availability settings and tool type selections shown for steps as described
  12. Scroll down to the Tool Provider Information section of the page.
  13. If the LTI Tool provider is configured to Set Globally, you only need to enter the Host URL value from the LMS Configurations page in EchoVideo. The other two values will already be present.
  14. Suppose the LTI tool provider is configured to 'Set on each link'. In that case, you will need to provide the Consumer Key and Consumer Secret (from the LMS Integrations page in EchoVideo) in the corresponding fields.
    bottom section of create placement form with tool provider information fields shown for steps as described
  15. Click Submit when finished.

Enabling the Embed Tool for Courses

Once the tool exists, the last step is to ensure it is turned ON for your Blackboard Courses. We recommend enabling it for both new and existing courses, but the choice is up to you.

To turn the embed tool on for courses

  1. Return to the Administrator Panel
  2. Select Tools from the Tools and Utilities module
  3. Filter the list of tools if necessary, and scroll down to find the tool you just created (they are in alphabetical order). It will appear using the Label you gave it in the procedure above.
  4. Ensure that the tool is turned ON and use the drop-down list to enable it for new and existing courses, as shown in the below figure.
    New echo embed tool from Tools list with availability turned on and settings for new and existing courses selected as described
  5. When finished, click Submit.

The tool will now appear as an option when a user selects to Insert / Edit LTI Item in a content window OR if they select Content Market for adding to a course. In both instances, the Content Market opens and the tool you configured appears for selection. See Embedding EchoVideo Media in an Ultra-enabled Course or Embedding EchoVideo Media into Blackboard Learn or Original View Courses.

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