Once the SI Lab Portal LTI link has been configured in your Canvas environment, instructors can add a link that takes users directly to an SI Lab Portal Class Home Page. From the Class Homepage, users can access activities and view the Gradebook.
Important: A Class Home Page link provides convenient access to an SI Lab Portal class; however, activities launched from the Class Home Page do not support assignment-level grade passback to Canvas.
Students must launch activities from individual activity links in Canvas for grades to synchronize correctly.
If grade passback is desired, Science Interactive recommends hiding/unpublishing the Class Home Page link from students and directing them to activity links instead.
Know Before You Begin
- Class Home Page mapping creates an LTI link that takes users directly to the Home Page for a course in SI Lab Portal.
- From the Class Homepage, users can access activities, the Gradebook, Proctor Tools, and class settings.
- If you do not require regular grade synchronization to Canvas, a single Class Homepage link may be sufficient for your course.
1. Open your Canvas course and click Content.
2. Create an Assignment
3. Configure the External Tool
Scroll down to Submission Type. In this section:
Click the dropdown menu and select External Tool.
Click Find and then select the SI Lab Portal Tool (naming conventions will vary by institution.)
The activity mapping window may open automatically; if it doesn't, Click Select.
The SI Lab Portal Mapping menu will appear in the Add Activity window.
4. Select Your Class
Open the dropdown to select the SI Lab Portal class you want to link. This setting may be preserved if you have already selected the dropdown in a previous session.
5. Create the LTI Link
Click Link to Class Home to create the link to the course Home Page
Do not publish the Class Home Page in your course. Students must launch activities from the mapped Canvas activity links, rather than the Class Home Page, for grades to sync properly; so this link must remain hidden from students.
Managing Existing Links
To modify a lesson link after it has been created:
Open Assignments in your Canvas course.
Select the activity you want to edit and select Edit Assignment Settings in the top right corner.
Update the settings as needed, then click Save.
All Science Interactive Links must be set to open in a new tab or window.
If you see an SI Lab Portal page embedded in Canvas, it is possible the activity has the wrong display setting.
Click Edit Assignment Settings, then scroll down to Submission Type, and check Load this Tool in a New Tab. Then click Save.
Need Help?
If you experience issues with setup, grade synchronization, or activity configuration, please complete the Instructor Support Form, and a member of our team will reach out to provide assistance.