The following information is a administrator guide to connecting Brightspace by D2L to Nearpod using LTI 1.1. In this article you will find steps to complete the following tasks.
- Adding Nearpod to D2L as an Admin
- Adding Nearpod to D2L Course as an Instructor
- Accessing Nearpod as a Student
Adding Nearpod to D2L as an Admin
1. Sign into D2L as LMS Admin
2. Select ‘Gear’ in the top right corner
3. Select ‘External Learning Tools’
4. Select ‘Mange Tool Providers’ tab first
5. Click on ‘New Tool Provider’ button
6. Complete this form and click ‘Save and Close’
- Launch Point: https://np1.nearpod.com/lti.php
- Version: Inherit Global (1.1)
- OAuth Signature Method: HMAC-SHA1
- Secret: (generate here)
- Tool Consumer Information: Box should be checked
- Key: (generate here)
- Name: Nearpod
- Description: (as desired)
- Contact Email: (not needed)
- Visibility: Box should be checked
- Security Settings: All boxes should be checked
- Make tool provider available to: (as desired)
7. Select ‘Manage External Learning Tool Links’ tab
8. Click on ‘New Link’ button
9. Complete this form and click ‘Save and Close’
- Title: Nearpod
- URL: https://np1.nearpod.com/lti.php
- Description: (as desired)
- Visibility: Box should be checked
- Key/Secret Signature: Box should be checked for ‘Sign messages with key/secret with’ and radio button should be selected for ‘Tool consumer key/secret'
- Custom Parameters: (none)
- Security Settings: select‘Use tool provider security settings’
- Make link available to: (as desired)
Adding Nearpod to D2L Course as an Instructor
1. *Ensure steps for the admin have been completed.
2. Sign into D2L as an instructor
3. Select the course where Nearpod should be added
4. Select module area of your course and click on dropdown ‘Existing Activities’
5. Click on ‘External Learning Tools’ from the dropdown menu
6. Click on Nearpod in the list (or whatever your LMS admin named the tool)
7. Now a link to Nearpod has been added to your course
Accessing Nearpod as a Student
1. Sign into D2L as student
2. Select course
3. Launch Nearpod from a course modules area
