D2L / Brightspace

The information, documentation, and step-by-step instructions for integrating RedShelf into your D2L / Brightspace system!

LTI Tool Integration

Your RedShelf representative will send you a document detailing how to complete the LTI tool integration.

To start the process outlined in the document your RedShelf representative sends, your representative will also send you the following information:

1. KEY:
2. SECRET:
3. LAUNCH URL:

** make sure there are no spaces before and after each of these credentials **

Brightspace Administrator Creates RedShelf LTI Tool Provider

1. Navigate to your External Learning Tools.
2. Select Manage Tool Providers.
3. Select New Tool Provider.
4. Configure the following parameters for the Tool Provider Settings:

• Launch Point: https://whitelabel.redshelf.com/lti/basic_launch/ , where whitelabel.redshelf.com is replaced by the Launch URL provided to you by your RedShelf Account Representative
• Secret: The Secret provided to you by your RedShelf Account Representative
• Tool Consumer Information: Check the box for "Use Custom Tool Consumer Information instead of Default."
• Key: The Key provided to you by your RedShelf Account Representative
• Name: This is the name of the tool. You may name this anything you wish, but we suggest RedShelf Course Materials.
• Description: This is the tool description. You may enter anything here or leave it blank.
• Contact Email: You can leave this blank.
• Visibility: Check the box for Allow users to use this tool provider
• Security Settings: Please check all of the security settings. This ensures that RedShelf knows which user is coming from which course.
• Make Tool Provider Available To: Make this Tool available to all applicable org units.

When you are finished, be sure to select Save and Close 

Brightspace Administrator Creates RedShelf LTI Tool Link

Now that the tool provider has been created, creating the tool configuration is simple.

1. From the External Learning Tools menu, select Manage External Learning Tool Links.
2. Select New Link.
3. On the New Link page, fill out the following information:

• Title: This is the name of the tool. You may name this anything you wish, but we suggest RedShelf Course Materials.
• URL:  https://whitelabel.redshelf.com/lti/basic_launch/ , where whitelabel.redshelf.com is replaced by the Launch URL provided to you by your RedShelf Account Representative
• Visibility: Check the box for Allow users to use this tool provider.
• Signature:
• Select the checkbox for Sign Messages With Key/Secret.
• Select the radio button for Tool Consumer Key/Secret.
• Security Settings: Select the radio button for Use Tool Provider Security Settings.
• Make Tool Provider Available To: Make this Tool available to all applicable org units.

Be sure to select Save and Close when you're finished! This completes the LTI tool configuration. The tool is now ready to be adopted into courses by professors.

Adopting the Tool within a Course (Professor)

1. Sign in to Brightspace and select your course.
2. Navigate to your course content.
3. Create a Module or select the existing Module where the eBook should be tied, and select Add an Existing Activity.
4. Select External Learning Tools.
5. Select the Redshelf tool. If the RedShelf tool is not present, the faculty should contact the Admin to ensure it is assigned to that course.

Testing the LTI Tool

In order to test the LTI tool is functioning properly, please do the following:

1. Create a test student with a test email account. The student must have an email address. This is what RedShelf uses as the student's identifier.
2. Add the LTI Tool to a test course or a real course.
3. Enroll the student into the course.
4. You’ll likely receive an error message at first, but RedShelf will add a book to this test email account to confirm the integration is working.

Additional Notes

RedShelf's LTI tool supports the following roles:

• Student
• Learner
• Professor     
• Teaching Assistant (TA)