Connect Möbius to Brightspace

Brightspace by D2L is a Learning Management System can be connected to Möbius using LTI 1.3 integration.

Möbius and Brightspace administrators can follow these instructions to connect their system to Möbius.

View my Möbius LTI data

Your Learning Management System will require you to provide data that's specific to your Möbius site.

Check out View my Möbius LTI data for details on how to obtain this data.

Register the Möbius tool in Brightspace

The Möbius LTI Advantage tool must be registered in Brightspace before it can be used in a course.

To register the LTI Advantage tool in Brightspace:

  1. Log in to Brightspace as an administrator and click the Settings icon in the top-right corner.

Brightspace settings are opened by clicking the settings cog in the top right hand corner next to your username.

  1. Under the Organization Related heading, click Manage Extensibility.

A dropdown menu is opened under the Settings cog. Manage Extensibility is highlighted at the top of the second column.

  1. Select the LTI Advantage tab, then click Register Tool.

The LTI Advantage tab is highlighted third from the left, next to OAuth2.0. Underneath the Register Tool button is highlighted.

  1. On the Register a Tool page, select the Standard radio button.

On the Register a Tool page, there are Standard and Dynamic options. The radio button next to Standard is highlighted.

  1. Complete these fields on the Register a Tool page:

  • Name: Enter a unique name for the new key (ExampleMöbius MyInstitution).
  • Description: Enter a description (ExampleMöbius LTI Advantage tool for MyInstitution).
  • Domain: Enter the domain of your Möbius site (Example — https://myinstitution.mobius.cloud).
  • Redirect URLs: Enter the Redirect URI value attained from View my Möbius LTI data.

The Register a Tool page has Mobius myinstitution details. The Name, Description Domain and Redirect URLs are filled in.

  1. Complete these additional fields on the Register a Tool page:

The Register a Tool page has OpenID Connect Login URL, Target Link URI and Keyset URL filled in.

  1. Check all boxes under the Extensions heading and the Roles heading.

Under Extensions, boxes are checked for Assignment and Grade Services, Deep Linking, and Names and Role Provisioning Services. Under Roles, the Send Institution Role box is checked.

  1. Click Register.

The Register button is highlighted at the bottom of the Register a Tool page.

  1. In the table, click the name of your new tool to view and modify tool settings.

The Mobius MyInstitution tool is highlighted in the table under the Tool column.

  1. The registration details of your new LTI tool will be displayed under Brightspace Registration Details. Copy this information, including the Client ID, for the next steps of the setup process.

Under the Brightspace Registration Details heading, the Client ID is given as a string, along with other information to copy into Mobius.

  1. Click the View Deployments link. A new tab will open with the table of deployments.

Under the Brightspace Registration Details heading, the View Deployments link is highlighted.

TIP: The LTI Advantage deployments can also be viewed from the Administrator Settings, by clicking External Learning Tools under the Organization Related heading.

A dropdown menu is opened under the Settings cog. External Learning Tools is highlighted in the first column.

  1. Select the LTI Advantage tab, then click New Deployment.

On the External Learning Tools page, the LTI Advantage tab is highlighted first from the left. Underneath the New Deployment button is highlighted.

  1. On the Deploy Tool page, select the name of your new tool from the Tool drop-down.

On the Deploy Tool page, the Mobius MyInstitution tool is selected from the Tool dropdown menu.

  1. Enable the following checkboxes under the Security Settings heading:

  • Org Unit Information
  • User Information which will also check the boxes for Name, Email, User ID, Username, and Org Defined Id.
  • Link Information which will also check the boxes for Title and Description.

Boxes are checked to the left of some names under the Security Settings heading.

  1. Check all boxes under the Configuration Settings heading.

Under Configuration Settings, boxes are checked for Open as External Resource, Grades created by LTI will be included, and Auto Create Grade Items.

  1. Click Create Deployment.

The Create Deployment button is highlighted at the bottom of the Deploy Tool page.

  1. Under Brightspace Deployment Details, copy the Deployment ID value for the next steps of the setup process.

The Deployment ID text field is highlighted in the Brightspace Deployment Details popup.

