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There are 4 simple steps to integrate PlayPosit with your edX course:

  1. Set up PlayPosit in edX
  2. Assign content to learners
  3. Monitor learner data
  4. Export grades into edX gradebook

Set up PlayPosit in edX

PlayPosit is integrated into your edX environment by your administrator. Follow the steps below to add PlayPosit to each course and sync your roster. 

  1. Login to edX and navigate to the course you would like to connect to PlayPosit
  2. Click Settings > Advanced Settings 
  3. Navigate to Advanced Module List, enter "lti_consumer"
  4. Scroll down to the LTI Passports and enter the client key/secret (provided by PlayPosit) 

  5. Go back to the Content page and create a new section or navigate to an existing one
  6. Create a new Unit > Add New Component > Advanced 
  7. Select LTI Consumer
  8. Click Edit on the newly created LTI unit.

  9. Edit the new LTI component: 
    1. For Display Name, enter PlayPosit 
    2. For LTI Application Information, enter PlayPosit Interactive Video
    3. Change the LTI Version to LTI 1.3
    4. For the Tool launch URL, enter https://www.playposit.com/LTI13/launch
    5. For the Tool Initiate Login URL, enter https://www.playposit.com/LTI13/launch
    6. Change the Tool Public Key Mode to Keyset URL
    7. For the Key Set URL, enter https://api.playposit.com/lti13dash/jwks.json
    8. Change Deep Linking to True
    9. For the Deep Linking Launch URL, enter https://www.playposit.com/LTI13/launch/deeplink
    10. For the Scored, change to True if you need the grades to pass back to edX, and adjust the weight for the score.
    11. Click Save to complete the process.
  10. Once you save, click Deep Linking Launch to launch PlayPosit 

  11. When launching PlayPosit from the course for the first time, the window below will open in a new tab. Please enter the school name, copy the following information from the edX page, paste it to the correlated section on the PlayPosit registration page, and click Submit.

    • Copy the Login URL and paste it into the OIDC Auth URL section.
    • Copy the Access Token URL and paste it into the oAuth2 Access Token URL section.
    • Copy the Keyset URL and paste it into the JWKS Keyset URL section.

  12. After the information is submitted, you can return to edX and click the Deep Linking Launch again to launch into PlayPosit and assign the Bulb to this course.

Assign content to learners 

Instructors can follow the steps below to assign Bulbs, Learner Made Bulbs, Peer Review, or playlists to their learners through PlayPosit's edX integration. Please click the link below to learn more about each type of assignment available in PlayPosit.

Please follow the steps below to assign the content to learners.

  1. Navigate to your course page and create a new section or go to an existing one
  2. Create a new Unit > Add New Component > Advanced 
  3. Select LTI Consumer
  4. Click Edit on the newly created LTI unit.

  5. Edit the new LTI component: 
    1. For Display Name, enter PlayPosit 
    2. For LTI Application Information, enter PlayPosit Interactive Video
    3. Change the LTI Version to LTI 1.3
    4. For the Tool launch URL, enter https://www.playposit.com/LTI13/launch
    5. For the Tool Initiate Login URL, enter https://www.playposit.com/LTI13/launch
    6. Change the Tool Public Key Mode to Keyset URL
    7. For the Key Set URL, enter https://api.playposit.com/lti13dash/jwks.json
    8. Change Deep Linking to True
    9. For the Deep Linking Launch URL, enter https://www.playposit.com/LTI13/launch/deeplink
    10. For the Scored, change to True if you need the grades to pass back to edX, and adjust the weight for the score.
    11. Click Save to complete the process.
  6. Once you save, click Deep Linking Launch to launch PlayPosit 

  7. Click Set Link or Enter PlayPosit.

  8. Locate the content you want and click the edX icon in front of it to assign. The Bulb, Learner Made Bulb, and Peer Review assignments are on the My Bulbs page, and the playlists can be found on the Playlists page.

  9. Select the learner experience (This step is only available when assigning Bulbs to edX):
    1. Self-paced-- Choose this option if you want learners to take the bulb individually, on their own device, at their own time (most commonly used)
    2. Broadcast-- Choose this option if you want to project the bulb live, in class and have all learners take the bulb together. Start/stop time and pacing of the video is controlled by the instructor, while learners answer projected questions from their own device (like a clicker).
  10. The nav notification at the top will confirm that the bulb has been assigned to learners. 

  11. Return to the Content page and click the gear icon to enter assignment settings such as Due Date and Grading

  12. Be sure to Publish.

Monitor learner data

In edX, click on the assignment for which you want to view data and click  Monitor. Learn more about the data analytics and how to score student responses here.

Export grades into edX gradebook

If your bulb only includes auto-graded questions (multiple choice, check-all-that-apply, fill-in-the-blank), then grades will be automatically exported into the edX gradebook. 

If you have graded free response questions or edited grades for auto-graded questions, you will need to sync changes with the edX Grade Center. To do this:

  1. Navigate to the Monitor page
  2. Click Export Grades 
  3. Click Report to check the status of the student grade export. Note: It may take a few minutes to push all updated scores into the gradebook.

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