Add ScreenPal content to D2L/Brightspace course

Add ScreenPal content to D2L/Brightspace course

Add ScreenPal content links to a course in D2L Brightspace

When you are a member of a ScreenPal Team Plan, and your Team Owner or Team Administrator has configured the ScreenPal LTI v1.3 plug-in with D2L Brightspace, you can add ScreenPal content to a course using resource links, as outlined in the steps below. Alternatively, you can add ScreenPal content to course modules using a quicklink, which requires fewer steps and is outlined in the next section of this topic.

To ensure that each link you insert in Brightspace opens the applicable ScreenPal content, follow the steps below:

1. Within D2L Brightspace, open a course.

2. Click Assignments at the top of the course page to open the Assignments page.

3. Open an existing assignment, or create a new assignment by clicking New Assignment.

4. From the toolbar on the Instructions box, click the Insert Quicklink icon.




5. From the Insert Quicklink dialog, click External Learning Tools.




6. At the bottom of the Insert Quicklink dialog, click Manage External Learning Tools.




7. On the External Learning Tools page, click the New Link button.

8. On the Create Link page, for Deployment, select ScreenPal in the list.

9. For Name, enter a name that is unique to the ScreenPal video or assignment you will be adding to the assignment.

10. For URL, enter https://screenpal.com/lti-1p3/launch. 

11. Click Save and Close.

12. Go back to the New Assignment page and refresh it.

13. Click the Insert Quicklink icon again.

14. On the Insert Quicklink dialog, select External Learning Tools from the list.

15. Click the link you just created.

16. Click the placed link within the Instructions box. This opens a new browser tab with the ScreenPal content selection page displayed.

17. Select the ScreenPal video, image, quiz, or channel you would like to add to the assignment and then click Embed.

18. Return to the New Assignment page in D2L Brightspace, and click Save and Close.
Your students will see the ScreenPal content you selected when they open the assignment.

That's it! Students can now view this assignment and will see the video you selected when they click the ScreenPal link in the Instructions box.

1. Select a course to open the course homepage.
2. Click Content at the top of the page.



3. From the menu on the left, add a module or select an existing one.
4. Click Existing Activities and select Add ScreenPal Media.
The Add Activity dialog is briefly displayed and then this launch link is added to the module:


5. Click the launch link.
This opens the ScreenPal content selection page in a new browser tab.

6. Click the ScreenPal quiz you want to embed. 
7. Select the desired Quiz and Video Options and then click Embed quiz. Close the tab with the selected ScreenPal content.
8. Back in D2L/Brightspace, you will now see the View Content page. Enter a name for the ScreenPal quiz you just added.


9. To sync the quiz with your D2L/Brightspace gradebook, add a grade item with the same name as the quiz. Under Assessment on the right, click Add a grade item.
10. Click New Grade Item.
11. On the New Grade Item dialog, for Name, enter the name of the quiz.
12. Add or select a Category if you like.
13. Click Create.

Now, when students take this quiz, their score will automatically be synced to your D2L/Brightspace Gradebook.


9. Go back to the course module. You will see the ScreenPal quiz that you just added displayed in the list.


Add ScreenPal content to a course using deep links

1. Select a course and then click Content at the top of the page.
2. Create a new course module or select an existing module from the menu on the left under the Table of Contents.
3. Click the Upload/Create button.



4. Select New Assignment. This opens the New Assignment screen.
5. Enter a Name for the assignment.
6. Click the Insert Stuff icon in the toolbar as pictured below.


   This opens the Insert Stuff dialog.

7. Select the ScreenPal deep linking item. For example, ScreenPal LTI v1.3 - Deep Linking.
8. Select the ScreenPal content that you would like to add.
9. Select your desired Options and then click Embed video.
    A preview of the ScreenPal content that you selected is displayed.
10. Click Insert. This inserts the content into your assignment.
11.  To save your changes to the assignment and close it, click Save and Close.


Embed ScreenPal Content in a Course

1. Select a course to open the course homepage.
2. Click Content at the top of the page.



3. From the menu on the left, add a module or select an existing one.
4. Click Existing Activities and select External Learning Tools.
5. Select the ScreenPal LTI v1.3 tool.
    You will be returned to the course module with the LTI tool embedded.
6. Click the embedded ScreenPal LTI v1.3 link in the list.

   This opens the ScreenPal LTI tab, enabling you to select ScreenPal content.

7. Select the content you want to embed. 
8. Select the desired Options and then click Embed video.
9. Ensure the content is visible to your students.


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