Add Padlet to Brightspace LMS using LTI 1.3

There are a few different ways to embed a padlet in an LMS. This article will describe how to connect Padlet to Brightspace using LTI 1.3.

Setting up LMS integration for Brightspace (for Admins only)

You will need:

  • Administrator access on Brightspace
  • Access to the owner account on Padlet for Schools
  1. Retrieve Dynamic Registration Link

Using the owner account on Padlet for Schools, access the Settings page by clicking on your avatar icon > click on the three-dot ellipsis button (...) in the bottom left corner > Settings > Organization Info > scroll down to find the 'LTI Advantage Dynamic Registration Link' field and select Generate > Copy.

  1. Register LTI Tool

On Brightspace, from the Admin dashboard, open Admin Tools by clicking on the Settings cog icon (⚙️) > Manage Extensibility > LTI Advantage > Register Tool > Select Dynamic Registration.

Paste the link we've given you and select Configure Deployment.

Once done, click on Register. Then fill in the details as shown below:

Tool

Padlet (use a name that will help you easily identify it later)

Name

Padlet (use a name that will help you easily identify it later)

Extensions

  • Assignment and Grade Services
  • Deep Linking
  • Names and Role Provisioning Services

Security Settings

User Information

Send Institution Role

Check this box

Ensure that under 'Add Org Units,' the institution has been added so that everyone within the organization has access to Padlet LTI 1.3.

  1. Create Link for Deep Linking

From the same Deployment page for Padlet, click View Links. Then, click on Padlet and click New Link and fill in the fields.

Name

Padlet (use a name that will help you easily identify it later)

URL

https://padlet.com/api/hooks/lti/launch 

Type

Deep Linking Insert Stuff or Deep Linking Quicklink (see difference below in step 1 for Teachers)

  1. Click Save and Close.

Padlet is now available to be added in all of the courses that the deployment was shared with above. Navigate to a course, choose an existing module or create a new one.

Setting up LMS integration for Brightspace (for Teachers only)

Before proceeding, please ensure that your Brightspace admin has allowed access to Padlet in the above instructions!
  1. Create a Module/Sub-Module

If you selected Deep Linking Insert Stuff:

Content > Select a Module or Add a Module > Upload/Create > New Assignment (for example) > Insert Stuff. Select the Padlet LTI 1.3 tool.

If you selected Deep Linking Quicklink:

Content > Select a Module or Add a Module > Existing Activities. Select the Padlet LTI 1.3 tool.

  1. Select a padlet

A pop up will appear showing existing padlets within your Padlet for Schools account. You get to select which padlet you want to add to the module.

The padlet should show up like this on Brightspace!

Additional sharing options

If you want students to work on their own copy of the padlet, toggle the 'Create a copy for each user' option ON. Students will get their own copy when they click on the link in the assignment and you will be automatically added as a shared member to the padlet.

Note that turning ON the copy option will prevent you from seeing all student posts in a single padlet.


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