In this guide, you will learn how to:
- Register Nearpod on Blackboard
- Add the Nearpod Content Tools
- How to Use the Nearpod Full Site Navigator
- How to Use the Direct Lesson Launcher
The Full Site Navigator acts as a portal to Nearpod.com.
The Direct Lesson Launcher links directly to a desired lesson from your library, where students can join without a lesson code.
Both of these tools can be individually installed and used at any time from your Blackboard course content page.
Generate Key and Secret
- Open nearpod.com and sign into your District or School admin account.
- In the left navigation, select Manage Nearpod.
- In the left navigation, select LMS Integration Setup
- Under LTI 1.1 setup, click on Generate Key and Secret link
- Leave this window open to copy and paste the two items into Blackboard in the direction below.
Register Nearpod on Blackboard
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After logging into Blackboard, select the ‘System Admin’ button.
- From this menu, select ‘LTI Tool Providers.
- Select ‘Register Provider Domain.’
- The provider domain is “nearpod.com”
- The secondary hostname is “np1.nearpod.com”
- In the next section, make the default configuration ‘Set globally’
- Add the Key and Secret that was previously generated through the Nearpod account.
- Finally, ‘Send user data over any connection’ and select all the available fields to send; then hit submit.
Add Nearpod Content Tools
Now that nearpod.com is a registered LTI Tool Provider, you have the option to add two different Nearpod Content Tools: Full Site Navigator and Direct Lesson Launcher.
In order to install both Nearpod content tools, you will have to do the above steps twice, once for each tool.
- To create either Nearpod content tool, find ‘nearpod.com’ and click the dropdown arrow.
- From the menu, select ‘Manage Placements.’
- Next, click ‘Create Placement.’
- Name your Label and Handle according to the desired Nearpod content tool.
- For full site navigator, select ‘Course content tool.’
- Only for Direct Lesson Launcher, also select ‘Supports deep linking.’
- For both tools, the Tool Provider URL is: http://np1.nearpod.com/lti_connect.php
- In order to have both tools, you will need to create two separate placements.
How to use the Nearpod Full Site Navigator
- Within your course, select ‘Content.’
- Under Build Content, find the Nearpod Full Site Navigator.
- Choose a display name for your Full Site Navigator tool.
- Make sure to select ‘Permit users to view this content’, and then ‘Submit.’
- Your Nearpod Full Site Navigator should now appear under Course Content.
- The first time you use the tool, sign in using your primary Nearpod account.
- From here, you will have full access to the Nearpod website!
How to use the Nearpod Direct Lesson Launcher
- Within your course, select ‘Content.’
- Under Build Content, find the Nearpod Lesson Direct Link.
- The first time you use the tool, sign in using your primary Nearpod account.
- Select a lesson directly from your library, and choose either ‘Live Lesson’ or ‘Student-Paced.’
- Your selected lessons should appear under Course Content.