Add the Brightspace configuration to Möbius

To add the completed Brightspace LTI 1.3 configuration details to Möbius:

  1. Click Add Configuration on the Edit LTI Configurations page in Möbius.

View Mobius Data is the second button under the LTI Version 1.3 heading.

TIP: Check out Add an LTI configuration to Möbius for more details on getting to this page in Möbius.

  1. Complete the fields in the Add LTI 1.3 Configuration window:

  • Platform ID: Enter the Issuer value attained from Brightspace in Step 10.
  • Deployment ID: Enter the Deployment ID value attained from Brightspace in Step 17.
  • Client ID: Enter the Client ID value attained from Brightspace in Step 10.
  • Public Keyset URL: Enter the Brightspace Keyset URL value attained from Brightspace in Step 10.
  • Access Token URL: Enter the Brightspace OAuth2 Access Token URL value attained from Brightspace in Step 10.
  • Authentication Request URL: Enter the OpenID Connect Authentication Endpoint value attained from Brightspace in Step 10.
  • Access Token Audience URL: Enter the Brightspace OAuth2 Audience value attained from Brightspace in Step 10.

Add LTI 1.3 Parameters lists text boxes for Platform ID, Deployment ID, Client ID, Public Keyset URL, Access Token URL, Authentication Request URL, and Access Token Audience URL.

  1. Click Save.

The Save button is highlighted.

Set up Möbius deep-linking in Brightspace

Deep Linking is an LTI Advantage feature that simplifies the setup of tool links in a Brightspace course that point to an existing Möbius activity.

Deep Linking is enabled under Extensions when registering the Möbius tool, and also requires a link associated with the deployment.

To create a link for the configured LTI deployment in Brightspace:

  1. In the Administrator Settings, click External Learning Tools under the Organization Related heading.

  2. A dropdown menu is opened under the Settings cog. External Learning Tools is highlighted in the first column.

  1. In the table, click the name of your deployment to view and modify deployment settings.

The Mobius LTI deployment is highlighted in the table under the Deployment Name column.

  1. Click the View Links link. A new tab will open with the table of links for this deployment.

Under the Brightspace Deployment Details heading, the View Links link is highlighted.

  1. Click New Link.

On the Links page for the Mobius LTI deployment, New Link button is highlighted.

  1. Complete the fields under the Create Link heading:

  • Name: Enter Möbius LTI as the name for the placement.
  • URL: Enter the Content Selection URL value attained from View my Möbius LTI data.
  • Type: Select Deep Linking Quicklink from the drop-down menu.

On the Create Link page in Brightspace, the Name URL and Type fields are filled in.

  1. Click Save and Close to finish creating the link.

Link to a Möbius activity from your Brightspace course

Once the Möbius LTI link is configured, it will appear in the Existing Activities menu for any Brightspace course with access to the link.

IMPORTANT: The integration between Brightspace and Möbius should be tested by adding a Möbius assignment to the Brightspace course, completing the assignment as a student, and checking that grades are pushed back to the Brightspace grade book.

To use the configured Möbius LTI link in your Brightspace course:

  1. Open your Brightspace course and click Content.

In a Brightspace Class, Content is the left-most option in the top nav menu.

  1. Under any module in the course, click Existing Activities.

Module is selected in the left pane, and the list of activities is in the right pane. At the top of the right pane, the Existing Activities dropdown button is highlighted.

  1. Select Möbius LTI (the name of your link) from the Existing Activities drop-down menu.

In the Existing Activities dropdown menu, Mobius LTI tool is highlighted.

  1. The Möbius mapping menu will appear in the Add Activity window for configuration of the link destination. Check out Activity mapping for details on completing this configuration and linking to a Möbius activity.

Under Create a Link to an Assignment or Lesson, Student Readiness Test is selected in the dropdown menu and the Link to Assignment button is highlighted.

  1. The content is added to your Brightspace course, with the name given in the Möbius mapping menu.

The Student Readiness Test from Mobius is available to students on the Content page in the Brightspace course.

TIP: You can click the Actions button next to the link to edit the link and control availability of content in Brightspace.

Next to the name Student Readiness Test, the Actions dropdown arrow is highlighted.

TIP: Check out the LMS Integration Workflows for a visual representation of creating and using different types of links from Möbius to Brightspace:

What's next?

Now that you've connected Brightspace to Möbius, you're ready for: