Integrate MATLAB Grader with Blackboard (Ultra or Original)

Integrate MATLAB Grader with Blackboard (Ultra or Original) — LTI 1.3

To add MATLAB^® Grader™ to Blackboard^® LTI tool providers, follow the steps in this section.

Note

In each step of this procedure, make sure there are no leading or trailing spaces in the text you copy and paste from this page. Otherwise, the integration might not work.

Step 1. Sign in to Blackboard as LMS Administrator

Sign in to your university’s instance of Blackboard (either Ultra or Original) as a user with administrator privileges, specifically the ability to register a new LTI 1.3/Advantage tool. The URL of the login page might look similar to this example: https://bd-partner-a-ultra.blackboard.com/ultra.

Step 2. Register a New LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool

Go to the Admin or System Admin panel.
Under Integrations, select LTI Tool Providers.
In LTI Tool Providers, click Register LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool.
Enter the following value into the Client ID field where prompted:
282f074d-5add-4fbe-8ccc-1bce81138a89. Make sure there are no leading or trailing spaces.
Click Submit.

Step 3. Modify LTI 1.3 Tool

In Modify LTI 1.3 Tool, find Deployment ID. Copy the value for Deployment ID. You need this value in a later step.

Scroll down to Institution Policies. Set the values for the fields as indicated in the following table.

Field Name	Field Value
User Fields to Send	Role in Course—Selected Name To include learner names in reports accessible to instructors, select or check Name. Also set Allow Membership Service Access to Yes. To enable this setting after creating the LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool, edit the existing LTI 1.3 integration and then select this option. Save the LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool. Otherwise, leave this option unselected. Email Address To include learner email addresses in reports accessible to instructors, select or check Email Address. Also set Allow Membership Service Access to Yes. To enable this setting after creating the LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool, edit the existing LTI 1.3 integration and then select this option. Save the LTI 1.3/Advantage Tool. Otherwise, leave this option unselected.
Allow grade service access	Yes
Allow Membership Service Access	To include learner names and email addresses in reports accessible to instructors, set this option to Yes or checked. Also select Name and Email Address in User Fields to Send. To enable this setting after creating the deployment, edit the existing LTI 1.3 integration and then select this option. Save the deployment.
Show User Acknowledgement Message	No
Tool Status	Approved

Click Submit.

Note

Adding MATLAB Grader as an LTI 1.3 tool using the method described above automatically creates a "Course content tool" Placement in Blackboard. You can review the Placements for MATLAB Grader in the list of LTI Tool Providers by locating MATLAB Grader LTI 1.3 and choosing "Manage Placements."

Step 4. Manage Global Property Settings

While on the LTI Tool Providers list, click Manage Global Properties.
Under Feature Availability, set "Allow configured tool providers to post grades" to Yes.
Click Submit

Step 5. Sign in to MATLAB Grader as an LMS Administrator

When you sign in to MATLAB Grader, use the MathWorks^® Account associated with the LMS administrator. The account holder must also be a license administrator for managing MathWorks licenses and must have been given access to MATLAB Grader by MathWorks Customer Support or by another license administrator at your university.

Sign in at the URL https://grader.mathworks.com and then click LMS Integration. Alternatively, you can access the page directly at https://grader.mathworks.com/lti_credentials.

Step 6. Register LMS Information in MATLAB Grader

On the LMS Integration page:

Under Step 1, choose LTI version LTI 1.3.

Under Step 3, provide the following values when prompted. These values are for production instances of Blackboard. If you are using Blackboard in a non production environment, contact Blackboard customer support for alternate URLs.

Note

For all text that you copy and then paste into the integration fields, make sure there are no leading or trailing spaces in the text. Otherwise, the integration might not work.

Field Name	Field Value
Issuer	`https://blackboard.com`
Client ID	`282f074d-5add-4fbe-8ccc-1bce81138a89`
Public keyset URL	`https://developer.blackboard.com/api/v1/management/applications/282f074d-5add-4fbe-8ccc-1bce81138a89/jwks.json`
Auth token endpoint	`https://developer.blackboard.com/api/v1/gateway/oauth2/jwttoken`
OIDC auth request endpoint	`https://developer.blackboard.com/api/v1/gateway/oidcauth`
Deployment ID	Use the Deployment ID value that you obtained in an earlier step.

Click Submit.

The integration is now complete and instructors can add content from MATLAB Grader to their LMS courses.

Get Help

If at any point in this process you require assistance integrating MATLAB Grader with your LMS using LTI 1.3, contact MathWorks Technical Support.