The best practice is to start the LabSim LMS integration in a Sandbox Course (that is a course which is isolated from real teachers, students, etc. that are currently attending live classes). This can be in your development or production environments.
As part of our LMS integration testing, it is recommended that the Sandbox pseudo instructor account and pseudo student account are provided to TestOut for basic testing of the SSO links and score return (if applicable).
Testing as a pseudo instructor and student in the sandbox is the primary way we can confirm the experience will be successful when the LMS courses are live and in session.
Enable LabSim EduApp in Courses
- For the courses that will use LabSim, navigate to the Settings of the course and click the Navigation tab.
- Locate the TestOut LabSim EduApp (TestOut EduApp) and drag it up to the top section so it will show in your course navigation.
- Note: The TestOut EduApp will only show for Admins & Instructors (not students).
- After you have moved the TestOut EduApp into the course navigation (which is enabling the app), press Save.
Linking to TestOut Course Resources - Inside your course, navigate to and click TestOut EduApp on the course navigation panel (please note that TestOut EduApp is the default name. Earlier you may have renamed the app).
- Once the EduApp loads the page, click Add link to course resources.
Note: Activation and School License Pool options are omitted.
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Select the product that you are using in this course.
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Note: The list of products listed here reflects the licenses that are available to your school. If a product is missing, please contact your TestOut Account Executive.
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At this point, both methods lead you to an outline of the product you are using in your course.
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If there are multiple versions of the product you are using and you have not specified which one you will be using (by creating a link already or by determining it from within your LabSim class), you can change which version you use by selecting Select Different Version.
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After selecting the correct version, select the chapter you wish to link to. The resources within that chapter will appear in the right-hand column.
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Select a Section Heading and/or specific Resource to create an assignment link for each selected item.
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Tip: To select all the resources of a specific type within a section (or unselect them), click the icons on the far right.
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Tip: In order to avoid long loading times, create less than 30 links at one time.
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Click Continue.
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On this next Confirm and Finalize Links page, you will see a summary of the links that you are creating.
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To create a link without a grade book column, in the Gradable column uncheck the box next to the assignment. Graded assignments will create links on the assignments page. Ungraded assignments will create links on the modules tab.
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Additionally, you can determine within which assignment and/or module group you want to create each link.
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You can also choose to automatically publish the assignments if you wish.
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Please Note: Section Headings (e.g., 2.2, 3.5, x.x, etc.) are not graded and therefore cannot be checked. They will show up on the Modules page in Canvas.
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Click Create Links.
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Once the assignments are created, you will see the success message below with, instructions to navigate to the Assignments or Modules within your Canvas course to find the created links.
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Navigate to the Assignments page on the course navigation panel. You will see the graded assignments you have created (unless otherwise specified on the Confirm and Finalize Links page, the assignment links will populate in the top assignment group on your assignments page).
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If you did not publish the assignments, make sure you publish them so your students will see the assignment in their course.
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Any ungraded assignments (including section headings) you created will show up in Modules (unless a module group is specified TestOut will create a module called TestOut Content).
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Note: Ungraded links cannot be on the assignments tab because it will create a grade book column.
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Click an assignment (or module) assignment to link from Canvas and enter your LabSim courseware title.
