Creating a Custom User
- Log into Blackboard as a System Administrator.
- Go to the System Admin tab.
- Under User, click Users.
- Select Create User.
- Enter Turning for first name and Integration for last name.
- Enter Turning for username.
- Create a secure password in the field provided.
- Select Submit.
Enabling REST API Integration
- Log into Blackboard as a System Administrator.
- Go to the System Admin tab.
- Under Integrations, click Rest API Integrations.
- Click Create Integration.
- Input 0e3958c2-c32a-4990-a65f-30431175e6cb into Application ID.
- Use the browse function to locate and select the Turning user created in the previous section.
- Leave End User Access marked as yes and change Authorized To Act As User to Yes.
- Click Submit.
Configuring the LTI Link
- Log into Blackboard as a System Administrator.
- Go to the System Admin tab.
- Locate the Integrations section and click the LTI Tool Providers link.
- Select Register LTI 1.1 Provider.
- In the Provider Domain field, enter account.turningtechnologies.com.
- Leave the Provider Domain Status as Approved. Nothing goes into Secondary Hostnames.
- Change Default Configuration to Set Globally.
- Enter the Tool Provider Key provided by Echo360.
- Enter the Tool Provider Secret provided by Echo360.
Requests for the Tool Provider Key and Tool Provider Secret should be sent to support@echo360.com. Please include the Blackboard URL with the request.
- Enter the following in Tool Provider Custom Parameters.
user_id=@X@user.id@X@ - To the right of Send User Data, select Send user data only over SSL.
- To the right of User Fields to Send, select Role in course, Name, and Email Address.
- Leave Allow Membership Service Access as no.
- Click Submit.
- Mouse over account.turningtechnologies.eu, click the drop-down arrow and select Manage Placements.
- Select Create Placement.
- In the Label field, enter PointSolutions Registration.
- In the Handle field, enter PointSolutions Registration.
- Verify Yes is selected under Availability.
- For Type, select Course tool and Allow Student Access.
- Enable the Launch in New Window option.
Some web browsers will treat LTI links as a pop-up and block it, this will prevent that from happening.
- To add the icon, go to https://cdn.turningtechnologies.com/images/store/SVC-PREMSUPP.png.
- Click Browse and navigate to where you saved the icon. Click Open.
- Enter the Tool Provider URL in the Tool Provider URL field provided by Echo360. An example would be: https://account.turningtechnologies.eu/account/lti/index/9ca698f6-77ae-497e-be06-aecb92c7ea0b
- Click Submit.