Once the SI Lab Portal LTI link has been configured in your Blackboard 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 Blackboard
Students must launch activities from individual activity links in Blackboard 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 Blackboard, a single Class Homepage link may be sufficient for your course.
1. Open your Blackboard course and click Content.
2. Open the Content Market
Click the Plus sign to open the dropdown and select Content Market.
3. Select the SI Lab Portal Tool
Within the list of external tools, choose SI Lab Portal (naming conventions will vary by institution.)
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.
4. 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Do not publish the Class Home Page in your course.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 Blackboard activity links, rather than the Class Home Page, for grades to sync properly; so this link must remain hidden from students.
A screen indicating the linking was successful will appear. Close this tab and then refresh your Blackboard page. You should now see the link in your course.
5. Select Open in a New Window
Click the three dots to the right of the assignment and select Edit. Check the box to Open in a New Window.
Once you're done, set this link as visible to students and click Save.
Managing Existing Links
To modify a lesson link after it has been created:
Locate the content item within your Blackboard course.
Click the three dots to the right of the assignment and select Edit.
Update the destination or availability 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 Blackboard, it is possible the activity has the wrong display setting.
Click the three dots to the right of the assignment and select Edit, check Open in a New Window. 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.